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>> Hey up and welcome to gardening with
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Ben. Happy 1st of November, everybody.
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Yes, Christmas is nearly here.
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Can we start singing Christmas songs
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now? That is the question now that
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Halloween is done with. Can we start
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songs? Well, it's up to you, but I'll
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definitely be singing a few Christmas
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songs. Not on here because it might put
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>> But yes, it's now the 1st of November
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and it's time for a new month.
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So in this episode, we're going to be
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talking about all the things that you
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can plant during November, whether it be
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vegetables and flowers. We will go
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through it all and hopefully you'll get
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some tips and advice on what you can
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We've also got us new printer, 3D
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printer what we were talking about, it's
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finally come. So it's just setting up
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and hopefully we can start trying to
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plant some stuff like make some pots and
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every little bits that we need for the
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garden. So I'm excited to start trying
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that. You might hear in the background,
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it's just setting itself up. So yeah,
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hopefully we're going to get some good
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let's start with what we can plant in
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November. And first on the list is
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Garlic is one of the main things that
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you can plant during November and you
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need to get this in the ground as soon
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as possible. It needs to be in the
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ground before it starts getting cold
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because the cold weather does help the
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garlic. It helps it split, it helps it
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form and it starts making its um
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suitable for splitting and growing the
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garlic bulbs itself. So, yeah, it's a
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perfect time to be planting the garlic.
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And you need to make sure that you
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choose a suitable variety for planting
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during the autumn. And obviously in the
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garden centers they've got all the
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autumn varieties. So, if you go into the
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garden center, have a look around and
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see what garlic you can plant.
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Obviously, you can also plant elephant
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garlic, which is an absolute fantastic
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one. It's huge garlic. It's not actually
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part of the garlic family, it's part of
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the leek family. But it is still used in
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the same way as a garlic. So, yeah, that
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is one thing that you can plant. And the
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key thing is good drainage for garlic.
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Don't push cloves into saturated ground
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simply because the calendar says
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November. If your ground stays wet, you
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can start cloves in modules or in a cold
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frame first and then plant out when it's
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a bit drier. You don't want them to be
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So, garlic doesn't need a warm
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greenhouse to grow through the winter.
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It needs the cold weather to help it
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I've I've got mine in my poly-tunnel
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because I'm going to be doing up
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outside, so I might not get very good
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garlic this year. But we still planted
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it some anyway just to see how well it
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goes. But yeah, plant them outside for
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Next up is broad beans and it needs to
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be an overwintering variety such as
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Aquadulce Claudia. A great variety to
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grow throughout the winter and if you're
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planting them outside, make sure that
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you protect them from the mice and the
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squirrels and the birds from eating them
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because there's not much around for them
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to eat at the moment, so they'll be
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eating anything and everything. And
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don't do what I did, I planted them all
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in salt trays in the poly-tunnel. I
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didn't net them over and the mice and
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the rats found them and ate them all.
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So, make sure you protect them as well
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in the salt trays before planting them
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out. So, yeah, always protect your broad
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But these will be ready to harvest
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before the black fly appear and
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hopefully you'll get some great crops
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Next up are hardy peas. Again, you need
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an overwintering variety. So, autumn
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sowings can be kept in a greenhouse or
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cold frame for planting out in early
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The pea pods are a longer term crop
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unless you like the young pea shoots to
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eat themselves. So, yeah, obviously
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like I said, make sure that you sow them
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now and then you'll be planting them out
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Next up are winter salad leaves. Lamb's
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lettuce, also called corn salad, is one
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option for cold frame or an unheated
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greenhouse. With short days, be patient.
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Protection helps it as well, but it
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doesn't turn November into summer. So,
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always be careful and just protect them
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from the cold and also from birds eating
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Established autumn sown plants and newly
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sown seeds won't give the same immediate
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results. So, just be patient and wait
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for them to be ready for harvesting.
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Next up are pea shoots and microgreens
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and these are to be grown indoors. You
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don't need an allotment to grow
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something this month.
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The edible peas can be grown for the
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young shoots as well. You can eat the
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young shoots on peas and they taste
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absolutely delicious. Microgreens are
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also another indoor growing option. You
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can grow sunflower shoots or any types
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of microgreens. I've never actually
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tried growing microgreens myself. It
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might be something I've got to have a go
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at trying to do one time and seeing how
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they get on. So, yeah,
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you can grow your pea shoots and
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microgreens indoors for great results.
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Next up are sweet peas. Now, again, you
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can sow these in March-April time, but
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if you sow them now, it provides
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stronger roots for them and they
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sometimes produce flowers a lot earlier
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if you start them off now.
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And obviously, like I always say, when
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they get to about 8 in 6-in or 8-in,
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pinch the tops off and they'll start
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bushing out, providing more flowers on
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them and getting a better display from
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them. The flowers might be a bit
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smaller, but you'll get a lot more
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So, yeah, I've got all my sweet peas
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growing in my polytunnel. I'm going to
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pinching them out this week
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because they've got to the right height.
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But, we'll we'll film that as well so
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that if you are on our Facebook page,
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you'll be able to see what we do for
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pinching them out. And obviously with
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sweet peas, the more you pick them, the
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more they flower and they smell
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absolutely gorgeous as well.
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November is a perfect time for planting
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tulips. Now, we need to hold off
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planting tulips till November as you can
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tulip fire, which can affect the bulbs
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and not produce very good tulips. So,
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November is a perfect month for growing
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them. Make sure that you check your
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bulbs and that they're firm. You don't
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as that's usually a sign of bottom. And
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yeah, make sure that you plant them at
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the right depth and spacing as well. As
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long as the bulbs aren't touching, you
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should be pretty good. You can get a
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nice display of tulips. Hopefully, we're
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going to get some fantastic displays
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down on my allotment. I've got
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absolutely loads of tulips to sort
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through. So, that might be a job for
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this week, planting these tulips. But,
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we'll see. We'll see what the weather's
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like and we'll see if we get plenty done
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And obviously, you can plant all your
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other spring bulbs as well this month
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still if you've not planted them like
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your daffodils, your crocuses, your
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alliums, um hyacinths, crocuses, irises,
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absolutely loads of spring bulbs. So, if
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you've not planted any, you've still got
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plenty of time to be planting them.
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Also, there's a chance that you can
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still plant lots of spring winter and
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spring bedding. So, you can be planting
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your pansies, your violas, your
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wallflowers, your primulas, your bellis,
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your forget-me-nots. And yeah, get them
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in the ground now and they'll be some
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most of them will be flowering all the
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way into spring time before the spring
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bulbs appear. And keep adding that color
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into the garden and having some great
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color. And hopefully you'll get some
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great results from it as well. That's
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the main thing. You want
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as much flowers in the plot at this time
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of year to add that color.
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Also, I planted winter hellebores and
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cyclamen. Uh if you're planting
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cyclamen, make sure that you get a hardy
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variety that can withstand the frost and
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the cold weather cuz you don't want it
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to come along and kill them off. But
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yeah, there's so much to still plant at
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this time of year. So basically, that is
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all the flowers and all the vegetables
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that you can sow in November. I think
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what month it was then. I think it was
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October still even though it's October
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when I'm recording this. But yes, it is
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November. That is everything that you
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can plant for November. So there's still
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a lot to be planting. And obviously,
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for vegetables, you can plant your
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garlic, your broad beans, suitable peas,
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protected salads, indoor shoots. For
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your flowers, your sweet peas, your
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tulips, all your other spring bulbs and
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bedding plants as well, winter bedding
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I hope you found that useful. It has
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been a very short episode today. Uh not
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as long as what we usually do. I thought
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it'd be a lot longer to be honest. But
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yeah, we managed to cover it all pretty
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fast here. So I hope you found that
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Until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone. And I hope
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you all have a fantastic November.
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>> Another [music] day, another seed.
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A little sunshine's [music] all we need.
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Keep shining. Until then, keep
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>> gardening with Ben.
