0:00:18 > 0:00:21Hello there and welcome to Beechgrove.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Back in the good weather again.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28I think by now most of Scotland must've been well irrigated. No more about the weather.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33Here we are in the fruit cage where, for the most part, everything is doing quite well.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Except that plum tree there!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39But there has been reports that plums didn't do well over winter.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43That certainly hasn't. It's handy as a coat hanger and little more.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The rest of the fruit is coming on nicely,
0:00:45 > 0:00:50in particular, soft fruit beginning to show the crop that we're going to get later on.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And they are looking good. I'm going to come back soon
0:00:53 > 0:00:57and do a bit of summer pruning, because there's a lot of growth.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02But they're looking clean because we're been spraying regularly with this garlic extract.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06No insecticides, no fungicides.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And, of course, the organic guys says if you've got beasties,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12put a bird feeder by the plants that have got the beasties.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17But not if you've got a fruit cage to keep the birds from the fruit!
0:01:17 > 0:01:21So we've taken that route and this seems to be working well.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Except where something, perhaps, has been newly planted.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28There's indications here that we've over-egged the pudding.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33We've got a new raspberry here called "Glen Fyne". Absolute cracker.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I've seen it growing at the James Hutton Institute -
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Scottish crop research down at Mylnefield - and it's a belter.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42But it hasn't moved since it was planted.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Compared, for example, with "Autumn Bliss", which has been there for a while and is well established.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52So we took a soil analysis, we sent it to James Hutton and we've got the answer, I think.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57We use a lot of mushroom compost in here, which tends to make the soil alkaline.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01The pH here is seven, give or take.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05That's quite high for soft fruit. They like an acid soil.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10But it's when one thing is not quite optimum that other things also may start to go wrong.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13We look at NPK - nitrogen, phosphate, potash,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15and magnesium in fruit.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20We find from the analysis that P, K and magnesium are high,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23nitrogen is uncharacteristically low.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Why? Well, I would argue that it's because
0:02:26 > 0:02:31the bacteria that are working on the mushroom compost are fuelled by the nitrogen
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and these plants are not able to get their share.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38The other point, of course, is why does it not happen with "Autumn Bliss"?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Well, these are established plants. So their roots, going away down in there,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45are much better buffered by the soil.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51This here is a little bit like feeding a six-week-old baby with chicken korma.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Got the message? You've got to be careful.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57So I think we might have to do a little bit of foliar feeding with nitrogen,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00just to see if we can get a bit more growth.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Whereas here, there's too much growth.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05What I'm here to do in this "Autumn Bliss"
0:03:05 > 0:03:08is to remove some of the cane growth.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12These fruit in September, October, when our days are shortening.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16They're getting cooler, there's a lot of moisture about and not a lot of sun,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and it's difficult to get the fruit to ripen.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22And it's often caused by the fact that the canes are overcrowded.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28So at this stage of the year, I'm going to go along and pick out canes that are weak and spindly
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and take them right down to ground level
0:03:31 > 0:03:35to allow the big ones to get all the growth that's going,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37all the good,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and produce decent crops that will ripen
0:03:39 > 0:03:41because they'll have room to develop.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Now, in the rest of the programme...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Today's a calm, splendid day,
0:03:48 > 0:03:53but, believe me, on this site, the wind can be ferocious!
0:03:55 > 0:03:57This week I'm visiting a garden
0:03:57 > 0:03:59that has a wonderful range of plants.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02From the more reliable pieris
0:04:02 > 0:04:05to the more unusual and tender aeoniums.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Well, the news from the potager this week
0:04:12 > 0:04:16is that we've got a few plants into our barrel greenhouse.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20And right on top here is a range of little tomato plants.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The variety, chosen by Lesley, is "Sweet 'N' Neat". And isn't it just a wee stoater?!
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And I think it'll do rather nicely there.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31One wee comment to make, I suppose, is that, because there are plants underneath,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33perhaps each of these pots should be in a tray
0:04:33 > 0:04:35so that we don't get drip.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Underneath, we put together a few bits and pieces. We've got aubergines and basil in here.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Basil does need protection, but there it is, looking quite good. We can start picking away at it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50And we put two larger plants in, a tomato plant and a cucumber,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55which gives you the perspective of exactly what is capable of being carried
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in this wee stoater of a greenhouse.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00On the outside, not a lot's changed since we were here last time,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03because plants are just beginning to get established.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05But the brocauli,
0:05:05 > 0:05:10which is a cross between broccoli and cauliflower, I assume,
0:05:10 > 0:05:14still looks like broccoli to me, is ready for its first cut.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Perhaps even before the day is out.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Then we get the side shoots coming and we'll get the same crop.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25We've got the runner beans in, this is "Celebration". That is just weather damage.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28It'll grow away as the weather gets warmer.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31The pea bean in this corner... Come back and look at that later.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34A staggering one for me that I haven't grown before
0:05:34 > 0:05:36is celtuce.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39This vegetable, lettuce, obviously, in it, and you can pick the leaves.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43It gradually, as it matures, comes up on a long stem
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and you can harvest the stem at the outset.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48But it's really liking it here. It's growing away nicely.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54A wee word about thinning... When you're thinning vegetables, we've got a little chicory in here,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58and what you want to do is to choose the plant you're going to keep,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02I'm going to keep that one there to give it more space,
0:06:02 > 0:06:07but I put my fingers round it to protect it as I pull these two out.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09OK?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The next one's got plenty room at the moment. It might go later.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15That one's got plenty room. We come up to this end.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Which plant are you going to keep? That one?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Pull that one out and you protect it and don't move it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Take that one out. And so you go through them all.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29I keep the best and take the weakest one, if there is, out,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31protecting the one you want to keep.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33And then, of course, all you're doing after that
0:06:33 > 0:06:37is just tickling up the ground, keeping it cultivated.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42That, by the way, is slug bait. We have a wee problem with them here.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I've come to Dollar, at the foot of the Ochils.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I know you can't see them, but they're literally behind those trees.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01The garden belongs to Rosemary and Bill Jarvis,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and I can tell straight away that Rosemary is a bit of a plantaholic.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08You've got some favourites, like the perennial wallflower,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11but she's also got some rare and unusual plants.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15For example, did you know that you could get a hosta this size?
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Rosemary, your borders are totally jam-packed full of plants.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26I hate bare soil. And it's got lots of advantages. No weeding, that's the best one.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And you end up with all sorts of things popping up all over
0:07:29 > 0:07:31from things that have seeded themselves,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34and you get lots of happy surprises.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39The yellow grass there is great. I didn't plant it, but it goes with the poppies and it looks great.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It really softens the stems of the rhododendron there. It's beautiful.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46What about your collection of Angel Trumpets? They're rather unusual.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50And very tender. You have to keep them in a heated greenhouse through winter.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54But they are gorgeous plants. I thought I'd lost them this year,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57but with anything that's frosted, you wait a bit and see,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and it's all sprouting again, which is great.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04You've got a trumpet there, sadly not quite out at the moment.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It does produce the most amazing trumpet.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10They have trumpets about that big and they smell absolutely fabulous at night.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15They're pollinated by moths. They attract them at night-time and the scent is gorgeous.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- So a good excuse to come out at night and have a look round! - Absolutely.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- You obviously love your hostas. - I'm a bit of a hosta freak. I've got loads of them all over.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28They're brilliant plants. They give really good ground cover.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The leaf colour is amazing. And they give lovely flowers.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36And they're quite adaptable to either moist soil or even dry soil.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I've got one that's seeded itself at the edge of the pond.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And your acer is stunning.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- And what I've just noticed is, it's actually in a pot.- Yes. It's been there for about 30 years.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I feed it every year, and it's in a place that suits it,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and it's doing very well. It's creeping all over the ground.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58One of the most important things is that it has shelter. You've found the perfect place for it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- They don't like wind too much. - It looks stunning.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16This is probably my favourite bit of the garden.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Two reasons - one, because I like the look of it,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21it was built by my son several years ago,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23but, secondly, I'm a biology teacher
0:09:23 > 0:09:28and I spend hours sitting on that rock over there just watching the life in the pond.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33You can obviously watch the wildlife because the water's lovely and clear. Do you treat it?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Yes. We UV filter it, which kills the little tiny algae which make the water green.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43- We probably shouldn't be doing that because it's a wildlife pond. - But it works for you, doesn't it?
0:09:43 > 0:09:48- I think I've spied a new plant. - That was from Gardening Scotland. I couldn't resist it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52It's a viburnum, which starts off pink,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55and as it progresses through the season, it goes white.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Just full of flower at the moment. - Yes.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00A couple of plants I'm interested in there in the corner...
0:10:00 > 0:10:05They're pitcher plants. People say, "You can't grow them in Scotland," but you can.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10It's been there for several years, including our two very hard winters.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- And flowering at the moment. - Yes. Really unusual flowers.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- What about the lime one? - That's a young plant. It's putting up its pitchers early.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Again, you wouldn't think it was hardy, but it's perfectly hardy.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24They're hardy, but any other conditions that they need?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Yes, they're bog plants, therefore they need a boggy area.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33The liner of the pond extends right to the end, so all these plants are growing in really very wet soil.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38You've got some gorgeous plants in amongst it. The rodgersias, with those beautiful leaves...
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- The golden grass... - I grow that all over the place.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44It ties the garden together.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48It's growing along the edge there. That's shade and not very wet,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50and yet it's full sun and very wet, so...
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- So a bit like the hostas, they're quite adaptable.- Yes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01We've been here for about 34 years.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- I bet it's changed an awful lot. - Ever so slightly.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09It was mostly grass when we arrived. We had a vegetable garden and a rockery.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11There was a wooden pergola instead of the metal one.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17What I have realised is, the garden is pretty sheltered. That must help with what you can grow.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19We're fairly high up so we shouldn't be able to,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23but there are so many trees, I can grow things you shouldn't be able to grow at all!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Back to the vegetable patch. The broad beans are looking healthy.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Yes. Pigeons don't like broad beans. They like everything else!
0:11:31 > 0:11:35And the pergola... I love the style of it, the width and the height.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39And the perfume must be amazing when the honeysuckle comes into flower.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44We've got honeysuckle at the far end and roses and clematis, and it's really lovely.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08What I also like about your garden is, it's fun.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Especially here, with the cloud pruning.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16The two of them were great big blobs of conifers and really taking up far too much space,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21and we'd been to China where we'd seen the cloud-pruned trees - absolutely gorgeous!
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Clouds wouldn't be appropriate, so I lollipop-pruned instead!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27And Bill, he's a bit creative in the garden?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32If it was left to him, this garden would be clipped and manicured, which isn't my style at all.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34He can do his thing along there.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- And what do you call that? - It's Bill's Folly!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- It's using a shrubby Lonicera. - And bits of wire.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- And he just, what, takes one of the long side branches and ties it all in?- That's right.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Lots of wire and lots of twisting. He never has a plan, it just comes.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Maybe we should have a folly at Beechgrove.- Absolutely!
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I've really enjoyed looking round.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59It's totally stunning. So much to look at. Thank you very much.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14In this garden, everything's growing in containers.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19For a lot of people, this might be the only way they can garden, so it's very special.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24It's important that everything looks good all year round because you're looking at it all year.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26It might be a little balcony or terrace.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31We've got a bit of maintenance to do, because in this pot, we've had spring-flowering bulbs
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and there were pansies that went in in the autumn.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37They are not going to flower again really very productively,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40so what I'm going to do is clear them out.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44This is in striking contrast to the pansies that went in in the spring.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47They are still blooming away and looking gorgeous.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I don't want to do anything to that pot at the moment.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53That's why I always keep a few spare pots -
0:13:53 > 0:13:56often your spring-planted bedding will be looking fine
0:13:56 > 0:13:58but you're ready to put some of the summer stuff out.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I want to make sure that we keep on having a real seasonal sparkle.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Final job with this back one is, when I've got all the pansies out,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08it's got bulbs in and I want to store that,
0:14:08 > 0:14:14so I'm going to tuck it somewhere, out of sight, because they will flower again in the spring.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17This Senetti has been an absolute star of the garden.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22It's already sort of started to finish flowering. It's still got some decent blooms on it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26What I want to do now is, cut back these long stems
0:14:26 > 0:14:31because you can see underneath it's already starting to produce new buds.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34It's a very, very hungry plant.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37What I want to do is give it a little boost.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41I'm going to give it these pellets - slow-release fertilizer.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I'm going to push these into the pot and this will help it to reflower.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It should do that by mid-summer.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Now, we have some permanent features in this garden.
0:14:50 > 0:14:56One of them is the table, which is really useful for potting on and eating out on, as well.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00And we do have some plants which are here all year round, providing structure.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05There's an apple tree, which is growing out along the wires, and the two buddleia.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08They came through the winter, which we're delighted about.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14We've got mint and sage, which, again, are nice herbs to use when you're cooking.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I popped some nasturtiums next to the apple tree.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23That's some nice companion planting because the nasturtiums give off a fragrance which distracts aphids.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26But I want to start popping in some things for summer colour.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I'm choosing two of my favourite plant families.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32One of them is diascia, known as the "twinspur",
0:15:32 > 0:15:38because behind each little flower, there are a pair of little horns or spurs.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The beauty of these is, they flower for ages and ages.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46You don't need to deadhead them and these will just tumble and froth over the side of the pots.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50This one is "Red Ace". This little pink one is called "Little Dancer".
0:15:50 > 0:15:56This is quite unusual for me because I don't particularly like orange, but this is "Little Tango".
0:15:56 > 0:16:00When you see how well the colour combines with the terracotta pot, I couldn't resist it.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03The other plant I'm going to put in are some nemesias.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06There are so many different varieties of these.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12And it has the same attributes as diascia because it flowers for ages and doesn't need deadheading.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15This is "Amelie", which is a very pretty lavender.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm going to pop three of those in here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22And then this one is from the "Berries and Cream" series. This is "Raspberry and Cream".
0:16:22 > 0:16:27So appropriately named. You can see the pinky-purple flower there with the bi-colour of white.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32I've got two osteos at the back, just to give us a bit of height.
0:16:32 > 0:16:38And then finally, in the corner, this is Nemesia "Aromatica". It's just got a gentle fragrance.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I just so like having something that gives a really good perfume
0:16:42 > 0:16:45just next to where I'm sitting out in the garden.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58I'm outside Morebattle today in the Scottish Borders, near Kelso.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01If you look behind me, there's some magnificent views here.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05If you come here to buy a plot of land on which you want to build a house,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08you will be absolutely entranced by the views.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12That's what happened to Virginia and Peter when they came to this site.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18What they forgot about was the fact that, on such a site, it is exposed.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23There is wind everywhere. You get wind shear, wind chills, wind blow, wind moulding,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25the whole lot.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Look what's happened to that tree. It's all to one side. So are some of the trees on the landscape.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33So, please, when you go to a new plot
0:17:33 > 0:17:35to look for somewhere to build a new house,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38look at the landscape round about you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45When we realised that there was a problem with the wind,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49we planted these trees here to try and make a shelter belt.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But some of them are actually growing too tall and too thin.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- All the shelter's up there, isn't it?- Yes.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- And you wanted it down here. - Some more down the bottom here.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- What size were these when you got them?- This size.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Quite tall. You want value for the money.- Yes.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Sometimes it's better to buy smaller plants where the branches all come from the base.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- I can make this one have branches from the bottom.- OK.- But do you know what I'm going to do?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- I should imagine cut quite a bit off it.- Quite a lot off the top.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Are you prepared for that? - That's fine.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I think we would cut it round about there.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Are you OK with this?- That's fine. - Quite sure?- Yes, quite sure.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- It's too late now!- Yes!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31What will happen now, we'll get more branches on the base,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35like the plant behind us, where we've got all these shoots coming out from the bottom.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47This is a pear tree, bought about three years ago.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51And I think the wind is seriously damaging this one.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- It's all over that way! - The shape's all gone over here. - Indeed, it's got a problem.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58This tree should be standing up like this.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04What we're going to have to do is pull it back, get it vertical, get a stake in it and tie it up.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Possibly three ties on a tall stake and make sure it's secure.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Because if I tried to pull this one back...
0:19:11 > 0:19:14See what's happening in the crotch down there?
0:19:14 > 0:19:19The whole thing is splitting. You get this split when the thing is pulled back.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22So that will have to come off round about there.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25We'll then trim in some of the side branches
0:19:25 > 0:19:30to make it more a columnar shape, rather than this wide sail effect.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44This was a thorn that we moved from the top of the garden,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48where it was too wet and windy and wasn't happy up there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50But it doesn't seem very happy here either.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56- So you've transplanted it. You dug it up from where it was established and brought it down here.- Yes.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01When you dug it, possibly you only retained 20 percent of the root system.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Sometimes it's less than that, no matter how careful you are.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08But you were careful to maintain and retain the whole of the top.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12So 100 percent at the top, only 20 percent at the bottom.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16- It's not a good balance, is it?- No! - What we need to do is redress that.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19We'll cut some of the shoots back, or maybe all of them back,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22because the root system hasn't the energy
0:20:22 > 0:20:25to push the water all the way to the ends of the shoots.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29So that's a good indicator of what we need to do.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34We've got to trim back these shoots so that we can get the whole thing back into balance.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Then it will take off and will very quickly make a decent tree.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- Sorted!- Thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59We've come down to the gooseberry bush in the fruit garden.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Now, this... Look at it. It's windswept, as well.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05It gets all this wind coming round the corner,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08it's just buffeting the whole thing into one direction.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12What we need to do with this is to start thinning it out
0:21:12 > 0:21:15so that there's not the same pressure of wind on it.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20There's some wonderful fruit. The thing obviously grows very well, because you've got great growth.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25What I'll do is, I will thin back some of these side shoots, OK?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Now, when you plant a gooseberry bush,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31what you've got is a straight stem, like that, which we call a leg,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and the branches radiate from around the top.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37What we're trying to do is to keep that clear leg
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and then trim each one of those branches, or prune them,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- so that we can get our hands round them to pick them.- Right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47That's like a barbed-wire entanglement!
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- You would never get out alive if you fell in!- No.
0:21:49 > 0:21:56We've nearly got that here, but, of course, the whole thing is, it's all over towards Kelso!
0:22:11 > 0:22:17Now, this conifer seems to sum up all the problems we've had here with wind, snow, frost.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- It's had the whole lot, hasn't it? - Yes.- It doesnae look happy!
0:22:20 > 0:22:26What we should do with this is, we've got this lovely skirt of growth coming from the base,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30we'll take out this dead bit and try and pull it together with string.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33So you've got these magic loppers,
0:22:33 > 0:22:38and just get in there and cut that one there. That's it.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40And then this big fella.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Can you manage that? It's quite a hefty cut.- Hefty.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46You're good at this!
0:22:46 > 0:22:50And now, all we need to do is to put the string on it,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52pull it up like that.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Look at that. There's nothing wrong with that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Right, Virginia, this delphinium doesn't know what it's doing!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03It's come out and then it's gone up. This is the wind, as well.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07The wind got there before I did, I'm afraid, and this is the result.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12And that's happened in quite a number of places in the garden, this terrible wind damage.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Now, I cannae stop the wind, I'm afraid!- Can't you?!- No,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20but I can do things, as you've seen, to help modify the effects of it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- I hope it's been helpful. - Wonderful. Thank you.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32I think George should go back to that problem corner next year and see what happens to that tree.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Lots of interesting things there. This is all about micro leaves.
0:23:36 > 0:23:42It's the latest thing, apart from your sprouting seeds. This is maybe the next stage.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45A lot of restaurants, lots of chefs really like to use these.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Really, it's a stage where you get the cotyledons, or the first true leaves.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53What a fantastic range. They're so colourful.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Aren't they just? These were started seven to ten days ago.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Yes. You know how people say,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02"I wish you came to my garden next week,"
0:24:02 > 0:24:05well, maybe I would like to see these a week further on.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- These were sown about ten days ago. - Yes.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The rocket's not doing too badly.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Do you want a taste? - I'll take a little bit.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The flavour's meant to be really intense. They're very nutritious.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- I'm going to try the mustard. - Oh, my goodness! That's incredible for such a small leaf.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- Is it quite intense? - Mm. But it's really, really nice.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Now, the mustard, I'm just getting a flavour now. To start off with, it's quite mild.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33And then suddenly, you get a real zing!
0:24:33 > 0:24:38What we'll do is, we'll let these grow on. It'll end up looking like a little box of cress.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- We can keep picking them. - You use a pair of scissors and you cut it across.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45It's a great idea and fairly easy to do.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50You can buy these packs of trays, they're not particularly expensive.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54And this kind of felt in the bottom is biodegradable,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56so you can put that on the compost heap.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58My mouth is still burning!
0:24:58 > 0:25:03But you could use any plastic tray as long as it doesn't have drainage holes.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06These are microwave trays, which I think are a good idea.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11And that is just using three layers of kitchen roll and just soak that with water.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14If you have to keep watering them,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18just put it in the corner, because that stops shifting the seed.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23You can do this on a windowsill, so you don't need a garden. It's a doddle to do.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- The children can do it. - Great idea for the children. - There's loads of seeds!
0:25:28 > 0:25:31You don't need a greenhouse. You just sprinkle these on.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36The other thing to remember is, if you've got the warmth, it's 12 months of the year...
0:25:36 > 0:25:41- Which one are you doing? I'm doing basil.- I am on to the mustard green thrills.
0:25:41 > 0:25:47- Frills, not thrills! - Well, it could be! If it's that hot, it could be very thrilling!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- And then you put the lid on. - That's right.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52What I would suggest, as well, remove that every day
0:25:52 > 0:25:54so you get a little bit of ventilation in there.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- As soon as they germinate, take them off.- Brilliant.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I'm about to sow some cornflower seeds.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05This flower has been adopted by Motor Neurone Disease as their emblem.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08We're entering their awareness week,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12so they'll be handing packets of seeds out all over in the next week or so.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17A trifle late for us to be sowing them here, but I'm about to do that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Just sowing it broadcast in this wee patch.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21When you do sow in broadcast,
0:26:21 > 0:26:27just keep your... keep your going steady, like so.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Spread them out. And then in, like that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32These will flower later in the summer.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37If you want to buy a second packet or give them another donation, hold on to it.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Sow it in September. They'll flower next year.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47But with a bit of luck, the cornflower is quite adaptable to our climate.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50It may seed itself and come up all over the place.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52What could be better? It's lovely.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56It must be two or three weeks now that we've been bedding out plants.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58We haven't had chance to look at this border.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- What's the theme?- The theme this time is the daisy border,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07or the fancy name is Compositae, because everything belongs to the Compositae family.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Quite interesting, as well. There's the blue ageratum,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13marigolds, bidens..
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Rudbeckias, which aren't in flower yet.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18What else have we got? The bidens, which is good for trailing over.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24I'm slightly limited because my choice this time was, maybe to save the gardeners a little bit of work,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27plants that you could buy from plug plants in catalogues.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31You're limited for height because of the width of the border.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35It's a very narrow border. But I think it'll be really colourful.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39The colour theme tends to be going for the whites, the yellows and the blues.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44- They're nice open flowers, so they're good for wildlife. - Absolutely right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Jim, look over there! - HE TUTS
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- I wish you hadn't mentioned it! - I'm glad you mentioned it!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55There's four lovely fronds there, and there's another one just coming up.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Good old tree fern.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- It's not very big for its age! - It's doing really well.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Did you get Scottish ones?
0:28:03 > 0:28:07If you'd like any more information, it's in the factsheet.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10You might want some information about those micro leaves,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14or the plants that Jim was putting in the barrel greenhouse.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17The easiest way to access the factsheet is online.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Next week, we'll be replanting the Mediterranean herb garden,
0:28:20 > 0:28:24and we're going to use some herbs which can cope with the Scottish climate!
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Oh, yes, yes, yes!
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I'm going to give everybody a warning, because next week we are letting MO Bacter out of the bag!
0:28:31 > 0:28:38- Scary!- This is the new material that eats moss! But what else will it eat?!
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Until we see you next week... ALL: Goodbye.
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