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Creating a autumn winter bed for my a
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lotment. Welcome to Gardening with Ben.
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Today we're going to be creating an
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autumn winter bed down at the plot to
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make it look nice throughout the winter
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period as there's not much color until
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the springtime comes when all the bulbs
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start popping through. So, we're going
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to add some color. Let's see what we're
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planting today and where we're going to
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be planting it. So, we have been out and
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bought three trays of cichlmen. is six
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in a tray and these were $5.99 and
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they're massive plants. Absolutely
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gorgeous. Lots and lots of color. So,
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we're going to be adding these to the
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garden. Make sure you don't water them
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too much as they don't like too much
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water and don't water near the
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uh tubers of the plant as that can cause
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them to rot as well. So, yeah, I'm
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looking forward to having these on the
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plot. I've never grown them before, so
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hopefully we can look after them. They
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will come back year after year. And if
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you look after them, they go dormant in
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the summertime and then start to flower
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again towards the end of summer. And
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we're also going to be adding some
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violas as well, which will add some more
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color throughout the autumn winter
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period into the springtime. So yeah,
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we're going to be planting them in this
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bed here, which is near where I sit on
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my a lotment. So we need to tidy it all
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up and get them all planted and
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hopefully looking really, really nice
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down here. and it should add a lot of
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nice color to the plot.
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So, I've got all the cichlmen in. Oh, I
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missed one. I need to pop them in. So,
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yeah, we're going to plant some violas
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now in the front bit to make it look
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good. Obviously, the lavender will grow
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in time. That got planted this year, so
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hopefully it'll be a lot bigger next
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So, that's it. That's our autuminal
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So yeah, hopefully we can keep it alive,
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keep it watered and looking good.
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Definitely add some winter color over
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the cold period when not much is
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growing. Let me know what you think in
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So, make sure you stay tuned for the
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second half of this video as we're going
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to be showing you what we've got from
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B&M Bargains and adding them to this
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little area. I'm excited now to get
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these in. But yeah, let's do part two.
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So, see you soon in part two, everybody.
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Remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben.
