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Journey hey everybody and welcome back
to gardening with Ben sorry about the
two-day absence in the podcast but we
are here with a brand new podcast we
have been so busy this weekend getting
bits done down at the allotment and
recording you content and also I'm
sorting out all my content for February
so yeah it has been a busy weekend so
hence the reason why we've not had any
podcasts over the weekend but yes it was
the big bird weekend the weekend that I
had been waiting for all week I've never
shut up about it bet thinking on the
podcast will he please shut up about the
Big Bird Watch well unfortunately this
episode is about
that but yes we had the Big Bird Watch
I'd bought lots of seed I'd bought
peanuts I'd bought sultanas I'd bought
fat balls I'd bought SE blocks yes I
spent a load on bird seed and did it
pull off well possibly as obviously
we're feeding the birds it's good to put
it out every day and obviously the my my
bird feeders hadn't been filled up for
quite a few days since the last time I'd
been there so the birds didn't know to
automatically come down to the bird feed
us straight away but we managed to get
some birds down there after a while and
what birds did we see you will be
wondering well we saw absolutely loads
of robins yes they were all different
robins it weren't the same one that just
kept coming back because they're all
different shapes and sizes but it I
absolutely love seeing the Robbins down
there they absolutely loved it we saw a
few blue tits not many though not many
blue tits we also
saw the black bird black bird came down
quite a bit because had put sultanas out
and black birds obviously love the fruit
so we saw a few black birds we also saw
a few pigeons obviously wood pigeons
they're always around the wood pigeons
are greedy little Beggars but we're
feeding them that's the main thing and
what else did we see that was all the
birds that we actually saw obviously you
don't get as many varieties at this time
of year because a lot of either
hibernating or uh they hiding away
keeping warm and it has been bad weather
this weekend obviously we had the storm
on Friday and then we had a lot of rain
on Sunday so yeah it hasn't been the
best of weekends for recording it but
I'm happy I did it and happy that I've
invested in some new bird feeders and
lots more bird feed so that will keep us
going for a few more months and at this
time of year when you we need to be
feeding the birds because soon they'll
be getting ready for the mating season
and it helps fatten the males up and
gets the energy up ready for laying eggs
uh well obviously mating and the females
laying the eggs in the bird hous in
around March April time
possibly so that is why we need to keep
feeding them so hopefully keep my be
bird feeders filled up ready for around
that time
so what else did we get up to down at
the allotment at the weekend well we
didn't get up to too much to be
honest as it was absolutely bitterly
cold so cold um and it was so icy when I
went down on Sunday so icy my car
skitted everywhere going on to the
allotment site but we went down for a
few hours I didn't necessarily do any
work down there but I just enjoy being
out of the flat and in the fresh air for
a bit and just being with nature
and we are hopefully going to be putting
out a few videos this week I've recorded
a few YouTube videos so make sure you
stay tuned for them on YouTube if you
don't follow me on YouTube go ahead
across and listen find me gardening with
Ben and you'll be able to see all my
videos on there we filmed about four
videos for this week so I'm looking
forward to
them we've also started putting out new
content on Facebook uh if you don't
follow me on Facebook head over to my
Facebook page I'm starting to share more
informational posts obviously it's nice
to keep seeing photos of
me and all my produce and my vegetables
and what I've been getting up to but
I've started sharing more informational
posts because I've got a lot of newb on
my allotment and I want to start sharing
tips and advice and why gardening is
good and encourage more people to get
into gardening and that's what I'm
planning on doing over the next year is
trying to be more in in
informative that's if I can get it out
with everybody obviously we've got this
podcast where I talk about everything
and what I'm getting up to but I've
started putting more posts on Facebook
so if you see one of my posts feel free
to like it and leave a comment comments
do push my posts out so please do just
comment on it even if it's just a few
words as it helps push it out and and
obviously I've started replying now to
all comments uh that's my nightly job
what I do I go through all my comments
and update
them but it's good to keep up to date
with them obviously I used to read them
all before but I am now replying to them
as that obviously helps push it out as
well and I just want people to see that
I'm actually active and reading them and
keeping up to date with
everybody so we're doing that and I've
also filmed a video on my melon seeds
what I'm going to be growing this year
as I ordered absolutely loads of
varieties of melons off Amazon and
they've all come now and so I filmed a
little video for that so make sure you
stay tuned for this week that'll be drop
on YouTube this week all the varieties
that I'm going to be growing and also
I've put up a tour video of my allotment
so you can see how well things are
growing at the moment and how things
aren't growing what's failing there is
something failing if you watch the video
you'll see what's not doing very well
but yeah we do have a ups and downs and
like I always say I'm an honest Gardener
I share with you what's working and
what's not working I've also been out
and bought the gro magazine and the
kitchen Garden Magazine this week which
is the February Edition I should have
probably bought it a bit early CU in
March Edition might be out soon but when
I were doing my weekly shop I noticed
that both magazines are now putting 10
seed packets in a magazine and yes I
often just buy for the
seats but I will share with you in an
episode what seeds we have got in the
magazines so make sure you stay tuned
for that because they don't show you
what's in the uh seed packets until you
obviously open the bazine up so I'll be
sharing with you what seeds we're
getting in with them and the reason why
I do like to get the magazines is
because they have seeds in them what you
probably wouldn't Buy in the garden
center or from the shops and sometimes
you think oh I'll just give them a try I
might as well I'm not going to uh waste
them so you end up sewing them and there
could be a different variety of a seed
that you've never tried before and
sometimes they crop better than the ones
that you often see regularly and that is
how I came to try purple cauliflower
because I got a free packet of seeds and
the purple cauliflower did better than
the white cauliflower so hence why I've
continued to grow the purple cauliflower
every single year now so yeah I'll be
sharing them with you and what else have
we been up to that's it really what
we've been up to so yeah I'm just
getting into creating lots lots more
content for everybody because we're
growing every single day we're getting
new followers and I do appreciate it so
if you are new to this podcast do give
us a follow and stay up to date towards
the end of the week we're going to be
doing our February podcasts where we
talk about what seats we can s in
February and what job jobs need doing in
the garden and alotment in February so
that is a vital podcast which I know
everybody loves to listen to so make
sure you stay tuned for that so happy
Monday everybody I hope you all have a
fantastic week hopefully lots more
podcasts to come this week so until next
time everyone remember keep smiling keep
shining and keep gardening with Ben
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