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This video shares essential gardening tips and practical advice for managing an allotment during the growing season. It shows useful tasks and simple techniques that help plants stay healthy and productive.
The guide covers plant care, watering, feeding, maintenance and monitoring growth, along with tips to prevent common problems. It also explains how regular attention and good habits improve harvests.
If you want to keep your garden or allotment thriving, this video provides practical beginner-friendly guidance to support strong growth and reliable crops.
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episode hello everyone and welcome to a
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brand new episode of gardening with Ben
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we're Ben and this is your podcast well
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it's now the 1 of July and summer is
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here apparently if that's what the
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weather forecast people are saying we've
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been having hot spells we've been having
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cold spells we've been having downpours
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we've had some Hailstone and yeah I'm
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surprised we've not had no snow mind you
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up in Scotland they've had snow so yeah
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you never know what we'll have this
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month but hopefully we'll have some
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warmer weather but this past week that
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we have had a little Heatwave here and
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yeah it certainly boosted things along
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and in this episode we're going to be
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talking about what we've done in June
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and how well we've got on how badly
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we've got on the things we've harvested
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and what our plans are for July
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tomorrow's episode we'll be talking all
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about what to start what jobs to do in
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the allotment and Garden in July so make
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sure you stay tuned for that episode as
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we'll be talking about that
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one so I haven't recorded a few episodes
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for a while uh I've been extremely busy
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in the background still working on
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gardening with Ben and yeah I'm trying
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to sort of brand new website out and get
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things up and running on that as I'm
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wanting to do like daily
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newsletters and daily tips and advice
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I've been trying a few of those out on
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Instagram at the moment you may have
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seen them so yes stay tuned for lots
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more content coming along so I'm trying
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to get this website up and running as
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fast as possible so so that I can start
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getting the tips and advice out on a
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daily basis to you through my website
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and through newsletters as well so stay
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tuned
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for you to sign up to get the
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newsletters on a daily basis I will soon
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be sharing that link with you
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all so June down at the allotment what
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have we been up to well obviously we
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went and visited Gardener's world we
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went to Gardener world it was absolutely
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fantastic and it is too big to walk
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around in one day while even I get tired
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from all the walking around it is a
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massive area cuz it's BBC good food as
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well as obviously BBC Gardener world so
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there's so much to see so much to taste
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so much to buy and yeah we came away
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with quite a few things we came away
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with a lot of Futures we came away with
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some Salvia they're all now planted in
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my garden and they're growing really
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well I'm pleased that they've all taken
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I not had non die on me yet that is a
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success in itself so yeah I'm hoping the
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fuches takee because the fuches that are
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bought are bushy varieties so they'll
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grow nice and big fill in the gaps and
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hopefully make it look attractive and
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welcoming to the bees as well so that
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the bees come down and enjoy them so
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we've got all them planted we've also
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obviously been doing lots and lots of
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weeding there's always weeding to be
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done at the allotment but we've been
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doing that
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we've also been busy harvesting yes
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we've started harvesting our produce
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today I harvested my potatoes and they
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look absolutely delicious I didn't get
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as many as I thought as I'd hoped to
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have got but I think that's down to me
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not watering them as much as I should
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have done if i' have watered them more
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we probably would have got a bigger crop
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but yeah we've got a decent crop from
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them I've shared that picture on
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Instagram and Facebook if you've not
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seen it check them out guys in with Ben
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and you'll be able to see what potatoes
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I've got I'm just looking forward to
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cooking them now and trying them that's
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the best thing to do I don't know
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whether to try air frying them or
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boiling them that is the question so
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we'll see we'll give them a try I've got
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one of these Choppers as well what you
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put in it and it just slices it up into
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pieces as well so it might be nice in
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the air fryer but we'll have a look at
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them and try out some different recipes
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with them and I'll let you know how we
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get on with them I'm not a chef but I'll
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Google things and have a look and give
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things a try it's always worth trying
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new
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things so we've harvested this potatoes
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we've harvested peas we've harvested
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some peas and they are absolutely
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delicious they're so scrumptious and
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nice and tasty juicy succulent peas
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absolutely gorgeous we've still got
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absolutely loads left to pick but these
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ones are swelled up and they got to the
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right size so I picked them off before
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they got too big because then will not
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be as juicy just be rock hard so you
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need to make sure you pick them at the
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optimum time if you're picking your peas
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don't wait until they're all ready pick
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the ones that are ready and use them as
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and when they're ready so that you can
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have some delicious peas with your
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potatoes as well so yeah we'll be having
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the Sunday dinner soon we've also
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harvested some lettuce we've been
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growing Iceberg lettu uses they've got a
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nice fantastic head on them absolutely
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delicious and crunchy and yeah not many
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slugs hiding in it either which is a
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good thing as sometimes you get slugs
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hiding in the iceberg head itself when
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you're unwrapping the leaves you find
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little slugs hiding and bugs and stuff
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like that so you've always got to be
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careful make sure you wash them
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thoroughly and they're looking
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absolutely delicious as well we've had
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strawberries
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off again not too many this year I've
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not doing very well with my strawberries
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I don't know why but we've not had a
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good crop of strawberries this year
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hopefully fingers cross will have more
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next year and we'll plant loads more
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plants from the runners what are
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starting to come off them now we've had
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Logan berries first year having logen
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barries off on my plot uh my dad gave me
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some canes off his allotment and they're
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easy to take cuttings from locen barries
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if you got a whip growing out all you do
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is shove the end in the soil while it's
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still attached it'll grow roots on it
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and then you can just snip it off and
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there you go you have a Loganberry plant
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but the Logan berries will grow on the
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cane what grew the previous previous
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year so you might not get some in the
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first year you'll probably get them on
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the second year so this is the second
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year that I've got them in and yeah
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hopefully we're going to get a load more
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ra Logan Bears ready in the coming weeks
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because we've got so many on there
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they're like weighing down the Plant
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they're snapping the branches but
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hopefully we'll get some delicious Logan
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berries off and I've been fastening them
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up all the new canes what are grow ready
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for next year so fingers crossed will
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have even more next year on the plants
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and you never know we might start making
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some Loganberry Jam
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soon I've harvested more rhubarb
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absolutely loads of rhubarb the plants
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are starting to die off a bit now so I
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wanted to pick the rhubarb before it all
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died back and yeah I gave it all to my
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mom usually she makes me about five
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crumbles with but this lot made me eight
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crumbles in Little Boxes she packs them
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up in Little Boxes gives me some custard
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and I'm set for puddings for the week
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ahead so hopefully might get some more
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rhubarb off we'll have to keep watering
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it and keep it growing hopefully fingers
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crossed cuz we do want some more rhubarb
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crumbles and then it'll be on to the
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like apple crumbles coming up soon but
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the apples are way off from picking so
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we've got to keep the rubab going for
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the time being so that we get some more
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rubal crumbles off we've also harvested
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our garlic this week I didn't know this
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this was something I learn the past week
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I actually picked it on the longest day
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of the year and apparently meant to pick
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it on the longest day of the year
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because he meant to plant it on the
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shortest day and then plant it pick it
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on the longest day but I never knew that
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I just happened to pick it on that day
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which is bizarre it must be my green
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fingers I must have had it drilled into
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my head sometime or later that I should
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Harvest it on the longest day well we've
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put it all in our polyon it's hung up
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drying out ready for using and yeah I've
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never cooked with garlic before so
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that's going to be an experiment in
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itself am I trying to grow cook stuff
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with garlic so we'll have to look up
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some recipes for that and see what we
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can get with that as
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well but yeah I think that is everything
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that I've harvested this month it is
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fantastic when you do start harvesting
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all that produce from your alotment
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again try not Harvest too much at the
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once just Harvest as and when you need
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stuff and
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see what you want as and when you want
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it like right I've got some more boxes
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of potatoes I've not harvested them yet
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because I've got one box of potatoes
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harvested what will keep me go for a
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couple of weeks so only Harvest what you
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want and what you need and remember to
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keep feeding your plants as well as
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obviously they need food and nutrition
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to keep them growing I keep going around
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with some blood meal once a week to give
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them some food and I keep sprinkling
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some chicken pellets around every soften
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as well to help
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hopefully growing bigger all the plants
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that are growing like I've got my sweet
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corn that's starting to get big now I
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want some massive sweet corn so we need
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to keep them growing well we're giving
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them drinks of water all the time
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because they do like a lot of water
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sweet cor so we're going to keep them
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watered and keep them growing and
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hopefully I'll be sharing lots of sweet
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corn pictures with you in the coming
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months well September time when they'll
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usually be ready so it's been a busy
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June down at the alotment
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hopefully July is going to be as busy
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hopefully we're going to get some hotter
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weather and not just rain all the time I
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don't mind it if it rains at night we
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send it water as my plot for me I just
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want it to be nice and warm in the
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daytime so that I can spend some time
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down there without having to get wet and
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miss going to the allotment as well so
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yeah it's been a very busy couple of
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weeks down at the alotment again in
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tomorrow's episode I'm going to be
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talking about what jobs need to be done
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in the allotment in July so make sure
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you stay tuned for that if youve not
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followed my YouTube channel go and check
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that out as we've got some videos on
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there I've not posted any for a while
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but we've got some videos on there for
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you to watch as well and if you're not
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following my Instagram do give that a
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follow because I do post pictures on
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there all the time of what I'm getting
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up to down the allotment and sharing
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