1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:07,000 Hello and welcome to Gardening with Ben. You'll go to a podcast for all 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,359 things green and growing. I'm Ben, your allotment guide and here to help 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,600 you cultivate your garden and your passion for plants. Whether you're a seasoned gardener 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,640 or just starting out, this podcast is for you. Each episode will dig 5 00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:28,480 into tips of tricks and techniques to make your garden and allotment thrive from planting, 6 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:32,520 sewing, and growing. We will share all the tips and add advice. 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,799 We will also have regular episodes talking about what we have been up to 8 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,799 on the a lotment. So sit back, grab a brew and enjoy today's 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:51,159 episode. Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of Gardening with Ben. 10 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,359 Oh you've been in a podcast every single day at the moment, aren't 11 00:00:55,359 --> 00:00:58,520 you all looky? If you're not following this podcast, make sure you click 12 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,399 the follower button, make sure you click the subscribe button and then click the 13 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:06,239 bell as well, and you'll get notified when new podcasts come up. We 14 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,120 usually launch them about seven o'clock in the morning so that you can listen to 15 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:14,640 them even on the way to work while you're walking your dog making your morning 16 00:01:14,719 --> 00:01:19,120 brew wherever you want to listen to it. But we're starting to get these 17 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:22,920 episodes out pretty regular now. And yeah, we've got quite a lot to 18 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,680 talk about at the moment, because obviously it's the big time of the year. 19 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:30,120 At the moment, it's quite beat in the garden, so things are 20 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:34,760 happening. There's lots of jobs that you're doing. So there's lots to talk 21 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:38,040 about here on the podcast. And thank you for the new people that are 22 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:44,959 listening, and thank you for those who return and keep listening episode after episode. 23 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,200 I do get a lot of feedback from you all, which is fantastic. 24 00:01:48,239 --> 00:01:51,760 It's always good to hear from people that do listen to the podcast. 25 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,640 So today, what are we going to be talking about. We're going to 26 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,799 be talking about harvesting. It's getting to that time of year when we're starting 27 00:01:59,799 --> 00:02:04,519 to harvests are produced, things are coming along, things are getting ready, 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:10,159 and it's time to start picking all that produce. And one thing I noticed 29 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:15,319 is that everything seems to come at the same time. Once, like a 30 00:02:15,319 --> 00:02:21,159 few strawberries start ripening, then they'll all start coming the same goods for raspberries, 31 00:02:21,759 --> 00:02:23,439 the lettuce, they're already at the same time, and then they all 32 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,199 go to see at the same time if you don't pick them fast enough, 33 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,599 so you don't learn by the things that you do. Sometimes they say you 34 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:34,639 should plant things all at once. You should plant them like a few weeks 35 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,360 at a time, separate so that they're already at separate times. But you 36 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,840 don't listen, dear. Everybody just plants them all at the same time, 37 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:46,240 and then everything seems to be ready at the same time. Well, obviously 38 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:52,120 things are starting to get to the time of harvesting. You should be harvesting 39 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:58,199 your lettuces. Lettuce is starting to get ready. Potatoes, the first lot 40 00:02:58,199 --> 00:03:04,360 of potatoes will be starting to get peas, peas will be starting to I 41 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:07,080 noticed some of my dads they were nearly ready for picking, so the best 42 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,759 watch out it might be pinching them soon. But yeah, peas are ready. 43 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:21,800 Obviously, your strawberries, yeahs, radishes should be ready, and yeah, 44 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,599 everything will start to come ready. And obviously as yes, harvesting these 45 00:03:25,599 --> 00:03:30,120 things as well as like spring onion as well is replacing them, replacing them 46 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:36,800 with new stuff. Because just think like you may have had these in the 47 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,919 ground for two to three months to get growing. Well, obviously things will 48 00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:45,840 grow a lot faster fingers crossed. When the weather does warm up, things 49 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,759 should grow a lot faster, and some of the vegetables are pretty fast growing, 50 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:57,159 like your lettuce, your readishes, spring onions. Things do grow pretty 51 00:03:57,199 --> 00:04:00,520 fast some things. So as you're harvesting these produice, you need to be 52 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,599 replacing them and getting more stuff back in the ground because if you think about 53 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:10,759 it, if you plant this stuff now, they should be ready come September, 54 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,039 so you'll be able to get another harvest of crops before the year's out, 55 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,000 because once it gets to like September, you won't have transplant anything again 56 00:04:18,439 --> 00:04:25,279 for this year unless it's winter vegetables. So it's important to keep replacing what 57 00:04:25,319 --> 00:04:29,439 you're harvesting to get the most out of your garden and out of your allotment. 58 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:32,199 And the best thing is around now is that you don't need to waste 59 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:36,680 a lot of money on like compost. In growing them all in seed trays, 60 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:42,240 you can start a loss of them off in the ground outside in the 61 00:04:42,319 --> 00:04:46,639 right place that they want to be in. And obviously if you're planting them 62 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,079 outside, they'll need a lot more protection because of this slugs about slugs will 63 00:04:50,079 --> 00:04:54,879 come and eat them, so you need to protect them and pigeons and birds 64 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:57,839 and stuff like that. So you do need to protect them when you are 65 00:04:57,879 --> 00:05:00,920 planting them outside, but make the move most of growing stuff outside. It's 66 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:06,759 warmer. It's not cold at night. Well anyone would think it is winter 67 00:05:06,879 --> 00:05:12,079 here in England at Roment. It certainly has felt like it where I am. 68 00:05:12,639 --> 00:05:15,920 Will someone please let me know when the hot weather is coming. We 69 00:05:15,079 --> 00:05:21,959 need some hot weather. But yeah, keep replacing what you're growing. So 70 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,959 I'm going to be harvesting my garlic this week. I'm going to harvest some 71 00:05:27,079 --> 00:05:31,680 lettuce this week. I'm going to be harvesting my strawberries this week. And 72 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,519 what else. My loganberries are looking ready soon. They just need to start 73 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,199 ripening. And I've got loads and loads of logan berries on my loganberry bush. 74 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,160 Now. My dad gave me some cuttings from that a few years ago 75 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:50,240 and it's looking absolutely fantastic. To get cuttings from loganberry plants, all you 76 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:55,639 do is put the end of the whip in some soil and it'll get some 77 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:59,480 roots on it. And then once it's got some roots on it, just 78 00:05:59,519 --> 00:06:03,879 snit that end of the whip off and there while you'll have some runners and 79 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,959 that's all he did for me. And I've got some fantastic ones growing. 80 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:13,759 And loganberries. The whips grow for miles like. You can grow them all 81 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:15,279 the way down the side of the garden, or you can grow them over 82 00:06:15,319 --> 00:06:20,120 an archway. It will be fantastic. So if you're wanting to grow some 83 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,519 fruit, try to grows some logan berries. They're absolutely delicious. We've grown 84 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,920 them for years, logan berries, and you can make some nice jam as 85 00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:32,680 well with it. So hopefully we'll be getting some loganberries off some Oh and 86 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,600 I need to look at my peas. My peas are covered up to high 87 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:43,680 heaven in netting. I have protected my peas with fortunes off netting. The 88 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,160 birds will not eat them, the mice will not eat them, the rats 89 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:51,120 will not eat them. I have protected them with my life because I have 90 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:57,240 had issues in the past where I've planted peas out and they've all been eaten. 91 00:06:58,319 --> 00:07:00,800 So I'm protecting them with my life as per as I'm not even sleeping 92 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:05,360 down there while they're growing. So hopefully we'll't be having some peas soon. 93 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:11,120 And again, all the peas seem to be ready at the same time and 94 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:15,079 once the peas have been harvested, do not dig the plants up out of 95 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,680 the garden. Snip them off so that the roots are still in the ground 96 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:25,759 and the nitrogen goes back into the soil from the pea plant that you've grown. 97 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:30,399 So if you've never tried growing peas before, remember to snip the plants 98 00:07:30,439 --> 00:07:32,600 off at the bottom. Once you've harvested all your peas, and all the 99 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,000 nitrogen and the goodness will go back into the soil. The same way for 100 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,519 runner beans for climbing beans, snip them off at the bottom and the nitrogen 101 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,439 goes back into the soil and it helps feed it. So then you can 102 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,079 plant some more stuff. And we've got a lot of stuff that we're going 103 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,279 to be planting over the next few days. We've got a load more peas 104 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,920 are planted, like a lake cropping of peas, so that we'll get a 105 00:07:56,959 --> 00:08:01,759 second batch growing. I've got some more climbing beans to plant. We've got 106 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,399 loads of sweet corn plants to plant. We've got some beet with plant. 107 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:09,959 We've got some lettuce to plant. We've got some spring onions plant, We've 108 00:08:09,959 --> 00:08:13,240 got carrots to plant. We've got so much to plant. Down at the 109 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,560 Allotment. But this is my favorite time of the year. I absolutely love 110 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,680 it, and if I could spend all my time down at the Allotment, 111 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,360 I would do. And it's just a place where I love to be. 112 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,759 I've often said I work shifts, so I'll end up in the flat for 113 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,399 four days on a time when I won't even go out of the house, 114 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,759 and it's a time when I can just be outside, enjoy the sunshine and 115 00:08:41,399 --> 00:08:46,399 relax real life. So if you get if you are harvesting stuff, please 116 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,080 do let me know. I'm going to be sharing lots and lots of photos 117 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,639 again too, of me harvesting on my produce. I'm sorry, but I'll 118 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,759 warn you in advance. As soon as my harvesting stuff photos will be coming 119 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,879 up with galore. And it's making up for all the lack of social media 120 00:09:01,919 --> 00:09:05,960 that I did last year because I was so quiet last year. But this 121 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,600 year I'm doing so much, so much for you guys. My YouTube smashing 122 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,600 it, my podcast smashing it, and now I'm just trying to get my 123 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:18,399 other socials back up and running, like my Facebook and Instagram. So I'm 124 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,759 hoping that you're enjoying all the content everybody. I'm not going to bring the 125 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:24,159 live streams back to the Facebook at the moment. I'm just sticking to my 126 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:30,360 YouTube recorded videos for you all, and I hope you're all enjoying them. 127 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:35,360 So until next time, remember, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep 128 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:43,240 gardening with Ben. Everyone. I love you all. Thank you for joining 129 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:48,960 me on this episode of The Gardening with Ben. 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