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After January cold and wet and windy
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snaps, there are a few things that UK
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gardeners must check in their garden and
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a lotments. Welcome to Gardening with
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them. We're going to talk about
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observing your plot and checking it all
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over during the end of January and
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beginning of February because there's
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still jobs that need doing down at the
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plot. And doing those jobs gets it in
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shape and keeps it lasting a few more
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years down at the aotment. Now, one
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thing that you need to do is check your
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overwintering plants. Make sure that
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they're all healthy and doing all right
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in the greenhouse. If you've got any um
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frost protection like fleece, make sure
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they're protected from frost because it
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can get colder in February. And yeah,
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check them and make sure that they're
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all healthy and all right and still
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alive is the main thing as I tend to put
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stuff in my shed and I forget about it
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and then it dies. I don't know if
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anybody else is the same. So, yeah,
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check your plants, make sure they're all
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healthy, and repot them on, put them in
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fresh compost if needed, and give them a
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tiny bit of water. They don't need much
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watering during the winter months. They
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tend to hold the moisture pretty well.
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So, check your plants out and make sure
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that they're all all right.
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Inspect your structures. Now, this is a
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critical one that you need to do. During
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the winter months, we get a lot of wind.
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We get a lot of rain and a lot of storms
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and can also get snow. So, inspect your
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green houses. Make sure that they've got
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enough clips in the glass because a bit
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of wind can just blow it out and you
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don't want a piece of glass shattering
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and then having to sweep it all up and
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get a new piece of glass to replace it.
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Check for any cracks what may appear in
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and repair them. And give it a good
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clean down as I've always been saying in
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my videos. Also check like your archers.
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Now I've purchased so many archers down
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at my a lotment. Uh I must be growing
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them down here. But yeah, I've got so
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many archers down at the plot and it's
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good to make sure that they're sturdy
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and strong. And sometimes they might
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just need that extra support because
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they might be getting heavy. Put a steak
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in at the side just to give them that
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extra bit of strength. And make sure
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everything's tied over them pretty well
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like your Logan berries and your
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blackberries and any climbing plants.
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what may be using them. Make sure
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they're all tied up and prune them back
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and get them ready for this year's
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Look for any frost damage. If you are
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growing stuff and you have it outdoors,
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check for any frost damage and get rid
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of any damage what's on any plants. Tidy
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them all up and get them all looking in
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ship shape ready for this year. Now,
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I've got broad beans growing outside and
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we did have some snow earlier on and I
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was worried that I might have lost them
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all, but they seem healthy enough. They
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seem to be growing well and hopefully
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they'll grow some delicious broad beans
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on and be ready for harvesting nice and
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early. So yeah, check for any problems
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of frost damage. Small fixes now can
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prevent big losses in the future. I see
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so many green houseses getting blown
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over and damaged during the winds and
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everything like that. So even check your
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poly tunnels for rips. Buy some poly
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tunnel tape, repair them and it will
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make it last years. I've had mine 20 16
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to 20 years and it's still got the same
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skin on it as I bought it with because I
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keep repairing it and it keeps lasting
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that year longer. So sorting stuff now
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will prevent further big losses in
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future. Make sure you drop us a follow
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to stay up to date with all our tips and
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advice and for when we're sewing all our
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seeds this year down at the plot. Until
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next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone.
