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Day one of tidying my new area and doing
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my new project in my allotment. Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. And as I
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mentioned in one of my previous videos,
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I'm going to be redeveloping in front of
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my seating area. I'm not going to tell
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you exactly what I'm going to be doing.
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That's going to be a surprise. But yeah,
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we have got a big task on as I tend to
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just put all my rubbish there, which I
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shouldn't do. I should put it away when
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I bring it down to the plot. And yeah,
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we've got a lot of plants to clear out
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and we've got it all to dig over. We've
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all got black membrane. We've got um the
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redo and the bindweed down the side of
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the plot. We've got to sort out some
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blackberries what climbing over the
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arches. Some of the arches are leaning
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over, so we've got to get them back
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supported. It's going to be a big task
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and it'll probably take about a month to
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All being well, depending on the weather
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when we come to the plot. So, we need to
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crack on. We need to get started and we
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need to get clearing some of this
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So, as you can see, it's a mess at the
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moment. Absolute mess. I just chucked
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all my trays and my pots down here.
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And it's definitely not a seating area.
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I've not been sat on that chair for
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ages. As I don't get chance to sit down
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much. But we're going to hopefully get
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rid of all the pots and all the trays,
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get rid of all the plants out of that
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area. I'm going to replant them
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And yeah, that'll be the first task for
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today, I think, before the rain comes.
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So, we'll see how much we get done. And
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see if it's looking a bit tidier after
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So, next week's job will be to clear all
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this area out in front of this area. And
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also down that edging down the side of
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the fencing. Clear all that bindweed
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out. Clear the nettles out. Fingers
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[snorts] crossed it's not raining next
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week and we can get it all done. And
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then it'll be ready to get prepared for
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putting black membrane down. We'll have
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to take the paving slabs up, move the
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chair out of the way. But yeah [snorts],
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we'll get it measured and we'll get some
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black membrane ordered.
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So, in this we've got some salvia, we've
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got some nemesia, we've got some
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wisteria, we've got some lavender. So,
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we need to take those out and protect
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them all and I can also spot some
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just up there as well. So, yeah, we need
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get them all replanted and hopefully
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So, we've taken all the plants out of
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there. As you can see, we've got some
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bulbs growing, so I might have to move
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them as well when we're doing up this
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as well. Cuz it's all going to be ripped
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out over the next few weeks. So, yeah,
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that's one job done. We've put them in
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this bed at the side what we redone the
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other week. And yeah, we've placed them
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in this area. So, hopefully
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they'll take and hopefully they'll grow.
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I do love the nemesia and that one
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smells absolutely amazing.
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So, next week's job will be to clear all
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this area out in front of this area and
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also down that edging down the side of
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Clear all that bindweed out, clear the
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nettles out. Fingers crossed it's not
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raining next week and we can get it all
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done. And then it'll be ready to get
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prepared for putting black membrane
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down. Once you take the paving slabs up,
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move the chair out of the way. But yeah,
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we'll get it measured and we'll get some
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black membrane ordered.
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So, we managed to get all that done just
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as the rain starts to come down, which
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I'm pleased about. We managed to get
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that task done and job ticked off of day
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one of building our new area and getting
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it all prepared for the hard graft,
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which will be hard graft, trust me, when
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I'm planning what I'm doing. But like I
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said, I can't tell you until we get
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started. So, you'll have to stay tuned
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for how well we get on.
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But yeah, I hope that you're enjoying
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all these vlogs of what we're getting up
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to down here. Hopefully it encourages
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you to get down to your allotment and
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garden and do some projects and some
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and try and make improvements throughout
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the winter period when there's not much
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happening in the garden or the
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allotment. So, make sure you know you
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tune in to all our podcasts as well,
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available on Spotify, Apple, Alexa. Just
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search for Gardening With Ben and have a
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listen to that where we go into more
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detail of what we're up to and certain
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topics as well, and tips and advice. So,
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until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone.
