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This video explains how to recover a garden or allotment after storm damage and how to protect plants from further problems. It shows simple steps to assess plants and structures safely.
The guide covers checking supports, repairing damage, rescuing plants, improving protection and preparing for future bad weather. It also explains how early action helps restore plant health and prevent ongoing issues.
If your garden has experienced strong winds or heavy rain, this video provides practical beginner-friendly advice to help you repair and protect your growing space.
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and welcome back to gardening with Ben
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well it's the day after after the
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horrible storm dudle and yes I have been
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down to the allotment today that will
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have been yesterday if you're listening
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today I always record the episode a day
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before so that it's out and ready for
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you to listen from 6:00 in the morning
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if possible so yeah I was down at the
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alotment today when storm Dudley was
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first off hitting where I am in
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Sheffield and to be honest
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it SED really really bad I was inside my
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shed for some of it as it was raining at
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the time so I was trying to stay
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protected from the rain and my shed was
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literally shaking from the winds and I
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was thinking it's going to take off any
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minute you'll see me flying Somewhere
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Over the Rainbow uh to another land um
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but yeah I am so praying that it's still
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standing tomorrow I'm currently just
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charging up my drill as we speak because
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I have lost a few plastic sheet sheets
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off uh the shed it's just that
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corrugated plastic uh what you can
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purchase it has been up for about 6
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years so they've with stod the wind and
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everything for six years or so so it's
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it's had its money's worth and the sheet
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in about £8 to replace them but where
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they cracked I'm thinking I will be able
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to drill them back on uh they should be
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okay to drill back on so my plan is
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tomorrow to take all the front off my
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shed undrill it all and make it stronger
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uh because it didn't have like enough
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wood to screw on to so they were
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rattling around in the wind and that's
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what's caused them to crack where the
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screws are and snap basically uh and
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crack off so hopefully I can get all
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that done tomorrow so I'm charging my
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drill up as we speak but you never know
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I might go back to the allotment
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tomorrow there not be no shed there
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whatsoever I might be building a brand
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new Shed from scratch but hopefully it
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won't come to that and if it does I'll
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definitely be setting up a girl fund me
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page because I can't afford to buy build
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another Shed from scratch not at the
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moment not until we get millions of
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people listening to this
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podcast which we'll take certainly some
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time to do so yeah fingers crossed we
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can get down to the plot tomorrow uh
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come rain or shine uh I'm going going to
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be working outside and getting my shed
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back fastened up together and we have
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storm Eugene coming on Friday which is
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going to be a lot stronger than this one
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apparently so I am dreading that because
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it was shaking around today and if it's
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going to be even stronger we will see if
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it withstands storm Eugene and the thing
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is I won't be back down to the plot
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after Friday for another four days so if
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it blows over it's down for a bit uh but
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hopefully fingers crossed it will stand
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the storm but we'll have to see uh and I
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will certainly share pictures of it if
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it does blow
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away you just have to laugh at these
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things sometimes definitely um but yeah
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we have been good uh we've been busy on
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the plot today um digging over my beds
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getting all them cleared we've still got
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quite a few more beds today
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so yeah with plenty of work to get done
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so quite pleased we we possibly cleared
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about three or four beds uh we've
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probably got about six or so to go so we
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are cracking on and then it's moving on
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to all my Pathways getting all them
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cleared and then getting all the rubbish
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cleared away and then I can move on to
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clearing the top of my plot um that's a
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bit that I've not really used fully yet
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I I planted a few spring bulbs last year
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uh but I don't know if they'll come
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through or not they're currently covered
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over with leaves and rubbish and weeds
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at the moment so we'll see if if they
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come through you never know they might
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do we might get a nice
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display and then it's case getting rid
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of all the rubbish off there um and also
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one of my friends popped down to see me
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on the allotment and brought me some
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coffee which is always a very good
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welcome I'm always pleased to see him
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when he brings coffee down to me down at
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the plot I'm get a bit of a catchup
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and just showing him my shed and how
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well it is and yeah there's lots of work
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to get done in there but we'll get it
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all done with and yeah I've been busy
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doing articles um I'm starting to try
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and do more articles to share on my
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Facebook page CU not everybody's got
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access to
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podcasts um and some people prefer just
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to have a read so that they can go over
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stuff again so yeah yesterday I shared
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all the seeds that were come plant in
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February obviously I've done that on a
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podcast C uh but like I said it's
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sometimes good to read and see what
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things actually need doing and then you
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can tick them off as you've done them
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and then also I've shared today well
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yesterday if you're listening to it now
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uh we shared what jobs need doing in the
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garden uh especially when it's not
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blowing a gale uh I'm sure most people's
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jobs over the next few days we'll be
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doing repairing and fixing green houses
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and poly tunnels that are blown away
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away and pots that are blown over and
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bulbs that have blown flat and trees
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falling over everywhere so yeah there's
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going to be quite a lot of work to do
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from the winds what everybody's having
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at the moment so we're going to get
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stuck in with all that and yeah
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hopefully tomorrow's Thursday so or
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today's Thursday I keep thinking yeah uh
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so we've got Thursday and Friday at the
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alotment so hopefully I may possibly get
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all my beds dug up by the end of the
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week we will have to wait and see if I
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put in the hours and the time and the
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weather stays decent like I said I'm
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hoping that it's going to be a dry day
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tomorrow looking at the weather forecast
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for today it's actually going to be all
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right I'm hoping that the rain doesn't
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come until later in the day and then on
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Friday it might be a wash out if this
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storm does come uh but we're going to
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have to wait and see if we can get stuff
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done but I will definitely still go down
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to the plot on Friday and I'll be
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working in my shed if it's raining
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because we've got to start cracking on
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with now getting that ready for the
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seeds because we're only about a month
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away from when I'm going to be planting
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all my seeds so it's got to be in shape
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and tidy and all my shell inut up
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because if you've not followed my
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pictures before of what my shed looks
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like in the springtime you will be
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amazed with how many seeds I do anyone
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would think that I'm doing it for a
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living uh selling plants but I'm
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certainly not I just absolutely fill my
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shed to busting because I do share all
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the plants out as well what I grw my
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seeds we have alotment holders so think
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yourself lucky if you're on my allotment
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plot because I do share stuff out if
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I've got leftovers and stuff like that
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because I do love to share and like I
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said I'm going to be growing so many
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flowers this year um I bought all my
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flower seeds the other week and that
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alone possibly about 30 packets so I'm
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going to need 30 trades for that so
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going to have to try and get some more
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trays uh I use gravel trays because
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they're a lot stronger than the plastic
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seed tray ones but as long as you make
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sure you drill some holes in them to
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have drainage in them they are perfect
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and they'll last few years as well you
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won't have no issues with them once
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you've got them you won't need to
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replace them ever unless you stand on
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them and break
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them but hopefully you won't be doing
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that but yeah uh we've got lots of
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gravel trays as it is myself uh I did
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use the uh cheap plastic ones but we've
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replaced them all with gravel ones
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eventually um I usually wait until
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they're on sale uh but we'll have to
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have a look around and see what we can
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get if we do need any more but we'll
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have a look around I do like to recycle
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tubs as well like when you've had your
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grapes and I even use all my milk
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cartons as well uh I have four pints of
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milk when I get my milk um and I save
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all them I cut the tops off them and I
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put some holes in the bottom of them
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and use them to Su my seeds in because
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you don't need big seed trays for some
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seeds because they've only got about
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five or six seeds in them so you can
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just plant them in them and use stuff if
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you can do and save yourself money as
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much as possible really because it can
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be expensive gardening obviously um you
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get the enjoyment out of it but it can
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cost you more to do the growing of the
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fruit and vegetables and actually go out
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and purchase vegetables themselves but
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