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Garden Journal Friday: This Week’s Progress with Ben
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Jul 25, 2025
Join me this Friday for a Garden Check‑In where we recap our week’s progress—from newly planted seedlings and thriving veggies to challenges that taught us valuable gardening lessons. I’ll share what’s worked, what needs tweaking, and tips to carry you into the weekend with healthy, happy plants. \#FridayCheckIn #GardeningWithBen #WeeklyGardenRecap #GardenProgress #GreenThumbsUp #PlantWins #GardenLessons #WeekendPrep #GrowYourOwn #AllotmentLife Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gardening-with-ben-garden-and-allotment-tips-and-advice-podcast--5150692/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gardening-with-ben-garden-and-allotment-tips-and-advice-podcast--5150692/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) .
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben, your
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growing in 2025.
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Whether you're a seasoned gardener, a
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Hey everyone and welcome back to
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Gardening with Ben for your Friday's
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episode. The weekend is finally here.
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Thank goodness. It's time to enjoy the
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weekend. It's time to get back in the
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gardens and it's time to enjoy being out
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in the fresh air again. If you've been
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stuck inside all week, it's a savior
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when you can spend time back in your
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garden, back enjoying what you're doing.
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And I know I certainly do. I love being
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back outside after being stuck inside
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all week. I do love to be out in the
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garden. Even if I'm not doing anything,
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I just love to sit there and enjoy being
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out in the fresh air. Now, I do pop down
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to my a lotment a couple of times in the
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week, which I have done this week. And
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while I've been down there this week,
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I've popped into my poly tunnel. I've
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checked that the water irrigation system
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still working, which it is. Thankfully,
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we're having to fill the wheeler bin
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back up every few days, but it's keeping
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them wet. It's keeping them moist. And
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yeah, it's saved watering them. and I've
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noticed that I've got a sudden increase
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of tomatoes growing on my tomato plants.
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Whether it's because I pinched the tops
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off them and they're now starting to
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concentrate on growing the tomatoes
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maybe or it's down to the irrigation
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system. It's either one, whatever I've
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And I had a look at my melon plants as
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well while I were down there. And the
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this small little melon were there at
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the weekend. It's starting to swell up
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pretty fast. So, it's growing quite fast
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in the poly tunnel, which is absolutely
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amazing. Now, I still don't know what
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variety these are. It's looking like
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they could be possibly a watermelon
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because of the shape of them. They're
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not like a ball shape. They're like long
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and oval. So, I'm guessing they could be
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watermelon. So, we'll have to wait and
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see and see what we actually have grown
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down at the a lotment. Fingers crossed
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it is a watermelon because I've never
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grown watermelons before. So, that will
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be a first for me. And if I get one off
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out of all the plants that I've got, I
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will be absolutely amazed. So, make sure
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you stay tuned to see how well our
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watermelons are doing. I keep sharing
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updates on my Instagram and on my
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Facebook. So, make sure you're following
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them.
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What else have we been up to? We've
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checked on us pumpkins today. And yes,
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they are swelling as well. All this rain
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that we've had this week has done the
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pumpkins absolutely fantastic. And one
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of them is starting to go orange
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already. So that's a good sign that it
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is ripening. We just need it to grow a
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bit bigger. It's about the size of a
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small football at the moment. It's not
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the size of a big football, but a
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smallish football.
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So we do need it to expand and grow a
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lot more and hopefully get a lot bigger.
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We've also been out and bought August's
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edition of Grow Your Own magazine. I've
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not opened it yet. I need to do a grand
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reveal, show what seeds are inside, and
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see if we can use any of these for
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sewing this month. We've also been to
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Morrison's where I always have a sneaky
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look at all the reduced plants. I never
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buy plants at full price. That is one
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rule that I stick to. I always buy them
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when they're reduced. And most often,
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Uh canas or however you say it. I'm not
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very good at pronouncing things, but
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yeah, we bought two large canners. They
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were meant to be £8 each, but these were
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reduced to two pound. So, I thought
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bargain, I'm getting them. So, I've got
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them. No idea what I need to do with
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them because I'm not good with flowers.
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But, we'll have a read up and we'll keep
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you updated on what we need to do with
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them and how well they grow. And if
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anybody else grows them out there, send
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me a message on Instagram and let me
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know how to grow them because I would
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like to know and hopefully I think they
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do have flowers on them. So yeah, we'll
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see if we can actually get them growing
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and get some great beauty on them. So
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we've done that. What else have we done
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this week down at the a lotment? We've
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not done much else. We've done some
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harvesting. We've been harvesting our
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tomatoes, of course, on a regular basis.
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Every time I go down to the a lotment,
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there's more tomatoes to pick. But I'm
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not complaining because they only last
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me a couple of days and then I'm back
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down to the a lotment and harvesting
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some more. So, they keep me going and
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just the right amount of tomatoes for
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me. Um, not too many, not too less and I
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can just keep on top of eating them all,
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which is absolutely amazing.
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So, that is basically what we have been
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up to down at the a lotment this week.
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Obviously, in tomorrow's podcast, we're
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going to talk about our plans for the a
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lotment for the weekend, what we're
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planning on doing, and what we're going
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to hopefully get done. Um, oh, that's
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another thing. Yes, I've got to tell you
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this. I've also purchased a new
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microphone for doing my videos with as
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well. Um, it's one of the DJI mics,
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which is apparently one of the best ones
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that you can get for filming videos. Uh,
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it's got noise reduction on it as well.
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So then when I'm doing my videos in my
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poly tunnel and you can hear screaming
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and shouting from the park or um the
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wind and the rain, you won't hear none
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of that anymore. So it'll be nice and
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clear and hopefully produce better
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videos. So, as I always say, everything
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that goes from these podcasts and for my
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videos goes back into my creation of
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doing stuff for you guys. So, thank you
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for those that do listen to the podcast
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and everything. So, it all goes back to
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giving you more content, which I
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absolutely love. I' If I could do this
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fulltime, I certainly would do. So, make
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sure you listen to these podcasts a
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million times a day and then I'll be
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able to retire.
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But yeah, I do love it so much.
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And yeah, like I said, tomorrow's
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podcast, we'll be talking about
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everything that we're hoping to get done
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down at the plot. Hopefully, we're going
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to have a busy weekend down at the plot
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this weekend. I've got a lot of things
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planned and hopefully film a lot of
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videos for you for Facebook and
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Instagram and sharing more tips and
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advice with you all and obviously
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recording more podcasts for the week
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ahead. I hope you've enjoyed all this
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week's podcasts. We have managed to get
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one out every single day for you. So,
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we'll try again next week. So, until
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next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben. Everyone,
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thanks for tuning in to today's episode
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of Gardening with Ben. I hope you've
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enjoyed our chat and picked up some tips
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to help your garden and a lotment
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thrive. Don't forget to stay connected
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