Collecting Seeds Mr Bloom's Nursery

There is a place

Not far from here

I'm sure you know it

It's ever so near

Come down the path

And you will see

A little gate

To Mr Bloom's Nursery!

Hello!

# This is my allotment

# There's such a lot to see

# With my Compostarium

# There is no place I'd rather be

# Have you been here before or not?

# Let me show you what I've got

# A spade, a fork and my wheelbarrow

# Cabbage, runner beans Tomatoes and a marrow

# A watering can A trowel, some seeds

# Radish, lettuce A couple of weeds

# With my veg and plants

# I can sing and dance

# See them sprout Watch them grow

# Pop along and say hello

# There's so much they can teach us all

# We'll laugh and learn We'll have a ball

# It's such a special place to be

# In my veggie nursery. #

Are the tiddlers here, yet?

No, but don't worry, Compo will tell us when they're on their way.

-Won't you, Compo?

-COMPO WHISTLES

Vroom! Scooter Bean!

Has Colin been on his scooter all day?

He has. You see, his Uncle Harry is the world-famous stunt bean.

Stunt bean! Vroom!

What's a stunt bean?

A stunt bean does all the fantastic jumps and daring deeds in films.

Harry Cobean was in the last Captain Asparagus film.

Wow! What did he do?

Harry Cobean got his scooter to jump over a whole marrow.

Oh, like that one?

Oh!

Oh!

Ooh!

Vroom, vroom! Uncle Harry Cobean!

Colin, no! He's going to do the scene from the film!

-No, Colin, no!

-It's too dangerous, Colin!

What's going on? I must've drifted off, there.

Oh, heh-heh! See you.

Oh, what a relief!

-You keep that scooter on the ground, Colin.

-Sorry.

COMPO WHISTLES

-Great, the tiddlers are here.

-Yay!

Oh, what can you see?

-Mr Bloom's sitting at the table.

-Oh!

Ey-up, Hannah.

-Oh, Maryam and Muhammad. How you all doing, you all right?

-Yeah.

Well, my green-fingered growers, I've got a question for you.

Who can tell me what plant this is?

ALL: Tomatoes.

Right, there's tomatoes growing on it

so that means it's a tomato plant. Look at those great big, red clues.

-They're ready.

-They are, ready for picking.

But those are not.

No, the green ones are still growing.

So, today, we're going to plant

some more tomato plants because I want even more tomatoes.

So, what do we need to put everything in?

-One of these.

-And what are they?

They're...pots.

So you've got your pots.

So why don't you grab a handful of compost

and pop it in your pot.

-Oh, is it nice and mucky?

-Yep!

-Hey, good.

That's it, get your hands in there.

That's it, Muhammad. Great, big handful.

A bit more for you, please, Hannah.

All right, then, pots down, on the table.

OK, now we've got our pots full of compost,

all we need to do is give it a water. Oh, wait a minute...

hold your horseradishes. I've forgotten something

What do we need to do if we want a great big tomato plant to grow?

Ask the soil for a tomato plant?

"Mr Soil, can we have a tomato plant, please?"

-Will that do it?

-No!

No. What if I get a picture of a tomato, I pop it in the ground -

-will that grow us a tomato plant?

-No!

-No.

So, what do we need to put in the ground to grow us a tomato plant?

Tomato seeds!

Well, we best go find some.

Come on, tiddlers. Follow me.

-Right then, tiddlers, can we see any seeds on this tomato plant?

-No.

No, I can't see any seeds.

Let's pick some tomatoes and have a look inside.

-You can pop them in this bowl, here. Can you help me?

-Yeah.

There's a big one.

-Have you got some, Hannah?

-I've got three.

Hey, good picking, Muhammad. Can you see any left, Hannah?

Oh, I think I've found some, here.

Well done, tiddlers. That's brilliant collecting. Come on.

-Right then, tiddlers, can you see a tomato seed anywhere?

-No.

No, there's none round the back either.

That's because they're inside.

So I think we should chop this fellow open.

Right, here we go.

Oh, hey!

-Can you see all the little seeds?

-Yeah.

There they are, like a big smile. Ho-ho!

I'll scoop these seeds out and pop them in this bowl,

so we can take a closer look.

Come on, my seeds. Oh, they're very squelchy.

In they go.

There's lots of them.

They're so tiny.

They are, they're teeny, tiny seeds.

And they're all hidden away.

So, that's where tomato plants come from - these tomato seeds.

If we plant these tomato seeds then all of these tomatoes

will have lots of cousins because they're from the same little family.

BELLS JINGLE

All right, Compo, we heard you.

COMPO GURGLES

Come on. It's feeding time.

# Grass and weeds and leaves from trees

# Thistles that prickle and petals that tickle

# Brown stuff, green stuff Sticky stuff, icky stuff

# Crunchy bits, munchy bits Snappy bits, sappy bits

# Yesterday's yums Chopping board crumbs

# It's not fussy what's in its tum

-# My awesome Compostarium! #

-BELL TINGS

ALL: It's full! Hooray!

Watch this, tiddlers.

-It's time to meet the veggies. You coming?

-Yeah.

-# Meet the veggies

-We're the veggies

# They grow here in my nursery

-# Meet the veggies

-We're the veggies

# Now who've we got today? Let's see

-# There's Margaret the cabbage

-Peep-oh!

-# Raymond the squash

-I love cuddles, you know

# And Sebastian's a singing aubergine

# La-la-la-la, mi-mi-mi-mi-mi

# Nice!

-# Meet the veggies

-# We're the veggies

# They grow here in my nursery Meet the veggies

# We're the veggies

# And that's not all Oh, no, sirree

-# There's Colin the runner bean

-I'm speedy

# The Wee MacGregors Oh, so cheeky!

# And I'm a beautiful fennel called Joan

# Hello, my dear Haven't you grown

# Don't forget the onions Potatoes and peas

# Cos we provide the harmonies

-# Meet the veggies

-We're the veggies

# Oh, they grow here in my nursery

-# Meet the veggies

-We're the veggies

-# And we love Mr Bloom

-That's me! #

VEGGIES CHAT QUIETLY

-All dry. Let's go see the veggies, eh?

-OK.

It's Mr Bloom. Mr Bloom is here.

So I am.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

-Hello, Mr Bloom. Hello, tiddlers.

Hello.

Aw, look at you lot, all smiley and pleased to see me.

Wait a minute...what's happened to my flower pot?

Flower pot, Mr Bloom? Eh, what flower pot?

My very big and special flower pot, Joan.

The one I told you not to play with? Were you playing with it, Joan?

O-o-o-oh!

Sorry, Mr Bloom!

We were all playing with it and it fell over. Oh!

Hey, it's OK, Raymond. Oh, dear.

Maryam, can you give Raymond a little cuddle?

-It's all right, Raymond.

-Oh, thank you, Maryam.

Sad bean!

What, sad, Colin? Why you sad?

No scooter bean.

(No scooter?) Oh!

Rake my radishes! Your scooter's stuck

underneath the flower pot.

Do you see why I told you not to play with this very big flower pot?

Yeah, sorry, bean.

Oh, poor old Colin. Hannah, can you pop up there, give Colin a cuddle?

-Try and make him feel better.

-It's all right, Colin.

Aw, well done, Hannah.

Hey, tiddlers, have you ever played with anything

when you're not supposed to?

I've been on my skates indoors and I broke a table.

Muhammad, have you broken something?

I was drinking a glass and then it just slipped out of my hand

-and broke.

-Aw.

-Look, here come the Wee MacGregors.

-Hee-hee. Whoo!

What are they doing?

-Trying to pick your pot up?

-Is that right?

-Aye!

Well let's count them down. Here we go...

three...two...one...heave!

WEE MACGREGORS STRAIN

Oh, oh, no.

COMPO WHISTLES

Muhammad, why don't you see what Compo's got for us?

That's odd. Veggies, do you know what these are?

-Oh, a game!

-Right, OK, erm...is it a hat?

-No, it's not a hat, Raymond.

-I think I know.

What do you think, tiddlers?

It's like a music thing.

That's right, Maryam, it is a musical instrument.

They're called the bagpipes.

These are mini bagpipes.

I know someone who can play them.

-The cheeky Wee MacGregors.

-That's right, Muhammad.

Here you go, MacGregors. Strike up a tune.

BAGPIPE MUSIC

Oh, no! I can hear wasps. Help! He-e-elp!

No, that's not the sound of wasps.

That's the sound of the bagpipes.

This is all very well but this is hardly the time for music.

Dancing bean!

What is going on, Mr Bloom?

The Wee MacGregors are calling the clan,

cos they're part of one big radish family.

They live up in Scotland.

When they hear the bagpipes, they'll come down and lend a hand.

With more of the MacGregor family,

they'll be able to shift this pot.

Family? I don't understand.

They're all radishes that have come from the same plant.

Let me show you.

COMPO WHISTLES

Come here, tiddlers,

-and we can see pictures of the MacGregors' family.

-Yay!

Oh, there they are. Do you know where that is?

-Scotland?

-Oh, well done, Muhammad. That's Edinburgh Castle.

Oh, and look, it's all the MacGregors by a loch.

What's that in the background?

-Eh, a whale?

-A dinosaur?

-A shark?

-A whale, a dinosaur, a shark?

-Oooh, nobody knows.

-Ooooh!

Look, those MacGregors are with the pipers.

I bet with all those bagpipes they're making a lot of noise.

I do love looking at pictures of people's families.

Oh! Look! Now, this is Grandpa MacGregor. Oooooh!

All the MacGregors come from seeds from that

big mummy-radish plant.

-Can you see her down in the corner?

-Yeah.

Can you see the seed pods, where the seeds come from?

Those big, round things?

That's right. Those seed pods open and the seeds come out.

And everyone of those seeds becomes a MacGregor radish.

There, lot's of radishes all growing in the ground.

-Are these the Wee MacGregors?

-Those are Wee MacGregors.

MacGregor radishes.

So that's why there are so many MacGregors.

That's right, and when the Scottish MacGregors hear the bagpipes,

they'll come down here and help us move this big flower pot.

-Hey, how about we all pretend to be bagpipes?

-Yeah!

We'll be the bagpipe orchestra - I'll conduct.

THEY MAKE BAGPIPE NOISES

Very nice, Raymond. Little bit louder.

That's enough.

I think it might have worked.

Hey, look, it's the MacGregors!

And look, it's Grandpa MacGregor too. Hello!

Are you here to help move this big flower pot

-and rescue Colin's scooter?

-Aye!

Brilliant, we'll all count you down.

After three. Three...two...one...heave!

-Heave!

-Heave!

-Come on! That's it!

Almost there. Heave!

-Hooray!

-Hurrah!

-Yeah!

-Well done, MacGregors, you did it.

-Hey, hey! Hey, hey!

Scooter bean.

Of course. Hannah, can you get Colin's scooter?

-Give it back to him.

-Sure.

-Oh, thank you.

-Aw, thank you, Hannah.

-All done.

Scooter bean! Wee, hee-hee!

Scooter bean!

Wow, he's fast!

Hello, Sebastian. Have you ever played the bagpipes?

No, I never seem to have enough puff. I prefer to sing.

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. #

Oh, very nice. Could we have a song, then?

But of course. Let's go.

# The Wee MacGregors look A lot like their Grandpa

# We found there's lots of seeds That all come from the same plant

# We've all got family trees Each and every one

# So I think that we deserve To sing and dance and have some fun

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la-la

# La, la-la, la-la-la

# We've had a busy day How the time flies

# So now you veggies must be Bedded down for the night. #

Come on, Margaret, Colin, Raymond, Joan and Sebastian.

Hey, settle down, you cheeky Wee MacGregors. It's time for bed.

Night-night.

-Aw, thank you, Hannah, night-night.

-Night-night, Maryam.

-Night-night.

# Night-night, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# And listen to my gentle tune

# Night-night, veggies

# Sleep tight, veggies

# We'll see you again soon. #

THEY SNORE

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