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It's the weekend everybody and what jobs
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do we need to do this weekend down at
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the aotment. Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben and in today's video we're going to
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talk about the jobs which need doing
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this weekend and the jobs that you can
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start doing if you've not already
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started them. So if we're starting with
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outdoors, the main thing is is to start
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turning those beds over. Like my beds
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are pretty much weed-free. I did them
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all at end of November and yeah, there's
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no weeds in them at the moment because
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it's been cold. We've not had much sun.
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It's only just started warming up. So,
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the weeds will start to grow again and
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start to form. So, it's a good time to
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dig over them beds again and check for
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any roots what are in there and start
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getting them out. So, that's one job
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that I want to do. Get them all dug over
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again ready for when I'll be planted out
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in May. I won't plant out till May
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because that's when the chance of frost
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has passed for me where I'm based. So
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that's one job that we need to do. Next
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job is sew so so se so se so there's
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loads of seeds that we can be sewing
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this month. So many seeds. I've got a
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unheated greenhouse and as you've
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probably seen from my photos, I've got a
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lot of stuff germinating. This warm
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weather this week has helped speed
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things up and start things germinating.
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So if you got an unheated greenhouse,
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you can start sewing. The only things
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that I don't sew this month will be my
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runna beans and my sweet corns and my
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sunflowers. Those will be the ones that
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I sew next month. Near enough everything
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else you can start sewing. So have a
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look at the packets and obviously check
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the temperatures in your area. The next
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thing is to make sure that the seeds are
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getting watered. Like I cover mine with
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cling film until they start germinating
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and then I take the cling film off and
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so that they can reach the full
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potential and obviously they'll start to
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dry out. So, make sure that they keep
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getting enough water. If you've got
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strawberry plants growing, make sure
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that you dead head the old leaves off
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them so that they can start forming
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their own new leaves if they're
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outdoors. That is all mine are indoors.
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They're all fresh and healthy. No old
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leaves on there. And yeah, I'll be
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working on my outdoor
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strawberries this weekend. That is one
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job that I'll be doing. And filling in
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any gaps where there's no plants in cuz
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I took a lot of runners last year. So,
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we'll be placing some runners in the
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gaps what where they died off from last
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Get your sweet peas started. If you've
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not started your sweet peas off, start
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them growing. Start them going and yeah,
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get the sweet peas going. I'm going to
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be pinching mine out. I'll be filming a
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video on that on how to pinch out your
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sweet peas. that makes them form bushier
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sweet peas so that they get to a lot of
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more flowers on and they're not
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necessarily bigger flowers but they can
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be a bit smaller but they'll get more
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flowers on the plant so they'll produce
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more flowers so we'll be pinching them
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out and I'll share a video with you
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shortly. So yeah, big jobs this weekend.
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There's a lot to get done. So make the
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most of the nice weather everybody and
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remember keep smiling, keep shining and
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keep gardening with Ben everybody.
