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episode hey everyone and welcome back to
gardening with Ben well it's finally the
weekend the weekend is finally here I'm
sure these weeks seem to be getting
longer I hope you've all been enjoying
the podcast this week we've been doing
them a little bit different we've been
talking about little different topics
every single day I hope you've all
enjoyed them we recorded them all in two
days and we scheduled them all for the
week so I hope you've all been enjoying
them as I do like to get them on nice
and early for you to listen to while
you're either waking up going to work
getting ready walking the dog or while
you're in the garden or having your
morning Brew either way I hope that
you're enjoying all your podcast that
you're listening to so today's podcast
is going to be talking about what we're
hoping to get up to at the allotment
this weekend and the reason why I'm
laughing is because I recorded an
episode last week saying what I wanted
to get up to at the allotment and
literally I did rubbish I didn't do a
single thing down there I went there but
I didn't do much
whatsoever but yeah fingers crossed we
have got the motivation to do something
this weekend well it was absolutely
awful last week and the weather was
horrendous it was raining on the
Saturday and then we had the storm on
the Sunday so yeah it an absolute wash
out last weekend so we didn't get
anything done down there but we do have
those days where we don't want to do
anything where we just like to maybe
just pop down to the Garden just have a
look and evaluate and decide what we're
going to be doing in the future well
last weekend as you know like I said it
was storm last weekend and we did get
some damaged to our shed it took a bit
of a brunt of the wind and speaking to
my dad he's repaired it and fixed it all
so it's all going to last another week
fingers crossed it lasts longer than
that but yeah it's all repaired and it's
all hopefully a bit more waterprof we've
got no no extra windows in there that's
not
needed so hopefully we can crack on with
some allotment work this weekend I've
not actually checked the weather
forecast this weekend but if it's like
today it's not been too bad it's been a
bit drizzly but hopefully we can get
some work done
outside however I have been ordering a
load of seeds this week and they're all
just starting to arrive which is
fantastic as I had an Amazon gift
voucher for 50 which I wanted to spend
and like I said each year I like to try
and grow something new and different
varieties of things and next year I'm
thinking of growing well I am going to
I'm going to be growing different
varieties of poppies as they're
absolutely beautiful obviously they
provide seed heads and you can get some
amazing flowers year after year from
them because they just throw the seeds
out everywhere and hopefully provide
blooms year after year so I've purchased
lots of different varieties of poppy
seeds so I'm looking forward to seeing
what Delights I'm going to get from them
obviously you can sprinkle poppies
straight into the ground to grow in the
ground or you can start them off in seed
trays I'm going to be starting all mine
off in seed trays and getting them
started that way and that way I know
where I'm going to be planting them in
between certain areas and do it like
that and then I know that when they're
growing they're not actual weeds that
are growing CU I tend to just dig up
anything that's growing to be honest so
hopefully we get some amazing poppies
next year so hopefully over the weekend
we're going to be I'll share some photos
of all the seeds what I've ordered and
which ones we'll be trying and I may
even look at uh doing some with
different flowers as well different
varieties of other flowers so if you got
any good suggestions on good flowers to
grow and the ones that I've not tried
before let me know send me a message I'd
love to hear from you and see what sort
of things to try and grow cuz I'm always
up for experimenting down at the
allotment so what are we hoping to do
down at the allotment this weekend well
my main task is going to be starting to
carry on with sorting my shed out ready
for next year I know obviously I've had
all the repairs to do which dad's done
for me so that's one job less done uh
but I need to start sorting out some of
the shelving the old plants what are
growing in there sort out the plants
which are growing ready for next year in
there I've got plenty of different
flowers currently growing in there at
the moment so I'm looking forward to
hopefully keeping them alive throughout
the winter period and hopefully getting
them planted outside next year as my
Greenhouse isn't heated it's just a shed
and it's not insulated which it probably
should be but yeah hopefully we can keep
them alive and keep them growing cuz
we've got some loopings in there we've
got some sweet peas in there and yeah
hopefully we a head start ready for next
year and I've got all my Salvia cuttings
as well in there so I'm looking forward
to all them growing next year so we're
continuing with tidying up my shed but
if the weather's decent I'm going to be
outside around my strawberry bed area
and I've got some carrots still in a tub
with which have not harvested yet I'm
not expecting big things from them
because I forgot about them and I didn't
water them all summer so I don't know
how well they're going to look or if
I've got any carrots whatsoever but
we'll have to see and hopefully get them
harvested and have a look and obviously
I'll share my results with you I'm never
shy on sharing failures or success so
make sure you stay tuned for that on
Instagram and I'll share a picture of
that as well and obviously we're going
to hopefully do some more videos I've
not done any videos for a while uh of
for my YouTube channel and my Facebook
and Instagram as I like to
do nice longish YouTube videos because
sometimes it's all right speaking and
people listening to me but I do like to
show visual as well so then people can
see what I'm actually on about so
hopefully I'll do a few more videos as
well for you next uh this weekend ready
to share with you all for next week so
yeah we've got a lot to be getting on
with down at the allotment and hopefully
obviously we'll be fe uh filling the
bird feeders as well that's one job that
we need to do and we'll be feeding Mrs
cat that lives down there and Pops down
to see us regular we'll be feeding her
as well so we've got absolutely loads to
do I've also got my onion seeds come
through as well so I don't know if I
should be sewing them yet this month or
wait until it says on the packet which
is February uh I do know a lot of
gardeners that do like onions for show
and for competitions to start them off
in December so let me know send me a
message if I should be starting them now
if I want some decent big onions and
I'll start them this month and we can
share how well they're getting on and
I've also got some sweet peppers as well
come through the post and some Au jeans
so we've got to get them started soon
because the quicker we get them started
hopefully they'll get some fantastic
produce on next year because they only
just started putting produce on towards
the end of the summer so they're a bit
late the plants I started the plants off
too late I think so we need to start the
plants off pretty early ready for next
year to have hopefully a great harvest
from them
all so yeah we're going to be having a
lot of new episodes coming up over the
coming week of the podcast and
tomorrow's episode we'll be talking
about everything that we've got up to at
the allotment today so make sure you
stay tuned for tomorrow's episode and
you'll be able to find out if we've
actually done any work this weekend so
until next time everyone remember keep
smiling keep shining and keep gardening
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