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Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2017

The Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2017

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In The Beechgrove Garden episode 20 2017: they say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Well, this week in the Beechgrove Garden, Jim and Carole munch their way through the veg plot as they taste-test turnips, a new broad bean and someblight-resistant potatoes.     Chris takes a look at the new rose garden and has a new take on some age-old remedies for common rose problems. George visits the grand Drummond Castle Gardens near Crieff in Perthshire. The formal garden and parterre are among the oldest in Scotland and reputedly some of the finest in […]

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Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2017

The Beechgrove Garden episode 19 2017

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The whole team travel deep into Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song country, to the Howe of the Mearns village of Arbuthnott. For anyone who drives the A90, the red clay soils of one of the most fertile and productive areas in the country will be familiar and are the dominant feature of the area.     Jim, Carole, George and Chris explore the area horticulturally and also solve some gardening problems for the gardeners of Arbuthnott gathered in the Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Centre for a Q&A. Jim and George visit one of the oldest gardens in Scotland at Arbuthnott House,

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Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2017

The Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2017

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In the Beechgrove Garden episode 18 2017, Carole and George have a tough job of taste testing the new super-sweet tomatoes and thin-skinned cucumbers in the tender veg polytunnel.     Jim visits Glasgow Botanic Gardens – now in their 200th year of existence – to see how the new young gardeners of Glasgow are being trained through a unique apprenticeship scheme. George is in his horticultural element as he visits Rosa Steppanova in Lea Garden at Tresta on Shetland. This extraordinary garden is 12 hours and 200 miles by sea from Beechgrove, and yet it is an astounding display

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