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This video shares a weekly update from the garden, highlighting what is currently growing, the key jobs being done, and the progress being made. I talk through plant development, routine maintenance, and the small tasks that keep everything moving forward.
I also share observations from the garden and plans for the next steps to keep the growing space productive. A helpful update for gardeners who enjoy following progress and seasonal garden work.
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Welcome to our weekly roundup. Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben, everyone. And
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we're doing our weekly roundup of how
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well we've got on this weekend down at
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the aotment. So, we have been so busy,
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absolutely pushing ourselves to the
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limit and getting things ready and
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getting things growing. So, our main
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thing this weekend was to start getting
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in the poly tunnel the raised beds
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ready. As you know, I purchased some
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maze beds recently and I'm making this
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into a better great growing space and
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getting absolutely loads of stuff
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growing in here. Now, the sort of things
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that I've sewn in my raised beds are
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radish, lettuce, pack choy,
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um beetroot,
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spring onions,
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uh
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absolute like loads of stuff. But you'll
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see it all in my poly tunnel update
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video of what we've got sewn. So yeah,
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I'm excited for this and I'm hoping that
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a lot of it will be ready before I start
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planting my tomatoes in here in end of
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May when the plants will be ready to
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plant in the raised beds. That's the
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plan anyway. And then hopefully I'll
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rotate it and we'll put some
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cauliflowers in here and cabbages and
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broccoli and try some brassacas growing
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in here as well because uh obviously
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then it's bit more safer away from the
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butterflies and getting pests on them.
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So we'll try that this year in the poly
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tunnel growing some brassacas in here
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and obviously it'll be great fantastic
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weather for it. We've also planted uh
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some more sweet peas in here as we've
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already got one batch growing. They're
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growing absolutely fantastic in the
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Oakland root trainers. We've also
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planted some peas, some early peas.
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Now, I start my peas off in trays first
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and then I move them outside when
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they're big enough because I have a lot
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of issues with rats and mice and
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squirrels and they'll pinch all the
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seeds and there's not much around for
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them to eat at the moment. So, they'll
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find them and they'll eat them. So,
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that's one thing that I do need to do to
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protect them. I've also obviously been
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looking at my strawberries, what are
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growing in my hanging baskets. Again, I
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got those from Oakland. And I've started
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taking the flowers off. You might wonder
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why I'm taking the flowers off is
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because they're only baby plants. And
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basically, if I take the flowers off for
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the next couple of weeks, then it'll
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concentrate on growing the root ball
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better and the plant better. And
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apparently, it grows more strawberries
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on it if you do that, if you take the
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flowers off in the first couple of
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months. I don't know if that's true or
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not. Fingers crossed it is because I I
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do want the strawberries on them.
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Hopefully, it doesn't stop the
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strawberries from growing on them. So,
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we're going to try that and see how well
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they get on and see if they produce more
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strawberries, doing them that way. So,
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yeah, it's been an awfully long busy
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weekend. We've also planted loads of
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seeds in my shed, flower seeds and
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different vegetables and getting all the
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seeds sewn in there as well. So, it's
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going to be a busy year this year down
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at the plot. A very hectic year. I think
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I need to do this full time. I wish I
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could, but unfortunately, I can't. So,
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we're only spending the weekends down
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here getting it all done. But, we're
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making the most of it. I'm making the
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most of the late nights and the early
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starts in the morning as well. So, lots
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to be done. I'll be posting lots of
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videos for you to watch this week as I
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won't be at the a lot a lot a lot a lot
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a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lotment
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obviously I'll be working but we'll post
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lots of videos for you to watch this
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week. Until next time everyone remember
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keep smiling, keep shining and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone.
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