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Welcome to our weekly update and welcome
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to gardening with Ben. What a busy week
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we have had down at the a lotment. First
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off was repairing the poly tunnel due to
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the high winds that we had last week.
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Yeah, we had some damage to it, but
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we've taped it back up and hopefully it
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will last a bit longer. The spring bulbs
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are looking more stunning every time
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that I come down. All the tulips are
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starting to open up now and absolutely
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So, they're coming on really well. All
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the raised beds, they're coming on.
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Everything's germinating in here. The
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peas are starting to pop through now.
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It's 800 peas, so hopefully we have a
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bumper crop of peas in here. Like I
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said, it's 30° in here, so I don't know
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why I'm wearing a jumper, but yes, it's
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absolutely boiling. So, hopefully those
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will speed up and get growing pretty
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fast. And when they get big enough,
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we'll put some netting up to help cling
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them on and help the support of growing
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them. We've also planted all our onions.
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All our onions are out and planted. Uh
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we've got three varieties. We've got a
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red one. We've got uh champion one and a
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sturgeon one. So, three varieties of
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onions. They were grown in cell trays to
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start off with to get them growing well,
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and then we planted them out. They look
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better than my winter onions. My winter
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onions aren't looking very good, but
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we'll keep them in for the time being
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and see how they get on. But yeah,
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they're coming along pretty well, the
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spring spring summer onions. So, yeah,
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they're doing pretty well. We've also
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been planting some gladioli. We've had
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100 gladiolized plant. So, we planted
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those all in plant pots as obviously I
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have issues with the squirrels down
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here. So, I want to keep them netted
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until they're big enough. And then when
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they're big enough, then we'll take the
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netting off and let them grow. So
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hopefully we'll have a beautiful display
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of gladiolas down here this year.
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Obviously, you can have them as a cut
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flower or as a display flower. And I'm
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going to have them as a display flower
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cuz it'll help the pollinators down here
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come down and enjoy them. So yeah, we've
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done that. We've also been busy with
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doing some weeding because it's been
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nice weather and yeah, it's been pretty
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glorious down here and things are
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certainly shooting up. The plum trees
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are coming out into blossom. I've been
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helping them by giving them a little
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tickle with a paintbrush to help with
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the pollination. Although there is bees
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a little bit of help gets more produce.
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So, we want lots of plums this year on
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our Victoria plum trees. So, I've been
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helping pollinate them and hopefully
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we'll get some decent plums on them. And
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obviously, now is the time to start
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doing a lot of watering because things
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are drying out fast because it is
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getting warmer. Yes, we did have snow
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the other day, but it is warm in the
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poly tunnel and in the greenhouse. So,
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we're having to keep things watered and
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keep looking after things because
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obviously things dry out pretty much. So
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yeah, we have had a busy week down here
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and I've probably not mentioned
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everything that I've done because I've
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probably forgotten it. But yeah, it's
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going to be a busy few weeks down here.
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We've got some exciting things to be
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showing you and lots of new items that
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we're getting for the a lotment. So stay
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tuned for that. So until next time
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everyone remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening with
