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Let's prepare our bed for our next
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autuminal bull planting. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And today we're
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going to be tidying up one of my other
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big beds for my bull planting as this
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was one of my key beds. I planted a lot
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of shrubbery in this area this year and
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we've got some ders in it. We've got
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quite a few flowers in it. So, we're
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going to give it a tidy up. I'm going to
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take my ders out as it's coming to the
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end now of them as it's going to start
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turning colder now. So, they'll probably
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die back. They've still got a few buds
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on, but yeah, let's have a look.
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So, this is the flower bed, and as you
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can see, it's getting a bit overwhelming
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of flowers. We cut back as fuchsia
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earlier in the year, and it's it's
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growing mad again. We need to get all
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the bind weed out as well. But yeah, as
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Gor is doing well, that's looking really
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nice. I'm going to keep that in. But my
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ders, they're starting to finish off
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now. So, we're going to take those out
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and hopefully save the tubers from them.
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But yeah, we've got some new plants to
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plant in. We've got some saraka white
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gem. We've got some other plants as
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well, which we're looking forward to
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getting in and hopefully getting some
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flowers. They need watering. They're a
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Who else does that? Just puts plants to
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one side and they end up dying before
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you put them in. But yeah, let's get
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them all planted and let's get them all
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in and hopefully get some bulbs in this
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Oh no, what have I done? I've taken out
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all of the plants. I changed my mind. I
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thought I'll take them all out because
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I'm going to start again. I'm going to
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put them all where they should actually
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be in high order. The tall ones towards
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the back and the lower ones towards the
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front because they were just all in igly
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piggledy. But yeah, we're going to sort
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them all out and replant them all.
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Hopefully they take again, but if not,
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we'll have to fill them back in again.
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But yeah, let's get them all replanted
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So, I've lined up all the plants and
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planted them where I want them to be.
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So, we need to get all those new plants
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in now. And yeah, hopefully that
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wisteria takes what I planted this year
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and starts climbing next year. But yeah,
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we've got so much planted and like I
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said, I'll put the taller stuff towards
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the back now and the smaller stuff
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towards the front. This lavender has
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done really well. Absolutely amazing. A
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lot of this were cutings I took from
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another lavender and it seems to have
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taken pretty well. So hopefully it gets
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So as new plants we've got to plant our
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saraka white gem which has a nice
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fragrance in the winter time. We've got
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some cornice fire which hopefully will
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come back to life once I plant them.
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Fingers crossed they're not fully dead.
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And then we've got some nardinia fire
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power. So yeah, we have got some great
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plants. Get those planted and get those
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So it's all now completed. It looks
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absolutely amazing. All the plants are
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all in place. They're all in situ with
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all the lavender down the front to
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create a little lavender hedge row once
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they get established. But yeah, our next
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job next week will be to fill it all
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with absolutely loads of bulbs so that
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it looks amazing in springtime because I
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do love my bulbs as you know. So yeah,
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I'm happy with how we've got on. We've
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done a big job today. A good job. Nice
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in the weather and nice in the sunshine.
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So we've just got to give it a massive
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water to hopefully get everything settle
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back in and hopefully take root again.
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Fingers crossed we don't lose any plants
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in the meantime. Even the robins coming
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to have a look at it and see what we've
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been up to. But yeah, we have got lots
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done today. So happy with how it's all
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come on. So in this area, we've got a
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new eucalyptus to plant which we got
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sent which looks absolutely gorgeous and
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it's called the compact silver. Even
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though it's called compact, it can still
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grow to 5 m tall unless
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you keep it under control. So, I do need
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to keep it under control cuz we don't
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want it 5 m tall. But yeah, it'll have a
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nice eucalyptus smell when you're
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trimming it. It's also good for flower
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arranging as well if you do flower
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arranging. So, we're going to plant it
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in this area next to the wisteria and
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hopefully it'll grow well, not too tall.
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And obviously, they like a sunny
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position and they like to be kept
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watered as well. So, hopefully it gets
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enough water. But yeah, let's get
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planted and see how it grows.
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So, that is another area sorted. And
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that's all I'm doing during the autumn
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winter time is improving areas, tidying
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them all up, getting them all ready out
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for next year and just giving it all a
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spruce up because you don't get much
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time, especially during the summer when
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you're planting and you're watering and
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you're harvesting. You don't get time to
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do all the jobs what you want to get
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done. So that is why I concentrate on
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all these during the autumn time. So
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make sure you stay tuned for all our
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videos of our projects throughout the
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winter period. Until next time everyone,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben everyone.
