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Seeds to Start in Early Spring for Vegetables and Flowers
Nov 13, 2024
This video explains which seeds to start in early spring, including both vegetables and flowers suitable for cooler conditions. Learn which crops germinate well at this time of year and how to give seedlings the best start.
The guide covers sowing depth, watering, temperature and light requirements, along with simple tips to help seeds germinate evenly and grow into strong young plants. These methods work for seed trays, pots and small growing spaces.
If you want to plan your planting and start the growing season successfully, this video provides a practical seed starting guide suitable for beginners and experienced gardeners.
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episode good evening and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben well it's been a few
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days since my last episode which was
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talking about all the jobs what need
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doing in the allotment and garden for
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March so if you've not listened to that
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make sure you head back and listen to
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that episode and find out all the things
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that you need to be doing in the garden
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this month because it's it's time to be
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getting stuff ready we're going to be
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Full Throttle ahead coming the end of
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the month getting ready for sewing all
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our
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seeds so talking about what's seeds to
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be planted in March is this podcast
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today and I tend to stick to sewing them
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towards the end of March just as it's
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getting that bit warmer as you can still
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get some cold days at the beginning of
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March and we could still get snow but
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you never know fingers crossed we may
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get a heat wave he hopes that's what he
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keeps asking for but we'll still have to
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wait and
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see so in this episode we'll be talking
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about what vegetables to to sew what
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flowers to sew and what food to plant in
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March so make sure you've got pen and
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paper so that you can make note of
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everything what you can sew this month
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if not feel free to listen to the
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episode again and make notes the next
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time when you got somewhere to write
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down all the things that can be sewn
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because obviously it's going to be quite
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a long episode because there is a lot
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that you can actually start to s in
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March now so we'll start off talking
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about what vegetables can be sewn this
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month so first off you can sew or jeene
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if you have not sewn your or jeene yet
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make sure you get them in because this
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is the last month that you can get them
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sewn if you leave it any later they
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won't fro much in time so you need to be
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getting them in this month I we talking
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about leaving things till the end of the
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month but orene try and get them in as
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fast as possible cuz you should actually
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plant them around January time February
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time next up is
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beetroot now the best way to grow
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beetroot is to grow it in succession
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just a
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few seeds every other week or every few
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weeks so that you get a constant Harvest
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of beetro all through the year and you
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can keep sewing them all the way up to
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the end of July to get crops so keep
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sewing a few every so often and just
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keep planting them up and potting them
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out and sticking them in the ground in
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between plants and stuff like that
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they're a good space for our beetroot so
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get a tray beetroot in this
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month broad beans you can either sew
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these in the ground or you can sew them
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in pots first until they're well
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established you just have to make sure
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if you're growing them in the ground or
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in pots and you're transplanting the
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plants is to protect them from the
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pigeons the pigeons will devour them
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they absolutely love broad beans and
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they will eat them down to the Bare
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Bones and even slugs love them as well
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so set up some beer traps around them
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and protect them from
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everything brussel sprouts if you like
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brussel sprouts now is the time to sew
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them uh they won't be top of my list of
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sewings they'll be the last packet that
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I sew because I give all the brussel
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sprouts away but if you want to sew them
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get them sewn this month and you will be
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picking them in November and December so
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did you know that they're one of the
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longest vegetables to grow that take the
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time to grow so you need to be starting
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them off this month ready for picking in
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November and
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December carrots you can now start to
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sew carrots this month or you can wait
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until it's a bit warmer and S them where
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they are to grow in the ground or in
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your pots but I'm going to be looking at
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growing carrots this year in pots I've
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never had any success at growing carrots
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in the ground they've always done
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absolutely rubbish so we're going to set
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up a carrot system of growing them in
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pots and see how we get on with
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them
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cauliflowers now I grow purple
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cauliflowers I've told you that quite a
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few times uh I've not actually got the
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seeds yet I I couldn't get them from uh
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where I usually get my seeds from so I'm
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going to have to buy them online this
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year uh but now is the time to be sewing
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your cauliflowers and the purple ones do
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a lot better on my allotment than the
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white ones so I will be sticking to
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Growing the purple cauliflowers this
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month salc now it's not something that
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I've tried growing before but it's meant
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to be nice and tasty creamy so if you're
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wanting to sew some salc sew this in the
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greenhouse this month and it does take a
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long time to grow so
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get it soon this month and you could be
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picking it towards the end
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of
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summer celer now this is not on my list
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of plants to sell this month I
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absolutely hate it disgust it I really
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can't stand it but now is the time to be
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sewing your
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CER chilies now chilies need a long
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growing period and the faster you start
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them off the longer they will produce
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crops for and and you can get continuous
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crops from your chilies as well so get
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sewing them you obviously don't need to
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sew all the packet of seeds because you
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can get up to 50 packets 50 seeds in a
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packet which is way too much so only so
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a few the the only amount that you need
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because you will be giving lots of
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chilies away cuz they do crop well
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chilies so if you've got somewhere warm
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to grow them absolutely ideal for
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it next up is kale now you can get green
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kale and you can get purple kale and you
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can get curly kale and you can get
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normal kale so there's plenty of
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varieties to try growing and you can
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also be picking it all the way through
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winter it's quite tough is kale at
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growing so if you're wanting to grow
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something all the way through the year
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try growing some kale and you can just
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keep chopping off bits and Bobs off the
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plant as and when you actually need
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it Lettuce again like carrots and
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beetroot sew some at regular intervals
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because you don't want to be sewing all
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your lettuce at once because it will all
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form at once and you won't be able to
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keep up with eating it and it does soon
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bolt lettuce if you pick it if you don't
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pick it in time so only so a few at a
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time and see how you get on with them
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and usually there's about 2,000 seeds in
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a packet way way too many uh but yeah
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only saw a few and see how well you do
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with
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them leaks these can be started soon
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this month ready for cropping towards
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the end of the year so if you're wanted
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to grow some prize winning Leaks get
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some grown and see how you get
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on par Snips these are a lot easier to
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grow than carrots uh they don't seem to
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split as much as carrots
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do and these want to be sewn directly in
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the ground as they do not like to be
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transplanted so if you're wanting to
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grow parsnips get them sewn now and you
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don't Harvest them till after you've had
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a couple of frosts because the frost
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adds the flavor to the
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parsnips peas towards the end of the
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month you can sew these directly in the
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ground and these could be one of the
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first things that you could be
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harvested so if you fancy some tasty
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peas get so in these at the end of March
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just be careful of mice and rats as they
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will come along and eat the peas if
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you're not careful peppers a lot like
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chilies they need a long time to grow so
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you need to be getting those in at the
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beginning of March as fast as possible
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cuz they should have been SE January
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February time and March is probably the
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last month that you can sew your
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peppers potatoes if you're not started
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chitting your potatoes and you want to
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chit them first
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start doing it this month ready for
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planting out towards the end of March
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April time and I've certainly got all my
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potatoes ready they're all in my shed
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chitting away ready to plant out on Good
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Friday yes Good Friday moves every
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single year but I always stick with
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growing them on Good
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Friday next up is radish now radish is
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really easy to grow and it doesn't take
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long to grow at all so you can be sewing
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these all the way through the year so
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get a few packets and just keep sewing
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some every few months or every couple of
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weeks and you can be eating them in your
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salads literally within a few weeks
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because they do grow pretty fast once it
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starts to warm
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up spinach if you want to be like papy
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get sewing some spinach towards the end
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of the month make sure you've improved
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the soil there before sewing spinach
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because it does like like nice soil
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spring onion you can start to Ser these
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outdoors in the garden this month hence
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the word spring so get those spring
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onion seeds so Swiss chard have you
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tried growing chard before why not give
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it a go and see how well you get on with
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it Tomatoes if you have not selling your
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Tomatoes yet like me I don't start mine
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till March but a lot of people start on
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January Fe February time but I always
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start my March when the weather is
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warmer and get them soon this month
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beginning of March towards the end of
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March it's up to you how you want to do
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it but they need to be getting in the
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ground this month in your sea tray the
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way you want to so if there's a tomato
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that you like in a supermarket I've seen
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people cut tomatoes in half stick them
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in some soil and they've sprouted so
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there's plenty of ways of getting to M
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seeds sewn which variety are you going
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to grow this year let me know send me a
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message and last but not least for
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vegetables is turnips if you enjoy
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turnips maybe it might be turnip and
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mash but who knows now is the time to be
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sewing those turnips in your
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garden next up is fruit what fruit can
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you plant in March now a lot of it you
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should have actually got planted during
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the winter time because winter is the
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best time to be planting
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fruit
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and yes I've managed to find some cheap
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Bargains over the last couple of weeks
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uh I got some nice Victoria plum trees I
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have got one already but I'm planting
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two more on my plot and I've given my
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neighbor two fruit trees to grow as well
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so I'm going to be doing that and yeah
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if you've not planted your fruit trees
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have a look around you might find find
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some Bargains and get them planted this
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month just remember that they need
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plenty of sunlight and they need room to
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grow as well they're better in the
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ground than in pots preferably because
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they need space for the roots to
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grow
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rubab rubab is a reliable Cropper and
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you can do get great fruit from a rhab
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rout and if you're fancy growing some
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rhab now is the time to be planting your
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rhubarb crowns but remember do not pick
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from it in the first year you need to
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let the rot take hold in the ground for
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the first year before
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picking strawberries now if you've been
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doing some strawberries if you've been
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taking some cuting and doing some
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Runners now is the time to be putting
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them in the ground ready for growing and
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seeing if you can get some great
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strawberries from your planting this
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year if you're growing them in pots
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remember to keep them watered because
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the pots will dry out faster than if
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they are in the ground so if you're
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wanting some nice delicious strawberries
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in time for wimon get planting your
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strawberries on the plot
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now and last but not least is flowers
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now I obviously need to listen to this
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because I am growing absolutely loads
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and loads of flowers on my plot this
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year it's going to be a fantastic
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display he hopes that's if Mr squirrel
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doesn't come along and pinch all the
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summer bulbs that I've just planted
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today on the alotment but yeah uh we're
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going to be having a epic time on the
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allotment with flowers so if you're want
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them to grow some flowers to attract the
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bees to your plots help with pollination
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these are the flowers that you can be
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planting this month so asers asers can
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be sewn this month in a warm Greenhouse
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or windol for fantastic color all summer
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busy lizes now if you wanted to grow
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some busy lizes these can be sewn this
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month again it needs to be a nice warm
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temperature for them to germinate the
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seeds are very tiny for bzy lizes so
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good luck if you manage to get some of
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those to germinate because you will be
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finding it hard to separate them all
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out daers now if you're wanting to grow
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some daers from seed rather than tubers
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get sew in your daers this month for
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some fantastic colors you can then dig
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up the tubers at the end of the year and
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replant them the year after and then
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you've got daers for
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Life geraniums now these are absolutely
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so easy to grow from seed I've grown so
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many geraniums from seed and I've still
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got my geraniums growing in my shed this
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year from what I se last year because I
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dug them all up to protect them and keep
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them in my shed until the warmer weather
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came to shove them back out
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again so if you're wanting to grow some
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Dr ranium from seed have a go it's
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really easy to grow them from seed trust
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meate I've I'm not I've not grown many
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flowers before but I've had great
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success with geraniums liilia again
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these are very very tiny seeds like busy
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lizards but if you're want in some
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fantastic displays for pots hanging
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baskets or tubs now is the time to be
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sewing your
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liilia
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petunia as well these look fantastic in
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pots and hanging baskets so this is the
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month to be sewing
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petunias Salvia now Salvia can add some
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absolutely fantastic coloring Gardens
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and some of them are obviously
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perennials which means that they'll come
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back year after year and they're
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expensive to buy in the garden centers
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as well so if you're wanting some Salvia
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in your garden now is the time to be
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sewing them seeds and you could be
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getting some nice Summer and Autumn
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color this year sweet peas now I'm going
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to be sewing some sweet peas this month
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I absolutely love them and the fragrance
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the flowers the constant picking of them
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all the way through the year and I'm
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going to be sewing so many sweet peas
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this year uh all the way down the sides
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of my plot so stay tuned for photos on
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that because I'll definitely be sharing
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them so now is the time to be sewing
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your sweet
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peas so that is all the seeds that can
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be sewn in March time obviously there's
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more seeds out there as well what you
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can s uh which I may have missed off
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always check your seed packets to see
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what dates it says on the seed packets
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before you do sew them some varieties
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need later season or earlier season so
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it's always good to check but it also
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depends on the temperature some seeds do
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not germinate if the temperature is not
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the right temperature make most seed
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packets will tell you what temperature
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it needs from to germinate as well so
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make sure you check the seed packet for
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that because like peppers and chilies
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they do need a good temperature to start
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sprouting so that's why you need to make
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sure that your Greenhouse is warm or
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your poly tunnel or a Windle to get them
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to grow so yeah this is going to be an
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exciting month for getting all the seats
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sewn in March so make sure you share
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