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hey everybody and welcome to Gardening
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with Ben well in today's video I'm going
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to talk about how do you get an aotment
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i get so many questions asked all the
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time how do you get an aotment where do
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I start what do I do but we're going to
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start posting some videos on how to get
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an aotment and the process of getting
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started with your a lotment so if you're
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new to gardening or looking at getting
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an aotment make sure you give us a
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follow and you will be able to get these
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videos and advice on where to get
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started and what to do when you first
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start so make sure you stay tuned for
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this little series of videos
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so the best place to get started with
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looking for an a lotment is on the
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internet if you've got the internet and
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it's look if you just search for a
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lotments near me it'll show you the
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council a lotments that are near you and
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the private a lotments as well now the
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difference between private and council
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is that obviously the council run the a
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lotments or if it's private it's run by
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a private organization sometimes private
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ones are cheaper than the council ones
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but it depends where you are in the
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country and obviously make sure that
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there's water included on the site as
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well you might think "Oh I can store
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water in tubs from the rain water and
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stuff like that." But if we get a heat
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wave you'll run out of water and you'll
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end up having to take water down to the
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plot with you which is not what you want
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when you're watering your plants so have
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a look online check where the nearest
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sites are towards you and get applying
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now some a lotment sites you'll have
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massive waiting lists on and it you
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might even be waiting absolute years but
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this time of year they're sending all
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the bills out and getting people to
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resign up for the year ahead so a lot of
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people drop out so why not give them a
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call as well to see if there's any
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vacant plots because like I said people
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are giving them up at this time of year
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so it's a perfect opportunity they might
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just say "Oh we've just had somebody
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cancel today would you like this plot?"
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But yeah get phoning them up as well and
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keep checking see if there's plots
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available or if there's an a lotment
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private a lotment site near you pop down
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and see if you can find the person in
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charge and have a chat to them and show
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your enthusiasm and say that you want to
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get started you want to get growing and
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get involved with the community of
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gardeners so have a look around see
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where your nearest site is and get an
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aotment started but yeah we're going to
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keep doing these little videos giving
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you tips and advice on starting an
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aotment and hopefully you'll find them
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useful and if you'd like me to post a
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video on any questions on a lotment that
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you may have let me know in the comments
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and I'll try and cover in these video
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serieses as well so until next time
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everyone remember keep smiling keep
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shining and keep gardening i'm about
