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Welcome to our weekly roundup and
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welcome to Gardening with Ben. So, this
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is our weekly roundup of what we've been
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up to down at the a lotment and in the
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garden this weekend. We have been busy,
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busy, busy. Today, it's been absolutely
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chucking it down. Yesterday, we have got
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lots and lots done. Rain doesn't stop
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me. The only thing that stops me coming
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to the a lotment is snow. I'll even come
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when it's frosty or when it's chucking
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it down windy. I'll always come down at
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the weekend because this is my happy
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space and the I love to spend my
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weekends. So, what have we been up to
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this weekend? Well, we hit 29K followers
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on Facebook. Absolutely amazing. I can't
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believe it. That's where I started all
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my social media on Facebook. And the
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community we've got on there is
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absolutely brilliant. I love it. And
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yeah, it just keeps on growing. We're
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getting about a thousand followers on
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there every month. So, it's getting
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massive. Soon we'll be at 30K. Fingers
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crossed within a month. We'll see how
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well we get on with that. So yeah, keep
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sharing, keep liking the post, and keep
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commenting and helping me grow my page.
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So this weekend, we have finished off
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potting up the easy fill hanging
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baskets. We've put strawberries in the
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top and they're all fed. We've put some
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food in them. We're giving them this
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week's watering. We're only watering
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them once a week to start off with as
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you don't want to cause root rot, which
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can happen with strawberries. So we'll
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water them once a week. When it gets a
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bit warmer, we'll water them possibly
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twice a week and then when it gets
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really warm every single day. But we're
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going to set up a drip irrigation system
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for that so it'll keep them watered on a
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regular basis. I'm going to get a solar
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pump and yeah, I've used one in the past
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and they're absolutely brilliant. We've
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also finished off building all our
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raised beds in here in the poly tunnel.
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So, we've got 14 raised beds in here
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now. So, 14 new places to grow produce.
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This gets the full sunlight in here and
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it gets warm. So things will grow a lot
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faster and better in here because you
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won't get as many pests or things
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disturbing it or birds and stuff in
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here. So yeah, fingers crossed we get
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some great produce in here. So I'm still
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thinking about what to grow in each bed
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at the moment. I'm going to have to draw
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a plan. Like I always say, draw a plan
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and have a look at what seeds are around
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to grow. I want to grow some unusual
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stuff as well. So we'll have a look
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around and see what we're getting
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growing in them. We've also planted out
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our fox gloves which are grew from seed.
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We started them off in August, September
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time and yeah, they're looking healthy
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and really big. So I planted them
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outside because I'm running out of space
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in the shed. I'm going to need that for
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growing all my seeds next month. That is
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our busy month, March, when we sew all
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our seeds. The only ones we've got sewn
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at the moment are chilies, peppers, or
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and sweet peas. We've sewn our sweet
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peas as well this weekend. We've got
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them done in our root um root trainers
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which we got from Oakland Gardens and
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yeah, we've got them sewn and hopefully
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we'll get some great sweet peas down at
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the plot this year. So overall, we have
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been very busy down here at the plot and
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I filmed some videos for you for this
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week and hopefully you'll get to see
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them all. So make sure you hit the bell
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so that you see all the videos what come
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up. But next weekend we're going to have
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another busy weekend. And I think it's
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going to turn a bit colder this week, so
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they've said. So, we'll see what jobs
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we've got to do next week. We haven't
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got much to do at the moment. We're just
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tidying up. Like I said, March time is
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when I sew all my seeds when it's warmer
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in my unheated greenhouse. I've done
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that for years now, and everything's
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grown really well. So, we're waiting for
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March before we sew all our seeds. So,
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it's a busy time down at the plot. I'm
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looking forward to this year and seeing
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what we grow and hopefully get some good
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success down here at the plot. But yeah,
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I hope you've enjoyed this weekly catch
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up and thanks for all the shares, the
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comments, the likes, the support that
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you do give me. It really does mean a
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lot and I love this little gardening
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community we've got. So, as always
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben,
