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🎙️ "January Tasks in the Allotment: What Are We Doing Today?" 🌱
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Jan 19, 2025
🎙️ January Tasks in the Allotment: What Are We Doing Today? Even in the quietest month, there’s plenty to do on the plot! 🌿❄️ From prepping beds and organising seeds to checking on overwintering crops, here’s what’s keeping us busy this January. What’s on your allotment to-do list this week? #JanuaryAllotment #GrowYourOwn #WinterGardening #AllotmentLife #GardenTasks #UKGardener #PlotPrep
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the future is a hefty responsibility and
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not one that we take lightly but then
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taking things lightly has never been
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what Hefty is about that's why we've
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created the Hefty renew program that
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turns hard to recycle Plastics into
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valuable resources like park benches and
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building materials to participate simply
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fill up an orange Hefty renew bag with
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accepted items tie it up and drop it in
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with your regular recycling that's it
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it's that easy it's time to rethink
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recycling with renew particular valued
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resources may vary by geography more
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info available at Hefty renew.com
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welcome to gardening with Ben your go-to
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podcast for all things green and growing
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in
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2025 whether you are a seasoned Gardener
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a budding Enthusiast or just curious
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about cultivating your own slice of
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nature you're in the right place join me
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Ben as we explore practical tips
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inspiring stories and the latest trends
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in gardening to make your outdoor space
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Bloom with life from allotment
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Adventures to life friendly gardening
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I'm here to help you grow your passion
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and reap the rewards so grab your gloves
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roll up your sleeves and let's get
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started on this year's gardening
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Journey hey everyone and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben it's the weekend the
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weekend is finally here let us celebrate
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let us shout from the rooftops because
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Saturday is here and there's no snow
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it's all gone thankfully hopefully when
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I get down to the alotment it's all gone
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but everywhere that I've been around
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there's not been any snow around so
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fingers crossed it has all gone so I'm
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so excited to get back down to my
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allotment today and hopefully get some
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work done down there and if the
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temperature goes by what it were like
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yesterday on Friday it will actually a
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decent day so hopefully we'll be
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productive down there and it won't rain
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and we'll be able to do plenty of work
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until the weather changes and it's
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frosty or it's raining or it's
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sleeting fingers crossed we'll get
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something done well we're definitely
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going anyway it is on our list to
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go so what are we doing at the allotment
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this week well we've got lots to be
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getting on with and this week I'm going
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to be obviously filling up my bird seed
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I do that on a weekly basis until I get
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some squirrel proof bird feeders where
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it don't all go away uh go down straight
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away but yeah we'll be filling up my
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bird feed as the future is a hefty
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responsibility and not one that we take
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lightly but then taking things lightly
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has never been what Hefty is about
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that's why we've created the heier new
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program that turns hard to recycle
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Plastics into valuable resources like
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park benches and building materials to
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participate simply fill up an orange
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Hefty renew bag with accepted items tie
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it up and drop it in with your regular
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recycling that that's it it's that easy
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it's time to rethink recycling with
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renew particular valued resources may
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vary by geography more info available at
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he.com and then obviously feeding the
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cat because the cat waits for me as soon
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as I get to my allotment my dad feeds it
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every single day but I I feed it at
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weekends so we'll be feeding the
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capat and then hopefully I'm going to be
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water in my sweet peas and my geraniums
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because last week when I went down it
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all Frozen up all my water water uh
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container so I weren't able to water
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anything but the plants won't need much
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water at this time of year there's
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plenty of moisture around so hopefully
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they're all still alive but we'll give
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them more water this week CU we've not
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watered them for quite a while and we'll
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be planting them out in the spring time
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when it does warm up and hopefully when
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the chance of frost is pass because we
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don't want to kill them off as soon as
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we put them out obviously we've grown
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them through the winter period and
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they're in my Greenhouse it's not a
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heated Greenhouse so if they survive
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until Springtime I'll be happy if not
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we've giving them a try but hopefully
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save some money by doing it so yeah
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we'll be doing that we're watering them
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and then we're going to start digging
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over some of my beds again last time I
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dug them over around October time so
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it's been about 3 months since we've
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given a dig over obviously there's no
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weeds growing in them it's too cold for
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any weeds to be growing but we just dig
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them over so that the frost can get into
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the soil break it up and kill any Roots
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what are growing in there if we keep
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turning it over so we'll keep doing that
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all the way up to May time when I will
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be planting stuff out obviously the
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weeds will start growing around March
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time and stuff like that so we'll be
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digging it over more regularly than once
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every three
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months so we'll be doing that and then
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I'm going to be filming some videos as
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well down there I've made a list of all
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the videos what I want to film this
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weekend so hopefully we'll be getting
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some content back out on YouTube again
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because some people obviously prefer
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seeing the visuals rather than just
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listening to
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me so hopefully we'll be doing some
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videos down there and I've ordered a new
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uh phone holder for being at the
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allotment so as well as obviously
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recording on my tripod uh it goes on a
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band that goes around my neck so you can
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actually see like what I'm doing with my
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hands so I can like film potting up or
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sewing my seats and doing stuff like
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that you can actually see it from my
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perspective as well so we're going to
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hopefully get some new camera angles on
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videos it all sounds professional but
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trust me the videos won't
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be we just do it for the fun and
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obviously people like to watch them so
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we'll be doing that but yeah we've got
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that to do and then obviously in a
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couple of months hopefully we're going
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to be painting all my beds up because
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all the wood paints all washed off now
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it doesn't last last five years like
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most of them say on the tin uh they only
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last a couple of years a year at the
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most uh so I tend to paint them every
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couple of years just to Spruce them up
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and look nice obviously you don't need
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to paint them but it protects them from
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rotting a bit more faster and obviously
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makes it look nice aesthetically uh so
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it'll look good for photos and stuff
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like that so we'll be painting all them
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up the future is a hefty responsibility
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and not one that we take lightly but
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then taking things lightly is never what
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Hefty is about that's why we've created
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the Hefty renew program that turns hard
6:33
to recycle Plastics into valuable
6:35
resources like park benches and building
6:37
materials to participate simply fill up
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an orange Hefty renew bag with accepted
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items tie it up and drop it in with your
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regular recycling that's it it's that
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easy it's time to rethink recycling with
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renew particular valued resources may
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vary by geography more info available at
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Hefty renew.com I do hopefully need to
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try and Source some wood chip for
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because my paths could do it rewood
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chiping this year uh I put a load down
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last winter and obviously it rots down
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over the year so hopefully we'll try and
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get some wood chip sorted down for the
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allotment last time my neighbor got a
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load from the council so we'll have to
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see if if he can speak to his contact
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and hopefully get some wood chip down on
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the paths but there's loads of jobs to
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be doing this winter time and this is a
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time when you're doing all them odd
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little jobs around the allotment
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sprucing it up tidying it up doing any
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repairs and getting it all planned and
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ready for next year well this year now
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and it's exciting part because come
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March time I'm going to be sewing all my
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seeds all my seeds will be getting sewn
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and I'll be going down there regular
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little water them at night and stuff
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like that so we'll be having lots to get
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be getting on with down at the alotment
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so it's going to be a busy few months
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coming up but I so can't wait to be SE
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my seeds that's my favorite part the
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year
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sewing the seeds seeing them germinate
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planting them out and then seeing the
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produce what's produced on them it's so
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heartwarming seeing the
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final product really of what you've done
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and seeing how it's actually grown and
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how fantastic it is so yeah that is our
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day Roundup down at the alotment
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hopefully we'll get as much done as
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possible and tomorrow podcast obviously
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we'll be talking about what we have
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actually done so hopefully we can say
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that we've done some stuff down there
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and obviously soon I'm going to be
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preparing for the Big Bird Watch down
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there I'm going to get a load of
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different varieties of seed and
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hopefully get some pictures of some
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birds down at my allotment and yeah
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fingers crossed hopefully we get to see
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some birds down there I've been seeing
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blue tis down there regularly Robins
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down there and I might try and get some
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black birds down there so I might get
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some sulan and raisins because black
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birds absolutely love them so if you're
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wanted to attract the black birds get
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some sultanas and raisins and just put
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them in a little bowl obviously put them
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high up because they attract the rats
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and stuff like that but yeah try and
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attract some black birds to your garden
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as black birds are absolutely beautiful
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the future is a hefty responsibility and
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not one that we take lightly but then
9:22
taking things lightly has never been
9:23
what Hefty is about that's why we've
9:25
created the Hefty renew program that
9:27
turns hard to recycle Plastics into Val
9:29
valuable resources like park benches and
9:31
building materials to participate simply
9:33
fill up an orange Hefty renew bag with
9:35
accepted items tie it up and drop it in
9:37
with your regular recycling that's it
9:39
it's that easy it's time to rethink
9:42
recycling with renew particular valued
9:44
resources may vary by geography more
9:46
info available at Hefty renew.com
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so hopefully we're going to get plenty
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done down at the allotment obviously I'm
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posting more and more videos on my
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Instagram stories my Facebook Stories so
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can follow along on a day how what we're
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getting up to and yeah and I've been
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sharing posts as well on my Facebook
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page of little blog ideas and what to do
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we at amarillas what jobs need doing in
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the garden in January what needs to be
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planted so yeah we're posting lots of
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different things and yesterday I posted
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a post on um how to prevent slugs from
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eating everything stop slugs from eating
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everything if only we could do that but
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yeah I might talk about that in one of
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my podcasts actually we'll do that as
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one of my podcasts how to stop slugs
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from attacking everything in your garden
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what you can plan to stop them attacking
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everything and hopefully getting some
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produce out of it cuz my neighbor he
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gets absolutely loads of looks on his
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allotment but thankfully touchwood I
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don't get many whether it's because I
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let the weeds disguise all my
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vegetables but yeah hopefully we'll be
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recording in that podcast as well for
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you soon so I hope you all have a
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fantastic day everyone make sure you do
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get out in the garden make sure you do
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something like feed the birds or fill a
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water bowl up them to have a little
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drink out of just go outside and enjoy
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some fresh air today everyone and I hope
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that you have a fantastic weekend until
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next time everyone remember keep smiling
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keep shining and keep gardening with B
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everyone
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11:32
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garding in with Ben the future is a
12:09
hefty responsibility and not one that we
12:11
take lightly but then taking things
12:13
lightly has never been what Hefty is
12:15
about that's why we've created the Hefty
12:17
renew program that turns hard to recycle
12:19
Plastics into valuable resources like
12:21
park benches and building materials to
12:23
participate simply fill up an orange
12:25
Hefty renew bag with accepted items tie
12:27
it up and drop it in with your regular
12:28
recycling
12:29
that's it it's that easy it's time to
12:32
rethink recycling with renew particular
12:34
valued resources may vary by geography
12:36
more info available at Hy renew.com
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