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The Beechgrove Garden episode 9 2016

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. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.9-2016.mp4"][/video]   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 week, Jim welcomed us to The Beechgrove Garden on a slightly overcast but calm day which was perfect for planting. Jim,Carole and Head Gardener, Brian Cunningham from Scone Palace were starting to plant up a new mini fruit orchard. Our decking border which is only just over 1m w

The Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2017

In the Beechgrove Garden, it's tomato time as Jim and Carole both start off their own tomato trials. Brian Cunningham is back at Beechgrove and he continues with the next phase of development for the alpine garden. George packs his loppers and cuts a dash to see Sheila Harper in Banchory. Sheila's garden boasts two old, unruly apple trees which George brings back down to earth. Jim is visiting the inspirational Firpark School in Motherwell and finds that horticulture is at the very root of the school's success. Firpark has 150 pupils with a range of additional support needs, and pupils learn to take produce from fork to fork and from garden to bistro. In Beechgrove Garden episode 7 2017:  1. Pruning Apple Trees Sheila Harper in Banchory is living in a rented property with two magnificent, old and unpruned apple trees which now crop way above her head. Once upon a time they were trained as espaliers. George thought that given the size of trunk and size of branches, they may

The Beechgrove Garden episode 3 2016

In this Beechgrove Garden episode 3 2016, the gardening magazine, Jim investigates digging. He grows two sets of vegetables side by side to compare how digging affects them. [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/The.Beechgrove.Garden.2016.S38E03.HDTVx264-JIVE.mp4" id="1213" src="" poster="" loop="false" autoplay="false" preload="metadata" videopress_guid=""][/video]   Brian Cunningham, head gardener of Scone Palace, is redesigning the alpine garden at Beechgrove, while George takes a tour of 19th-century Braco Castle garden with head gardener Jodie Simpson. In Beechgrove Garden episode 3 2016: This week at the Beechgrove Garden it was a typical spring day with a real mixed bag of weather. It’s been up to 15°C during the day and 6 °C at night in Jim’s own garden but in between times he has been scraping the ice off his car windscreen. Caro

The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2015

In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is observing different types of watering systems for tomatoes and this week he begins the feeding regime. Carole shows how to rejuvenate winter interest shrubs by pruning. George visits Jean Knox who has a hidden treasure of a garden in Hunter's Tryst in Edinburgh. This is a secret town garden packed with plants that are survivors.   [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bg-ep.11-2015.mp4"][/video]   Carole has alpine expert Ian Young with her in Beechgrove's own alpine garden. Ian shows how to take some pretty uninspiring materials normally discarded and turn them into a convincingly old stone-looking alpine troughs with rocky mini-mountain alpine landscapes that would grace any size of garden. In The Beechgrove Garden episode 11 2015:  1. Fruit House Jim was in the Fruit House, which he described as a temperate Fruit house, housing grape vines, a large cherry espalie