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January isn't about doing more in the a
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lotment and garden in the UK. It's about
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doing things better and slower. Welcome
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to Gardening with Ben. We're going to
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talk about pacing things out and not
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rushing things down at the plot and the
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a lotment during January and February.
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It can be a busy month come March when
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you're sewing all those seeds, getting
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all your seeds ready and all sewn and
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then potting them all on in April and
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May time. It can be a busy month during
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them months. So, it's about using
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January and February wisely, sitting
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back and enjoying being out in the
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garden and being out in the open and
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fresh air and possibly the rain outside
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as it is at the moment. So, I tend to
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just come down and enjoy being in my
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poly tunnel, listening to the rain and
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watching the birds on the feeders and
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just being out in the fresh air as I've
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got all my jobs done now. I started them
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all in September all the way up to
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December. I got all my plot cleared and
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ready for the growing year ahead. So
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yeah, we have had a busy few months. So
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January, February, I slow down and I
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don't do as much. These couple of months
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I use during the rainy time being in the
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poly tunnel of the shed and getting them
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all tidied and ready and sorting out all
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my shelving, all my seed trays, all the
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pots, going through all my seeds and
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seeing what we're going to be sewing
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this year. I also sit and read through
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cataloges and magazines, see what new
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varieties there are out and see whether
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I'm going to try them this year because
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it's exciting to try different
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varieties. There's so many weird and
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wonderful varieties out there. Like you
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can get all different colored tomatoes
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now. You can get yellow ones. You can
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get purple ones. You can get black ones.
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Even cauliflower. You can get purple and
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yellow ones. But be careful when
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ordering online because there is a lot
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of AI out there and a lot of fake seeds.
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So, make sure they are from a reputable
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wholesaler or online shop before you buy
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them. Don't always buy from dodgy
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websites cuz you might end up with dodgy
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seeds and they might just be normal
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tomatoes or last year I saw loads of
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people trying to sell pink sunflowers.
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You don't get pink ones, you just get
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red ones and black ones and yellow ones.
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So be careful when ordering seeds
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because there is a lot of dodgy ones out
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there. And obviously sitting back in
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January and February time, it helps the
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mindset. Obviously, it's dark and dull
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and dingy and awful weather. So, it's a
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time when you can just sit back and
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enjoy and relax and be outside with
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nature and be in the fresh air and enjoy
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being down at the aotment. And you don't
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want to get burnt out with doing too
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much down at the plot cuz it can be
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overwhelming. I always say that to new
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gardeners that when you take an aotment
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on, don't try and rush it all in one
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year. cover it over and take it day by
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day. Don't try and do it all at once. So
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yeah, those are our tips for today. Slow
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down, take it steady because it is going
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to become busier towards March, April,
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and May. So make sure you drop us a
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follow for all our tips and advice and
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when we're going to be sewing all our
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seeds this year. Until next time
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening.
