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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 joints
of gardening, from sowing seeds to

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

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

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garden adventures. Whether you're a seasoned
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the first time, there's something here
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Gardening with Ben. Hello, and welcome

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back to a brand new podcast today. And like I said, it's the

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beginning of March. If you've not
checked out by yesterday's episode talking about everything

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that we did in February, make
sure you go and check that out before

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listening to this one. So today's
podcast, we're going to be talking about

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what jobs need doing in the garden
throughout the month of March, and there's

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a lot of stuff what we'll need
doing as we're getting into the growing season.

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And in the next episode we'll be
talking about all the things that we

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can start to plant in March,
so this one's could start before tomorrow's episode.

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And usually with these episodes, what
I tell people to do is get

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themselves a little notepad so that they
can make notes of all the jobs that

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need doing and then tick them off
as they've got them completed. And then

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you know you've got the main jobs
done and you can concentrate on all the

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other little things around the allotment and
garden that do need doing. So what

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stuff will we need to do this
month? So we'll start off. Usually

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we start off with the stuff what
needs doing in the vegetable garden first,

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So the things that need doing this
month are not very much in the vegetable

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garden as this not much growing outside. There's only a few little jobs which

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need doing. So if you're growing
asparagus, what you need to do is

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prepare your beds this month by making
sure they are weed free and add much

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around the asparagus plants. This will
give them the boost that they need and

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warm them up ready to grow really
well this year. If you're growing green

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manure in your allotment, make sure
you dig this into the soil this month

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so that it all starts to break
down and feed the soil vegetable beds.

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Make sure they're all weed free ready
for planting for the months ahead. So

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that is basically everything what needs to
do in the vegetable garden. There's not

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much like I said to do in
the vegetable garden this month. It will

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get bigger as the months go ahead, so make sure you get all them

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jobs done. And let's see what
needs doing in the fruit garden. So

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in the fruit garden this month,
what we'll need to do is you need

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to feed your blueberries with ericacious plant
fertilizer. This will give them the kickstart

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that they need to start growing for
the month ahead. So if you've not

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got any erricacious plant fertilizer, make
sure you order some and get some on

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your blueberries ready for this year.
Fruit trees, make sure they've all been

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much this year. Raspberries, make
sure the tips of the summer fruits in

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raspberries have had the tops cut off. This encourages them to bush out and

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produce a lot more fruit on the
plant. Rhubarb. If you've got rhubarb

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growing, and I've certainly done this
and it's speeding along, multi rhubarb this

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month, but do not cover the
crowns as this can cause them to rot.

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Strawberries, if you want to grow
an early cup of strawberries, cover

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them with a clotch. So yeah, that's for you strawberries. I can't

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mate for my strawberries to grow.
I've got so many growing stone fruits.

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If you're growing nectarines, apricots and
peas, just cover the trees with a

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fleece to protect them from blossom.
Protect the blossom from the frost as is

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still frost around. So just be
careful and look after those stone fruit trees.

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So that's everything. What needs doing
in the fruit garden again, not

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too many jobs. You can easily
tick them off and get them all sorted

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for this year. So what needs
doing in the flower garden, So this

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month what you need to do is
if you've got climatus, prune these back

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before the new growth starts on them. Daffodils. As daffodils die back,

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these can beheaded, but do not
cut them back to the base as all

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the nutrients go back to the bulb. Heathers. Any heathers that are dying

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back, give them a prune back
ready for the next year. My heather

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is still out in bloom, so
I'm definitely not pruning that back at the

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moment. It's looking absolutely glow at
the moment. I'm sure you've seen it

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from some of my videos. Hydraenderus. You can now start to prune these

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back and cut off any of the
old flowers from them. Take them back

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to about one third of the years
of last year's growth from them, and

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they will be ready to start growing
this year. Futures. Prune these back

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around to about two buds on each
stem. That will get them started ready

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for the year ahead. Pansas,
make sure you keep the heading them as

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the wind panzis die back. This
will encourage more flowers to keep growing on

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your panzas and get more flowers growing
throughout the springtime until they are ready to

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die off. Perennials. Cut back
any old foliage that may be dying back

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on them ready for the fresh growth
growing this year. Roses, these can

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still be prune back this month,
so if you've got roses growing, give

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them a pre you tidy them up
and get them ready for growing the year

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ahead. Slugs the dreaded slug word. As slugs start to appear in the

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garden. Make sure you have beer
traps set up ready to catch them as

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they'll all start coming up out of
hibernation now, so get ready for the

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slugs coming back out to your gardens. So that is all the jobs which

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need doing in the vegetable garden,
fruit garden, and flower garden. Like

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I said, there's not an awful
lot of things that need doing still this

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month in the garden as there's not
much growing around at the moment. Next

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months, as we start to get
further on, there will be a lot

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more work that needs doing. So
get all these little jobs out of the

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way ready for the big jobs coming
up in the months ahead. And make

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sure you're come in for tomorrow's episode
because we're going to be talking about all

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the seeds that we can start to
plant this month, and there's a lot

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appearing on the list, so it's
exciting to we can start to get all

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them seeds sown and get them growing
in the garden. So yeah, I

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hope that you enjoyed this episode.
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episode when it comes up. And
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or a question as well, and
I will see them. So until next

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time, remember keep smiling, keep
shining, and keep gardening with Ben.

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Everyone, and that wraps up another
episode of Gardening with Ben. Thank you

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for joining me in this journey.
Remember every seed planted is a step towards

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a greener world, and every day
is a chance to grow something beautiful.

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Keep nurturing your gardens and your souls. Until next time, I'm gardening with

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Ben, reminding you to let your
garden be your sanctra. Happy gardening,

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and see you in the next episode. Keep smiling, keep shining, and

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keep gardening with benh