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Factsheet 13 is now available 21st 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 21st June at 7.30pm BBC2 Scotland or Sky Channel 990

    And repeated on Sunday 24th June at 4.15pm
    on BBC1 Scotland or Sky Channel 971

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

    On this week's programme
    Basket

    Thursday 21st June, BBC 2, 7.30 pm.

    On the longest day of the year, Jim and George are in the fruit house where we have already been harvesting strawberries for 3 weeks. Jim attends to the grape vines while George devastates the poor fig. Later Jim and George examine good news and bad news in the orchard where the blueberries are happy and the plums are not.

    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.

    On our next programme
    Tools

    Thursday 12th June BBC2

    Please note that we are off air for 2 weeks to make way for the Wimbledon coverage. But when we are back, here's what's in store for you:

    In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim takes a look at the triffid tomatoes that are taking over in the greenhouse and later in the main veg plot has a look at why our French Beans are so poor this year.

    Carole is in the decking garden where all the produce is in pots and containers and demonstrates just how much can be grown to eat in a very small space. Carole tops up her tatties in bags and will be adding some colour with a new range of trailing clematis for hanging baskets.

    George is solving a few problems with Rosie Creyke in North Berwick. Rosie is an aspiring gardener who moved to her cottage 2 years ago. The problem is an area of her garden that is pretty much all builders' rubble and to add to that, a large damson tree creates shade over the entire area. Rosie wants to make this area look good as she can see it from the house but it's a daunting task for a relatively new gardener. George and Rosie will clear area, rebuild drystane walls and plant selected plants for all year round colour and for dry shade as well as prune back that big old damson. All in time for tea.

    Jim visits the picturesque, award winning conservation village of Fordyce. It's a village of only 150 people and yet on the 22nd of July the village opens no fewer than 12 of its gardens to the public. Jim visits the village in preparation for the event and sees as many beautiful gardens as he can in a day.

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