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What seeds can you sew in August for a
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autumn crop? Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. And in today's video, we're going
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to share with you the seeds that you can
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sew this month in August ready for
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growing throughout the autumn period.
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So, make sure you've got a notebook and
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make a note of this. Also, click the
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save button to save it to watch back
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later. and feel free to share it to
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anybody into a lotment groups, gardening
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groups, so that more people get sewing
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this month. So, first up on the list is
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Christmas potatoes. Now, Christmas
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potatoes are amazing. Before they didn't
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used to have seed potatoes at this year,
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but it's getting more and more popular
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to grow Christmas potatoes. So, have a
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look online, look in the garden centers,
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and purchase some Christmas potatoes.
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Now what you need to do is you need to
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sew them in tubs inside a poly tunnel as
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the cold will kill them when it gets to
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late September, October time when the
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late nights and the cold nights get
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frosty and you don't want them killing
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off the plants. So sew them in tubs and
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keep them in the poly tunnel. Keep them
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watered and you will be harvesting a
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crop at Christmas time.
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Next up is beetroot. Now you need a fast
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growing variety because the warmer
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weather is starting to go towards the
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end of August, September time. So you
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need a fast variety that will grow like
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bolt tarde which is absolutely amazing.
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Next up is radish. Now radish always
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grows really fast. So, if you're wanting
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to add something to your salads, sew
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some radish and you will be able to get
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some great crops in just a few weeks.
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Next up is spring onion. Now, spring
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onion will grow fast. If you sew some
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now, you will be harvesting them pretty
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soon. They don't take ages to grow.
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Hopefully, you'll get a harvest by end
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of September, October time, and you will
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be able to have them in salads. They
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might not be massive, but you will
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certainly get a good crop of spring
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Next up is turnips. Now turnips are
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quite fast at growing. So you'll be able
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to harvest them around the end of
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October, November time. So if you want
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if you love your turnips, get some sewn
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because now is the perfect time to grow
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Next up is spinach. Now spinach usually
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likes to bolt during the hot weather
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time. So as it's starting hopefully
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it'll start cooling down towards the end
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of August time. But you can sew some
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spinach now and you will be able to keep
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getting continuous leaves for your meals
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if you like spinach. Next up is lettuce.
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Now you need to pick a a late variety of
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seeds if you're wanting to grow some.
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There's plenty of winter varieties of
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lettuce out there. So if you wanting
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some lettuce before the end of the year,
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get sewing some now and you will be able
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to get some winter lettuce. Next up is
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pack choy. that I've never actually
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tried growing myself. But I might give
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it a try this month and see how we get
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on with it. See if we get some good
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crops from it and see what it tastes
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like as I've never tasted pack choy
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either. So yeah, if you're wanting to
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try something new, give it a try and let
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me know how you get on. Up another one
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that I've not tried, but I have ordered
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some seeds. So we're going to give it a
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try this August time because I don't
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usually grow much through the winter
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period. Usually, it's just like garlic
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and Christmas potatoes. But next up is
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Chinese cabbage. Now, this sounds very
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nice and it's good for the colder
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weather. It's good for um through the
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autumn winter period. So, if you're
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wanting to try something, give it a try
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and let's grow together and see if we
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can get some Chinese cabbages growing.
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And last up is kale. Now, kale can grow
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through the winter period. It is a tough
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plant and you can get great crops from
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it throughout the winter period. So if
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you're wanting to try something, give
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kale a go. It's a great vegetable and it
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can be used in many ways and it tastes
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absolutely delicious as well. So give it
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a try and try kale and see how you get
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on. Now I just mentioned garlic. We
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won't be planting our garlic till
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October time. So, if you're wanting to
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get ready, get some ordered and get it
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ready for planting out in October. So,
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this has been your video sharing with
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you what you can sew in August. And
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yeah, like I said, feel free to share it
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out and give it a save. Leave a comment
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below and let me know what you're sewing
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this month down at the alotment garden.
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Until next time, everyone, remember,
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keep smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening. Bad ass one.
