Apple Orchard Mr Bloom: Here and There

# Hello, my name is Mr Bloom and I'd like to come to see you soon

# I'm out on the road, you see, here and there, so that we

# Can get together and have some fun

# I'll help you out if there's work to be done

# So where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it too

# Cities, towns, the countryside I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there

# Here and there

# I'm here and there. #

Oh, hello there, Tiddlers. How are you tiddling?

Mr Bloom here and I like going out and about.

Yeah, I like going here and there and doing lots of fun things

and finding out about new places

and I've been wondering what you like to do where you live.

Perhaps you like to ride your bike in the park

or go for walks in the woods with your family?

ROUTE FINDER SOUNDS

Brilliant. Someone's got in touch. Shall we see who it is? Yeah.

I'm Beth and I like being outside with my family.

I like cycling with my brother and sister.

We go to lots of different places.

This is Callendar House and it looks like a fairy castle.

I also get to ride my bike to school.

Have fun now. Bye! Bye!

That's Callum and Amy.

Come visit us, Mr Bloom.

THEY CHEER

Sounds good to me. I'm on my way.

# Whereabouts will I end up next?

# Let's put my Route Finder to the test

# It could be a beach, a village or a city, museum or a school

# A garden so pretty a church or station, a river or town

# I just can't wait till you show me around

# Tiddlers, I'm on my way

# So where am I today? #

It keeps on coming out? Dig a little bit more then.

-Make it go in. I think yours is ready, Beth.

-Yes.

Right, carefully. Plant it in.

Hey, hello there, Tiddlers.

ALL: Hello, Mr Bloom!

It's nice to see you today. It's nice to see you, Beth.

-Thanks for inviting me. Now, are these all your friends?

-Yes.

-Can you introduce me?

-That's Lewis, Callum, Luca and Amy.

-And what have we got here, Tiddlers?

-The Butterfly Bed.

-The Butterfly Bed?

-Is this where all the butterflies come? Is that right?

-Yes.

-I see.

'Hey, look, the Route Finder's showing us

'some butterflies in action.'

Do you know why butterflies are important in the garden?

-They come and get the pollen.

-That's right.

Butterflies and bees are really helpful for the garden cos

they help pollinate the plants

so we get all sorts of things growing in the gardens.

It also means we get yummy fruit on the trees.

-Have you got any fruit growing here?

-Over there.

Ooh, I think we should take a look. Come on.

Ah, we've got some cracking fruit here, haven't we?

-Luca, what fruit have we got growing here?

-Strawberries.

-Strawberries?

Ooh, they're not quite ripe yet but they'll be nice when they are.

-What else have you got?

-Blueberries.

-Oh, yeah.

They're green now but they'll be blue when they're ripe

so we have to be patient, you see, because fruit can take time to grow.

And I can see something else here that isn't a fruit.

-What have we got, Beth?

-Lettuce.

-Some lovely lettuce.

Now, it's a nice day today,

nice and warm, so what do you think the plants would like?

-Water.

-Go on then, pick up those watering cans

and give them a nice drink. There we go.

Hey, good job, Beth.

That's just what they needed.

Now have you got any other fruit growing here, Lewis?

-Yeah, apples over in the orchard.

-You've got an orchard?

Well, Lewis, lead on!

-Wow, so this is your orchard, Tiddlers?

-ALL: Yes.

-Now, how many apple trees have we got here?

-ALL: Ten.

-Ten?

Let's count them. Here we go.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten.

You were right!

-But those in the middle, they're not apple trees, are they?

-No.

-What are they?

-Pears.

So, you've got two pear trees and ten apple trees.

-How many trees in total?

-12.

-12!

Come on, let's take a closer look.

These apples are still very young, aren't they?

You know, they've still got a lot of growing to do.

I heard there's somewhere near where we can find out about apples

-and how they grow. Do you know where it is?

-Callendar House.

Hey, you lead on. Let's go.

I've come to explore the gardens at Callendar House

with Beth, Amy and Luca.

Wow, Tiddlers, this is a proper gem of a garden, isn't it?

Hey, those people,

they must have a great view of this garden from their windows.

-Hey, Beth, who's this?

-It's Mrs Miller.

-She tells us about the apple trees.

-It's nice to meet you, Mrs Miller.

Hello, Mr Bloom.

Now, you've got apple trees growing all over the place.

We have apple trees growing up a pole.

This one's a Galloway Pippin.

It'll grow to a lovely, big, juicy, tasty apple.

-You made the most of the space, didn't you?

-We did indeed.

We even have a tree that's growing against a wall

and, would you believe, we've got

one low down that we call a step-over.

Oh, yeah, Luca's taking a closer look.

So, Tiddlers, what do you think of these apples?

-Are they ready to pick?

-ALL: No.

-No, of course not.

-Isn't that right, Mrs Miller?

-That's right, Mr Bloom.

They're not ready to pick yet.

We've got two nice big ones and three little ones, so we're going

to take off the little apples to let the big apples grow more.

Hey, that sounds clever. Is there a special name for that?

-We call it thinning out the apples.

-Right, so what do you reckon?

-Shall we thin out the apples?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Yes, come on then.

-Hey, good work, Amy.

-Let's take off the little ones.

So, now you've taken these little apples,

-what's going to happen to the rest?

-They're going to start growing.

Yeah, they'll grow bigger and bigger and bigger.

-When they are ready, do you know how they're picked?

-No.

-No?

ROUTE FINDER SOUNDS

Ooh, ay-up! I think the Route Finder wants to show us.

There are lots of different types of apples.

Some are red, some are green and some are red AND green.

When apples are big and ripe, it's time for them to be picked.

They can be plucked by hand

or a machine can shake them loose.

Look, it's raining apples!

The juice from these apples is used to make drinks.

The hand-picked apples are then washed and packed,

ready for the shops.

Now, Tiddlers, I know something rather exciting about apples.

If you get an apple, you cut it in half across its middle,

-you get a...

-ALL: Star!

That's right. It's a star. We've got a star shape.

What do you think those are in the middle, the brown things?

-ALL: Seeds.

-They're seeds. They're also known as pips.

An apple pip was planted in this pot one year ago and, look,

an apple tree has started to grow.

A little tree like this is called a sapling.

-It's still got a lot of growing to do...

-ALL: Yes.

..before it turns into a big apple tree.

-Tiddlers, would you like to plant some pips?

-ALL: Yes!

Yeah, let's plant some apple pips. Hold out your hands like that.

That's it. Luca, I'll give you a pip there.

Amy, if you take the finger on your other hand, make a little

wiggly hole in your pot, that's it, and then pop the pip in there.

Then cover it over.

Oh, hello, Mrs Miller. What have we got here?

-We've got a little crab apple, Mr Bloom.

-Oh, an apple sapling.

-And how old is it?

-Three years old now.

-Three years old.

Oh, so this is a little Tiddler tree, isn't it?

Tiddlers, why don't you get this planted here

and then the visitors to the garden will be able to enjoy it

for years to come?

Go on, you get stuck in there.

Whilst you're doing that, I'm going to have a look at the kitchens

in Callendar House.

As well as the gardens,

in here we can see what a kitchen looked like almost 200 years ago.

-Oh, who's this?

-Oh, hello.

I'm the cook here at Callendar House and I have a pie ready for you

and the children.

Wow, look, a lovely pie!

I wonder, can you guess what's in this pie?

Have a look at the shape. Yeah.

It's an apple pie!

And this pie is cooled down and ready for you to take to the children.

-Wow, it's ready to eat! Thank you.

-Welcome.

Hey, well done, Tiddlers.

That sapling looks great and I think it's going to grow nice and strong,

just like all of you.

I hope you've washed your hands

because I have got a special treat for you. Look at this.

-Delicious apple pie.

-Wow! Doesn't that look good?

Because of you, Mrs Miller, and all of you, Tiddlers,

we've now seen what happens when you go from pip to pie.

Tuck in!

-Oh, that pie was the business, wasn't it?

-It was.

Well, thank you for inviting me here today, Beth.

I've had a cracking time but it's time I went so join me soon

-when I'll be...

-ALL: Here and there!

-Bye!

-Bye!

# Where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all abouts and everywhere

# I'm here and there. #