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This video explains the most important gardening jobs to complete during autumn and how to prepare your garden for the colder months.
The guide covers clearing beds, improving soil, harvesting remaining crops, mulching, composting and organising planting areas. It also explains how good autumn preparation protects plants and improves next season’s growth.
If you want your garden to stay healthy and productive, these simple practical tips will help you prepare properly before winter arrives.
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hello and welcome to gardening with Ben
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grab a brute and enjoy today's
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episode hey everyone and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben well the weekend's
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here yes the weekend has finally come
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that means I will be going down to the
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allotment today to get lots more jobs
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done which I can't wait to to do the
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week has been a long time coming it
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seems to go forever now now that I'm
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only off at weekends and now that I'm
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only spending two days there a week but
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it builds the excitement of getting back
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there to see what's happening and see
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what's growing and what's not
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growing so yeah I hope that you've
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enjoyed all the podcasts this week and
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found something useful for them like I
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said we're getting these podcasts out
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every single day now for you to listen
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to so plenty to catch up on whether
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you're catching up today on all the
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episodes or whether you listen every day
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I hope that you do enjoy them and yeah
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keep liking them keep sharing them and
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keep leaving comments on
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them so what are we going to be talking
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about today well we're going to be
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talking about all the jobs which we're
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going to be doing down at the allotment
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this weekend fingers crossed we can get
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plenty done and and yeah these next
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couple of next few episodes we'll be
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talking about all the things that's
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happening what we've been getting up to
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while we being at the allotment as
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obviously it's the weekend and then
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usually in the week we talk about
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different topics so what's our plan for
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this weekend well I said that we weren't
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that would not had any Frost yet but the
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temperatures are going to dip this
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weekend to zero so I've seen so it's
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looking like the frost May well and
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truly be on its way
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so if you have anything that you want to
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protect or look after make sure you
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either dig them up and bring them into
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the greenhouse or poly tunnel or make
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sure that you fleece them at night
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because the frost will particularly kill
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them and that's the reason why obviously
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I managed to get the geraniums in on
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time and in my shed ready to protect
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them throughout the winter period
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fingers crossed we can keep them alive
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it's a unheated Greenhouse but fingers
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crossed we can can keep it warmish to
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keep the geraniums alive and then we can
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replant them out next year at the
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allotment so what will our jobs be this
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weekend well I know what the first job
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will be when I get down to the allotment
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and that will be filling my bird feeders
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up like my obviously I only do them at
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weekends and as soon as I've gone down
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there they're all empty whether it's
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being the birds whether it's been the
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squirrels whether it's been anything
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else that's got them uh I saw some magp
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on them other day but yeah I'll be
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filling all my bird feeders up and I won
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a prize today on Instagram I entered a
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competition you know where you like and
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share and tag people on them and stuff
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like that uh so I've won some uh bird
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supplies bird feeder supplies so
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hopefully we'll be getting them next
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week so I'm looking forward to receiving
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that prize and seeing exactly what I've
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gotten it says it's a surprise so we'll
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have to see exactly what it is that
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we're going to win
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fingers crossed it'll be pretty good but
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I know it probably will be because I
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know the company that I've won it from
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so yeah hopefully we'll be getting some
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nice Delights for our alotment to hang
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up and show off and obviously I'll put
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it into a video for you all to watch and
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yeah we've been putting lots more videos
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on there for to watch at the moment and
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everybody's getting involved in my daily
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real question which I'm really happy
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about as I do it to get everybody else
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involved in my posts what I put on
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Facebook Instagram and YouTube so that
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people can comment on them and I can see
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what people like and do cuz sometimes it
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just feels like I'm waffling on but I
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like to hear what other people are
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getting up to in the garden as well so
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yeah we've be filling the bird feeders
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up that's main thing we may even have a
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bonfire down there this weekend as like
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I said it's getting colder now so it's
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nice to have a bonfire burning so that
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you get a bit of a warm breeze blowing
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over and obviously if you've got a
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bonfire burning you can just keep
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chucking in like the odd uh pieces of
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wood and stuff like that bits of scrap
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what you've got Le left around from your
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wood pile or anything that's rotten or
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obviously I put in my phones as well my
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brambles because they won't compost very
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well so certain stuff will'll put in
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there to burn and get rid of and it's
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always nice to have a bonfire yes you do
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come home stinking a smoke uh but you
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can't beat the good smell of a bonfire
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while you're down at the alotment I'm
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sure you'll all agree with me on that
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one so yeah we have got lots to burn and
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get rid of over this winter period we've
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not got loads this year we had a massive
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clear out last year but we've still got
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quite a bit that we need to get rid of
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and burn while we can because we're only
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allowed to have bonfires on the
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allotment between November and April I
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think it is so you got to make the most
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of it and try and get rid of anything
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that's burnable as much as can while
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you're at it but obviously make sure
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you're careful because you might have
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Wildlife nesting in Wood piles and stuff
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like that so make sure you check it over
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before you do burn anything in
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particular so we'll be doing that and
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our next main job like I say I use the
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weekend I write myself a list of tasks
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that I want to get done tasks that I
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want get completed and tick them off as
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I do them as I go along throughout the
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weekend I don't set myself massive tasks
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that I know that I'm not going to
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complete I set myself small tasks so
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that I know that I'm going to do them so
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this weekend will be a job of Tiding
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round where my fruit trees are as that
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is where all my rhubarb grows as well
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and like I said quite a few years ago I
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spent a lot of money on this area I mem
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brained it all to stop the week from
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going through I paved it all for my
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paths so that it's easier to walk on
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I replanted all my rhubarb through holes
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so that no weeds would grow through but
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unfortunately certain ones do and the
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ones that seem to grow through are the
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brambles the brambles grew everywhere
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unfortunately and they always manag to
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find a way out there and what I usually
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do at this time here I trim back all the
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brambles I'm not able to dig them out
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because cuz they're awkward to dig out
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where they are so I usually trim them
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right back to the ground and pull them
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all out and I'll be covered in PHS and
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spikes and stuff like that and I'll be
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screaming blue murder all the way while
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I'm doing it even though I've got gloves
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on I'm sure I'll still get um Spike to
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death from the brambles but we'll be
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chopping all them out and usually it
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lasts about a year uh I usually trim it
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all back and they usually haven't grown
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back fully
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until the winter time so I I do this on
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a yearly basis this little job and once
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I've cleared it it seems to stay clear
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and particularly good throughout the
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year so I want to clear all that and I
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want to clear all the leaves what have
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fallen down around the fruit trees
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because they can spread diseases if
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you're not careful and if there's any
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rotted fruit definitely they can spread
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diseases so I want to make sure it's all
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clear and fresh around there and cleared
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and I might even if I do get any more
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spring balls I'll be planting some down
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the side of the fruit trees because I've
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not got any down that side that's the
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only area possibly that I've not got any
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growing so we're going to be keeping his
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eyes out for when they start to reduce
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them at the end of the month last year
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they reduced loads of tulips in the
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bnq and we got loads last year so I'm
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going to keep my eyes peeled for when
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they start to reduce them and hopefully
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fill that area where they're not
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where I haven't got anything growing at
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the
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moment I'll still be waiting a few weeks
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for all the leaves to drop off my fruit
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trees like I showed on my tour video the
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other day the apple tree cooking apple
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tree is still full of leaves they're not
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dying off yet but now that it's started
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to get colder at night they might have
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started dropping off now so once they're
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fully clear what we'll be doing is we'll
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be giving them a winter wash over the
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winter period and it doesn't mean
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scrubbing them down and washing them
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down no there's like a formula what you
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can buy online like on Amazon and you
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just spray it over the trees and it
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protects them from Winter moths and
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stuff like that uh they like to nest in
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the trees at this time you so it's just
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spray them down to stop any bugs that
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would attack your fuit when they start
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to get ready and stuff like that and you
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can also buy a sticky uh roll to R to
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put around it and pop all around your
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tree to stop anything from crawling up
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them I do this every year so I'll be
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taking my old ones off putting fresh
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ones on to protect him from stopping
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anything from crawling up the tree from
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eating it obviously that'll stop like
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ants and stuff like that just crawling
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up and getting them obviously you can't
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protect all your fruit you they will get
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attacked from like wasps and stuff like
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that they'll eat them and bu themselves
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in it's the woodlice that I have the
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main trouble with on my apples woodlice
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seem to love apples for some reason and
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they just bury the themselves in the car
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and eat the themselves eat the way into
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them so I'm going to have to look at
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them and try and work out a plan to stop
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the wood lice from crawling up so we're
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going to be clearing all around the
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fruit trees getting all that done and
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one of the other jobs what we'll
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hopefully do is carry on clearing some
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more paths as do a bit more every week
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of my paths tidying that up so we'll be
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clearing some more of the paths getting
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them tidied up all the beds are
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completely clear now they're absolutely
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weed free no old vegetables are growing
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in there they're all completely clear
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all we've got to do for them is just
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keep hoing them and digging them over
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every few weeks to stop any more weeds
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from growing them and obviously any
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Roots taking place cuz there is a lot of
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bind weed on my allotment so we need to
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keep them band weed Roots out while we
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can during the winter months and
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obviously the cold and frost will kill
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off the band weed Roots if we dig it
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over so we need to get as much out as
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possible while we can that'll hopefully
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push back the growth of the bind weed on
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my
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allotment and what else are we planning
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on doing this weekend I've nothing that
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needs potting up I might have
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some other plants in my shed whaty
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potting up uh
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like my um what are they
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called I can't F of the names but yeah
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I've got a few more flowers that might
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need potted up we did a Salvia last
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weekend we repotted all that up we
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potted all as geraniums up um but yeah I
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might put some more flowers up this
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weekend up my allotment but obviously
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I'll be filming lots of content at the
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allotment this weekend try and record
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six videos to pop out next week on my
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YouTube channel as I tend to do a lot of
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the recording at the weekend like six
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episodes at the weekend so that I can
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publish them every day in the week so
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that you've always got something to
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watch and keep your eyes peeled on so
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hopefully we'll get lots of stuff done
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at the allotment this week while we can
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while the weather's still decent like I
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said we've still not had any rain yet
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it's still not come maybe I need to
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start singing to get some M to come uh
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so we'll have to water our onions and
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we'll have to water our garlic this
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weekend as well because we've not had no
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rain all weekend all week should I say
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so we're going to have to do some
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watering this weekend so yeah that is
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everything that I'm going to be getting
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up to down at the allotment this weekend
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so make sure you stay tuned for
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tomorrow's episode and you'll be able to
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find out what I've done at the allotment
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today and sharing with you everything
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that I've successfully done and
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hopefully cracked on with uh got got on
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with it because knowing me I'll get down
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to the allotment and I'll find another
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job to do so make sure you stay tuned to
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see what jobs I have actually done at
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the allotment so if you have enjoyed
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