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What free seeds have we got in the
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February editions of Grow Your Own
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Magazine, Home Kitchen, and
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Kitchen Garden Magazine. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. In the next three
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videos, we're going to go through what's
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inside each magazine as I love these
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magazines and I love the seeds what are
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in them. We've got a new cat new
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magazine this month called Home Kitchen,
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which has just started this year. So,
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yeah, let's have a look and see what's
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in the Grow Your Own magazine today.
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So, I love these because I love seeing
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what seeds are inside it. And as you can
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see, this is the first time I've seen
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them. So, I don't know what's in them
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myself. And we love to see what peculiar
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seeds we've got because sometimes in
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these magazines, you'll get seeds what
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you wouldn't usually purchase. And I
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usually think, let's give them a go.
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Let's see how well they get on and if
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they grow well themselves. And sometimes
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the varieties are better and you think,
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"Oh, I'll end up growing them in years
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to come." And you stick to that variety.
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So yeah, it's good to try different
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stuff down at the a lotment. So in this
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one we have got beetroot crossberries
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looks a great variety of beetroot. Nice
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big round ones which hopefully we'll get
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some great crops from. So yeah, been
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We've also got some fennel. I've never
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grown fennel before, so I'm looking
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forward to giving that a try. And yeah,
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see what it tastes like. I've never
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tasted it either, so we'll give it a try
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this year and see how well we get on
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with it. And as you can see, the Mr.
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Figgles, which is great variety of seed
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as well. Uh they always produce really
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well. We've got some carrots. Never had
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success with growing carrots in the 20
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years I've had my plot. So this is the
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year for change. We're going to grow
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some great carrots and we're going to
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grow them in the poly tunnel this year
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and see how well they get on in here.
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Next up, we've got some pack choy.
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Again, something I've never tasted, so
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that's a new thing for me. So, yeah, why
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not? We'll give it a try and see how
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well it grows. I do love trying new
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vegetables, even if I don't always eat
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them and give them away. I always like
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trying new stuff. And then we've got a
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herb called dill as well. So, we might
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have a little herb patch this year down
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And then the next five,
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which is nestersiums.
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Apparently, you can eat them, but I've
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never tried them myself. I wouldn't eat
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flowers. I'm not one of these that'll
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try flowers. If they're flowers, they're
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flowers. I won't try any flower sort of
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food, but yeah, we'll give them a try.
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Oh, now we've got one of my great
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flowers. What I absolutely love, corn
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flowers. Absolutely gorgeous. Easy to
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grow from seed. I've grown these before
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and they absolutely beautiful and the
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bees love them. So, yes, try some corn
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flowers in your a lotments this year.
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Next up, we've got some panzas.
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Another thing that I've tried growing
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from seed, and they've done really well
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in the past. So, we'll give them a try
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and add them to our winter garden.
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Next up is lavender. I've never grown
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lavender from seed, so we're going to
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give that a try this year. And yeah, we
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do love lavender cuz it smells gorgeous
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and the bees love it and it's great for
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borders. So, let's try and get some
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lavender growing on our plot this year.
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And then one of my favorites, it can be
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worse than a weed if it's not looked
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after, but I don't care down at the a
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lotment. They pop the heads and they pop
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up everywhere. But yeah, absolutely
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gorgeous, easy to grow and they're
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absolutely gorgeous. So yeah, a
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worthwhile packet of seeds. So yeah, 10
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packets and great variety of seeds. And
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I'll be growing all of them ones from
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the Grow Your magazine. Obviously, you
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get your magazine as well with lots of
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stuff in it to read, but we won't go
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through that because we'll leave it to
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you to have a look through. But yeah, I
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always look for tips and advice. Even
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though I've been doing this for 20
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years, I love finding out new tips and
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advice. So, they're great for magazines
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for ideas and what to do. So, yeah, that
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is what's in the Grow Your Magazine.
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Make sure you come back and see what's
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in the kitchen garden and the Home
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Garden magazine, a new magazine this
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year. So, yeah, we'll see you all next
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time, everyone. Remember, keep smiling,
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keep shining, and keep gardening with
