1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,480 Welcome to Gardening with Ben, the podcast where we dig into the soil of 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:09,080 our gardens and the depths of our green funds. I'm your host, Ben, 3 00:00:09,359 --> 00:00:12,839 here to guide you through the joints of gardening, from sowing seeds to 4 00:00:12,919 --> 00:00:18,280 reaping bountiful harvests. Each episode will explore tips, tricks, and tales from 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:24,800 the garden and allotment, sharing insights from ourself and stories from our own back 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,719 garden adventures. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just getting your hands dirty for 7 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:34,000 the first time, there's something here for everyone. So grab your brew and 8 00:00:34,039 --> 00:00:40,000 gardening gloves and let's get growing. With Gardening with Ben. Hello, and 9 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:45,759 welcome to catch up with Gardening with Ben, the podcast where a gardening dreams 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,799 can take route. I'm Ben your host, and every episode will be digging 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,439 deep into the world of gardening and allotments. From tips for beginners to advise 12 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:59,280 for the seasoned green funds, We've got you covered, So grab your gloves, 13 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:03,439 grab your cough, and let's get growing. So in this episode, 14 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,159 we're gonna have a little catch up of what we've been up to down at 15 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,439 our allotment. As I know people like to find out what I've been getting 16 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,239 up to and what I've been doing so that they can keep up today and 17 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,840 so that they can try starting some stuff off for doing some bits like I've 18 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,480 been doing. And I know people like to find out what I've been up 19 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,519 to, as I do get a lot of comments asking me what I've been 20 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:30,239 doing down at the allotment, et cetera, et cetera. So sit back, 21 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:36,480 relax, and let's enjoy today's episode. So what have I been up 22 00:01:36,519 --> 00:01:38,040 to down at the Allotment. Well, I've not been down to the plot 23 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:42,519 for the last two days, I must admit that, as it's been absolutely 24 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,799 freezing, and I thought, you know what, I'm going to have a 25 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,200 rest. I'm going to have a lion. So I did actually have a 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,879 lion, and I had a nice sleep, and I've kept nice and warm, 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,040 and I thought the allotment can wait. I've done a lot this winter. 28 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,280 I'm on track getting it all up and ready for next year, well 29 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:06,079 for this year, and getting it ready for the growing season. So I 30 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,039 thought I'm going to stay there some warm and get some bits and bobs done 31 00:02:09,159 --> 00:02:15,000 at home done, and obviously record these podcasts for you so that you've got 32 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,199 some for the next few days as it seemed to be doing really well at 33 00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:24,360 the moment and we're getting lots of listens on our platforms. So what have 34 00:02:24,599 --> 00:02:30,120 we been up to down at the allotment. Well, recently I've been doing 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:38,319 a lot of clearing and tidying and weeding, which is the main focus over 36 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:43,759 the winter period. I'm currently digging up all where my beds are, straightening 37 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,159 them all back up, rescrewing them together so that they're strong. Some of 38 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:50,759 them had snapped off, some of the wood had rotten, so it's case 39 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,960 of taking all the beds apart and getting them all sorted. I'm trying to 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,280 line them up a bit better because they're all over the place at the moment. 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,960 They're not particularly straight. I know if people see photos of it, 42 00:03:01,039 --> 00:03:07,280 nothing that's a bit wonky. So I'm trying to straighten them up a bit 43 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,560 and make them look a lot better than they actually are. And obviously I'm 44 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,879 improving my paths as well and getting all them salted because a lot of them 45 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:21,280 are just black membrane. So I'm putting paving slabs down and putting wood chip 46 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,919 down. It's all going to look really fancy come this summertime, and I 47 00:03:27,039 --> 00:03:30,319 just want it to look really nice so that I can get some good pictures, 48 00:03:30,759 --> 00:03:34,560 share some good tips with you, and share some advice. So I 49 00:03:34,599 --> 00:03:37,280 want it to look really good. And like I said, my social media 50 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,719 is doing well at the moment, so I want to show off what I've 51 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:46,680 been up to. And this year, I'm hoping to obviously get my YouTube 52 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,240 backup and running and just do more on my Instagram pages and my TikTok sharing 53 00:03:52,400 --> 00:04:00,800 tips and advice on just how to do stuff and little tips and things what 54 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:08,240 I do. So I've now obviously rebuilt all my shed at my allotment and 55 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:12,680 it's looking absolutely fantastic on the inside. Still a few little bits that I 56 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,639 need to do, but I'll be able to start filming content in there. 57 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,720 And obviously once I'm sewing on my seeds and planting them up and putting them 58 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,920 up and getting my harvest so that I can show you more what I'm doing 59 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,439 down at the plot. And there's gonna be so much content coming out this 60 00:04:30,519 --> 00:04:34,360 year for you all to keep up to day on, because like I've been 61 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:39,680 saying, is that I've been lacking this last year of the content for you 62 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:43,720 all to see, and hence why I've got my podcast back up and running 63 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,079 and I'm shooting out all these episodes for you to listen to. They running 64 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,680 icing short, sweet episodes. I didn't think people would want to listen to 65 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:56,920 thirty minutes, so they usually about ten to fifteen minutes long episodes for you 66 00:04:57,079 --> 00:05:03,560 to listen to. So hopefully we can start growing as a community again. 67 00:05:03,959 --> 00:05:09,120 And thankfully I've not lost any of my followers in the year that I've not 68 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:14,399 been going live for you all and doing my podcasts, so I'm glad to 69 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:18,600 have you all still around and listening. So over the time, hopefully Fingers 70 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,399 Crossed will start to grow and people will pick up and more and more people 71 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:28,920 listen to the podcast, and obviously everything goes back into my allotment to share 72 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,000 with you all. So looking around at my allotment at the moment, I've 73 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,240 got so many bulbs that are popping through the ground. I can't believe how 74 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:44,480 many is starting to show. It's so exciting to see and they're all starting 75 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,639 to pop through. I've got my crookses popping through, my higher simps to 76 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:53,680 popping through my tulips, my daffodils, my irises, so it's going to 77 00:05:53,759 --> 00:06:00,000 look absolutely fantastic come springtime and next year I will be adding more spring bulbs 78 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,000 to my plot. Each year I do add possibly around five hundred bulbs to 79 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,639 my plot because I want it to look so nice and so pretty for you 80 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:15,519 all, and it attracts the bees, and that's the most important thing on 81 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,519 my plot is getting the bees to my plot and letting them enjoy it. 82 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:24,279 And just see the benefits from getting the bees to the plot, which will 83 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:29,319 get more fruit on the plot and more pollination happening. So the more flowers 84 00:06:29,319 --> 00:06:31,560 we have on the plot, the more the bees will come and enjoy it. 85 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:38,000 So hopefully in the next few months you'll be seeing loads and loads of 86 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,600 photos of all the spring flowers and the blooms down at the plot, as 87 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:48,079 obviously they do look beautiful in the photos, so stay tuned for all them 88 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:54,079 photos to come, because I certainly will bombard you with all them. But 89 00:06:55,199 --> 00:06:59,199 looking around as well, in my new rhubarb patch, which I've done, 90 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,160 well, it's not you. It's an old rubarb patch, but I've slightly 91 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:09,360 improved it to make it look nicer. It was just on black membrane down 92 00:07:09,399 --> 00:07:15,360 around the rhubarb crowns around my fruit trees. But this year I've put wood 93 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:20,199 chip all over the black membrane and around the fruit trees and around the rhubarbs, 94 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:27,079 so it all looks really nice now. And obviously putting wood chip down 95 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,759 around my rhubarb crowns, it's warmed the ground up a lot more and all 96 00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:39,000 the rhubarb crowns are shooting through a very lot now and the rbs covering on 97 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,079 really well. To be honest, it shouldn't be growing this well at the 98 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,079 moment. It shouldn't be waking up yet. It should be still a sleeping 99 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,720 dormant, but it is growing. And obviously, when we do get the 100 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:57,920 cold weather what's meant to be forecast, and there's no possibly, it probably 101 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:01,240 will kill the roubarb back off again, and then it'll wake back up again 102 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:07,120 when it starts to warm up. But at the moment it's looking absolutely fantastic 103 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,560 and the rhubarb is looking really nice and healthy. But you never know. 104 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:16,439 If it does stay warm, we may be having some rhubarb crumble in January 105 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:20,160 at this rate. Well, yeah, we'll have to stay tuned for that. 106 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,040 So I've obviously pruned all my fruit trees. They're all nicely pruned back, 107 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,920 ready for the year ahead, and I've got one last job. What 108 00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:33,879 I need to do on them is put a winter wash on them, which 109 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,240 is meant to protect them from the winter mof which nest on the fruit trees 110 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,960 and which can cause bugs in the fruit. So I need to put a 111 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,159 winter wash on them. I purchased some wash from Amazon. Last year. 112 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,720 It was so spraying all them. I just put them in a big sprayer 113 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:54,879 and just spray them all and you're meant to do it again around springtime. 114 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:01,519 So I've got that job to do. Hopefully on a dry cold day. 115 00:09:01,159 --> 00:09:05,559 We'll get that done when it's not raining, because we don't want it to 116 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:09,639 wash straight back again off we wanted to stay on the trees and protect the 117 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:15,679 trees. So we've got that job still to do. And my strawberry plants, 118 00:09:15,879 --> 00:09:20,080 they're all pretty much died back at the moment. Obviously, when the 119 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,480 warm weather comes we'll start to see those sending out the shoots, sending out 120 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:31,519 the buds and start growing again. But we've got about eighty strawberry plants in 121 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,960 my shed, which i'll start planting out probably around March. Time when it 122 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,559 does warm up, I could leave them outside where they'll stay watered, but 123 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,440 I wanted to put them in my shed so that they can grow a bit 124 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:52,799 better and a bit faster and hopefully provide bigger plants so that we get better 125 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,279 crops from them. But I'm going to try some little tips on my strawberries 126 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:03,039 next year. I've seen loads pictures online of people buying these wedding favorite bags 127 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,360 and tying them around the strawberries to protect them from getting eaten from bugs and 128 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,080 slugs and stuff like that, and people say they were fantastic. So I 129 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:16,679 may be purchasing a load of those wedding favorite bags that you can get. 130 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 They like Hessian ones. They let the rain and the stuff through them, 131 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,960 but they just protect them from the slugs and the bugs. So we may 132 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,960 be purchasing some of those. And obviously the hans can't get through them as 133 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,120 well into really small holes, so we might be getting some of those. 134 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:41,720 So stay tuned to see how well we get on with that. And yeah, 135 00:10:41,279 --> 00:10:46,240 I've been busy at home as well with getting things ready and started. 136 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:56,159 I've planted some beef sized tomato seeds and they are currently shooting up they have 137 00:10:58,159 --> 00:11:03,279 grown within like a week and getting tall already. Obviously, we've got to 138 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,279 be careful with growing stuff indoors as it can get kind of leggae, and 139 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,279 obviously they go towards the light, so you've got to keep turning them around, 140 00:11:11,919 --> 00:11:18,279 and you never know. We might have some beef to martars growing pretty 141 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,200 well next year. I wanted to start them off early because beef to martars 142 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:28,320 are obviously big to martars, so we want to get hopefully a bigger crop 143 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:33,200 off them and hopefully get them ripened in time rather than ripening towards the end 144 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,159 of the year. So I've started some of those off and they're looking really 145 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,480 good. I'll have to post a picture of them soon, and you never 146 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,919 know, may have to start potting them up to be honest, because they 147 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:50,000 are getting too big for the pot. And I'll give you some tips and 148 00:11:50,039 --> 00:11:54,840 advice on how I've started my tomater seats off in another podcast, so make 149 00:11:54,879 --> 00:12:01,600 sure you stay tuned for that one. And also peppers I talked to in 150 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:07,200 another podcast about the peppers that I purchased. I purchased some red, green, 151 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:13,279 and yellow normal sized peppers rather than buying the seeds this year because I 152 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,480 thought you get more seeds in a pepper than you do in a packet of 153 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:22,720 seed, and it's cheaper, so why not just use the seeds from the 154 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,440 peppers. Because I used the seeds from the tomatoes last year, so I'll 155 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,639 try it with peppers this year. And I've scraped them all out and got 156 00:12:31,039 --> 00:12:33,120 hundreds of seeds from each pepper because you know how many seeds they are in 157 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:39,159 the pepperis loads, so separated them or put more into little bowls. I've 158 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,200 labeled all the balls up which one's red, which one's green, which one's 159 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:46,080 yellow. So they've all dried out now, so we need to get those 160 00:12:46,159 --> 00:12:48,720 planted next week. That's my duelist. The next week, get my peppers 161 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:54,120 planted, because pepper plants do need to start off early to get a good 162 00:12:54,159 --> 00:13:00,320 reliable crop. So you do need to start sewing peppers around now and February 163 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:05,960 time, so start looking around at growing your peppers. And also I've got 164 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,200 some mini peppers, they like baby peppers. They're in Tesco. They were 165 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,919 like a multi pack of red, green and yellow ones. But they're very 166 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:16,320 small ones. They like chili size, but they're actually peppers. They're not 167 00:13:16,399 --> 00:13:20,720 chillies, so we purchased some of those, and they like orange ones, 168 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:24,519 yellow ones, and red ones, so I'm looking forward to trying those. 169 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:28,600 I might get a better crop from them than the actual peppers themselves, because 170 00:13:28,039 --> 00:13:33,639 obviously normal peppers take a long time to grow them big ones, so if 171 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:37,759 they're small, hopefully we might get a bigger and better crop off them. 172 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:43,080 So I'm looking forward to them and seeing if we do get a fantastic crop 173 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:46,679 from these pepper plants. So you'll have to stay tuned for that one as 174 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,679 well. So we're going to be planting those in the next week or so 175 00:13:50,879 --> 00:13:56,399 and getting those planted and we should be well on our way. And I've 176 00:13:56,399 --> 00:13:58,919 got two ammurillases at home as well, a red one and a one, 177 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,279 and they're just about ready to start flowering, and I can't wait for that 178 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,919 to happen. We purchases back in November when they started going on saling the 179 00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:15,639 supermarkets, so I purchased two of those and they're just about flower. They're 180 00:14:15,639 --> 00:14:20,159 getting really tall now as they do, so we'll stay tuned and hopefully, 181 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:24,639 you never know, in the next week they might start to open up and 182 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:31,200 we might get some actual flowers. From these Amuros plants. One job that 183 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,440 I do need to start doing though, is starting to look for my potatoes 184 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:39,600 ready for growing as well, because now is the time start looking at whether 185 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:46,080 you're chitting on, starting to get the shoots growing on them and get them 186 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,320 ready for growing this year, and seeing what crops that I want to try 187 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,440 and grow. I'm going to grow them in boxes again this year. Last 188 00:14:52,519 --> 00:14:58,919 year I grew in boxes and I had a fantastic crop. And the benefit 189 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:05,600 with growing them in box is that you're not having to do all the tunnels 190 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:11,720 from the laying and obviously growing them in boxes, you don't have to dig 191 00:15:11,759 --> 00:15:15,240 them out. You can just empty the boxes out and you won't have any 192 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:20,639 risk of digging through any of the potatoes, which is a constant thing for 193 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,120 me. I'll end up trying to fork them up and I end up breaking 194 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:28,679 through a potato and ruining it. So it's a way of saving those potatoes. 195 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:33,440 You actually get every potato that you harvest, rather than just chopping through 196 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:39,879 them like I always do. And another thing with growing them in boxes potatoes 197 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:43,919 rather than in the ground, is that you get every potato out of the 198 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,799 soil, whereas if you grow them in the ground. You could end up 199 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,799 leaving a few in there and they'll grow again next year. And you don't 200 00:15:50,799 --> 00:15:54,080 want to be growing potato in the same spot every year. You need to 201 00:15:54,200 --> 00:16:00,759 rotate them every year in a different area for growing potatoes. So we're growing 202 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,559 them in boxes. You don't have the risk of them popping back through year 203 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:10,600 after year without forgetting to get them out. And obviously boxes you can just 204 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,799 wash them out, make sure that there's no diseases in them, just disinfect 205 00:16:14,879 --> 00:16:18,919 them, clean them up, and then you can start growing them again. 206 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:22,279 And if you want an earlier crop, you could start them off in the 207 00:16:22,279 --> 00:16:26,440 polytonel and plant them in a boxing, a polytonnel or in a greenhouse, 208 00:16:26,879 --> 00:16:30,960 start them off a bit earlier and then when the chance of frost has gone 209 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,960 you can take them outside and they'll grow fast so and you'll get an earlier 210 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:42,320 crop. So that's another little tip for you there. So we've got lots 211 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,120 to do with the lot. But we've done lots, but we've still got 212 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,279 lots to do. Like I said, I've cleared most of I've cleared about 213 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,639 half of my plot. We've got that sorted or I've wood chipped around an 214 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:59,600 area that I started last year, the top of my plot, which I 215 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,160 had not touched for sixteen seventeen years that I had it. I decided to 216 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:08,160 give it a tackle the other year and I cleared it all and I made 217 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,920 some beds in it with some bricks. I laid black membrane down for the 218 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,119 past, tidied it all up, fenced it all off, weeded it all, 219 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,680 dug all the big roots out what had been in there for years, 220 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,359 and we got all that nice and tided and we had some wood chip delivered 221 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:32,640 to our allotments and I managed to claim some and I've wood chipped all around 222 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:37,519 them beds now and it looks absolutely fantastic. We did have some herbs in 223 00:17:37,599 --> 00:17:41,039 there, but some of those have died off and not taken. So we 224 00:17:41,079 --> 00:17:45,440 need to plant some more herbs next year in these areas and some flowers and 225 00:17:45,559 --> 00:17:49,160 it should look absolutely stunning. It's under a big sycamore tree, which is 226 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:55,480 not helpful because all the sycamore seeds grow everywhere. But it's like a winter 227 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,119 a woodland area, which is really nice. So I need to look at 228 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,000 types of woodland plants to grow, so I might be growing some alpines and 229 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:07,480 things around there, so we'll stay tuned on that. I'm gonna pop that 230 00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:11,279 down on my list to start looking at alpines and plans to grow in woodland 231 00:18:11,319 --> 00:18:18,920 areas and hopefully we can get a nice area growing around there. So we've 232 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,680 got plenty to do. Like I said, this year is going to look 233 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:25,200 absolutely stunning on my plot this year and putting so much time and effort into 234 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:30,359 it, hopefully it will reap the good rewards from my plot and you will 235 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,119 see the benefits of what I've got up to down at the plot. So 236 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:38,119 I hope you've enjoyed this episode today. It has been a nice long one. 237 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,680 And yeah, if you've not started following me on these podcasts, do 238 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:47,720 click that follow button, do click that subscribe button, and you'll get notified 239 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:51,440 when new podcasts come up, and they're coming up pretty regular now, so 240 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,559 make sure you stay tuned for them. If you've not left feedback, please 241 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:00,279 leave feedback on the podcast and then more people we listen as well. So 242 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:06,799 until next time, remember, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep gardening 243 00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:11,400 with Ben. Everybody, Thank you for listening, And that wraps up another 244 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:15,880 episode of Gardening with Ben. Thank you for joining me in this journey. 245 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,319 Remember, every seed planted is a step towards a greener world, and every 246 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,839 day is a chance to grow something beautiful. Keep nurturing your gardens and your 247 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:32,799 souls. Until next time, I'm gardening with Ben, reminding you to let 248 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,640 your garden be your sanctuary. Happy gardening, and see you in the next 249 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:45,039 episode. Remember keep smiling, keep shining, and keep gardening with Ben.