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Friday Feeling on the Allotment | Weekend Gardening Anticipation & Plans
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Nov 13, 2024
🎉 Who Has That Weekend Friday Feeling for Gardening at the Allotment? The tools are ready, the plot is calling — bring on a weekend of growing and digging! 🌿🧤 In this upbeat Friday episode, I share what I’m looking forward to on the allotment this weekend. From seed sowing and bed prep to a bit of pottering and peace, there’s nothing like that Friday buzz when you know the garden is waiting. What’s your number one weekend job at the plot? #FridayFeeling #WeekendGardening #AllotmentVibes #GrowYourOwn #AllotmentLife #GardeningWithBen #GardenPlans #UKGardener
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episode hello and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben well it's Friday
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we've got that feeling of the weekend is
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finally here and I'm looking forward to
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going back to the alotment tomorrow and
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enjoying my time off there as I've got a
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few days off so it'll be a case of
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getting down there and continuing with
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those winter jobs yes we're still in
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winter it's not spring yet spring
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officially starts on Sunday and I so
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can't wait for spring even though the
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weather has just turned nice again for
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this weekend so hopefully we will get
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some beautiful weather to spend at the
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alotment and hopefully I'll spend some
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long hours there as well because like I
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said the mornings are a lot lighter now
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and that means I can get to the plot a
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lot earlier because I don't like staying
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on too late I don't mind going down
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early like half 6 Etc but I just don't
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like staying down there too late to be
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honest I like to be home relaxed and
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settled
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for the afternoon so what are we getting
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up to on the allotment this weekend well
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my main job is my parents have managed
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to find me some orange raspberries which
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is one of the things on my list that I
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have been wanting for a while the
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formless black pris one which I've got
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and they're in the ground and hopefully
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rooting and taking germination and
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growing so next up is to get these
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orange raspberries in and I can't wait
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to taste them I've never tasted them so
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I don't know what they taste of or taste
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like but they're orange in color and
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they're a different variety so let's see
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how well they get on so yeah when I've
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uh got them off my parents at the
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weekend I'll certainly be taking a
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picture of them and sharing them on
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Instagram with everybody and showing you
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what they look like we just need to find
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somewhere to plant them now but like I
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said I'm hoping to have raspberries all
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the way down my other side of my plot
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I've got them down one side which is a
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mix between summer variety and Autumn
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variety of raspberries I do prefer the
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Autumn variety of raspberries they're
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the best ones what I've found so far but
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now that we've got these orange ones
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we'll be continuing those down the side
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of the plot as they send out the runners
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each year so I'm looking forward to
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those addition to my plot because I've
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had my Autumn raspberries on my plot
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since I first got it 16 17 years ago and
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I've kept them growing for the years
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that I've been down there so it's a good
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new addition to the plot and I've added
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so much new things to this plot this
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year um it's going to look phenomenal in
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a couple of years time when it's all
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taking hold and growing well um I've got
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my obviously my new raspberries I've got
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two new Victoria plum trees I've got my
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formless black Brees I've got my grapes
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I've got my red
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gooseb and yeah it's going to be
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absolutely amazing so next on my list
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are the honey Jew berries uh if that's
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what you call them what I saw on alenti
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Marsh the other week last week but yeah
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they're next on my list so I'll be
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getting those from Amazon or wherever
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from the garden center when I get paid
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so I'm looking forward to them I keep
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adding these extra things on my list as
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I see them um uh but I'm just
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transforming my allotment into the best
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it can be and the most proliferant uh
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producer of fruit the best that I can
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get it and I'm just looking forward to
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the few years that's coming and how much
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produce I'm going to get from it so the
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best things to be doing this weekend on
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the allotment is if you've not done it
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already make sure you've sorted out all
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your fruit areas as we're getting into
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to spring now and it needs to be ready
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and sorted ready for the month ahead and
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the main thing will be is to make sure
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that your fruit trees are pruned back
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don't prune your plum trees yet we need
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to wait for it to get warmer to prune
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your plum trees and your cherry trees
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anything that's got a stone in them you
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wait until the middle of Spring end of
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spring before you prune them but your
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apples your pears they all need pruning
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and if you've not tided up your
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strawberry yet they need tidying up
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sorting out cutting off any of the
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old waste leaves on them trim them back
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tidy them up and make them look good and
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put mulch down if needs be put some
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chicken pallets down to give them the
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food that they need for the year ahead
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and stuff like that so you need to get
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all that bit sorted and tided up if
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you've not sorted your Sumer raspberries
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out they can be pruned back prune all
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the ones back which
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had fruit on them last year and leave
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the new growth which grew this year as
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they will be the ones that produce the
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fruit I've been told that you need to
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trim the tops off them so that they Bush
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out and they produce a lot more fruit on
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The Raspberries so that is my job for
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this weekend because I've certainly not
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done that I need to prune all the tops
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off to make them Bush out and produce
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more fruit on them it's stuff like that
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that you constantly learning you new
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tips and advice from people like I knew
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about pruning the old growth from the
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year before back but I didn't know about
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pruning the tops off the new growth to
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help them Bush out so with gardening
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you're learning new things all the time
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new tips and advice and it's constant
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reading of like Facebook groups and
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magazines and books that learn you all
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these tips nobody knows all the advice
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or anything like that it's just trial
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and error through different methods that
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learn you all these gardening tips so
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we've got that to do this weekend uh
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another job which obviously needs doing
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around this time of year is getting all
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your beds prepared getting all your
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Gardens sorted if you've not dug it over
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yet keep digging it over keep hoing it
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keep pulling out all them Roots out of
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those beds because the more you keep
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weeding on a regular basis at the moment
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the less chance of getting many weeds in
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your beds throughout the year because
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the seeds will have settled and gone
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dormant and the now that the warmer
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weather is coming they'll start
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producing all them Wheats what may have
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settled in the soil over the winter and
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yeah it's keeping on top of that job
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really and my main job which I always
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class through winter is all my
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maintenance work go around check your
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green houses all standing well make sure
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that there's no clips missing from
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Windows make sure that your poly tunnel
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is secure that if it has got any rips in
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it order some poly tunnel tape like I
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did and man came from Amazon and repair
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them rips on it because if the wind
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comes it will pull it apart and rip it
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apart so doing all them winter jobs now
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will prepare it for the months
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ahead and one job that I do not enjoy
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doing every year but it's something that
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I do is I repaint all my wooden beds
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every year it just adds that protection
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to the wood and stops IT rotting over
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the winter uh and it protects it just
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for that bit longer and some of the
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wooden beds that I've got down on the
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plot they've been down 16 years because
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I paint them every year and it protects
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them yes some have gone a bit rotten but
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I just keep painting over them and they
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keep protecting
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and keep lasting just that little bit
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longer um year on year and it's great to
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see that my plot is still looking
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fantastic all these years to come
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and if you've not done it yet draw a
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plan of your alotment make sure you've
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drawn a plan
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because you're going to struggle to find
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places to put everything or you might
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want to grow too much stuff and you've
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not got enough room to grow it so draw a
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plan of your garden draw a plan of your
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allotment make a list of all the
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vegetables and fruit you want to grow
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this year in the plot and try and work
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out where exactly you're going to grow
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it and don't be over too over ambitious
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like I plant absolutely loads of seeds
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and sometimes I've got loads of seeds
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left over and I just end up handing them
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all out to everybody
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because I've got too much stuff growing
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and I just can't fit it all in so
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remember to leave you don't want to grow
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too much because you need to leave space
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in between each plant so that you can
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get in and keep them weed free uh
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because if you're fighting with the weed
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then the weed will take all the
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nutrients all the water from the soil
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and they
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will
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keep a lot of the nutrients from the
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actual vegetables from the fruit and you
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won't get as good a crop so so keeping
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the space in between the plants really
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does help so think about that have a
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think as well about trying to grow
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something new on the allotment each year
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I like to try and grow something new
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something that I've not grown before or
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tried it before and trying something new
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is exciting because yes you've tried
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other stuff year on year but when you
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try something new and it's ready to
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harvest you get so excited because you
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want to try it and see what it actually
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tastes like see how much nicer it tastes
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than the shop bought produce see how
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much nicer it has grown yes it may be
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wonky yes it may not be straight but it
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may taste more delicious than you've
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actually bought from the shops and that
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goes for brussel sprouts they might
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taste nicer than they do in the shops so
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why not have a try at growing brussel
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sprouts if you don't like them in the
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shops just try growing some and see if
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the taste any nicer than the actual shop
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bought produce and see how well you get
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on with them but yeah it's a good time
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to start planning and one of the main
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things what I'm going to concentrate on
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this year is my melon plans uh I've
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tried growing a variety before I had
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success one year another year I didn't
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have success so I'm trying melons again
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but I'm going to try lots of different
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varieties this year I've got a massive
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poly tunnel and some years I'd grow too
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many tomato plants and I can't look
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after them so I'm going to concentrate
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more on growing melons this year and
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trying different varieties and seeing
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how we get on with them and obviously
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trying different varieties you can see
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which ones grow best and if you have a
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fantastic crops on one you can keep
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growing them year on year afterwards
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last year I tried different varieties of
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squashes I had some great results from
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some of them some of them are rubbish so
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I won't grow them again I'll stick to
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the ones that through well so it's a
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good thing to try like maybe try
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different varieties of beans there's
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lots of different varieties of beans out
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there yellow ones black ones green ones
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red ones lots of different varieties for
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to give a try so have a look around and
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try something new this year if you think
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about trying something new on your
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allotment send me a message let me know
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what you're going to try growing and let
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me know how you actually get on with it
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because I do love hearing feedback from
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you all and the amount of messages I
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receive a day off Instagram it's
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brilliant uh from the listeners and I'm
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really pleased with those that do get in
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touch with me cuz I do like keeping in
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touch with you all and seeing how you
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get on and this is the best thing about
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the gardening Community it's staying in
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touch with one another and keeping
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things moving and I just wish I could
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set up like a little gardening club and
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where we have regular chats with one
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another but it's just thinking about how
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to do it because obviously work shifts
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so I couldn't dedicate it to a night on
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a regular basis but I do want to do that
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little bit extra towards helping people
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so if anyone's got any suggestions how I
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can Branch out better with my uh help
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with people uh or how I could do this
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full time please do let me know because
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I would love to do this full time I'd
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love to be able to just do my podcasts
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full time do my allotment full time do
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tutorials full time and stuff like that
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so if you're in the knowhow of how to
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get me to do this fulltime please do let
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me know because it's good to know and I
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would love to do this fulltime as this
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is my passion uh turning your passion
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into reality is something that you
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really should try and do if possible uh
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and it's just taking that Plunge in
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doing it sometimes and yeah I'm getting
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absolutely loads more listeners on these
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people that have done that and it's just
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growing fast now and I'm aiming to have
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1,000 subscribers on Spotify by the end
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of the year it's going to be a real
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challenge because I'm at 360 at the
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help me reach that
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Target and obviously I've got my other
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podcast which is called gardening and
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allotment tips podcast if you've not
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listened to that yet that is in the link
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listen to them there's lots of episodes
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upload them in bulk they're just like
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short episodes talking about one
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specific topic uh rather than this
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podcast we talk about many things but on
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that podcast we just talk about one
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specific thing and that's getting so
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many listens as well I really can't
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believe how well that one's doing as
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well so thanks for those that have
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to date with that one as well it does
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mean the will to me and yeah I do love
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doing these podcasts because people do
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seem to love listening to them and I
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just enjoy talking
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even if it's just to a microphone but I
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really do enjoy talking and sometimes I
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find it hard to actually make them
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longer episodes but I am trying to get
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them a bit longer so I do hope that you
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do still enjoy them and I do hope that
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you enjoy following gardening with Ben
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and all my tips I will be back at the
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allotment tomorrow so expect me to do
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podcasts about talking about what I've
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been up to on the allotment and sharing
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my advice from what I've been doing on
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the plot so until next time everybody
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remember keep smiling keep gardening and
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