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This video explains how to prepare your garden for winter and the important jobs to complete before colder weather arrives.
The guide covers clearing beds, improving soil, protecting plants, organising tools, maintaining structures and planning ahead for the next growing season. It also explains how proper preparation reduces winter damage and supports healthier growth in spring.
If you want your garden to stay protected and productive, these simple practical tips will help you prepare effectively for colder months.
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hey everyone and welcome to gardening
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with Ben in today's video we're going to
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give you a weekend in the life of
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gardening with Ben down here at the
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alment sharing what we get up to and
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what we get accomplished hopefully we
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get lots done but we'll soon see
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hopefully the weather stays decent it's
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been spitting a bit this morning but
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hopefully we get lots done and lots
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accomplished so first job of the day is
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filling my bird feeders up obviously I'm
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only coming down here at week now so we
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need to keep them filled up and fill
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them up each weekend they're not just
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all of them we've got a load more bird
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feeders dotted around the plot so we've
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got to get them all filled up one of
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them's already got plenty in it I know
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my dad's filled it up but yeah let's
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fill all the overs up so we got all the
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bird feeders filled up so we need to
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hang them all back up back to where they
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belong ready for the birds to eat them
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all so we got the bird feeders filled
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back up we've got some fat in it we've
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got some seeds we' got some peanuts and
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we need to put some water in the bowl
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for them but that's one job to do and
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then we've got some fat balls got some M
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bird
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seed and we've got some sunflower
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seeds and we got some SE and some more
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bird seed so yeah plenty to keep them
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going but mind you the squirrels seem to
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eat most of it hence why I would put the
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little uh Bowl around the bird feeder to
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stop the squirrels and the Rats
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hopefully taking all the bird seed off
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them so yeah that's a little bow we've
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bought to put around it to stop the
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squirrels and the
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racks one of the things that I like to
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do during the winter period and the
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Autumn period is Tiding my plot up and
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get it all looking Ship Shape ready for
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next year hopefully weed feet that is
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the plan and obviously all the paths
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tidied and cleaned up so we've got to
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sweep them all up and get all the old
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compost and soil and weeds that I just
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Chuck on them uh when I'm weeding I'm
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not tidy carder I should be really uh
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but yeah we've got us paths to clean up
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as well so that is so that is one job
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that we're going to do
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today so this is my main path what leads
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to my shed it's not too bad that's my
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old boob not a very good one we've got a
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wooden one now but yeah we're going to
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sweep them up sweep up that path as well
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which leads to my plot with working his
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way around the plot bit by bit so one
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thing I like to do is write lists of
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jobs what I'm going to do when I'm
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coming down I don't overwhelm myself I
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just do little jobs and a few jobs each
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weekend so that I get it all tided and
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Ship Shape ready for the next year and
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yeah if you do it bit by bit you'll get
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it all sorted ready for the year ahead
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and that's what I tend to do so we've
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got us broom so we best get to action in
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tidying up all these paths
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and getting them looking better so I
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want my garlic to do really well this
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year I want to get some good crops from
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them so I'm going to give them some
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fertilizer to keep them fed and
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hopefully get the nutrients they need
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because this we wet weather will help
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it dissolve into the soil and feed the
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garlic plants so let's see what we're
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feeding them
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with so this is the Garlic what's doing
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well so far I'm going to have to take
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this netting off soon because it'll be
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too hard to get off with the shoot SP I
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popping through but yeah I put net in of
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it to stop the squirrels from pulling
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out all the garlic cloves and to give it
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a head start we need to push some of
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them back in they're popping out from
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the roots that I've pushed them out but
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yeah it's growing pretty well so the
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fertilizer we've got is from Simply seed
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so we're going to use that and we're
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going to sprinkle some over the side to
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feed them
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with so it looks pretty good stuff so
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yeah let's just sprinkle it
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over we're not putting too much down so
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then we can keep feeding them all the
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way through
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winter so yeah hopefully that'll help
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feed
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them so my jobs over the winter are to
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clear my beds bit by bit clear all the
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paths clear all the sides of my plots
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and get it all tied out and I'm getting
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there I'm doing a few beds each week and
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working my way up the plot so today
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hopefully we're going to get these two
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beds cleared as you can see they're the
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worst beds out of the lot but yeah
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hopefully we're going to get these
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cleared and then hopefully as well this
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weekend we're going to get all that
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fencing cleared down all the brambl
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taken off all the bind weed pulled out
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and hopefully get that path back in use
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again down that side but yeah we're
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working as way up and then one job will
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be to clear that top area which you can
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see it's an absolute mess but we'll get
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there we'll get it all done we'll get it
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all done ready for M May time when we're
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planting out it'll all look neat and
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tidy again so yeah let's get all this
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cleared out which is going to be a tough
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job but we'll get there so i' cleared
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one of the Beds which had absolutely
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loads of brambles in it bind weed it's
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not completely cleared obviously as you
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can see but the frost and the cold
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weather will kill down the weeds what
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I've dug over
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and they'll have proper dig overs before
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planting them next year but at least
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we've got all the main weeds down and
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it's looking better so next up is that
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bed another hard bed to clear but we'll
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get that that's our jobs for today and
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then obviously I'll be working on this
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bit down the
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side well I'm absolutely shattered from
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digging them over but we've got them
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cleared like I said they're not
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brilliant but uh they'll have pled M
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digs over before we're planting them
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next year but it's about getting all the
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main weeds out all the Bramble roots and
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get it all cleared so I can see where
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things are and hopefully get lots of
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more cleared from them try and get all
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the band weed Roots out over time over
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the winter while they're not
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growing but yeah let's have a look what
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we've done so yeah two beds cleared
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that's ticked off my list for this
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weekend so tomorrow I'm going to start
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clearing some of this
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area down here so that's tomorrow's job
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obviously as you can see lots of leaves
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so they'll be ideal for composting but
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yeah get that area cleared and get that
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finished and let's start by clearing
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some of that which will be a lot easier
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than what we've just been doing case of
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just snipping it off and pulling it off
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obviously I can't get the roots out
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because it goes into my neighbor's plot
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but we can snip it all back and clear it
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all and make it look fresh so we've now
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cleared a lot of that bind weed down
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from that side and all the rubbish what
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we're growing as you can see that's the
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forless Blackberry doing absolutely
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amazing I've pruned about some of of the
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Dead bits off it but we're going to have
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to tie it up sort it out and get it all
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back straight and obviously as you can
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see need to clean my path of all the
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rubbish I'm a very messy
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Gardener hey everyone so we're back down
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at the alotment today it's Sunday we're
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halfway through the the weekend we got
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absolutely loads done down at the
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allotment yesterday we cleared two beds
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which were absolutely awful and we
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cleared a lot of my side border from all
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the bind weed and around my phess
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Blackberry so we're back here today so
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today's job we're going to try and clear
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another bed and hopefully clear some of
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the paths we'll also have to do some
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watering as in my shed stuff dries out
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pretty fast and I've got loads of seeds
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and plants growing in there I'll also
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doing my weekly tour video so that you
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can see how things are growing and how
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things are not growing I always show you
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the real bits but yeah we'll be doing
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that today so yeah hopefully we'll have
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a busy day down at the alotment so let's
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get started let's get his gloves on and
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let's get gardening everyone so today's
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job is to clear some of this area up and
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get this
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tided as you can see lots of leaves
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around ideal for the compost heap and
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yeah just lots of rubbish as well so
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hopefully we can get some of this tidy
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and looking better so that is that area
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cleared so that makes all my beds on my
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alotment dug over and a lot of the weeds
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cleared out obviously there's still a
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lot around but the next job after I
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finished off is to get all the paths
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cleared and get out all the grass what's
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growing in between and get all the beds
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fastened back up but yeah next week
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we'll be doing this area
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which is a mess but hopefully fingers
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crossed we should get a lot of it done
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we'll spread it over two days and get
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most of it cleared so we're just going
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to spend an hour now clearing some more
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of that off that side bit there and get
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that tided up so that it's nice and
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clear like the rest of it so that has
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been our weekly blog down here at the
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alment we've done absolutely loads this
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week so much so many things ticked off
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and so many things added to the for next
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week so make sure you come back to next
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week's episode where we'll be sharing
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what we're getting up to next week while
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we're down here at the allotment coming
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up this week we'll also give you a tour
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of our allotment site so that you can
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see what's growing and what's not
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growing and have a look around so yeah
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thanks for watching everyone make sure
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you click the follow make sure you leave
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a comment and make sure you leave a like
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as well until next time remember keep
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smiling keep shining and keep gardening
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with bed everyone
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