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tiny plot or garden. Don't think that
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you can grow much. Well, think again.
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There's plenty of things out there the
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way that you can grow stuff. So, welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. We're going to
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talk about maximizing your space in your
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gardens and your a lotments. If you've
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got a tiny garden or no garden at all or
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just a tiny small a lotment, well,
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vertical gardening is getting more and
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more common and getting better by the
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resources of things that are available
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to purchase now to grow things vertical.
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There's so many things that you can grow
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vertically. Obviously, your tomatoes
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grow vertical, your beans, you can get
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squash what climb frames. You can get
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corettes what can climb frames as well.
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You can get peas obviously what grow
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vertically runner beans or your beans.
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Lots and lots of varieties of things
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that can grow upwards now. And obviously
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if you've got like walls or fencing, you
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can put trellis up them. You can put
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hanging baskets up. You can grow
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tomatoes in hanging baskets as well.
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There's varieties out there what you can
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grow in hanging baskets. Obviously
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growing stuff in containers, you will
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need to water it more because it will
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dry out a lot faster. But there's so
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many ways of growing vertically now and
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more and more people are starting to
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take up that method as well as like
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strawberries. Loads of people are
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growing strawberries vertically now.
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Even the mass farmers are starting to
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grow them off the ground because they
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get better produce and better growth in
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them. And I've even seen online in shops
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like where you can get these big towers
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that are hydroponic where the water goes
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up and you can grow all stuff down the
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towers. Now that is something what I'd
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absolutely love to grow something like
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strawberries in one of them and you can
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like even grow lettuce in them and you
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can grow loads of stuff in vertical
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towers these days and it's becoming more
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and more common and obviously I've got
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some pouches what I've hung on the side
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of my shed. I've not put anything in
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them yet. I still need to do that. But
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yeah, I want to maybe try growing some
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lettuce leaves in them or uh flowers in
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them and just making the most of every
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little area that I've got in my a
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lotment. Yes, I have got a big a
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lotment, but you do find that you
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stretch with space and trying to cram
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stuff in and I don't get sun on all of
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my a lotment parts. So, I'm trying to
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find places where I get the sun to make
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it useful more and make the most of it a
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lot more down at the plot. It's also
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about using the space wisely in your
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gardens. Like you can plant your
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radishes with your carrots. You can
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plant salad leaves under brassica plants
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under like your Brussels sprouts and
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your cauliflowers to fill in the spaces.
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You can also use basil under your tomato
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plants. There's loads of companion
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plants out there that you can actually
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grow stuff in. And like I said, it's
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about using the space wisely and only
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growing what you actually need to grow.
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And I should listen to this because I
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grow way too much than I actually need.
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But this year, I have cut back on like
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my tomato plants. I've only got three
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tomato plants. And the amount that I've
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got off them because I put more effort
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into looking after them. Three plants.
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I've got more and more produce off them.
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and it's been absolutely fantastic this
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year for tomatoes. So, if you've got a
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small plot, even use chat GBT or AI to
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take a picture of your garden and say,
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"Design me a vertical garden of growing
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fruit and vegetables and it will design
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it of you." Now, I tried this on an area
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near my plot and I'm thinking I might
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actually do what the AI pictures show me
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of doing up the area. It looks
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absolutely fantastic. I wouldn't be no
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good at doing it because I'm no good at
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DIY, but it's about using your space
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wisely and making the most of it and
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hopefully getting the great rewards and
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the great crops from your plants. So, I
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hope you found that useful. Like I said,
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even draw a plan of your garden and draw
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where you want things to go and
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hopefully you can stick to that plan and
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see how well it grows. And obviously
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keep a log of what grows well, what
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doesn't grow well, and if it grows well,
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then you can do it the year after. If it
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doesn't grow well, you can try something
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else. So, I hope you found that useful.
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Make sure you do drop us a follow and
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leave a comment below if you do vertical
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garden. Until next time everyone,
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