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The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 21, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016, Carole is in the Keder, starting the year’s collection of tender vegetables, and Jim is with the allotmenteers of Tillicoultry to discover how the community runs this immaculately presented and organised allotment. The gardening charity Scotland’s Gardens celebrates its 85th year. To mark the occasion, Carole visits one of their new recruits and newest garden on the list, at Barbara Pickard’s no-nonsense but beautiful cottage garden at Balmullo in Fife. Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2016: After our break at Gardening Scotland Jim, George and Carole were back at the Beechgrove Garden […]

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Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.6

Mediterranean Adventure / 2 minutes of reading / February 21, 2018 / By HDclump

On the final leg of Hairy Bikers Mediterranean Adventure, the bikers are travelling through southern Spain in the footsteps of the Moors, heading for Costa del Sol and the midsummer festival of San Juan. They begin their exploration of the Moorish influence on the culture and cuisine of Spain in Valencia. Renowned as one of Spain’s most fertile areas, crops have been cultivated here since Roman times, but it was the Moors who perfected the irrigation systems that allowed farming to flourish and, to this day, Valencia is a destination for those seeking out world-class produce. The bikers

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 1 minute of reading / February 20, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 10 2016 the team take a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland, the biggest gardening show north of the border. The cream of British growers will be there, with everything from pansies to pelargoniums and cacti to clematis in a stunning floral frenzy. We see those who are growing for gold including those exhibits showing off their medals from the previous week’s Chelsea Flower Show. Show gardens are a buzzing, eclectic mix from Hive Jive, a garden inspired by the ‘waggle dance’ of bees, to the secret herb garden made with invasive

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Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.5

Mediterranean Adventure / 2 minutes of reading / February 20, 2018 / By HDclump

Up until now, on this epic 3000-mile journey across the Mediterranean, the Hairy Bikers have met people deeply embedded in their cuisine and culture. This time, it is about the British influence in the Med from the 17th century until today. In this episode, the bikers are visiting two of the Balearic Islands – Minorca and Majorca. They begin their journey in Mahon, Minorca. This is where one of the world’s favourite condiments was invented. Yes, mayonnaise is actually Mahon-naise. Between 1708 and 1802, Minorca changed hands six times, with variously the Spanish, French and English in government.

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Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.4

Mediterranean Adventure / 2 minutes of reading / February 19, 2018 / By HDclump

In Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure ep.4, the bikers are in mainland France, in Provence. They begin their journey in Marseille, one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean, where the population is as diverse as the Mediterranean itself. They meet Moroccan-born Fatima, who runs a welcome centre where recent immigrants can cook and eat together. The bikers taste her amazing bourride, a delicious fish stew – bouillabaisse’s younger sibling. She has been awarded the Legion d’Honneur for her services to France. The boys reckon that the bourride alone is worth a gong. The quality of the light in

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 19, 2018 / By HDclump

In the Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016 , Jim is dealing with hardy veg in the veg plot, while Carole is starting off some tender veg in the poly tunnel. Brian Cunningham, head gardener of Scone Palace, is back at Beechgrove to finish the new alpine garden planting. Carole also visits Mike and Sue Thornley at Glenarn Gardens in Rhu, near Helensburgh. This garden dates back to the 1920s and 30s and is best known for its stunning collection of tender rhododendrons that are planted in a sheltered Himalayan glen. The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016: This

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Sicily: The Wonder of the Mediterranean

History / 2 minutes of reading / February 19, 2018 / By HDclump

Historian Michael Scott journeys through Sicily to find out how 3,000 years of conquest and settlement have shaped the identity of the island we see today. Sicily: The Wonder of the Mediterranean Part 1 : Historian Michael Scott begins his journey through Sicily on the slopes of Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano. For the ancient Greeks, the island was a land of gods and monsters – a dangerous and unpredictable world. Michael discovers how 3,000 years ago, the Greeks began to settle on the island’s east coast – planting their olives and vines and building great

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Great Escape at Dunkirk

History / 2 minutes of reading / February 18, 2018 / By HDclump

As France fell to the German armies in May 1940, 300,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Their annihilation seemed certain – a disaster that could have led to Britain’s surrender. But then, in a last-minute rescue dramatized in Christopher Nolan’s recent film, Royal Navy ships and a flotilla of tiny civilian boats evacuated hundreds of thousands of soldiers to safety across the Channel – the legendary “miracle of Dunkirk.” Now, NOVA follows a team of archaeologists, historians, and divers as they recover the remains of ships, planes, and personal effects lost during the epic

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Nigel Slater’s Middle East – Iran ep.3

Nigel Slater's Middle East / 2 minutes of reading / February 18, 2018 / By HDclump

Nigel Slater’s Middle Eastern food adventure concludes by visiting a country shrouded in mystery and often in the headlines – Iran. Here Nigel sets out to discover the secrets of Persian food, one of the oldest and most influential cuisines in the world. He begins his journey in the bustling capital Tehran, where he is invited into the homes of people who cook dishes that have been handed through the generations. He is taken to lunch at his taxi driver’s house to sample dizi, an Iranian favourite for hundreds of years and possibly the nation’s most popular dish.

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Ancient Aliens – Beyond Roswell

Conspiracy / 2 minutes of reading / February 18, 2018 / By HDclump

The U.S. military has long denied that the infamous 1947 Roswell crash was anything other than a weather balloon, but FBI files released in 2011 include a memo to J. Edgar Hoover regarding the recovery of not one, but three “flying saucers.” Could the U.S. government really have extraterrestrial crafts in their possession? Ancient Astronaut theorists say yes, and claim that Roswell is just the tip of the iceberg. Over a dozen other UFO crashes were reported all across the world around the same time as Roswell, and it is rumored that the wreckage from these incidents was

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Ancient Aliens – Russias Secret Files

Conspiracy / 1 minute of reading / February 17, 2018 / By HDclump

Russia is a vast country, spanning over 6 million square miles of some of the most rugged terrain on Earth, much of which is uninhabited and largely unexplored. It is also the home of ‘cosmism’ , a belief that human civilization originated in the cosmos and is destined to return to space. But many believe the rise of communism led to a wall of secrecy surrounding ancient and modern extraterrestrial contact in Russia. Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that otherworldly visitations predate the establishment of the Russian nation, and point to the ancient settlement at Arkaim as evidence ,a

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Gardening Australia ep.4 2018

Gardening Australia 2018 / 2 minutes of reading / February 17, 2018 / By HDclump

In Gardening Australia ep.4 2018 : Costa Georgiadis visits a plantsman’s garden; Tino Carnevale and Millie Ross try some unusual vegie-growing containers; Josh Byrne shows how a storm drain became a park and Sophie Thomson gives an overview of her garden. Gardening Australia provides practical, realistic, and credible horticultural and gardening advice, inspiring and entertaining all gardeners around the world. Presented by Australia’s leading horticultural experts, Gardening Australia is a valuable resource to all gardeners through this television program. Gardening Australia ep.4 2018: 1. The Big Picture Sophie Thomson gives viewers an overview of her Adelaide

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