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This video explains how to plan weekly gardening tasks and stay organised throughout the growing season.
The guide covers prioritising important jobs, preparing beds, checking plant health, watering correctly, organising planting schedules and maintaining productive growing areas. It also explains how consistent weekly planning prevents problems and improves overall results.
If you want to stay on top of your garden and make steady progress, these simple practical tips will help you manage your tasks efficiently.
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hello and welcome to gardening with
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everyone and welcome back to gardening
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with Ben well it's it's Monday and it's
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a brand new week and I always enjoy a
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brand new week of allotment in and
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podcasting I hope you managed to listen
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to all seven episodes what was put up
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last week on our podcast channel on
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gardening with Ben if you have not check
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them out there was quite a few good ones
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on there we were talking about what
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seeds to plant in February and also what
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jobs needed doing in February on the
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allotment and in the garden so if you've
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not listened to them make sure you have
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a listen and check them out and if
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you've not checked out my other podcast
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Channel which is called gardening and
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allotments tips podcast there's seven
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brand new episodes on there from last
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week as well so lots for you to listen
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to and we've already got a list of all
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the podcasts what we're going to record
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this week so hopefully fingers crossed
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you'll get episodes every single day yet
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again for this week so I hope you're all
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enjoying it and if you're new to the
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to everybody that is subscribing to
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these podcasts it's certainly fantastic
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to see you all and hope you enjoy them
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so what are we going to talk about today
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in Monday's podcast well we're going to
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talk about what jobs we are hoping to
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get up to down on my lopment because now
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I've got 4 days off as you probably
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listen into this on Monday morning I'll
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be in bed cuz I have just finished
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nights and I will be sleeping and
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hopefully I'm going to get on the plot
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on Monday afternoon which depends on the
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weather if it's shocking weather which
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it's been all weekend I'm so glad I've
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been working this weekend because I
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certainly wouldn't have wanted to been
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down at the plot even in my shed doing
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jobs I still probably wouldn't have
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fancied being down in the horrible windy
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weather what was happening hopefully all
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my allotments still standing still
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because I certainly had to do quite a
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few repairs last week on the plot
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especially with my shed I had to fix a
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window which had
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broken and also put some fencing up what
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had come down over the last few months
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so I've been getting those repairs done
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and that is what Winter's all about it's
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all about without getting those repairs
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done and fixing any issues on your plot
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that you need to get done so this week
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we're going to be
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concentrating on my main plot area this
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is the biggest area that I need to get
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cleared and I'm setting myself one month
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to get it cleared and tidy and fingers
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crossed by the beginning of March it
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will all be cleared and tied and then we
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will be moving on to getting my shed
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ready for the sewing of all my seeds
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because that is when we start sewing all
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the seeds and I've still got a lot more
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seeds left to get and I've still got to
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look at what I've got I keep saying this
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is my podcast you need to organize your
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seeds and I certainly need to do it
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myself because I've got so many packets
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of seeds I'm just looking at them now
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they just staring at me in a carrier bag
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not organized not sorted out and I
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really do need sort all my seeds out so
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that is one job that needs doing but
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we're going to be concentrating on my
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main plot area and I've got all my beds
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to empty and get cleared I've got all my
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paths to sweep up and get rid of any
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rubbish what's lying around and it's
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case of just getting it all looking
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empty ready for the year ahead so that
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there's no weeds around no old
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vegetation around no old dead flowers
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around around and if there's any seed
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heads around gather them up and I can s
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them again this year so hopefully we're
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going to have a nice empty pot Plot In A
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month's time but it all depends on the
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weather obviously because like I said
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this weekend's been absolutely terrible
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but we can't complain at the weather for
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this winter it's not been a bad winter
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whatsoever compared to the winters that
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we usually get it's not being cold it's
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not been snowing it's we've had a couple
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of Frosty mornings but not many
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whatsoever so this is giving me such a
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head start into the year getting it all
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tided and prepared and getting it all
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ready so hopefully we can get that done
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and now that the Daylight's coming
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earlier in the morning I can get there
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probably half an hour earlier than I
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usually do or even possibly hour uh it
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all depends when the Sun
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rises and that will add extra time in
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getting stuff done and I'm going to set
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myself half an hour to spend in my shed
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and my poly tunnel getting that tided as
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well because I keep putting off going
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into my shed of my poly tunnel to get
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the work done because I usually like to
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do that when it's raining and we've not
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been getting no rain on but days off so
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they keep getting pushed back and pushed
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back but we do need them to start
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getting ready and getting them tied and
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like I say I've not used my polyon now
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for I didn't use it last year whatsoever
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so all the bits and Bobs that I've been
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clearing off my plot I just shove in my
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poly tunnel to keep them dry and to keep
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them away and it's an absolute bomb site
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trust me if you saw it you'd think he's
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a messy Gardener I never show that on my
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live videos but I might actually take a
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picture of what it looks like now and
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after I've cleared it I won't show you
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what it looks like until after I've
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tided it and cleaned it up uh because I
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don't want you thinking oh God look at
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him but yeah um I've got all that to
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do but hopefully we'll spend quite a lot
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of time down there this week I may even
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take my sandwiches down there and start
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spending longer down at the plot because
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usually I'm leaving the plot about
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1:00ish because I've had enough by then
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uh after getting down there at about
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half n uh but I do need to start putting
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in a couple of extra hours to get a bit
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more done and to get it done because I
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want to get the best looking plot I've
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had in years this year and without
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putting the time and the effort in I
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can't get it done and now that I work sh
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shifts it's ideal for spending so much
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time down at the plot because I'm
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working four on four off so I get 4 days
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on the allotment and if you're setting
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yourself little goals like I often do I
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always say work on an area at a time and
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concentrate on that bit rather than
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doing everything all at once just
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concentrate on certain areas and that's
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what I do so if I've got four days off
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I'm going to be really going for it on
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the plot and I can get lo done if I try
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um it's just not getting distracted
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while I'm down at the plot cuz obviously
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you've got social media now and stuff
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like that and people messaging me and
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yeah um it's hard not to get distracted
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when you're down at the plot now and
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that's what I tend to do quite a bit but
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I bought myself a d radio with some of
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my Christmas money so I listen to that
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now while on the plot and that gives me
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the motivation to keep on going as well
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and sometimes it helps if one of the
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other plot Neighbors comes down because
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that encourages you to stay down there
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as well so I'm looking forward to this
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week and now that I'm starting to see
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light at the end of the tunnel I'm happy
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with how the plot is coming along um but
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I'll be sharing a picture of what it
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looks like at the moment later today
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uh so you'll be able to see how much
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I've got to clear in that month which is
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manageable it's definitely manageable uh
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I could easily get it done uh but yeah
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stay tuned for that picture and like I
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said I've got seven podcasts lined up
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for this week uh We've obviously just
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got to record them all but I hope you do
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enjoy these podcasts because I'm getting
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so many people listening to them now it
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really does baffle me um how many people
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around the world as well it last last
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year I were only getting like 1,000
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downloads a month and this year I'm now
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getting 8,000 a month so it just goes to
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show how many people are listening to
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these podcasts and it's unbelievable I
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just thank you all for the support of
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doing it and it pays towards buying my
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seats for my plot and stuff like that so
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the more people that listen to it the
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more people op back into my plot and you
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can get the enjoyment out of all the
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photos and seeing all the stuff what
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grows and again like I said I don't grow
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it all for me to eat I share it with
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as well so it's not all just for me a
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