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Journey hey everyone and welcome back to
gardening with Ben it's the weekend the
weekend is finally here let us celebrate
let us shout from the rooftops because
Saturday is here and there's no snow
it's all gone thankfully hopefully when
I get down to the alotment it's all gone
but everywhere that I've been around
there's not been any snow around so
fingers crossed it has all gone so I'm
so excited to get back down to my
allotment today and hopefully get some
work done down there and if the
temperature goes by what it were like
yesterday on Friday it will actually a
decent day so hopefully we'll be
productive down there and it won't rain
and we'll be able to do plenty of work
until the weather changes and it's
frosty or it's raining or it's
sleeting fingers crossed we'll get
something done well we're definitely
going anyway it is on our list to
go so what are we doing at the allotment
this week well we've got lots to be
getting on with and this week I'm going
to be obviously filling up my bird seed
I do that on a weekly basis until I get
some squirrel proof bird feeders where
it don't all go away uh go down straight
away but yeah we'll be filling up my
bird feed as the future is a hefty
responsibility and not one that we take
lightly but then taking things lightly
has never been what Hefty is about
that's why we've created the heier new
program that turns hard to recycle
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park benches and building materials to
participate simply fill up an orange
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he.com and then obviously feeding the
cat because the cat waits for me as soon
as I get to my allotment my dad feeds it
every single day but I I feed it at
weekends so we'll be feeding the
capat and then hopefully I'm going to be
water in my sweet peas and my geraniums
because last week when I went down it
all Frozen up all my water water uh
container so I weren't able to water
anything but the plants won't need much
water at this time of year there's
plenty of moisture around so hopefully
they're all still alive but we'll give
them more water this week CU we've not
watered them for quite a while and we'll
be planting them out in the spring time
when it does warm up and hopefully when
the chance of frost is pass because we
don't want to kill them off as soon as
we put them out obviously we've grown
them through the winter period and
they're in my Greenhouse it's not a
heated Greenhouse so if they survive
until Springtime I'll be happy if not
we've giving them a try but hopefully
save some money by doing it so yeah
we'll be doing that we're watering them
and then we're going to start digging
over some of my beds again last time I
dug them over around October time so
it's been about 3 months since we've
given a dig over obviously there's no
weeds growing in them it's too cold for
any weeds to be growing but we just dig
them over so that the frost can get into
the soil break it up and kill any Roots
what are growing in there if we keep
turning it over so we'll keep doing that
all the way up to May time when I will
be planting stuff out obviously the
weeds will start growing around March
time and stuff like that so we'll be
digging it over more regularly than once
every three
months so we'll be doing that and then
I'm going to be filming some videos as
well down there I've made a list of all
the videos what I want to film this
weekend so hopefully we'll be getting
some content back out on YouTube again
because some people obviously prefer
seeing the visuals rather than just
listening to
me so hopefully we'll be doing some
videos down there and I've ordered a new
uh phone holder for being at the
allotment so as well as obviously
recording on my tripod uh it goes on a
band that goes around my neck so you can
actually see like what I'm doing with my
hands so I can like film potting up or
sewing my seats and doing stuff like
that you can actually see it from my
perspective as well so we're going to
hopefully get some new camera angles on
videos it all sounds professional but
trust me the videos won't
be we just do it for the fun and
obviously people like to watch them so
we'll be doing that but yeah we've got
that to do and then obviously in a
couple of months hopefully we're going
to be painting all my beds up because
all the wood paints all washed off now
it doesn't last last five years like
most of them say on the tin uh they only
last a couple of years a year at the
most uh so I tend to paint them every
couple of years just to Spruce them up
and look nice obviously you don't need
to paint them but it protects them from
rotting a bit more faster and obviously
makes it look nice aesthetically uh so
it'll look good for photos and stuff
like that so we'll be painting all them
up the future is a hefty responsibility
and not one that we take lightly but
then taking things lightly is never what
Hefty is about that's why we've created
the Hefty renew program that turns hard
to recycle Plastics into valuable
resources like park benches and building
materials to participate simply fill up
an orange Hefty renew bag with accepted
items tie it up and drop it in with your
regular recycling that's it it's that
easy it's time to rethink recycling with
renew particular valued resources may
vary by geography more info available at
Hefty renew.com I do hopefully need to
try and Source some wood chip for
because my paths could do it rewood
chiping this year uh I put a load down
last winter and obviously it rots down
over the year so hopefully we'll try and
get some wood chip sorted down for the
allotment last time my neighbor got a
load from the council so we'll have to
see if if he can speak to his contact
and hopefully get some wood chip down on
the paths but there's loads of jobs to
be doing this winter time and this is a
time when you're doing all them odd
little jobs around the allotment
sprucing it up tidying it up doing any
repairs and getting it all planned and
ready for next year well this year now
and it's exciting part because come
March time I'm going to be sewing all my
seeds all my seeds will be getting sewn
and I'll be going down there regular
little water them at night and stuff
like that so we'll be having lots to get
be getting on with down at the alotment
so it's going to be a busy few months
coming up but I so can't wait to be SE
my seeds that's my favorite part the
year
sewing the seeds seeing them germinate
planting them out and then seeing the
produce what's produced on them it's so
heartwarming seeing the
final product really of what you've done
and seeing how it's actually grown and
how fantastic it is so yeah that is our
day Roundup down at the alotment
hopefully we'll get as much done as
possible and tomorrow podcast obviously
we'll be talking about what we have
actually done so hopefully we can say
that we've done some stuff down there
and obviously soon I'm going to be
preparing for the Big Bird Watch down
there I'm going to get a load of
different varieties of seed and
hopefully get some pictures of some
birds down at my allotment and yeah
fingers crossed hopefully we get to see
some birds down there I've been seeing
blue tis down there regularly Robins
down there and I might try and get some
black birds down there so I might get
some sulan and raisins because black
birds absolutely love them so if you're
wanted to attract the black birds get
some sultanas and raisins and just put
them in a little bowl obviously put them
high up because they attract the rats
and stuff like that but yeah try and
attract some black birds to your garden
as black birds are absolutely beautiful
the future is a hefty responsibility and
not one that we take lightly but then
taking things lightly has never been
what Hefty is about that's why we've
created the Hefty renew program that
turns hard to recycle Plastics into Val
valuable resources like park benches and
building materials to participate simply
fill up an orange Hefty renew bag with
accepted items tie it up and drop it in
with your regular recycling that's it
it's that easy it's time to rethink
recycling with renew particular valued
resources may vary by geography more
info available at Hefty renew.com
so hopefully we're going to get plenty
done down at the allotment obviously I'm
posting more and more videos on my
Instagram stories my Facebook Stories so
can follow along on a day how what we're
getting up to and yeah and I've been
sharing posts as well on my Facebook
page of little blog ideas and what to do
we at amarillas what jobs need doing in
the garden in January what needs to be
planted so yeah we're posting lots of
different things and yesterday I posted
a post on um how to prevent slugs from
eating everything stop slugs from eating
everything if only we could do that but
yeah I might talk about that in one of
my podcasts actually we'll do that as
one of my podcasts how to stop slugs
from attacking everything in your garden
what you can plan to stop them attacking
everything and hopefully getting some
produce out of it cuz my neighbor he
gets absolutely loads of looks on his
allotment but thankfully touchwood I
don't get many whether it's because I
let the weeds disguise all my
vegetables but yeah hopefully we'll be
recording in that podcast as well for
you soon so I hope you all have a
fantastic day everyone make sure you do
get out in the garden make sure you do
something like feed the birds or fill a
water bowl up them to have a little
drink out of just go outside and enjoy
some fresh air today everyone and I hope
that you have a fantastic weekend until
next time everyone remember keep smiling
keep shining and keep gardening with B
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garding in with Ben the future is a
hefty responsibility and not one that we
take lightly but then taking things
lightly has never been what Hefty is
about that's why we've created the Hefty
renew program that turns hard to recycle
Plastics into valuable resources like
park benches and building materials to
participate simply fill up an orange
Hefty renew bag with accepted items tie
it up and drop it in with your regular
recycling
that's it it's that easy it's time to
rethink recycling with renew particular
valued resources may vary by geography
more info available at Hy renew.com