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The Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / March 5, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 16 2016 : Jim brings us up to date on how the crops in the veg plot are doing, whilst Carole checks up on the progress of more tender veg inside. Chris battles with the bog garden at Beechgrove, replanting this previously overgrown area with wet soil loving plants. At North Kessock, just north of Inverness overlooking the Moray Firth, Carole marvels at a virtually vertical rock face lying on bedrock, which David and Penny Veitch have transformed over almost 30 years into a haven for alpines and scree plants. Jim, Carole and George […]

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 27, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 15 2016: Chris has been left to his own devices in the Beechgrove garden and he is planting up an exotic border with plants that are surprisingly hardy and yet look like they have just arrived from the jungle. Jim and Carole aren’t far away and yet could also be on safari as they are involved with a big game garden at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. Jim and Carole track the progress and ultimately the finish of this therapeutic garden designed especially for children. A no-water water feature surrounded with large architectural and

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 14 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 1 minute of reading / February 26, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 14 2016 : the whole Beechgrove team are taking the road to the ancient Highland fishing port and market town of Nairn. Taking advantage of the particular microclimate of the Moray Coast, the gardeners of Nairn have much to show to the Beechgrove team. To set the scene for this special programme the team will be visiting some glorious gardens and finding out what conditions are like horticulturally in Nairn. Jim, Carole, Chris and Brian will also be hosting a Beechgrove Gardeners’ Question time and attempting to answer as many Nairn gardening queries as

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 22, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 12 2016, Jim and George are planning for jam tomorrow as Jim sorts out the raspberries, while George is a wee bit more exotic and tends to the fig and the vine. In Garden on a Budget, Carole is with Meike Guijt and family in rural Kennethmont helping mould a garden out of almost nothing. This week, they create a garden table from an old tree stump and plant some edible flowers. Jim is concerned that gardening is not offered as a career choice for young people. In a mission to find How to

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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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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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The Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 16, 2018 / By HDclump

In the Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2016, Jim is starting off new varieties of tomatoes and he’s going to try them in a range of new tomato growing gadgets. Brian Cunningham, head gardener of Scone Palace, is back continuing his revamping of the Beechgrove alpine garden. This week, Brian finishes off the hard landscaping and starts the planting. Jim and George’s busman’s holiday continues in the Netherlands and this time they visit the world’s largest cut flower auction at Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam. It was a glorious sunny day at Beechgrove this week with temperatures reaching the 20’s. You

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 15, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2016: Carole creates a chef’s windowsill as she grows a range of micro salads, while Chris takes on the job of revamping the old heather garden and turns it into our own piece of an ancient Scottish hill top in miniature. George and Jim are off on a bulb-lover’s busman’s holiday and indulging in more than a little ‘tulip fever’ as they visit world-famous Keukenhof Botanic Park near Amsterdam to see the mind-blowing bulb displays. It was a beautiful sunny spring day at Beechgrove. It was time to get on with some gardening

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 2 minutes of reading / February 14, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 6 2016: Carole continues with her windowsill gardening and sows herbs and salad leaves, which can be used to produce tasty, foodie salads for weeks. In Garden on a Budget, Carole is with Mieke Guijt in rural Kennethmont, helping to mould a garden out of almost nothing. Carole takes Mieke on a budget shopping trip to buy materials for easy-to-make compost bays and shows her how to have plants for ‘free’. George visits the painterly garden of Broughton House in Kirkcudbright. The house and garden belonged to EA Hornel, artist, collector and ‘Glasgow boy’.

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016

The Beechgrove Garden 2016 / 3 minutes of reading / February 13, 2018 / By HDclump

In the Beechgrove Garden episode 5 2016, Jim is hoping that the soil is now warm enough to plant tatties in the main veggie plot, while on the decking garden Carole is also planting tatties on a tiny scale. Chris and Carole are going on very different fungal forays in Beechgrove this year. Chris is creating a whole Jurassic Park fungal valley with ancient timbers and all manner of edible mushrooms. Again on the other end of the scale, Carole tries out some windowsill mushroom-growing kits. George visits Alan Shamash’s impressive hillside garden full of an extensive collection

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2015

The Beechgrove Garden 2015 / 3 minutes of reading / February 6, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 21 2015: the whole Beechgrove team are travelling ‘doon the watter’ to the Buteiful island of Bute and to Rothesay for a Beechgrove Special Roadshow. The Pavilion in Rothesay is the venue for a Beechgrove Q&A evening. The historical venue will be full of locals and their gardening questions which Jim, Carole, George and Chis will hope to have answers for. Bute has a favourable climate for growing and is known for Bute tatties, Bute dahlias and most recently Bute truffles. Jim and Carole will also visit some of the gardens of Bute to

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The Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2015

The Beechgrove Garden 2015 / 2 minutes of reading / February 5, 2018 / By HDclump

In Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2015: Jim is on his own in the garden, taking on all his special subjects, including monitoring the progress of the tomatoes and reviewing his hydrangea pruning observation to see which of his three methods of pruning is working best and resulting in most flowers. Meanwhile, Carole and George are helping out with the last stages of the creation of a new community garden with the good folk of Inverbervie. The new community garden will be the central feature to a garden trail around the village, designed for locals to enjoy as a

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