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 --> 00:00:09,160 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 --> 00:00:18,399 reaping bountiful harvests. Each episode will explore tips, tricks and tails from the 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:25,399 garden and allotment, sharing insights from ourself and stories from our own back garden 6 00:00:25,559 --> 00:00:29,839 adventures. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just getting your hands dirty for the 7 00:00:29,879 --> 00:00:34,520 first time, there's something here for everyone, So grab your brew and gardening 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:40,640 gloves and let's get growing with Gardening with Ben. Hello, and welcome to 9 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:46,200 our gardening podcast Gardening with Ben. Today, we're delving into the vibrant world 10 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,439 of gardening magazines and discovering why they are and must have for the every green 11 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,880 fund. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, these magazines are 12 00:00:56,039 --> 00:01:00,119 treasures troves of inspiration, tips and latest trends in the world of gardening. 13 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:06,760 From breathtaking garden designs to practical advice on plank care. They bring a wealth 14 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,959 of knowledge right to your fingertips. So grab a cup of tea, sit 15 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:15,239 back, and let's explore the colorful pages that connect us to nature and nurture 16 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:21,079 our passion for gardening. Let's dig in. So in today's episode, we're 17 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,560 going to start looking at what gardening magazines are the best ones for allotments and 18 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:34,719 growing your own produce as I've been a firm believer of purchasing these magazines over 19 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:38,480 the last few years. And yeah, obviously they share a lot of tips 20 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:44,680 and advice and sometimes full of a lot of adverts, don't get me wrong, 21 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:51,799 but I do think they are beneficial and they are quite cost effective, 22 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:59,280 and also they help you try things what you wouldn't have normally tried to grow. 23 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,120 So which magazines do I usually purchase. Well, the magazines that I 24 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,840 usually purchased for my gardening tips and advice are they Grow your Own Magazine and 25 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:15,520 the Kitchen Garden Magazine. Now these have they keep wearing up in price like 26 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:20,719 everything else does in the world of magazines and stuff like that, but I 27 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:24,879 still do think they are worth every pennae. And the reason why I think 28 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:31,759 they're worth every pedae is because they're always filled with latest gardening tips and advice, 29 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:36,960 and when you purchase them, they usually for the month after, so 30 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:42,280 don't expect it to be for that Month's usually the month coming up afterwards, 31 00:02:42,599 --> 00:02:47,439 so they're usually a month in front of these magazines. And the reason why 32 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:54,360 I purchase these magazines Grow your Own magazine and Kitchen Garden Magazine is because they 33 00:02:54,439 --> 00:03:00,639 usually come with ten packets of seeds in each magazine, so that's like twenty 34 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,360 packets of seeds in the magazine. And yeah, the magazine can cost like 35 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:12,520 seven pounds, so you're probably paying just under a pound per seed packet, 36 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,000 and you probably wouldn't get as many seeds in them packets as you would do 37 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:22,400 in a packet from the garden center, but you don't necessarily need hundreds of 38 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:27,719 thousands of seeds in your seed packet. So I purchased them mainly for the 39 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:34,800 seeds and magazines. As in the catalogs you usually get a good range of 40 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,520 variety of seeds to try, and you can obviously get your usuals which come 41 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:46,560 like tomatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, lettuce, herbs, all different types of 42 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:54,719 seeds. And this is a way that I tried to grow new varieties of 43 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,800 produced down at my plot, because when I go to the garden center, 44 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:03,680 or will curs to get my seeds. I'll just purchase the seeds that I 45 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:08,360 know that I'm going to like. I won't purchase seeds which I don't think 46 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:14,280 I like or never heard of, so I won't purchase them ones. But 47 00:04:14,639 --> 00:04:16,720 obviously, if you're getting the gardening magazine, you get them seeds, so 48 00:04:16,759 --> 00:04:20,439 you've got no choice, And rather than just store them up, you can 49 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:26,079 either obviously give them to a friend, a plot neighbor, or you can 50 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,759 try and grow yourself and you can usually find somewhere to squeeze some more seeds 51 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,279 and plants into the garden and allotment. So that's what I did. One 52 00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:40,959 year, I tried growing purple cauliflower, which came with one of my magazines. 53 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,319 And forever I've struggled to grow white cauliflowers successfully, so I find I 54 00:04:45,399 --> 00:04:47,439 might as well give these purple ones a girl, give them a try and 55 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:53,920 see how they grow. And they grew absolutely fantastic, the best cauliflowers I've 56 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:58,240 grown on my plot. So ever since then, I've grown purple cauliflowers. 57 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,279 So it does get you to try new stuff, and sometimes it works out 58 00:05:01,319 --> 00:05:06,759 for the better because it works fantastic and they grow really well, so it's 59 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,439 a good chance to try different things. And you'll often get varieties in these 60 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,920 magazines that you won't have heard of before, like different types of chili's, 61 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:21,399 different types of tomatoes, so it's always worth trying them and giving them a 62 00:05:21,439 --> 00:05:28,680 purchase and trying to grow some stuff. And obviously in these gardening magazines they 63 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:33,399 come full with bumper tips and advice, and the advice and tips in there 64 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:39,800 is fantastic. And some of the magazines are filled with viewers comments and viewers 65 00:05:39,879 --> 00:05:45,639 advice, and you get to see other people's instagrams and people that you may 66 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,079 follow, and it's good to see them in the magazine and getting the recognition 67 00:05:49,319 --> 00:05:55,279 that they deserve. And obviously I've won a couple of grow your Own Magazine 68 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,639 awards, which has been good from my podcast of a my podcast, and 69 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:12,040 I've won an award for Best Influencer and Best Gardening Social Media. So yeah, 70 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,879 I've won quite a few awards from the Gurier Own magazine, So that's 71 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:20,839 another reason why I like that magazine. But yeah, I can't believe how 72 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:28,439 well they really did, so I do advise to go out and buy the 73 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,600 magazines and give them a try. And sometimes the grower Own magazine doesn't always 74 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,720 have seats, and sometimes it has books in or sometimes it has little calendars 75 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:44,920 in it and stuff like that, but it's always full of good information and 76 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:50,800 the amount of stuff I've learned through these magazines has been unbelievable. And hopefully 77 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:55,480 we'll be getting our next magazine soon so we'll be able to tell you what 78 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,319 seeds we're getting in them, as I've not purchased them for the last couple 79 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,560 of months during the winter period, but I'll start purchasing them again soon because 80 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:08,800 I'm going to need to start getting my seeds again soon, so we do 81 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:14,279 need to start purchasing the magazines. And my local tescos stop selling them, 82 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:17,560 which is bad, so I have to travel somewhere else to get my gardening 83 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:23,519 magazines. Obviously, there weren't a big uptake for the magazines in my area 84 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:28,240 manual there's not many gardens around where I live. They tend to be more 85 00:07:28,279 --> 00:07:31,720 flats and stuff like that, so that's possibly why they don't sell many gardening 86 00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:38,680 magazines where I live. So if you're looking at purchasing my gardening magazines, 87 00:07:39,199 --> 00:07:45,920 go out and look for the Grower Magazine and Kitchen Garden Magazine and have a 88 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,199 look, give them a try to see what seeds coming up. And I 89 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:55,319 would highly recommend them. Like I said, they can be quite expensive for 90 00:07:55,399 --> 00:07:59,639 magazines and not the cheapest, but they are worth it for the seeds that 91 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,879 you do we'll get with it, So it's a win win situation. And 92 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,000 like I say, if you get in twenty packets of seeds for the two 93 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:13,199 magazines every month, that's two hundred and forty seeds every year in the magazine. 94 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,600 So imagine how many plants and vegetables you can grow with them. Absolutely 95 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:24,600 load. So yeah, hopefully we'll be trying lots of different new seeds this 96 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,839 year down at my plot and some new varietis. I'm still trying to work 97 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:31,639 out what new stuff I want to try and grow down at the plot. 98 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,360 We need to get a garden magazine, a seed magazine and have a look 99 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,960 and see what seeds we are going to be growing this year. I've still 100 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:46,639 got to make my list, and yes, in one of my podcasts, 101 00:08:46,639 --> 00:08:48,960 I did talk about making your list of what seeds you're going to plan and 102 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,559 grow this year, So I still do need to make a plan and get 103 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,519 growing while thinking about what I'm growing. Obviously, I'm trying my new peppers, 104 00:08:58,519 --> 00:09:03,320 which are to all about in my last podcast, which I've tried out 105 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:09,480 now, So hopefully we'll get those planted this week and get them started because 106 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,039 they do need to be indoors when you start them paper seeds off because the 107 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:18,679 temperature needs to be about twenty four to twenty six degrees for pepper seeds to 108 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:22,399 germinate, so we have to start them off indoors. We wouldn't be able 109 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:24,960 to get them started off at the a lot money, it would be too 110 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:28,519 way too cold. And yeah, we'll keep you on track on that. 111 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,279 So it's been a short little podcast today just to tell you which garden magazines 112 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,480 I enjoy purchasing and which ones I think are the best ones out there to 113 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,320 try. Let me know if you get grow your own magazine in the Kitchen 114 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,799 Garden Magazine. And if you're not following me on Instagram, give me a 115 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:50,399 follow on there, and I share lots of tips and add ice and pictures 116 00:09:50,399 --> 00:09:52,840 on there, so feel free to drop me a message as well, and 117 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:58,240 let me know if you're enjoy these podcasts. So until next time, remember 118 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:03,879 keep smiling, keep gardener, and keep listening to Gardening with Ben. Everyone, 119 00:10:03,799 --> 00:10:09,919 and that wraps up another episode of Gardening with Ben. Thank you for 120 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:15,759 joining me in this journey. Remember, every seed planted is a step towards 121 00:10:15,799 --> 00:10:18,840 a greener world, and every day is a chance to grow something beautiful. 122 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:24,879 Keep nurturing your gardens and your souls. Until next time, I'm Gardening with 123 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,080 Ben, reminding you to let your garden be your sanctuary. Happy gardening, 124 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,840 and see you in the next episode. Remember keep smiling, keep shining, 125 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,080 and keep Gardening with Ben.