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Welcome to Gardening with Ben, the
podcast where we dig into the soil of

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our gardens and the depths of our
green funds. I'm your host, Ben,

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here to guide you through the joys
of gardening, from sewing seeds to

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reaping bountiful harvests. Each episode will
explore tips, tricks and tails from the

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garden and allotment, sharing insights from
ourself and stories from our own back garden

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adventures. Whether you're a seasoned gardener
or just getting your hands dirty for the

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first time, there's something here for
everyone, So grab your brew and gardening

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gloves and let's get growing with Gardening
with Ben. Hello everyone, and welcome

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back to Gardening with Ben for another
episode, third one in a row.

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So, yes, you're getting quite
a few of this month so far.

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I always start the month off well
and then as we seem to drop off,

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So we'll carry on. We'll keep
on trying to get you some podcast

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episodes out there. So what are
we talking about today? Today's podcast,

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it's going to be talking about everything
that we can plant in the vegetable garden,

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the flower garden, and the food
orchards in your allotment or in your

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garden. But if you didn't listen
to yesterday's episode, we did talk about

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all the jobs which need doing in
the garden and allotment this month. There's

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not many of them, but make
sure you head back to yesterday's episode and

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do give that a listen to.
So, yeah, today's episode is talking

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about all the things that we can
start so and I'm so excited for this

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because I'm going to be getting sewing
a lot of these plants and seeds,

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so hopefully we can get things cracking
and rolling on. Hopefully it starts to

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warm up and these that will help
the seeds Germany. But yeah, we'll

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have a look and we'll see what
can be sown this month. So what

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can be sewn in the vegetable garden
in March. Usually what I say to

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do is get yourself a notepad as
to make notes on all the things what

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I say, and then you will
be able to keep up today and tick

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them off if you want to grow
them, or if you're not bothering growing

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and just leave them off your list. And yeah, let's see what we

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can start growing this month. But
again this all goes down to the weather

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as well, whether it's warm enough
to help them germanate. So this just

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gives you an idea of the sort
of things that you can actually start this

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month, so please don't hold me
accountable if the seeds don't grow. So

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first off, if you've not sown
your aubergine seed, this is the last

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month to get them sown. They
need to be sown this month if you've

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not town them yet, as they
do need plenty of time to get growing

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and get fruiting in the summertime.
So if you want an aubergine, get

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them sown this month. Betroot,
start sewing your beetroot in seed trays ready

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to plant out in the end of
May junetime. Remember to sw them even

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like as they will all probably germinate, so don't go too well. We've

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srowing every single seed. Broad Beans
either sew these in the ground or in

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pots if you have issues with pigeons, as they will eat the tops off

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them. So if you've got issues
with pigeons, grow them in pots first

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so that they get nice and big, and then plant them out. Brussels

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sprouts. Brussels sprouts take forever to
grow, so if you're wanting to grow

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some Brussels sprouts, sew them this
month for crops in November and December.

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But if you know, you can
actually get purple Brussels sprouts as well,

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so you never know, you might
actually like them ones, so why not

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give them a try. Carrots You
can sew carrots this month in seed trays,

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or you can wait until it's warmer
and sew them where they are meant

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to grow. So if you're wanting
to start some off in seed trays,

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you can start them off now,
But if you're wanting to sew them exactly

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where they want to be, you
can sew them when it gets a bit

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warmer outside. Cauliflowers you can sew
these this month in seed trays. But

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which variety will you try growing?
I've talked about growing purple cauliflowered plenty of

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times and had great results from them, so let me know which cauliflowers you're

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going to be growing. Selar reac
you can sew that this month in a

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greenhouse. It needs to be sown
early as it takes a long time to

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grow, and he's meant to have
a really nice creamy taste. I've never

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actually tried sl reac, so I
might actually give that a try this year.

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Celerate. One thing I won't be
growing because I absolutely hate it.

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But if huntings grow clerate, this
is the month to be sewing it.

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Chilies these needs a long growing period, and the faster you start them off,

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the longer they will have to produce
crops and keep on fruiting for So

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if hunting chilies, get them grown
now. Kale. Kale's so easy to

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grow and I can have fantastic results. Again, just watch out for the

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pigeons and the slugs and the moths. But yeah, kale is so easy

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to grow, So if you wanted
to grow some kale, you can start

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them off this month. Lettuce.
Lettuce can be sewn in regular intervals for

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regular crops, which means that you
need to just sow a few seeds every

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few weeks or so because you don't
want all the lettuce being ready at the

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same time, as it all does
seem to appear at the same time and

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it can go to seed literally straight
away at the same time, so yeah,

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be careful and get growing them.
Leaks These need to be sown this

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month as well, ready with a
furred crop towards the end of the year.

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Leaks can be quite easy to grow
with some fantastic results. Parsnips.

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These are a lot easier to grow
than carrots are. What you need to

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do is sew them directly into the
ground, as they don't like to be

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transplanted, so I hunting to sew
some parsnips. Sew them into the ground

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where they are to be grown.
But what you can do is cover them

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back over with some black membrane or
a piece of cardboard or something like that

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to keep the soil warm to help
them get them to germanate. Pease.

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These can be sewn directly into the
ground towards the end of March, ready

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to be grown outside. But again
be careful of rats, pigeons, mice

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because they will like to eat them. Peppers, like chilis, they need

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a long time to grow and you're
best off starting them now for crops throughout

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all the summer. So if you're
hunting peppers, start them off now for

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great crops throughout the year. Potatoes, if you've not started chitting your potatoes,

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this can be done this month.
Ready for planting out towards end of

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March April time. That will be
the first thing that will be planting outside,

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So get ready for sewing them.
Potatoes. There's plenty of potatoes in

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shops at the moment and seed potatoes, so yeah, have a look around

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and think about what potatoes you're going
to be growing. Radish. You can

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start sewing radish this month in the
greenhouse. Like lettuce, you can do

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continuous owing every few weeks so that
you'll be picking them on a regular basis.

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Spinach you can start to sew spinach
outside towards the end of the month.

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Make sure you've improved the soil ver
before sewing them outside. Just make

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sure that the soil has all the
nutrients in it so that you get a

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great crop of spinach, so that
makes it big and strong. Like popeye.

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Spring onion, you can also start
sawing that outdoors this month when it

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starts to get a tiny bit warmer. So spring onion, I really do

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like spring onion. Again. You
can keep growing them on a continuous basis

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so that you're getting crops all the
way through the year. Swiss charred you

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can also try growing Swiss charred as
well. Not something I fancy, but

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if you're fancy growing some Swiss charred. This is the month's plant tomatoes.

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If you've not sewn them. Tomatoes, get sewing them in March, as

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this will give you a great crop
throughout summer. I will be sewing all

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my tomatoes this month from the tomatoes
in the supermarket. I'll just be scraping

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the seeds out, putting them into
some composts and growing them straight like that.

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I did it last year and they
worked fantastic. I had some fantastic

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crops. So yeah, that is
every vegetable that you can serve this month

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in March. So what fruit can
we plant this month in March. There's

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not many fruits that you can plant
in March because of the best time to

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plant a lot of fruit trees is
in the winter time when it's better with

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the rain and getting them settled into
the ground. But you can still plant

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the fruit trees now, but just
make sure that you do keep them well

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watered and that you do look after
them so that they do get rooted into

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the ground. Next up is rhubarb. Why not try growing the old fashion

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and favorite. I've got sixteen rhubarb
plant on my allotments. So much rhubarb

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growing absolutely amazing. So if you
wanted to grow a rubarb, now it's

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time to plant rhubarb crowns. However, do not pick them the first year.

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You need to let them settle in
and take roots, so don't be

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tempted to pick any picket next year. Strawberries now is the time to be

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planting all them Strawberry runners this month
ready for fruiting this year. If you

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plant them in hanging baskets or tubs, make sure you keep them watered,

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as they will dry out a lot
faster if they're in tubs and baskets.

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Right, What flowers can you be
swing this month? And this is the

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area that I always look into because
I love learning about growing flowers and I

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try more and more every single year. So what flowers can we sew this

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month? This month can serve asters. There need to be in a warm

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greenhouse or window salt so that the
GERMANI busy lizzes. These can be sewn

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this month on a windsill or a
heated propagator. Dahlias, get some amazing

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blooms in your gardens and grow some
dailier seeds for fantastic flowers. They look

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absolutely amazing daily is such a nice
addition to the garden and allotment. Geranium

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now I've grown geraniums from seed before
and had fantastic success. So if you

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wanted to grow some geraniums, now
is the time to be sewing them from

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seed. Lobilia, why not have
some fantastic displays in your pots and hanging

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baskets by sowing some lobilia seeds.
Now, these are really tiny seeds,

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so it'll be really hard to sew
them, but have a look around and

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give them a try. Petunia as
well as Lobilia, these look fantastic in

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pots and hanging baskets, So if
you wanted some great displays, why not

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sew some petunias. I'm going to
have a lot of hanging flowers on my

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allotment this year, so watch out
for them this year. Salvia these kind

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of color in summer and autumn,
so why not try owing some this month

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for some fantastic displays. Sweet peas
These can now be directly sown into the

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ground for blooms all summer. So
that is all the flowers that can be

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sown this month in March. So
yet I'm going to be putting my list

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together and start sewing a lot of
these. I'm so excited. All my

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shd's ready built, ready, organized, ready to start sewing all them seeds.

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So in the next couple of weeks, I'm going to be so busy

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getting all these seeds sown and keeping
on top of them and keeping them watered

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ready for growing. This year,
we can have some fantastic displays on my

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allotment. Trust me. If I
don't have fantastic displays, you can all

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hold me accountable and tell me off
for not doing a good allotment this year.

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But please watch this space and see
how well we get on. And

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obviously I'll be sharing all the pictures
on Instagram, So if you don't follow

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everything that we do. So yeah, thanks for in today's episode. Make

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sure you hit that follow and subscribe. Until next time. Remember keep smiling,

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keep shining, and keep gardening with
Ben. Everyone, And that wraps

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up another episode of Gardening with Ben. Thank you for joining me in this

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journey. Remember, every seed planted
is a step towards a greener world,

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and every day is a chance to
grow something beautiful. Keep nurturing your gardens

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and your souls. Until next time, I'm gardening with Ben. Reminding you

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to let your garden be your sanctuary. Happy gardening, and see you in

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the next episode. Remember keep smiling, keep shining, and keep gardening with Ben