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Planting RARE Sweet Potato, Pruning Super Dwarf Bananas & Homemade Fertiliser

Self Sufficient Me 37:15

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I was hoping you could spend some time with me in the vegetable garden as I plant some rare purple sweet potatoes, tend to some super dwarf banana plants, and fertilise crops of cabbage and radish in raised beds with my homemade formula.
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0:00 Introduction
0:30 Planting Rare Purple Sweet Potato
10:13 Letting Hens Out in Raised Bed
12:32 Pruning Suckers Bananas in Containers
19:25 Wet Boggy Ground Update
22:30 Bury Kitchen Scraps
28:41 Homemade Fertiliser
34:49 Exciting Conclusion

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