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This video explains important seasonal gardening tasks that help plants and soil cope with cooler conditions. I cover clearing beds, improving soil, pruning, and simple protection methods that support healthy growth. It is helpful for gardeners wanting a clear plan for maintaining a productive garden as temperatures begin to drop.
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essential autumn and fall jobs to do in
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your gardens and a lotments that you
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can't ignore and that you need to do
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during autumn. Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. In this video, we're going to be
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explaining all the tasks what need to be
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done and not ignored this autumn winter
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period. Now is the perfect time to be
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doing lots of jobs and getting a head
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start ready for next year's growing
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season. A lot of stuff isn't growing in
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the a lotment and garden at this time of
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year and it's now a perfect time to get
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cracking and get on with those main jobs
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and maintenance ready for next year. So
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the first thing what you need to be
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doing in your a lotment and garden is
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clear out any dead plants and weeds. Now
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a lot of the vegetation may be dying
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back or the old vegetables or the old
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flowers. Dig them out, stick them on
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your compost heap and get the beds
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cleared. And the same goes for weeds.
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Get out as many weeds and roots as
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possible during the autumn period as
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during the winter, not much weeding will
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be needed to be done. So the quicker you
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get it done, the quicker that you can
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sit back and relax during the winter
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period. If only it was that simple. But
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yeah, get as much weeds out as possible,
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especially the roots, because getting
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the roots out now, it'll stop them from
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growing in the springtime and it won't
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be as big a job come next year.
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If you've not already, plant your
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garlic, your onions, and your shallots.
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Now, I've got garlic in at the moment.
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I've got onions in. I've got shelots in,
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and they're all sprouting already.
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They're really doing well down here at
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the a lotment. Make sure that you net
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them because the birds and the squirrels
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do love to pull them out when they see
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the green shoots popping through. So,
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just make sure you net them and keep
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them in the ground. If they do come out,
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just pop them back in and hopefully they
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will take. And remember to keep them
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watered if it's a dry period during the
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autumn. But so far we've had lots of
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rain, which is good for down at the a
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lotment. And again, if you've not
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planted any spring bulbs at your a
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lotment or in your garden, get some
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planted. Uh I am an advocate for
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planting spring bulbs at my a lotment. I
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drone on about it all the time. You
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might say, "Yes, shut up, Ben." But no,
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I plant loads of spring bulbs because in
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the springtime when the bees wake up
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from hibernation, they're the first
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flowers that are around and they need
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the nectar and the pollen to give them
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the food and the energy to get started
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for the year ahead. So attracting the
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bees and looking after them will help
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you beneficially because when the spring
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wolves come out, your fruit trees will
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start to be blossoming and it'll attract
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them to help pollinate the blossom on
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the fruit trees which will encourage
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more fruit on your plants. So, it's a
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win-win situation and it looks
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absolutely gorgeous having spring bulbs
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when there's not much color around. It's
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a great addition to the a lotment.
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Next up is clean your tools and your
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greenhouse and your poly tunnel. Now,
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cleaning your tools is not something
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that I enjoy doing, but it's good to
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clean them down if you're not using them
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during the winter period, especially
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like your secretaries. Oil them up, give
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them a good clean down, and hopefully
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they'll last another year longer. Don't
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leave them out in your a lotment like I
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usually do. store them away in your shed
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and keep them secure over the winter
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period. Now you poly on your greenhouse,
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disinfect it down, give it a good scrub
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down, give it a good wash down as
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there's a lot of diseases what hang
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around whether you've had tomato blight
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or potato blight if you've had them in
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your polyon or greenhouse. Give them a
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good wash down. Those diseases hang
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around. So the better you clean it, the
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better you get on with it like really
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good. Give it a good scrub down. just
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use an antibacterial
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uh spray and it will do its job and keep
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the diseases free.
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Next up is lift tender plants. Now, if
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you got any tender plants like I've got
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deraniums in my a lotment and I want to
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keep them for next year. Yes, you can
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keep deraniums year after year. If you
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dig them up, put them in your poly
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tunnel or your greenhouse where it's a
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bit warmer. keep them alive and they
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will grow again next year and give you
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more flowers and maybe bigger plants as
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well. So, lift up any tender plants and
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look after them until next year. The
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same goes for non-H hardy fuchsia. Make
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sure you dig them up and move them into
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your poly tunnel as well.
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Protect any pots from plants. If you've
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got any like non-h hardy plants, bring
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your pots into your poly tunnel, use
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fleas, protect them, and they again will
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come back next year.
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Now, look after the birds during the
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winter period. I know it's an expense.
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We a lot of people don't have much money
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these days, but if you have got a bit of
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spare change, buy some bird feeders, buy
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some cheap seed, hang them up in your
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gardens, and look after them birds. Now,
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I've got birdhouses on my a lotment. And
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come springtime, the blue tits move in.
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They absolutely love it. So, if you've
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got any birdhouses in your a lotment and
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garden, clear them out. They need
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cleaning out. Disinfect them. The birds
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won't move in. if they know there's been
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signs of anything living in them. So,
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clean them out now, especially if
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there's like spiders in them and webs or
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old nests in them. Clean them out ready
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for next year. Hang them back up and
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hopefully you will get some blue tits or
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birds living in them. So, those are the
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essential tips what I'm sharing with you
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today. I hope you found them useful.
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Until next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
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with Ben everyone.
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