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This video explains what to harvest, what to plant, and the important jobs that help keep a garden productive.
I go through practical tasks, ongoing care, and simple actions that support healthy plant growth and steady results. Staying on top of these steps helps maintain an organised and reliable growing space.
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Welcome to our August roundup. Yes,
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welcome to Gardening with Ben. And in
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this video, we're going to talk about
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our August roundup. How well we've
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succeeded, how well we've failed, and
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yeah, what our plans are for September,
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as I do love September time, and you'll
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find out why I love September in a
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minute. So, what has been successful in
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August? Now, this has probably been one
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of my most successful years for cooking
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apples. have had absolutely hundreds of
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it and I'm going to be picking all the
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rest of it this weekend ready for the
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apple crumbles and yeah, I'm going to be
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storing them all up throughout the
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winter period. It's going to have so
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many. I feel sorry for my mom. She's the
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one who's peeling them and cutting them
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all and making the crumbles, but she
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offers. So yeah, I'm looking forward to
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that. We've also had millions of pair
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plums off as well. They've done
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absolutely phenomenal, really good this
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year. Uh I've given it a prune back
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because you're meant to prune it in the
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summertime. You're not meant to prune
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plum trees in the winter period as that
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can enhance uh silver leaf. So I've
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pruned it all back ready for next year.
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So I'll probably won't get as many next
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year or if any. Uh it seems to always
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through every couple of years my plum
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tree, but hopefully we will get some in
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a couple of years. But we've got another
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couple of new plum trees which have
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started to get established on. We had a
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couple on them this year. So hopefully
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next year we'll get a good crop on our
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new plum trees next year. Blackberries,
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we've had loads of blackberries off on
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our forless blackberry plant. It's still
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producing them now. Fornless
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blackberries seem to go on for ages.
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They seem to last longer than the for
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varieties. So hopefully we'll continue
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to get lots of blackberries and we'll
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add them try crumble as well to give
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them some extra flavor. We've also got
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loads of eating apples and pears coming,
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but they're not usually ready until
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September time. So hopefully in
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September we'll be harvesting all them
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off.
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We've also had the best year ever for
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our sweet corn. It's been absolutely
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phenomenal. It's been early. Yes, it's
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very early. Uh you're not usually
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harvesting sweet corn until September
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time, but we've had a fantastic crop
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this year. We've had an early autumn
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blast. Everything's thinking it's autumn
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already, so everything is producing
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early. Pumpkins are early. I'm going to
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be harvesting my pumpkins this weekend.
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They're ready. And the way that you know
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that pumpkins are ready is when the
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stalk dies off. It goes brown and that's
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when the pumpkins are ready for
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harvesting. So, we've done all that.
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We've also started re doing up our
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aotment uh entrance to the plot and
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making that all nicer, ready for next
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year. We've put up a new archway. Uh,
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we've created some new beds which I'm
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going to put all spring bulbs in and do
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up all that area as I don't usually have
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the spring bulbs in that area. I usually
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have them in a couple of other areas.
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So, I'm extending my spring bulb areas
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ready for next year. So, hopefully lots
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more color and lots more photos. You do
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know I love a good selfie. But, we do
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we're going to be having loads of spring
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bulbs in there. And that is why I'm
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excited for September because in the
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supermarkets, in the shops, all the
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spring bulbs are out now. Um, yes, it's
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exciting as I do love spring bulbs down
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at the a lotment. It attracts the bees.
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It feeds them when they wake up from
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hibernation and it, yeah, it brings them
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to your a lotment. It brings all the
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bees to the a lotment. So, I love it.
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And don't be encouraged to plant them
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yet. Plant them in October, November
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time. It's spring bulb. So yeah, if you
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buy them, keep them somewhere dry, ready
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for planting out in October. So we're
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going to be stockpiling before they all
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get sold out and hopefully get some
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beautiful displays down here at the a
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lotment next year. But we've got a good
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we've had a good year. It's not been the
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best year down at the plot. Um I've not
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grown as much this year. I've not grown
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peas. I've not grown runner beans. Uh my
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coettes haven't done very well, but I've
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seen a lot of posts with people not
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doing well with corettes. Um
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yeah, my potatoes, I didn't get no
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potatoes because the squirrels ate them
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all. Uh but we've planted some Christmas
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potatoes which are popping through now
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and hopefully they'll be ready to
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harvest in December. So if you're
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wanting to grow some Christmas potatoes,
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plant them in tubs in the poly tunnel
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and they'll be ready for December time.
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So I'm looking forward to them. But I've
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had a good August. I had a few days off
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work and I spent quite a bit of time
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down here enjoying being doing what I
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love most. If only this was a full-time
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job at blogging for you all. But yeah,
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I do appreciate everybody that does
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comment on my posts, that likes them,
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that shares them, that interacts with
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them, and keeps me motivated. Doing all
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these videos makes me want to come down
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and make my a lotment keep looking good,
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not all the plots looking good, but I do
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always show the worst bits and the good
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bits as well. So yeah, I hope that
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you've all enjoyed the videos that I've
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been putting out recently. So until next
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time everyone, make sure that you do
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give us a follow. Make sure you feel
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free to share and comment. And
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tomorrow's video will be what to plant
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in September. what vegetables plant in
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September. So stay tuned for that one.
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