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Being in Yorkshire, we say that oak's
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better than note. But yeah, let's have a
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look at see what we've harvested.
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Let's harvest our apples before the
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squirrel eats them all. Yes. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And today we're
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going to be harvesting our eating apples
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as I've realized I've not picked them
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and the squirrel's eating them. You can
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see where they've been eating them. But
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yeah, we need to get them all picked and
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harvested before it does eat them all
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cuz there's not much around for it to
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eat. So, it's pinching the apples.
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So, we need to get them all picked. So,
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let's have a look at our eating apples
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and let's see what we harvest. So, as
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you can see, it's been eating them or
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that or that something's been eaten them
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and I need to get them off before
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they're all eaten completely cuz there's
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no point having fruit if you're not
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going to pick it. And as you can see,
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we've got quite a few on the tree. Nice
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and red. Absolutely gorgeous apples.
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These ones, I can't remember the variety
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of them to be honest. If anybody knows,
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let me know. that would help. But yeah,
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we're going to get them harvested and
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hopefully see what we can get off the
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So, that's them all harvested now. We've
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not got a massive amount and some of
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them aren't in the best condition, but
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we'll be able to scrape some of them up
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off and hopefully get some results from
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them cuz oat's better than note being in
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Yorkshire. We say that oak's better than
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note. But yeah, let's have a look and
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see what we've harvested.
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So, this is his harvest of apples.
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better than no. It's probably down to my
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own fault not keeping the area cleared
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and being able to get to them easy
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enough. But yeah, we've got a nice
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little harvest from them and I'll be
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happy with them and they should last me
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quite a few time days to be honest.
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We'll get them eaten and hopefully
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they'll taste absolutely delicious. You
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can't beat homegrown apples. They're so
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But yeah, that says eating apple tree
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harvested. Now, I'm going to be waiting
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till possibly November, December, and
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then I'll be giving it a good prune
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back. I usually wait until the leaves
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have dropped off it, and then I give it
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a good prune back. They're getting quite
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tall, so it's going to need quite a big
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prune this year because we're not meant
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to let them get so high. So, obviously,
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sometimes when you give apple trees a
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big prune, it can stress the apple tree
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out and it won't fruit next year. So, I
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possibly won't get any next year, but
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we'll see how many we get. But, it does
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need a good chop back this year. So,
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that's another winter job that we've got
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to do this year. We always give them a
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little prune back each year, but like I
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said, it's getting too tall now. So,
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it's ideal to give it that good old
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pruning back. And that's where my
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rhubarb patch is as well. So, we need to
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tidy all that and give it a good clear
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out because I do love my rhubarb as you
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know. I love my crumbles. And again, I
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let it go to a mess this year and I
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didn't get as much rhubarb as I could
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have done because there were brambles in
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the way. So, I couldn't get down to get
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them. So, we need to give it a good tidy
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back this year and hopefully get on top
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of the brambles. And it's so hard
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getting brambles out, especially when
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they're just growing through paving
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slabs and stuff like that. It's hard to
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get them all out. But, we'll try and
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give it a good go as long as we clear it
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down and we can get down it. So yeah,
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that has been our harvest of the day and
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hopefully we'll get plenty more harvests
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next year. So until next time everyone,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
