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Factsheet 12 is now available 14th June 2012
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  • This Week's Programme
  • On this week's programme
  • On our next programme
  • Beechgrove is now on Twitter and Facebook
  • Greetings.



    The factsheet is now available.


    Best wishes - The Beechgrove Garden Team.

    This Week's Programme
    Watering Can

    This week's programme is on Thursday 14th June at 7.30pm BBC2 Scotland or Sky Channel 990

    And repeated on Sunday 17th June at 4.30pm
    BBC2 Scotland or Sky Channel 990

    Also available on iPlayer - www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

    On this week's programme
    Basket

    Thursday 14th June, BBC 2, 7.30 pm.

    In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is surrounded by the promise of a bumper crop of tomatoes this year as he takes a look at his favourite variety, Shirley, growing in Growbags as well as starting off a range of bush tomatoes to put a big T in his BLT.

    Jim also takes a look at the lawn to see if the early hollow tyning and moss treatment has made our lawn, fairway fair, golf green good or still in the rough.

    Pests, diseases, problems - the team answer an in box full of viewers gardening questions.

    Beechgrove helped the coastal community of Johnshaven start their community garden along the disused railway line in 2002 and now 10 years on, the volunteers are a bit overwhelmed by the growth of their garden. Carole gets her sleeves rolled up with a squad of Johnshaven volunteers get to work restoring their lovely garden.

    George visits Mertoun Garden in St Boswells, Roxburghshire widely recognised as a fine example of traditional gardening at its best. It is a three-acre walled vegetable garden with 21 acres of landscaped lawns, herbaceous borders and an arboretum packed with rare species, including trees dating from the mid 1800s.

    On our next programme
    Tools

    Thursday 21st June BBC2

    On the longest day of the year, Jim has already been harvesting strawberries for 3 weeks but warns to be vigilant for pests and diseases and tells us how to deal with them if we find them.

    Meanwhile, it's apples and pears with George in the orchard.

    Carole shows how to sow easy-to-grow houseplants from seed.

    George is blue in Branklyn Gardens in Perth - revelling in the beautiful blue poppy national collection.

    Beechgrove is now on Twitter and Facebook

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