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This video shares practical ways to protect your garden during storms and severe weather. I cover simple preventative steps, securing structures, safeguarding plants, and preparation that reduces the risk of damage.
A helpful guide to keep your growing space safer and help plants recover quickly after difficult weather conditions.
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How to protect your a lotment when it's
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stormy. Welcome to Gardening with Ben.
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Today we're going to talk about how you
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can protect your a lotment when it's
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stormy. And yes, we have got a storm at
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the moment. We've got storm Amy at the
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moment and it battered us yesterday. But
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thankfully, my a lotment stood strong
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and survived it and we didn't get any
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damage down here at the plot. Now, as
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the winter approaches, we'll be getting
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more and more storms approaching. And I
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tend to try and stop anything from
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getting damaged as much down here at the
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plot as possible because obviously we
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don't want damage and we don't want have
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to replace anything. Now, this poly
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tunnel that I'm in has been up about 16
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years now. That is longer than an
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expected poly tunnel. Yes, you can see
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tape all along it. And one of these days
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it will go. And every day there's been a
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storm, I always put my fingers crossed
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and hope that we've not had no damage
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and it's still standing. Um, when it
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eventually goes, it eventually goes. But
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we have had as money's worth from this
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poly tunnel. Now, one way to protect
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your poly tunnels during the storms is
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do what I do. And I often look around my
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poly tunnel for any splits. Usually
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they're along the creases where they
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start to split and get it taped up as
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fast as possible. Now I've just used
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normal black tape. What doesn't stick
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very well. It it'll last for a few
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months, but then I have to replace it
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again. But online, you can buy special
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poly tunnel tape which sticks really
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well and it will is waterproof and it'll
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hold it well and protect it. The slight
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little
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rip in it. You need to get it taped up
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as fast as possible because when the
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wind's like this, it only needs a bit of
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wind and it will tear it straight away.
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So, make sure you get on to fastening
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any poly tunnels up if you do see any
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splits in it straight away because like
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poly tunnel skins are expensive now. Uh,
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a lot more money than probably what I
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paid for it in the time. So, you don't
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want to have to replace it and pay out
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that money. So make sure your poly
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tunnel is well prepared.
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And also another thing to do is a lot of
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people have obviously these green houses
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what are freestanding with the plastic
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covers on with the shelves in which are
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brilliant but in this weather they are
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awful because they soon blow away and
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you can end up losing all your plants in
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it if you've got plants in it. And yeah,
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they can fly off everywhere. And you
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don't want to lose all your little
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plants in it, what you started growing
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throughout the winter period or your
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perennials that you might be growing
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ready for next year. And yeah, you don't
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want to lose them. So, make sure that
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it's at the side of like a shed or a
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wall and screw it to the wall to the
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fence. Even put rope around it so it
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won't budge during these winter months.
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Yes, it might be a hassle taking it off,
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but even like using bungee ropes,
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they're brilliant. You can just unhook
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it and get into the greenhouse when
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possible. So, make sure that is well
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fastened down because we don't want to
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lose them. And yeah, they're not that
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expensive to replace, but you don't want
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to lose all the plants that you may
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possibly be growing in that. Next one is
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your green houses. Now, green houses.
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Yes, I see online so many times green
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houses with glass smashed, losing green
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houses and collapsing, everything like
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that. Make sure obviously they are well
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fastened down, secured,
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fastened to the base because you don't
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want them to blow off. Also go around
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and check that it has enough clips in
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the glass. And
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even if you've got loads of clips in it
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to keep that glass fastened in because
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you don't want to lose them glass
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because if you lose a couple of sheets
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out of it and they smash, it's so hard
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getting rid of all the glass on the a
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lotment and it just shatters everywhere.
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It's awful. I used to have a greenhouse,
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one of the worst things that I had. Now
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I replaced it with a polycarbonate shed
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which is absolutely brilliant. So yeah,
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if you got a glass greenhouse, make sure
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it's got plenty of clips in it.
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If you've got a polycarbonate one, most
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often than not, my dad's got one of
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these and his plastic panels used to
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blow out all over the place on there a
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lot, but we have to keep finding them
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and getting them back in and fastening
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it up again. And but yeah, the wind
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easily blows them out. What he's done,
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he's put wooden strips behind each
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plastic panel and screwed the
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polycarbonate into the wood. So then
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none of them will blow out ever. and
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that has lasted him years. It's been an
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absolutely fantastic idea what he did
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and he's not lost any of the pieces in
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there. So, make sure you protect your
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structures and keep them secure. We
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don't want to lose them. Yes, it may
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cost you a bit of money to invest in
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protecting them, but in the long run, it
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will be worth it overall. So, I hope you
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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