Episode 26 The Beechgrove Garden

this is where I grew cucumbers.

that we tried.

But what we need to do now,

we should cut back this plant.

but we'll have more about that and stored like dahlias,

in the next couple of weeks.

make it into a new garden, started to recreate this area,

They then decided that this garden On a lovely autumnal sunny day of grasses and gravel.

Indeed, they spent a year in limbo, and then moved here? Yes.

There are then local connections, or is known to thrive locally.

our next piece from Miss Baxter.

in the lovely historical town I'm in the Cromarty Firth,

by fishing,

Ken and Kristina Dupar Behind this wall,

and more recently to supply fruit and vegetables

but also the ships that anchored of Cromarty

of rack and ruin. It did indeed.

after the 1950s

the garden fell into ruin, as well,

early 1990s and we bought the house,

So, completely flat? and agricultural grass at one level.

so I need to find him.

What's the variety?

because it was planted in 1904

Then it was about a whole century That was way back in 1873.

this was growing all the time,

because there's an eco-balance,

there's also a predator.

So, can I ask you, what's happening here.

The Discovery here,

the Ribston Pippin.

it has such a good taste,

But I know that in this garden, good year for apples. Yes.

This is delicious. Quite a tang that have come in.

We can usually tell how good the Well, we have a lot!

ends up in our freezer

and an apple and maple traybake

with treacle icing.

I think we should have a toast And even Christmas decorations! Yes!

We're growing cabbages here, do something about the spacing.

What I'm saying again, don't let them get too big.

when they're just that size

and it's name is 'Christmas'.

just across the way.

of the season

It went down with blight and I'm told on good authority but has produced a wonderful crop,

I don't profess to be to bring indoors and put into vases.

Now, this cutting garden rubbed off onto me!

there's shrubs, roses and climbers,

there's varieties

and pick the flowers

This tall one has all the whites, into colour combinations.

this is a vase that Lesley gave me,

and I think she would approve and purples in there

when you've got one or two flowers -

And of course, this time of year, are coming to the fore,

In your garden, there's probably with some lovely red foliage,

So before the weather changes with orange berries.

to the productive garden.

for opportunities.

well worth including a beautiful species rose,

their seeds all over the place,

and sow them where you want them.

to harvest is certainly Rosa rugosa.

with enough seedlings

around the garden,

well worth collecting, from being ripe.

about a week before I come back perennials, Digitalis parviflora,

the seed housing the old flower,

You can see what happens If you want a bit more control over all the seeds come gushing out.

and every couple of days hang that somewhere cool but dry

throw the housing away.

to break germination.

any member of the pea family,

and then germination will follow.

One is to just pop the seeds into

put a lid on, and then water will be able and it will erode the seed coat,

which you have to take off, with a wonderful fleshy coat,

has a chemical inhibitor

and then whatever seeds you've got, fish the seeds out, dry them

Pop them into a paper envelope, is just perfect in spring.

I just want to have a look at it for winter, or protecting for winter,

The foliage itself against the chives.

and if you don't pick that,

we put them within a pot or some of the plants,

just to give it the Barrel Greenhouse,

because we've had a huge problem with

Some people actually leave them out a lovely little penstemon.

give me a wonderful display

quite a lot of stuff now.

We want to keep the corns.

until the foliage dies back

Well, when we cut them back,

standing on the floor like that.

and we want to save the tubers each one against the other,

the excess moisture drain out

a little compost over the top

that so many of these half-hardy it grieves me to say

these gorgeous flowers.

This is what I wanted to show you.

You can treat them quite roughly.

but keep them frost-free and of the greenhouse, a bit of light,

You can see how far I've cut them with the little begonias.

Look at that even now, They're absolutely divine.

to the elements,

Either put them onto gravel, a few things. Firstly, good drainage.

that you have good drainage.

And then finally, This is ideal, by the potting shed.

and I'm sure this will now with bubble-wrap polythene

even though this plant really cold temperatures,

So we start off with a cylinder here minus 20.

That still lets it breath, Then I wrap it with fleece.

Well, that's the end of the summer But they're coming into a nice place, isn't it?

But I tell you what, this has been ALL: Cheers. Cheers.

No sloes on the hedgerow at all no sloes on the hedgerows.

7.5 kilos. What's your secret, then? competition. This is the winner.

did you? A little bit of bribery!

We appear on television, a huge effort. Fantastic team.

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