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Looking after the butterflies. Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. And in today's
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video, we're going to show you how we're
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going to look after the butterflies down
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at our a lotment. Yes, butterflies can
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cause a problem with caterpillars eating
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cabbages and brassacas and stuff like
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that. But you can obviously prevent that
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by netting them. But I do love to see
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the butterflies down at the a lotment.
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And this more and more scarce these
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days, and you don't see them around that
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much. If I'm trying to help with the
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wildlife down at the plot, I obviously
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have my bird houses. I feed the birds. I
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have my pond. I always try and attract
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the wildlife to my a lotment because I
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do absolutely love it. So, we went to
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B&M Bargains and we purchased these. We
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saw them on offer for a pound reduced
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from £4. So, I thought why not? Let's
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give it a try. Let's buy some. So, we
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bought two of these bird house butterfly
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houses. not bird houses, butterfly
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houses. So, we bought two of these. I
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don't know how long they'll last,
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whether they're flimsy or not, but we'll
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give them a go. We'll put them up and
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we'll see if we can attract butterflies
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to live in them as there's little slots
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in them where they go and hide and
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hibernate and yeah, hopefully, fingers
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crossed, we can get some butterflies
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down. Obviously, there's other ways of
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attracting butterflies to your plot by
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having budlia, lavender, rebecca, which
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I've just planted on my plot myself. So,
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yeah, planting flowers that attract the
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butterflies will help as well. So, let's
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get these up and let's get them seen if
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we can get some butterflies in them.
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So, there we have it. Two butterfly
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houses up on the edge of my poly tunnel.
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They do look nice then. But yeah,
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hopefully we get some butterflies living
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out. As you can see, there's two little
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slots in them where they can enter and
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go and enjoy themselves. And they're in
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a nice sunny position as butterflies do
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like the sunshine and the warmth. So
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yeah, we will keep an eye on these, see
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if we get any coming in it, and we'll
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keep you updated on it.
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