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This video shows the free seeds included in a UK issue of Homegrown Kitchen magazine and explains what can be grown from them. It looks at the varieties provided and how suitable they are for early season sowing.
The guide discusses when to sow the seeds, where to grow them and whether they are suitable for allotments, gardens, containers or greenhouse growing. It also explains how gardeners can use magazine free seeds to start growing vegetables and flowers at low cost.
If you want to begin growing without spending much money, this video provides practical advice on using free seed packets and planning what to grow for the coming season.
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Hey up everybody. It's Gardening with
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Ben. In today's video, we're going to be
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looking what's in the Homegrown Kitchen
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magazine. Now, this is a brand new
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magazine for this year. So, I've never
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had it before, so it's going to be a
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worthy read and see what we can do with
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it. Again, three packets of seeds in it.
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10 free packets, which enticed me to get
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it cuz I always love seeds. You never
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have enough seeds. And yeah, I know
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we've got seeds in the other two
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magazines. If you've not watched them
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once, go and check them out. It's what's
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in the Grow Your Home magazine and
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what's in the kitchen garden magazine.
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So, yeah, three magazines this month.
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So, we're going to have a look what's
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inside it. Obviously, like I said, this
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is new to me and
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I'm seeing what seeds are in it as
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you're seeing it. So, yeah, let's have a
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look what's in here. So, this is fgill
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seed again. So, a great variety to grow
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and always worth it. So, in this
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magazine, we have got Carrot Amsterdam
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variety. So, yeah, I've never heard of
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that variety. So, we'll give that a try.
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So, we got quite a few packets of
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carrots this year. We've got some
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rocket,
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which we're going to give a try this
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year. Another great one for salads.
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We've got some basil lettuce leaf. So
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again, another great thing for our herb
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patch area, which I'll be looking
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forward to this year and giving a try.
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I'm going to have a nice little herb
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garden at the top of my plot and see how
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well we get on. We've got some parsley,
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giant of Italy. So another one for our
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herb area.
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We have got the cauliflower dicilia.
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Again, like I said, this is the black
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variety of cauliflower. So, this grew
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better in my a lotment than the white
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variety. So, I'm happy we've got some of
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these. Obviously, we've got some in the
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other magazine. So, we've got plenty of
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seeds to try and germinate and hopefully
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get a good crop of cauliflower this year
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down at the plot. I didn't grow any last
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year. So, I've not grown any for a few
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years, actually. So, I'll be happy to
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try cauliflower again this year and see
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how well we get on. Next up, we have got
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beetroot.
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So, another great variety.
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And yeah, obviously we had beetroot in
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the other two magazines, but beetroot is
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a great thing for sticking in between
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crops, filling gaps in, and yeah, if you
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grow them on a uh sew a few every few
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months, you'll be harvesting them all
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summer and getting plenty out of them.
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So, lots of great seeds in there. Then
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we've got some Brussels sprouts.
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Everybody's favorite.
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I've not grown Brussels sprouts for
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absolute years. must be about 15 years.
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So, I might give them a try and see how
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well we get on. Not my favorite
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vegetable, but we'll give them a try and
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see what happens.
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Next up, we have got spinach.
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So, being big and strong like Popey. And
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yeah, another one to add in between
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crops and fill gaps in. So, we're
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getting some great seeds this year.
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And then we've got some parsnip. We
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obviously got some in the other packet,
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but yeah, I'm going to try parsnips this
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year. I've never grown parsnips and I
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want to give them a try. They're really
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tasty and you harvest parsnips after the
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first couple of frosts because that's
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what adds the flavor and the sweetness
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to the parsnips and you get some great
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taste from parsnips and they'll be great
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in my air fryer. So, that'll be good.
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Something good to grow. And then we've
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got some lettuce, some more lettuce. So,
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yeah, plenty of lettuce to grow this
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year. my it always does well. And you
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the thing is about lettuce is not
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growing too many at once because they
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all seem ready at the same time. They
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can soon grow to seed if you're not
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careful. So only grow a few lettuce at a
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time and sew a few every couple of
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months and you'll be having lettuce all
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the way through summer. So that's our
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little advice. So yeah, it's a new
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magazine, Homegrown Kitchen. We'll be
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giving that a try. I'm happy with the
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seeds what we've got with that one. I'll
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be giving it a good read. Let's have a
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quick gand of what's in it and see what
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it's about.
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So, I think this one's more about it
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giving you tips and advice on what to
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grow and it also tells you how to cook
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them as well. So, I'm not very good at
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cooking. So, that'll be something that I
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can learn on what to do. So tells me how
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to cook my parsnips. So yeah, that's
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good. So we'll be able to look up the
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parsnip, grow the parsnips, and then
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look up how to cook them and hopefully
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get some delicious food as well. So
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yeah, these are the purple cauliflowers
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that I grew in the past. They grew a lot
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better than the white varieties in my uh
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a lotment. So that is why I'm happy that
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we've got this variety this year. So
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yeah, some great reading there. So, I'll
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be reading that tonight and seeing how
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well it is. So, excellent magazine,
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looks great, and give it a try and see
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what you think to it. So, if you've not
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watched the other two videos on what's
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in the Kitchen Garden magazine and the
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Grow Your Own magazine, go and check
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them ones out on my videos. And until
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next time everyone remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep
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gardening.
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