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This video explains how to inspect a garden or allotment after strong winds and bad weather and what to do to prevent further damage. It shows simple steps to assess plants, structures and growing areas safely.
The guide covers checking supports, repairing damage, rescuing plants, improving protection and helping crops recover. It also explains how early action helps restore plant health and prevent future problems.
If your garden has experienced severe weather, this video provides practical beginner-friendly advice to help you recover and protect your growing space.
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episode hey everyone and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben for another brand new
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episode well we said we'd be back today
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to let you know how we got on with the
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storm damage of storm Dara down at the
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allotment well I was dreading absolutely
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going down there like I drove down there
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and I could see on different plots
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issues what had happened from the storm
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like people's poly tunnels and stuff
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ripped and I thinking no what's going to
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be happening on mine so I got down and
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got to my shed and had a look at it and
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one of my pieces of perspects had come
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off the front so that's easily
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replaceable I've got some spare
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perspects to stick on it
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and also a piece of the roof had come
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off as well which is in an easy position
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because I can just lean over and fasten
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a new piece
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on thankfully it's not right in the
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middle or I wouldn't be able to get up
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to replace it but yeah not much damage
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done to the shed thankfully and then I
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went on to obviously check my poly
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tunnel and my poly tunnel was still all
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stuck together with tape I thought how
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the hell as that managed to stay
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together because every year I end up
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like putting new tape on it etc etc the
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water washes it off eventually and
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loosens it up and then obviously it
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comes unstuck and it just needs be
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sticking again with fresh tape but yeah
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it's still in one piece which I'm
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absolutely surprised that but thankfully
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not much damage done to my plot that I
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know of well that I've seen so far so
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hopefully we'll get them pieces replaced
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and fixed over the coming weeks when
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it's a bit nicer down at the allotment
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well what did I do down at the allotment
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today well I did absolutely
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nothing basically I did nothing down
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there um I just went to inspect it and
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then I came home again I thought I can't
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be bothered going do staying at the plot
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today it was cold it was absolutely
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chucking it down and yeah I just did
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didn't fancy being down at the plot
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today so I thought I'll come home and
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have a chilled day so basically this
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weekend I've hardly done anything down
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at my plot I've just put some plastic on
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my shelving to stop the rain from
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rotting it as my shed does drip all over
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the place so I've put some plastic down
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to protect the shelving and hopefully
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stop it from rotting so hopefully
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fingers crossed come next week we'll be
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able to get back in the mood for
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gardening and get some work done so it's
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been a bit of a lazy weekend this
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weekend we all deserve a weekend off
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every now and then don't we so then I
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did actually go to Morrison's on the way
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home as I needed a few bits and I ended
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up picking up a PO Setter uh I could
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never say the word properly but we
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picked up one of
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those as obviously that is a Christmas
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plan and you can never seem to keep the
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leaves on them can you uh I don't know
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if you can but let me know any tips if
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you manage to be able to keep the leaves
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on them pretty well and we also picked
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up a red amarillis as I like to grow one
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of these every single year in my flat
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because the flowers on them look
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absolutely fantastic when they come up I
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may even pick a few High SS up uh
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soonish uh we'll have to have a look
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into them because obviously they had a
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nice smell into your flat as well so I
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might pick up a few of them and get them
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growing as well in the flat just to add
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a bit of color and a bit of fragrance to
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to my flat and make it smell
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fresh not that it doesn't smell fresh
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already but yeah you can understand what
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I mean so yeah it's been a bit of a
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waste of a weekend a bit of a wash out
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alog together uh we do have some of
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those weekends but like I said I'm
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pretty ahead of schedule for getting my
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plot ready for next year uh all my beds
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are dug over it's just a case of Tiding
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it up and basically sorting out my shed
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and polyol ready for next year so we've
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got about until May time when we're out
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in the actual allotment so we've got
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plenty of time to get it already but
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March time is when we'll start sewing
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all our seeds as
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well and talking off seed growing well I
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wanted to start some onions off I've
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been talking about these for a few
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episodes uh I want to start some onion
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seeds off so I went and had a look at
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what gardening magazines are out at the
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moment cuz I used to get my gardening
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magazines all the time the grow one and
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the kitchen Garden Magazine but um they
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went downhill a bit recently uh the grow
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your own magazine you don't get as many
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seed packets in as you used to you used
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to get 10 packets in all together and I
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think the same for the kitchen Garden
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Magazine uh but you don't get as many
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seed packets in now so it's not as worth
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it uh to buy them I we only buying them
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for the seeds uh mainly but I saw the
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kitchen Garden Magazine had got onion
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seeds in in them so I went and got the
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kitchen Garden Magazine I've not opened
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the magazine up yet actually there's
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other seeds in there so I'll have to
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have a look what's in there and I had a
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look at the grow your own magazine but
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there were just herbs in there so it
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were a bit pointless really so I weren't
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just buying it for the seeds this time
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so we've got the kitchen Garden Magazine
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so we've got some seeds in there so I've
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got my onion seeds so hopefully over the
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next couple of weeks I might be starting
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my onion seeds off and getting them
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started as I once did an experiment
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where I grew onions from seed and also
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from set to see which ones do better
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obviously you start your seeds off
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around December January time you start
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your sets off around March April time
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and the seeds actually did better than
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the sets so I might do an experiment
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again this year and do uh see which ones
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do best out of both just to show you all
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how well each of them do to be honest so
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we're going to start some seeds off and
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I need to start looking into getting my
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pepper seeds and my chili seeds and my
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or jeene seeds as well for next year as
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those are going to be the next
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vegetables that we're starting off down
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at the allotment I want to start them
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off pretty early and get them growing
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and established because the quicker you
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get them going the quicker obviously
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they'll start fruiting next year the
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bigger the plants will be Etc so
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hopefully we get some decent produce off
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them next year so that's our plan for
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the coming weeks but there's not much
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else that will be be doing down at the
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allotment coming up obviously like I
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said I want to start painting inside the
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shed freshing it all up obviously I've
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got some repairs to do on it now
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hopefully we don't get any more big
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storms that we've had like we have this
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weekend down there but I saw Mr pussycat
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or Mrs pussycat this morning gave her
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food gave her some treats and yeah she
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absolutely loved it so
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hopefully we can start planning our
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alotment next week and start thinking
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about what seeds I'm going to be growing
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I'm going to be starting off all my
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Amazon shopping basket start popping in
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all the seeds that I want to grow next
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year and hopefully start some growing
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but I'm excited for next year I'm
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excited to try some new things as well I
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want to look at some new varieties on
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what I'm going to be growing down at the
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alotment I'm always up for trying new
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things and different ideas down at the
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alotment but yeah basically storm D
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didn't do much damage AG overall which
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is what I wanted um it's just that
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thought of not being at your allotment
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obviously if you've got a garden where
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you do all your gardening you can look
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out of your window and see what it's
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like but when you've got an allotment
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and it's not at home you have to like
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travel there to see what it actually
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looks like so I can feel a pain of a lot
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of people and I've seen like a lot of
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posts online of people's green houses
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and
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um popups that I've been damaged and
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bent and broken and I've seen it
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trending on Google like uh I look often
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like gardening Trends and stuff like
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that on Google and today's trending
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topic is um Greenhouse glass replacement
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so quite a lot of people have obviously
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got Greenhouse glass and that is one
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thing that I do recommend on moving away
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from if you've got a greenhouse is to
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replace them with the perspect panels uh
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my dad's Greenhouse used to be glass and
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he replaced it all with perspects uh
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sheeting rather than glass um the
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perspects can blow out but obviously
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it'll stay in one piece if it blows out
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rather than the glass blowing out and
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it's smashing and having to replace it
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but my dad's made my his Greenhouse so
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solid that none of the plastic ppcs
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blows out he like screwed pieces of wood
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behind it so that they don't pop out and
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yeah we uh obviously we inspected this
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morning and my dad came down just to
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have a look because my dad will be the
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one that helps me repair it he's the one
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who's got all the DIY skills and he
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checked his greenhouse and it's still
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solid still still in one piece still
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fantastic but yeah he knows what he's
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doing and he's the man who gives me all
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the tips and advice it's good to learn
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from somebody and my dad's my
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inspiration of my gardening so I hope
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