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Let's lay our black membrane down in our
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poly tunnel. Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. And as you remember, I will been
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digging and clearing out all my poly
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tunnels. 16 years worth of rubbish
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what's been in here since it's been
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built. And yeah, we're starting a fresh
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clearing it all down. We're leveling it
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all out, digging it all over, getting
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all the bindweed roots out, and starting
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from scratch in here. starting with a
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piece of land and yeah, starting a new
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project and hopefully have some
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fantastic things growing in here next
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year down at the a lotment. So, let's
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have a look at what we're doing today.
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So, as you can see, I've dug it all over
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now. So, we need to get the black
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membrane back down to stop the weeds
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from growing through all the poly
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tunnel. So, we've purchased some brand
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new black membrane. It's 4 meters by 10
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meters, I think it is. So, it's bigger
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than the poly tunnel. So, hopefully we
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can go right up to the edges and keep
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the weeds down as much as possible.
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We've got all the pegs to fasten it down
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with. And they come with these now. I
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didn't used to have these on my old one.
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You put the pegs through them. Uh so,
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yeah, we got 100 of those. So, hopefully
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it'll be well secured. So, yeah. First
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up, we need to stamp down the edges so
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that I can put the pegs in. So, we need
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to go around and stamp it all down first
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before we put the black membrane down.
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So, I've been around and stamped all the
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edges down. I want the black membrane to
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go right up to the edge of the poly
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tunnel so that we don't get hardly any
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weeds growing in here this year. Fingers
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crossed it works and we get it done. But
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yeah, let's unwrap the black membrane
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and get it in place. And there we are.
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The flooring is in place. We just need
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to sort those edges out and get some
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more pins in. And then it's all complete
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for the time being. That is, he says,
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there's a lot more to come. Just you
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wait. But yeah, let's sort those edges
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out and get the rest of the pins in.
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There we have it, all the flooring
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But yeah, that is a job well done. I've
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made sure that the edges go right up to
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the edge to try and stop the weeds from
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coming up through the sides. But we'll
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see how we get on. We'll see. Hopefully,
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fingers crossed, it's all right. We
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might even tape them to the poly tunnel.
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to stop any from coming out. But that's
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another plan for another time. I'm just
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happy that we've got it all completed
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and all this done. It's been a tough
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job, but we've managed to crack on and
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do it. We still got some repairs to do
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on the poly tunnel skin, but it should
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hold for the time being.
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But that's a job well done this weekend.
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So, wow. We have got all the poly tunnel
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done up to where I want it to be done
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for the time being. There's going to be
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some future improvements in a couple of
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months, but you'll have to stay tuned
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for them. So, make sure you do drop us a
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follow and see what's our next plan for
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this poly tunnel is. Uh it's going to be
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exciting times and a whole new ball game
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for inside this poly tunnel next year.
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So, make sure you drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with all our plans and
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projects. Until next time everyone,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben.
