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This video explains useful gardening jobs you can do when it rains, helping you stay productive even during wet weather. Learn practical tasks such as seed sowing, tool cleaning, plant care and garden planning that can be completed without needing dry conditions.
The guide covers both indoor gardening activities and simple outdoor maintenance that is safe to carry out in damp weather. These tasks help keep your garden organised and ready for the growing season.
If bad weather is stopping outdoor work, this video provides practical rainy day gardening ideas so you can continue making progress all year round.
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hello and welcome to gardening with Ben
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your go-to podcast for all things green
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and growing I'm Ben your allotment guide
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and here to help you cultivate your
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just starting out this podcast is for
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tricks and techniques to make your
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garden and alotment thve from planting
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tips and AD advice we will also have
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have been up to on the Alum so sit back
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grab a brew and enjoy today's
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episode hey everyone and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben for another brand new
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episode we're halfway through the week
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already wow where is this week going
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well today's podcast episode we're going
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to talk talk about all the jobs which
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you can do in the rain yes there's
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plenty of jobs that you can do in the
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rain or in the snow if it's snowing we
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should have done this uh podcast for the
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weekend when it absolutely bounced it
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down but we're here with a podcast for
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you to give you some ideas and some
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inspirational things to do while you can
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do in the garden when it is absolutely
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chuing it down and during those win into
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months of cold weather horrible weather
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when you don't want to actually spend
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time in the allotment so what jobs can
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we do during the wet weather so we're
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going to talk about these and hopefully
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give you some ideas so first up is
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planning and
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organizing now I do talk about these a
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lot in some of my podcasts and one idea
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is to review your garden Journal if
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you've not started a garden journal have
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a look now on Amazon or on ET say
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different websites and see about buying
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a garden journal it's a good idea to
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make notes of when you start your seeds
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when you've harvested them where you've
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planted them Etc like that and then you
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can look back and see what worked well
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and what didn't work well like I take
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lots of photos obviously to share with
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you all on social media so I have a
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journaling photos as well as is writing
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things down and seeing how well things
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are
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do next up is plan your crop
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rotation
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now obviously you need to keep your
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crops rotated because growing things in
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the same place of year they won't grow
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as well because they take all the
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nutrition from the ground and you need
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to try them in a different place or if
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there's some disease still in that soil
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from that plant it will come back and
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get on that plan and not do as well that
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year as
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well next up is make a seed list decide
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what seeds you want to buy for the next
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growing season now this is one job that
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I need to do this week and start writing
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down the ideas of things I want to try
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and grow next year and if we're able to
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grow them because obviously I'm only
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working I'm 9 to5 this now and I only
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get weekends free to go down on the
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allotment so I to see about things that
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are feasible and that will grow with not
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as much um help from me and just things
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that will just grow by themselves and
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hopefully do well and still get produce
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on them so have a look at them seed
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lists and get W in them and yeah I'm
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going to think about starting some uh
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chilies and peppers off next month and
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possibly some orber jeans so stay tuned
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for them and stay tuned for the videos
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as I share what I'm getting up to and
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what I'm getting growing
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sketch your garden layout plan now plan
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your garden layout for next year plan
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what you want to grow where and what how
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you're going to grow it and if you're
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going to change anything with your beds
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or your paths or any new features that
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you want to add so make a sketchy your
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garden and decide where you're going to
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be planting
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stuff next up we're going to be talking
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about maintenance tasks that need a
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rainy day now
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now rain does help with things if you
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don't think that rain helps it does
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obviously it helps with watering but it
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can also help with jobs in the garden
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and one of the main jobs it can help
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with is obviously weeding weed pull out
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much more easier when the soil is damp
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use this opportunity to clear invasive
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plants especially
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bindweed my Nemesis but it keeps me busy
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keeps me occupied and keeps me fitted
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getting dug in if we didn't have no
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weeds we wouldn't have no work to do on
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the garden and we won't be keeping in
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good shape next up is planting
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perennials and shrubs the mo the moist
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soil reduces transplant shock for new
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plants so if you're wanting to plant
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perennials and shrubs it's ideal to do
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it when the ground is
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wet compost maintenance turn your
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compost pile or add materials to keep
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keep it balanced and aerated rain can he
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rain can help the pile
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moist keep moist so the rain can help
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keep the pile moist so rain helps your
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compost heaps so keep turning it and
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keep it rotting
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down so what jobs can we do undercover
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when it's raining so obviously I've got
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Greenhouse I've got poly tunnel so it's
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an ideal time to do jobs in the garden
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and that is one of the reasons why I try
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to get my allotment as cleared as fast
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as possible in October November so that
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I can do all the jobs in the greenhouse
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in the poly tunnel in the shed when it
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is nasty horrible weather which is
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usually around December time it's never
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usually nice in December it's usually
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rainy and horrible like in January
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February so yeah that is the perfect
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time to do all the jobs which need do it
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in the shed in the greenhouse and that
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can be obviously building new benches
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painting things up washing those plant
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pots yes you have to wash them don't
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take them home and put them in your
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dishwasher and get told off but yeah you
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have to wash your plant pots because
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there's diseases around there's bugs
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there's pests Etc give them a good clean
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and wash them with some nice soapy water
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and get them all clean and fresh for
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next
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year any tool maintenance clean your
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tools down sharpen blades oil any moving
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parts and organ I them in your shed hang
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them up make them look tidy and get them
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all ready for next
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year next up is potting bench projects
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so SE sew seeds in Trace or repot plants
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that need larger containers now
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obviously in my previous episodes I
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talked about all the plants that you can
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sew this month and we're going to be
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starting to sew our winter onions now so
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that is one job that you can actually
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get started now ready for next year get
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them growing and then get them planted
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out in the garden in March
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Time next up is jobs which you can do in
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the house while it's absolutely raining
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yes you can still do gardening jobs
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while you're in the house obviously not
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messy jobs because you'll get told off
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if you make a mess but there's certain
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jobs that you can do in the house and
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obviously you can care for your house
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plants if you're growing any house
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plants in your garden dust of leaves
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prune them and water them as needed I've
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got a house plant in my new house and
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I've not watered it yet I need to water
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it that reminds me uh but I'm hoping to
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get some more plants in my house because
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obviously more plants in the house makes
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a healthy you so I need to get some more
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plants for my house so if anybody's got
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any ideas of decent plants what I can
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grow in my house let me know start a
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herb garden plant herbs in pots to keep
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on your window soul for easy access and
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obviously growing herbs on windowell in
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the winter months they'll can continue
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growing because they'll get the light
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they'll get the warmth and yeah you can
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grow your herbs through the winter
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months in the
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house create your garden labels now we
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talked about this in my last podcast um
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my biggest failure is not making plant
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labels so why not get saving those milk
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cartons trim them down into strips and
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get making your garden labels ready for
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next year so yeah there's plenty of jobs
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that you can actually do in your garden
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in the winter period and things to keep
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you busy keep you occupied and I know a
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lot of people don't like going outside
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in the cold and the wet weather so use
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it as an opportunity to go in your shed
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or in your greenhouse and get them jobs
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done and hopefully get prepared ready
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for next year and hopefully have a
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successful year we are going to try and
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have the most successful year down at my
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allotment next year even though I'm only
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down there two days a week I'm going to
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try and prove to you all that you can
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actually do an allotment in two days and
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still get a fantastic crop from your
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Gardens so make sure you stay tuned for
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