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August Allotment Tour | Garden Update & Late Summer Growing Tips
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Sep 29, 2024
🌻 Garden Tour: The August Allotment Update! Late summer is in full swing — come along for a tour of what’s blooming, booming, and still to come! 🌞🍅 In this episode, I walk you through the allotment to show what’s growing well in August, what’s just been planted, and what’s getting ready for harvest. From colourful flowers to maturing crops, this update includes practical tips for maintaining momentum through the tail end of summer. How is your garden looking this August? #AugustGardenTour #AllotmentUpdate #GrowYourOwn #GardeningWithBen #AllotmentLife #UKGardener #SummerHarvest #GardenInspiration
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Let's have an August tour of my allotment
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So we're now in the beginning of August and as you can see it's absolutely still boiling here
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which we've needed for a while, we've needed this heat, we've not had much of a summer yet up to the last week
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Hopefully we're going to be having nice weather now and hopefully it's going to last and we'll start getting as crops growing really well
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because that's what we need down here at the ointment. delivery and now we need the sunshine to
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make everything grow well and fast. We've had some good produce off so far. We've had some lettuce
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We've had some beetroot. We've had as beans. But we've not had things like Corgette's off yet
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So hopefully this weather will start to get things growing pretty fast. So let's have a look
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around our allotment and have a tour of our allotment garden. Sit back, relax and enjoy today's
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episode. So as always, we'll start off at the front of our plot where we've got a
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flower border and we'll go around and show you what's growing and what's not growing so let's have a look
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this is the front of my allotment as you can see we've got some nice fuchsas in these were new additions
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this year we've had us heathering for quite a while which grows really well which is doing fantastic down
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here but we've had some fuchsies now and we've obviously got us hydrange it out in full bloom
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as well this is the first year that it's grown and it's looking absolutely beautiful i might have to try
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and take some cuttings from that. We'll give it a try this year
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And we've also got a lighter pink colour. We've only got one flower head on there, unfortunately
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but at least we've got one flower on it. So hopefully next year we'll have a lot more growing on it
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We're going to let it bush out and start to take shape. And then we've got more fuchsias and some bolognias down here as well
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which are all looking absolutely great. At the front of us plot we've got us archway, which we've got us climbing roses up
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Some of these need deadheading. They're starting to die off now from all this heat
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We did have a load of rain yesterday. It absolutely chucked it down. So things got a good watering, but yeah, we've got some nice roses looking around on our allotment
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Our plum tree is a disaster this year. It got silver leaf by the looks of it
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Hopefully it comes back well next year and we get some plums on it next year
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but yeah disappointing year for the plum tree down at the allotment we've also got some flowers in
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as borders hidden beneath all the bindweed and everything else that's growing it that's taking over
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at the moment but we've got a few on show we just need to get this tidied and clear back so we can see
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again there's lily what we've been watching is starting to go now it's losing its petals so that
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will be done for the year this year hopefully it comes back next year and we get some
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some more flowers on our lily. We've got a cooking apple tree
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We've got some cooking apples hidden away down there. We're just needing them to get bigger and swell up
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That's what we need. So to get as root crumbles, as apple crumbles
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I'm hoping that we'll get some more rhubarb off soon. It's looking good
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Usually starts to die off in August, but we'll see how well it does
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Obviously, all the rain we had yesterday. We'll help it grow. and hopefully we'll get some nice big stalks from it
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and get some more rhubarb cumbers because I've had so much rhubarb cumble this year
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to be unbelievable there's pairs look at them they doing well looking great We got loads of pears on here Looking absolutely fantastic
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So we're going to get a lot of pairs this year as well
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We've got an eating apple tree, which has got plenty on it, plenty growing
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They're all hidden away, but I can see them hiding. So hopefully we'll get quite a few eating apples as well
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you eat apples as well. And then this is my golden delicious tree
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which doesn't seem to have many on it. From what I can see, I can't see any had
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Oh, there's a couple. Hiding away. So hopefully we get lots on there
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This is my favourite part of the allotment. My new flower bed, which I invested quite a bit of money into this year
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It's full of spring bulbs on any fall there, which we had a fantastic display. absolutely gorgeous and now we've got summer plants in this salvia's growing so fast it's getting huge
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can't believe how fast it's growing certainly doing well down here a perfect spot for it as well as
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that salvia there we've got some beautiful color from it and we've got another salvia there as well
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all three different ones which we got from bbc gardeners well even as bologna's are bushing out really well
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They're looking fantastic. Again, we've got fuchsies in here. They're doing well down here
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They're all bushing out really well. This is a bush variety fuchs, so hopefully it will get bigger
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and it'll fill out the gaps and look great, which it already is doing it
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We're only a small little plug plant when I planted that this year. It's grown massive and so fast
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So hopefully, over the next few years, they're going to look fantastic
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We've got cucumbers hidden away. we've got some spare plants and we've filled in some small gaps
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but obviously the gaps are filled in now and they're going a bit wild in here
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but oh well they're all looking good we just need to tie them up I think
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get them sorted right we're now in the shed these are all the seeds that were planted in July
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as you can see they're getting ready a spring onion that can go out now
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we're going to plant it in bunches we're going to get that planted in bunches we've got three trays of beet
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We planted a tray full yesterday, which we've got in the ground, so we've got three more
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trayfuls to plant. We've got cauliflower, we've got turnips, we've got swede, we've got radish, lots of veg growing
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what we need to get out. We've also got lettuce, two trays of lettuce growing, which are looking good
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We've got some peas. Again, they're ready to go out, I think now
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They're looking pretty ready, ready to start growing. the ground we've got poppies we've got pansies which should flower this year this winter fingers
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crossed hopefully we've got some foxglove we've got some honesty we ended up putting slug pellets down
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because we're nibbling them as you can see we caught one there so it's a good job we've put some
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down and we've potted some up yesterday but we ran out of compost so hopefully we'll get some more
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potted up and get them growing i can't wait to try them on a stay
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first time I've tried growing them and they've all started seeding so that's a good sign
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Hopefully we'll get some flowers on there and then these are all my August seeds which you saw
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in one of my previous videos if you've not watched that go back and have a look at my August
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seeds what I sewing We got Pak Choy Chinese cabbage We got Holyhoch aquilegias
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lupins, more aquilegias, Dauphiniums, some lettuce, some winter lettuce, some more hollyhock, some shard
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some broad beans as well, not broad beans, climbing beans a late batch of climbing beans
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as well so we've got lots of seeds growing and as you can see they're already starting to pop through
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they've only been sewn like two days and they're already popping through
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so this weather is fantastic keeping them wet keep them moist and obviously
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it's absolutely boiling in here so come back soon and hopefully all these will have started germinated
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so stay tuned for that this is my other little flower patch
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as you can see my poppy's gone now that's all dropped to pieces
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so we'll be saving the heads from that what came the other day. But yeah, we've got us Cosmos
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They're all growing well. And our Loganberries are going while. We're trying to keep them tied up and trying to train them everywhere
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because they'll be fruiting on them next year. All the new canes that are coming from the Loganberries will have fruit on next year
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So we've got to keep his eye on them and keep them protected. As you can see, these are the old canes from last year
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We've got a few still left on there coming. So yeah, we need to get them pick
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and eaten before Mr Blackbird eats them. We've got all the strawberry runners but we need to sort out and tidy up
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and get those potted up because we want more strawberries next year. We didn't do very well with the strawberries this year but hopefully next year will be a good crop
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We've got beetroot down this side as well as more cucumber. Again I'll fill in
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gaps and I've got spare plants so we just planted them so again we need to get all
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them tied up and fastened. Again as great vines going absolutely mental. I only tied that back the other day and it's growing so fast. It's growing past that
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all over there. I only tied that up the other day. It's all this hot weather what's growing
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Again, I've been tying up my blackberry. What's growing all the way along here. We're trying
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not to let it get broken. I'm just trying to sort all the little whips out and tidy it all up
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because I do love my fruit, absolutely love fruit growing. You can get so much money. You can get so much
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his back in growing fruit down at your allotment but yeah everything's growing pretty well that's another
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loganberry grind down this side we're getting it all tied up ready for next year but yeah there's
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gooseberries these are those red gooseberries this year i'm not happy so i might have to look at
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trying to cage my fruit area next year so that'll be a plan and a half to do right let's have a look at
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the main allotment part now so now we're on the main part of the plot as you can see we've got
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lots of sweet corn growing here this was a later crop as my main crop didn't do too well so
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planted a second crop and as you can see it's all growing really really well we've got beetroot
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hidden around in between growing really well hopefully it should be ready for harvesting soon it
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looks pretty good what's growing down there so far then we've either got a pumpkin or a squash
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I don't know which one it is. So if you know in the comments, let me know because I'm useless at identifying
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To say I know my stuff, I'm useless at identifying. But yeah, we've got something growing here
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Look at that. So it might be a squash, it might be a corgette
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it might be a pumpkin. Who knows We got something growing anywhere And then down the side we got loads of fawnless blackberries growing all the way I wanted formless blackberries
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and wow they've done fantastic this year absolutely gone wild and we're getting loads and loads of blackberries off
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this year down at the allotment these are all our beetroot what we planted yesterday
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we got all these in the ground I used my old compost what I had my potatoes in
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to sew them in. So hopefully they'll grow pretty well in there. And yeah, we've just got to keep them water now
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Keep them alive. As you can see, they struggling a bit, obviously with the heat
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But hopefully they'll take root and get growing. Look at all these sweet peas we've got to pick us as well
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We only picked something the other day. But like I always say, keep picking them
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And they'll keep flowering all the way up to October. So just keep picking them and pick it
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them and picking them. Those are some runner beans that we planted the other day as well. Those are
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what we sowed late, a later batch, so hopefully we get a long-lasting set of runner beans. We've
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obviously got our runner beans growing here, which we've been getting absolutely loads of it
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The more you keep picking them, the more they'll keep producing. Again, it's the same as sweet peas
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The more you pick them, the more you'll get. And then we've got some sweet corn there
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which is growing well we've got a cob just there on that one
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so hopefully we'll get some sweet corn off them but like said they've not done fantastic
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but hopefully we get some produce off them here we've got a load of peas
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growing down this side they're all doing well hopefully we get some nice peas growing off them
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these are early on wood ones we just planted them before it was too late
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so hopefully we do get some peas on them they're all looking good and as sunflowers have gone absolutely mental look at them they're growing
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massive these should be out in flower soon so i'm looking forward to seeing all these out in bloom
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expect lots of photos and videos once they're out in bloom because i will be making the most of them
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again we've got loads more sunflowers here and they've all got multiple heads on them as well
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so they're going to look absolutely fantastic when they've got growing we've got tomatoes down the side
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which we need to get tied up. They're going a bit mad. But yeah, look at these
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All got lots of flowers on them. All growing well. So hopefully, fingers crossed
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We're going to get a load of tomatoes. They've got some tomatoes on them
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You can see them. Just hidden. Plenty on them. So they just need to ripen
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And then we'll get some delicious tomatoes off them. I've grown them all outside this year
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because the other year it would too hot and I can't keep up with water them
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And obviously if they're outside, if it rains, then at least it'll get watered. But yeah, we've got runner beans growing
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Absolutely delicious. We've been having them for tea. So yeah, everything is growing really, really well down here at the allotment
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I'm so happy with how things are getting on and how things are growing down here
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I couldn't ask for a better year this year. To say we've not had much of a summer
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we've certainly got plenty of stuff growing and hopefully get a lot of produce off as well down here at the allotment so if you've enjoyed this video give it a like make sure you subscribe to our channel and please leave a comment below as it helps push the video out as well so until next time remember keep smiling keep shining keep shining and keep gardening with ben everyone
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