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Cold nights ahead. Welcome to Gardening
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with Ben. And yeah, we are in January,
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so we expect cold weather. Now, it has
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been pretty mild. It's not been a bad
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winter so far. We've had a bit of snow
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where I am, but not too much. It's not
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been We've hardly had any frosty
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mornings. It's been a pretty mild winter
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so far. And touch wood, it stays like
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that. However, it is going to get colder
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towards the end of this week from what
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I've seen on the Met Office. So, you
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need to be prepared and be ready for it.
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Now, obviously, I don't have a
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greenhouse at home or I don't have much
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growing space indoors, so I can't take
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everything indoors when it's absolutely
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freezing. Now, I've got some stuff
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growing in my shed and I've got some
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stuff growing in my poly tunnel. And
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yeah, the best thing to do is keep
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things protected during the cold
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weather. And the way we protect it is
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just by putting some fleece over it. as
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the fleece protects it from the frost
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hitting the plant which can kill it and
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can damage it. Now, I've grown some
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winter broad beans. It's the first time
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I've actually done it to be honest. I've
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never grown broad beans through the
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winter before. So, I've been sharing how
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well mine have been getting on. Now,
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these are the aquadullas, which are a
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winter hardy variety. Now, I thought I'd
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lost them all because they looked
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absolutely awful the other week when it
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snowed. But they've picked back up and
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they're growing pretty well, but
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obviously they are a winter hardy
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variety. But if it gets too cold, feel
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free to put some fleece over them just
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to protect them and to keep them safe
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during the cold months. However, garlic
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is a plant that absolutely loves the
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cold. Without the cold, it won't form
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the bulb and the formation of the cloves
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on the bulb. itself. So, cold weather
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does help the garlic. So, don't cover
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them with fleece because it needs the
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cold weather to help it. But yeah, you
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can get fleece online. It's not that
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expensive and it'll last quite a few
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months as well. You might need to
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replace it the year after. But yeah, it
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it will last quite a few times. Even if
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you've got stuff in green houses, if
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it's not a heated greenhouse, covers the
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plants in fleece, just give it that
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extra layer of protection and save it
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from losing it because you don't want to
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lose all that time and effort you put
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into growing certain plants and looking
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after them throughout the period for the
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frost just to come along and kill them
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in one night. So, it's great to keep
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them all protected. Now, I've got my
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potatoes chitting down here at the
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aotment. They're in mini green houses,
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so they've got an extra layer of
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protection. They're inside my poly
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tunnel in mini green houses, so yeah,
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they're keeping them well looked after.
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However, I might put a bit of fleece
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over them when the weather does get cold
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just to give them that extra layer of
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protection and to keep them a bit
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warmer. They don't need a lot of warm
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weather. Potatoes for chitting need to
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be kept cool, but it might just give
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them a bit more looking after during the
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cold time. So, yeah, be careful. get
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your fleece ready and get everything
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looked after because that extra bit of
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love might help produce great crops come
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summertime. So yeah, I hope you found
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that useful everyone and as always
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben everyone.
