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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Gardening with Ben. You'll go to

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a podcast for all things green and growing. I'm Ben,

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your allotment guide and here to help you cultivate your

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garden and your passion for plants. Whether you're a seasoned

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gardener or just starting out, this podcast is for you.

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Each episode will dig into tips, tricks, and techniques to

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make your garden and allotment thrive from planting, sewing, and growing.

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We will share all the tips and add advice. We

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will also have regular episodes talking about what we have

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been up to on the a Lotment. So sit back,

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grab a brew, and enjoy today's episode. Hey everyone, and

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welcome back to Gardening with Ben. Well, first, I want

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to apologize for no podcast yesterday. I thought I deserve

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a day off, so I did. I had a day

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off from the podcast. I'm back, and there wouldn't have

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been much to talk about down at my allotment because

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I did a lot.

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Speaker 2: But I didn't do a lot, if you get me.

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Speaker 1: But we have had a busy weekend down at the allotment,

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so we're going to talk about what we've been getting

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up to down at the plot this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's absolutely windy here at the moment. It's been

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windy all weekend.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you've had this where you are,

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but it has still got me to the plot and

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I have done a load. Now. If you've seen my

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Instagram post or my Facebook post, you'll have seen my

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new bench, my new potting bench. I said I was

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going to do it, and I did it, and wow,

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I am in so much pain. The first day, on

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the Saturday, I was doing it all by a handsaw

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and saw in all the pieces of woods and everything

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like that, and my hand was absolutely killing by the

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end of it, and I thought, I can't do this anymore.

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My Dad's got a battery powered saw, so I asked

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him if I could borrow it, and I borrowed that

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on the Sunday and I wish, I so wish i'd

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used that on the first day because I've got it

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all done in a day. It just breezed through it,

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breeze throughout wood, chopped it up. I'd finished it within

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like a few in about half an hour of going

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down to the plot. And it looks absolutely fantastic. To say,

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I'm not a builder, I'm rubbish with would everything usually

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falls apart. I'm happy with how it looks, and it

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looks fantastic.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't look superb.

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Speaker 1: It's not like gold standard, but it will do the

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job of what I need it to do, and hopefully

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it'll last few years to come. Now, this new potting

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bench is going to be used for obviously doing all

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my plotting up and stuff like that. But I'm going

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to start doing obviously more videos down in the shed

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and in the aortment showing me potting up, talking about

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my seeds, talking about different topics down there, and yeah,

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just more videos from inside of the shed to come

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next year. Obviously you get your podcasts every day apart

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from when I have a day off, but I want

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to start doing a few more videos for you to

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watch as well. We was good with the videos last month,

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but we seem to have tailed off a bit because

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there's not much to do down at the plot at

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the moment with video wise. But hopefully beginning of next

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year we'll have lots more videos coming out on a

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regular basis. And yeah, I've got a few more ideas

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for my shed, which I've ordered a couple of things

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and I'm not gonna tell you what they are because

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I want it to be a surprise to you all,

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and I want you to see how good they actually look. Well,

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hopefully they do, and hopefully they fit perfectly, so we'll

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have to stay tuned for that. But it's all about

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my video quality. But yeah, I'm excited for these and

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they're gonna look good. Fingers crossed. So we've got that done.

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And what else have we been up to recently? Well,

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not being up too much else. Down at the plot,

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we've done some shed repairs. Obviously, the winds caused some

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damage to my shed. As per usual, it's blown some

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of the plastic off the roofing, so I had to

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climb up today and screw some pieces back on and

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some new pieces on and hopefully it's temporarily, but hopefully

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it'll have lasted for the rest of the day because

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it's been really bad wind here in Sheffield for the

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rest of the day. I certainly don't know what it's

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like where you've been, but yeah, I'm dreading going back

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to the allotment. I'll probably be back at the allotment

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on Boxing day because I've got nothing else planned in

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my boring life.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, i'll be back.

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Speaker 1: Down at the allotment on Boxing Day, and I need

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to go out and buy some paint. That's on my

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to do list tomorrow to get some paint to start

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painting it. Because once it's all painted, then I can

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had the final touches, which is all part of the plan,

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and you'll be able to see what it But I'm

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thinking of having it painted red, red and black. Not

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that my Sheffield United a Sheffield Wednesday fan, but I

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thought red and black might look nice in there, So

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I'm going to get some red and black paint and

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see what it.

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Speaker 2: Comes out like.

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Speaker 1: It's going to need a couple of coats because it's

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quite old wood and it's some pieces have been stained

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in the past and painted and stuff like that, so

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it's going to need a couple of coats to make

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sure it's all covered and it's all looking smart. And

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obviously the paint all add a water proofing to it

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and hopefully it make it last a bit longer, as

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I do get a lot of drips in my shed.

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They drip everywhere, but hopefully it'll make it last for

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a while.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm excited next year. I'm excited for all

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these little projects that I'm going.

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Speaker 1: To get started and coming up soon, we'll be planting

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all our onions, which I've been talking about recently. I'm

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going to be sewing all my onions. I'm going to

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be sewing my peppers, and I'm going to be sewing

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my jeans. So we need to get some compost as well.

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So when I go and get some pain, I'll remember

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to get some compost and then we can start sowing

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the seeds as well. And yeah, my peppers and my aubergines,

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I'm gonna grow them at home, get them started, because

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peppers need about twenty five degrees to germinate. They need

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a lot of heat to get them to Germany it.

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And obviously my shed is unheated. I could have a

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heater in there, but I don't want to. I wouldn't

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risk wanted to leave it on in the shed when

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I'm not down at the allotment. If I if I

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got the shed at home or the greenhouse at home,

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i'd certainly have a heated greenhouse. But obviously we've been

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in allotment. I'm not having a heater in there. So

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I'll be bringing home my peppers and my aubergines to

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grow on my window sell as this flat's got a

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window sell in it now, so I can have stuff

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on my window sell. It's not a big one, it's

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very tot tiny, but I can start my peppers and

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my Aubertines off at home. But the things that you've

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got to be careful with is that you've got to

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be careful. They don't get too likely because of the

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light and stuff like that, so you have to keep

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turning them around and making sure they're get an adequate.

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Speaker 2: Light when they grow in.

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Speaker 1: So, yeah, it's not been too busy in doing work

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down there, but we've got a lot achieved, and I'm

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happy with what I've got achieved. It's another job ticked off,

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and the next jobs down in the shed will be

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to basically tidy it all up and give it all

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a LICKU paint and put some new shelving up. I

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want to put some more shelving up, Tidy all my

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pops up, tidy all my trays out, all my seed trays,

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and yeah, give it a really good tide. I get

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ready for the springtime and try and get organized. I'm

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not very organized at all, but the more organized I

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can be, the better. Give me that head start ready

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for next year down at the allotment, so hopefully fingers

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Crossed will be back with another podcast tomorrow. I know

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you'll be definitely getting one on Christmas Day as I

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want to be recording that soon, so make sure he's

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tuning on Christmas Day for your Christmas Day episode from

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Gardening with Ben. That's gonna be a little treat for

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you all. For those that haven't got anything to do,

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but they can listen to me on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 2: So until next.

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Speaker 1: Time, everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep shining, and keep gardening

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with Bed.

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Speaker 2: Everyone.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me on this episode of Gardening

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with Ben. I hope you have found some useful tips

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and instegiration for.

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