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weather ahead and icy snowy conditions.
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Yes, welcome to Gardening with Ben. It's
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been absolutely horrendous these last
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few days with weather. From rain to snow
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to wind, it's it's a stormy season. It's
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predicted at this time of year. So,
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we've got to get used to it. But, we
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have to work with it. And the way way we
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work with it is that you need to check
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your structures during the winter month.
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And make sure that they're all protected
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and repaired. If you've noticed, I've
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got all my poly tunnel taped up. I
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usually do that just before the winter
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comes so that it lasts another year. And
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touchwood, it's been up 16, 17 years
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this poly tunnel and it amazes me how
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it's still going. But we keep repairing
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it and it keeps lasting another year. So
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doing those extra checks on your plot
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and spending that bit of time and a bit
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of money by the tape and repair
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material, you'll get great rewards from
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it and hopefully it will make it last a
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bit longer. It's also good to check your
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fruit trees and make sure that branches
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aren't rubbing against each other as
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that can cause damage to them. If you've
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got tree stakes in, make sure that
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they're secure and tied up. And again,
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make sure that the tree is healthy and
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looking after those fruit trees will
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help you in the long term and it will
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reward you with getting great produce
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from it. Also, obviously, if you got
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green houses, make sure it's got enough
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clips in it in the glass and secured so
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that the glass doesn't blow out. Even if
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it's got got million clips around each
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piece of glass, it will make it last a
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bit longer and it'll save you the
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heartache in the future when a piece of
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glass might blow out and smash it. It'll
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take you forever to repair it or get a
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new piece of glass and sweep up all the
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mess what it's made. So, it's worthwhile
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doing it just making sure that extra
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things are in place. And obviously if
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you've got these mini green houses like
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I've got in the background, make sure
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that they're secured and fastened down
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and tied as well to a structure. Like
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tie them at the side of a shed or to a
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fence. Just give them that extra support
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and so that they don't blow away. I see
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so many posts online where people have
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lost them or they've blown over and
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they've lost all the seeds and it's
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devastating especially if you got all
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your seeds growing in it for the year
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ahead and they topple over and blow over
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and lose them all. It it's just that
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extra bit of time and job and effort
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doing it and it's worthwhile in the end.
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You might think, oh, leave it for
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another day and the wind comes blows it
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and you've lost all your seeds which is
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absolutely devastating for everybody. So
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yeah, always be prepared for the winter.
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It comes every year, so we should be
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prepared for it. And just spending that
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bit of extra time, a bit of extra money
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in securing stuff. And yeah, it's
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worthwhile in the end. So I hope you
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found these tips useful everybody. And
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as always, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with
