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The Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016

In Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016, leaves are falling in the garden but that's not necessarily a bad thing as Jim uses them to make lovely leaf mould. He also shows the steamy secrets of his new hot box composter. Carole makes her last visit to Mieke and family in rural Aberdeenshire where they are gardening on a budget and this week they learn how to shred material to make economical but pretty paths. [video width="960" height="540" mp4="https://video-clump.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Beechgrove-Garden-ep.25-2016.mp4"][/video]   Jim knows very well that gardening is good for you but this week it's especially so as he marks the 10th anniversary of Trellis, which is designed to support therapeutic gardening as he visits a really restorative nursery and garden, Solstice, in Banchory-Devenick. Beechgrove Garden episode 25 2016:   Overwintering vegetables A month ago Jim repeated a little exercise we did last year in the polytunnel – planting ove

Gardeners World episode 28 2017

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The beginning of October is a good time to plan for next year and Monty begins the process of taking out plants which are in the wrong place and either moving or dividing others. He also gives advice on making leaf mould from fallen leaves and how to use it. Frances Tophill helps a gardener whose plants are not thriving where they are planted, and Joe Swift visits a small garden full of great design tips. Nick Bailey meets a soil zoologist to find out about the abundance of life which lives under our feet. Adam Frost is on a community allotment in Manchester where growing food is providing solace and support to refugees, and we travel to Staffordshire to visit a cottage garden which has been planted with a particular emphasis on colour. In Gardeners World episode 28 2017:  1. Winter salads [caption id="attachment_1151" align="alignnone" width="300"] Winter salads[/caption] At Longmeadow, Monty would never be without his winter salads and the empty beds in