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This video shows a garden transformation where a new area is improved and organised to make a more productive growing space. I walk through the changes made, the setup, and how the layout will help plants grow better.
A motivating and practical update with ideas you can use to improve your own garden and create a more efficient and enjoyable place to grow.
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Hey up everyone, it's gardening with
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Ben. Well, if you remember the last
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video that we did, we started tidying up
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my new area and redesigning it all and
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getting it all ready. So, we're going to
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be continuing with that today. So, let's
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show you what it looks like and what
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we're doing today.
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So, as you can see, we've got all the
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beds built. We got all the edging down.
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We got the frames up for our climbing
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plants. Got all the paths sorted.
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got our new seating area. What's going
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to go around here and a burning bin as
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well. So, today's job is we're going to
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start covering the paths, filling the
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beds, and getting plants in. So, yeah,
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let's see what it looks like once it's
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all done.
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So, that's all the paths laid with wood
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chip.
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Looking tons better. And it smells
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absolutely gorgeous. Fresh wood chip
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always does smell nice. But yeah,
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all wood chip all down. So, next up is
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the burning bin area. Hopefully, we got
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enough wood chip left to cover that area
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as well. But we're going to cut a circle
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out, put the burning bin in, put some
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bricks around it, and then cover the
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membrane with wood chip.
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And there we have it. We've got the
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burning bin in place. We put the wood
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chip down. So, yeah, happy with how it
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all looks at the moment. Obviously, we
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want a bench along this bit here so that
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we can sit down, but yeah, this will be
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nice in winter time when we can burn the
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rubbish and get rid of the waste. But
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yeah, it's coming on good. So, we got
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all the chip down. We got all the paths
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layed. Next up is to sort these beds out
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and get these filled up and get them
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painted. I think I think we're going to
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get them painted if we've got a
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paintbrush down here and make them look
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smart.
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So, that's the beds built, all in place.
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So, next up, we need to give them a nice
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lick of paint, make them look a bit
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better.
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So, there we are. We've painted them up.
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We've not painted the insides of them up
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cuz we're going to be filling these with
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compost. Uh they'll need another couple
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of coats probably once they've dried.
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But yeah, let's fill them with compost
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and then let's get some plants in to
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make them look a bit better.
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And there we have it. We've got his beds
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filled with compost. So yeah, we're
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getting there. So now we need to plant
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as climbers. And we need to plant some
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pansies as well for some autumn and all
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color. Next week I'll fill them middle
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beds with compost and think about what
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we're going to plant in there for the
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time being. But yeah, I'm happy with how
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it's all coming on. It's starting to
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look a lot better now.
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So now we have got nine climbers to
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plant on our climbing arches. So let's
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have a look what climbers we're going to
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be planting in this area. I'm not very
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good at saying names, so I'll not try
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that one. But yeah, that one looks a
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nice one with white flowers on it.
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This one's got purple flowers on it.
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Glass Nevin.
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Then we've got a nice red clatus.
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We've got a pink clatus,
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another nice colored one. Then we've got
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a Polish spirit clatus. Nice purpley
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colored one.
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Then we've got a pinky white jasmine
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which hopefully will smell nice. We've
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got a honeysuckle.
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We've got another of the same jasmine. I
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do like jasmine and if it smells nice
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it'll be glorious.
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And then a white clatus Montana grand e
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flora. I know you can see they're really
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really healthy these ones. I bought
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these from Morrison's. It was three for
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two. So not a bad price. That's if they
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take and hopefully grow up the arches.
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And there we have it. We've got all the
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planters planted up. We've got all those
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climbers in. We've labeled them up so
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that we remember what we planted in
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these
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and what they'll be when they flower so
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that we remember them for next year. But
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yeah, I cannot believe how well this
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area is coming on. It's looking
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absolutely
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amazing.
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So good. So happy with it all.
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Like I said, next weekend we're going to
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be filling them beds with compost and
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getting some plants in them. And then
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it'll be the back bit. We'll get compost
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in there. And we're going to have
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alpines and we're going to have snow
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drops and blue bells in this back bit as
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they're better for shaded areas. So
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hopefully that'll look nice come
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springtime. And then when the alpines
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spread, they'll fill all the gaps in and
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make it look good. So yeah, it's coming
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on absolutely
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amazing.
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We've got his path laid. We've got his
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bedding bin in the area. All coming on
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absolutely fantastic. And we've even got
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the blue tits coming for the seed. They
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absolutely love it here.
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So many blue tits. Absolutely amazing.
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So tomorrow's job in this area is only
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going to be a little job tomorrow. We're
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going to put brick work down this back
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bit here for the border. We're going to
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give these another paint the borders
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and yeah, we'll be on to our a lotment
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tomorrow to get ready for our garlic
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planting and our onion planting.
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So, thanks for watching today's video
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everyone. Make sure you drop us a follow
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to stay up to date with all our videos
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and how well this area is getting on
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with over the next few weeks down here
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at the plot as part of our autumn winter
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jobs ready for next year and getting it
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all prepared. So remember everyone, keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
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with bed everyone.
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