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This video shows you how to plant spring bulbs in autumn to create vibrant, colourful displays when the growing season returns.
I explain how deep to plant bulbs, the best spacing for impact, soil preparation tips, and which positions work best for strong flowering. Planting bulbs at the right time and depth makes a huge difference to the quality and quantity of blooms.
Suitable for garden borders, raised beds, containers, and allotment spaces. Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners wanting reliable, eye-catching results from their bulb planting.
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Day three of the a lotment revamp down
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here at the plot. Yes, it started
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raining, but we're down here and we're
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going to be working hard, fingers
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crossed, before it does start raining
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really bad down here. Hopefully, we
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managed to get enough done so that we
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can get it all finished tomorrow.
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Fingers crossed. But we'll see how the
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weather copes up. So, let's have a look
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at what we've done and what we're doing
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today down at the plot. So, as you can
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see, we've got three arches up already.
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We've taken out all the brick beds.
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We've put them to the side for the time
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being. We've dug it all over. It's not
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the best soil in the world, but it'll do
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for what we need it to do. We've built
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two beds around the frame so far. And
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yeah, we want it to have like frames up
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like we've got the top of the plot down
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there. And today's job is going to be
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clearing out all this weed pile what
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I've got here and hopefully get the next
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two arches up in place here. That's the
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plan anyway. But we'll see how much we
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get done with this weather that we've
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got and see if we manage to get much of
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it done today. So, let's crack on. Let's
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get all this cleared and let's get all
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that cleared and the archers up. So,
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I've managed to clear where I'm going to
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put my next arches in this bit here. So,
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yeah, all that wood were hidden away.
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Hopefully, we'll make use of that. If
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not, it'll be used for my burning. But,
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yeah, so much to clear. So many bricks.
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Why have I used so many bricks on my a
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lotment and lots and lots of bindweed.
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Look at that compost heap. It's getting
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too big now. We'll just cover that up
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and hide it and let it rot down over the
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years.
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And there we have it. All five arches
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are up in place. So the next job I think
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will be starting to lay out my paths and
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my beds to go behind and get all that
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bit done. Tomorrow we'll obviously build
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those beds around the arches for the
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flower beds. But yeah, let's get the new
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paths laid and the new beds laid behind.
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There we have it. the first bed built
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and the paths around it. We'll put black
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membrane over the carpet. Uh we can't
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burn that down here. So, just lay it
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back down and cover it with black
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membrane and then hopefully have some
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wood chip over it all paving slabs
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eventually over it all. But yeah, happy
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with that. Keeping the rustic look of
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having the bricks brick work and yeah,
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we need to build some more beds down
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here. So, let's keep going.
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started raining. That's day three
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complete. It's time to get home and get
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relaxed and clean up cuz I'm absolutely
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filthy. But we've completed day three
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and I can't believe how much we've got
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done down here at the other. And the
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transformation is coming along amazing.
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I can't believe how well it's starting
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to look. And once it's all completed and
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filled with plants and flowers, it will
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look absolutely divine next year.
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Fingers crossed. down here at the plot.
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So, let's have a look at what the
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transformation looks like now. So, we
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have got in the three new beds built
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with brick work to make them look a bit
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rustic and a bit nice and obviously the
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brick work will last. It won't rot like
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wood wood, but yeah, it looks so much
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better. And we've relayed the paths.
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We've used the old carpet tiles because
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we can't burn them and I'm not taking
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them to the tip. I'll cover them with
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black membrane and then cover them with
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wood chip and it'll look nice once it's
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all completed all this bit. We started
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moving out the edging further out so
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that we can have a flower border down
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this top bit. And then we're going to
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hopefully bring out all this bit down
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here.
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And this area is going to be a seating
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area and hopefully my burning area as
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well. So, that's going to be a nice
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little area in the shade down at the
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plot.
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Tomorrow's job is going to be clearing
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this lot. Lots of old chicken wire. I
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don't know what I'm going to do with it
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all, where to put it all, but we'll find
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somewhere. We'll move it further down
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the plot. And yeah, we've got some lap
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membrane, which we're going to use for
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the paths and for the seating area. Keep
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the weeds down. But yeah, it's come on
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so good now. Right, we've got the five
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frames up
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and they're in place. Hopefully, we'll
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get some climbers to climb up them.
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Climbing plants to look good. But yeah,
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I'm impressed with how well it's all
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starting to turn out. We've got the beds
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to build around the bases of the frames.
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Those are going to be my flower beds.
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They're going to have like pansies in
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and spring bulbs in. Hopefully, they'll
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get enough sunlight to help them flower.
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But yeah, it's starting to chuck it down
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now. So, we can't stay down here much
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longer. But can you believe it how well
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it's coming on in day three of the a
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lotment transformation. It's looking so
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much better apart from that big pile of
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rubbish and weeds and but it'll rot down
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over the years. Probably about 20 years,
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but oh well, it'll go. But yeah, it I'm
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so impressed with it all. We've got to
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obviously put compost in the beds cuz
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the soil's not very good up here. And
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then we got to think about what we're
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going to be planting in them. I've had
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to come in the poly tunnel to finish the
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video off cuz it's absolutely bouncing
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down. Look at how mucky I am. But yeah,
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it's absolutely bouncing it down. A lot
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of people have said that it were raining
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down where they are. Thankfully, we've
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managed 5 hours down here at the plot
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today. And I'm so impressed with how
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much we got done before the rain
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actually came. I've got as much done as
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I wanted to get done. Probably even more
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to be honest. Um, so we're going to be
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back down here for day four. Like I
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said, I don't think we're going to get
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it all completed by tomorrow, but we'll
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give it a good try and we're going to
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continue it over the next few weekends
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and get it all sorted and looking good.
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Like I said, it's great to start doing
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these jobs now because there's nothing
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much growing down at the a lotment now.
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And obviously next month we'll be
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planting as garlic and as winter onions.
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But now is the time to be preparing,
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getting everything ready, getting it all
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tided, doing any improvements down at
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the plot, and getting it all looking
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ship shape ready for next year while
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there's not much to do. So yeah, I hope
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you've enjoyed day three of the
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transformation. Make sure you give us a
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follow to stay up to date and see day
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four transformation. Until tomorrow
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben
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everyone.
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