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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 Alltment. So sit back, grab

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

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back to Gardening with Ben. It's a brand new week.

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It's Monday, and yes we're back here with another podcast.

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If you didn't listen to yesterday's podcast, we're talking about

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everything we did on the allotment on Saturday. We've got

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quite a lot done. And yeah, I went back down

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to the allotment on Sunday and we got even more

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jobs ticked off down at the allotment. So obviously, first

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thing I usually do when I get to the allotment

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is I feed the cat. The cat was enjoying the

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nice food that we leave it every single day, and

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we also fed the birds as well, made sure the

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birds have got all their bird seed. That is one

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job that I always do when I get down to

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the allotment. So what have we been doing on the

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plot today. Well, I've not done anything outside today because

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I actually got most of it done yesterday, so it's

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pretty much in good shape. So today we have been

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doing work inside the shed. We've been getting it prepared

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and ready for the mass makeover that we're going to

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be doing it. I've got an idea in my head

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of what I want to do. Whether it'll out like

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I want it to is another thing, but we'll have

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to see, hopefully, fingers crossed it does. I've got a

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good idea of what I'm going to do, and I'm

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going to make a lot of time into doing this

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and make sure it's strong enough and it don't fall

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down on what I'm going to be doing. So you'll

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have to stay tuned for that, keep your eyes peeled

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because it might be a little surprise. I might shure

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that after picture at the end. So today we have

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been sorting out some of my shelving as I want

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to make them waterproof because it's all wooden shelving and

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rain does get through into my shed and it drips everywhere,

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and obviously when I'm watering my plants, it goes onto

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the wood as well. So I've made all my shelving waterproof.

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We put plastic covers over them all so then any

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water will just run straight off it, and yeah, that'll

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protect them and make them last years to come, which

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is what we want. We don't want to be spending

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any money down there, if possible, even though I'm going

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to be spending money on doing my shed up, but

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that is to make it look good for videos, etc.

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So we got all them done. We sorted out any

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plants what we're dying in there and chucked them away,

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and sorted out all my compost what we're in the plots,

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because I always reuse the compost in other areas. I

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don't waste a single bit of compost. We also obviously

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watered all the plants, made sure they were all watered

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because you only need to water and possibly once every

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couple of weeks. Now they won't dry out as fast

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as what they would do when it's warmer. But to

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say it was eleven degrees at the allotment today. It

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were absolutely gorgeous. It were decent gardening weather for being

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down there today, so we did all that. Then I've

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been filming some content for you all, as obviously I've

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not been doing many YouTube videos, so I've filmed a

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couple of YouTube videos to put out this week. I've

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done a tour of my plots so then you can

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all see how it's looking, how it's coming on, and

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see what I've done with my shelving. And yeah, obviously

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I do these podcasts, but sometimes it's better to have

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visuals and then you can see what I'm doing. So

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if you're not following my YouTube channel, do give it

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a follower and you will see them videos pop up.

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I've also been doing some promo for my podcast because

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I'm wanting more and more people to listen to it.

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Yesterday's podcast was one of the best days for listeners yesterday,

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So thank you to everybody that listened and anyone that's

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knew that's giving us a follow. Thank you for all

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the people that have followed us. If you've not followed us,

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do click the follow button, click the belt and then

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you'll get notified of when the podcast come up, which

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is every day at the moment, so we've been doing that.

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We've also been having fun with a drone. I bought

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a drone cheap off TikTok for about twelve pounds. I

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wasn't expecting anything. It was absolutely rubbish. It doesn't fly

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where you wanted to fly, so yeah, that was money wasted.

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So we won't be getting any drone footage soon, is

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for sure. But yeah, maybe we'll get a proper drone

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eventually and learn how to fly it. That's another thing.

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So yeah, hopefully we will have a look into that

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eventually and possibly do so. Yeah, I've done all that.

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That's all done. I've worked out what I want to

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do on the plot next week and that will come

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in obviously on next Saturday's episode, so I stay tuned

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for that. We won't spoil the surprise of all that.

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And then one thing where our down at the altment

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today and it were funny really somebody shouted me that

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they were Benny, you're there and I went yeah, yeah, yeah,

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and they went, do you know if somebody's been working

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on our plot? No, because I only go down now

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on a Saturday and Sunday. Now I'm not there in

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week and I went why and they went somebody's put

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a fence up, okay, and I went up and they

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built an a fence at the front of the plot

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and a gate and everything. Well, they've not worked off

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the rest your plot. They've just done a fence and

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a little garden fairies come along and built them a

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fence at the front of the plot. And when they

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can feel free and come and do bad if they want.

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And they were right over at Moon bless them. They

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only mentioned it to somebody on site a bit ago,

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and I'm guessing it with this person because they always

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offer to do help and everything for anyone. And yeah,

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that really made the day that they were like a

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little Christmas gift from They built them a nice fence,

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put a fence outside of the plot and it looks

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absolutely fantastic. So I may have to hire this garden

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fairy to come and do some DIY for me. But yeah, definitely,

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it's good when people come and come together and help

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each other out. And that's what makes it so special

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about our a lotment site is that everybody looks out

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for one another. It's a nice little community and that's

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what you get with allotments. Sometimes you get too much

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politics in the way and stuff like that. But when

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it all works, it all works well and everybody gets

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on nicely. So yeah, that is basically what we've got

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up to down at the plot today. Hopefully it's going

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to be another good weekend next weekend. If it stays

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this warm, I'll be happy throughout all December. Can imagine it.

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If it stays at eleven degrees throughout December and January, what,

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it's absolutely bad blowing. But this is global warming for

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you and I. Even when I were doing my Allotment

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tour video, I were going around my fruit trees, around

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my roo barb. My fruit trees are coming into bud already,

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so they're waking up from the hibernation already, which they

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shouldn't be. They should be asleep at the moment. And

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also my roub Bob's growing, which is another baffling thing.

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Ru Bob should be dormant at this time of year.

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It should be awake. It shouldn't be growing, it should

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be asleep. And at this rate, I'm going to be

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having rhubarb for my Christmas pudding. But yeah, it's all baffling.

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It'll soon die off again if we're gett another coll spell.

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But it certainly shouldn't be growing at this time of year.

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But all the seasons are absolutely bizarre. They certainly are.

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But yeah, hopefully fingers crossed, we can get a lot

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more done next week and we're going to be working

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in the shed possibly next weekend and getting stuff started

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on my design makeover. But I'm not going to tell

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you what I'm going to do in there yet until

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I share what it is looking like. And knowing my DIY,

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it won't come out however I've issuing it in my head.

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It'll come out another totally different way, and it'll probably

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collapse before I build it properly, but we'll see. I

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may actually build something proper for once. I do love DIY.

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I'm just rubbish it. That's the only issue. Who else

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is like that with they? Do you have trouble with

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doing DIY? Do you love doing it? But it's absolutely

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rubbish like me? And it falls down, it collapses or

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it blows away. But yeah, I absolutely love it. There's

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not much left to do in the plot outside that

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is for sure. I've got my bed to screw together

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and sort them out and possibly sort out my paths

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a bit more. But there's certainly nothing that I actually

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need to do on my allotment whatsoever. So hopefully, I

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hope you've all had a good weekend. I hope you're

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all feeling energized and motivated for this week. I've got

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lots of plans for this week, and hopefully I've got

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some new plans for the new year, and hopefully we'll

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be sharing them all with you soon. But yeah, I'm

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building this podcast. I'm getting more people listen to it,

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and everybody seems to be loving it, So make sure

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you do come back for tomorrow's Tips and Advice video.

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It's going to be a good video. And yeah, I

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hope not video podcast. I hope you enjoyed the podcast.

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But yes, we're going to have episodes every sing lay

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for this week. We're recording them all in advance so

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that they're all ready to drop this week for you

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all to listen to. And yeah, I hope that you

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all have a fantastic week. And remember to keep liking

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sharing my posts whenever you see them, and feel free

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So until next time, everyone, Remember, keep smiling, keep shining,

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and keep gardening with Ben. Everyone. Thank you for joining

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me on this episode of Gardening with Ben. I hope

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