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The Beechgrove Garden 2025 episode 25
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00:00Hello and welcome to Beech Rove Garden.
00:17And we're in what's going to be our new plot.
00:19It's going to be dedicated to our colleague Jim McCall.
00:22Last week I was up here and we were planting up some shrubs with Lizzie,
00:26including this beller. This is Asa Ozakazuki.
00:29It's going to be a wonderful plant.
00:31But this week we're going to stick a few bulbs underneath it.
00:34Yeah, and this time of year it's the perfect time to get the bulbs in.
00:37So what we've got is a miniature daffodil.
00:39So Narcissi, Cyclamenianus, Little Emma.
00:42And we're going to be planting them in threes and fives
00:45so that they look natural and naturalised through the space.
00:48And the great thing about this little daffodil is it'll seed around too.
00:53So once we put it in, it's going to come up for years to come.
00:56Yeah, and if you're never sure about the depth,
00:58well the planting instructions are usually on the back of the packet,
01:00but twice the size of the bulb.
01:02Now I've also got a lovely variety here called Elka
01:06that we're going to put it around the ground and it's lovely and lemon.
01:08So I'm looking forward to it. I've never seen that one before.
01:11That'll be really nice.
01:12Next week we're going to be back up in this area with the whole team
01:15and we're going to be planting up with some heathers in the open spaces.
01:18But for now, here's what's on the rest of the programme.
01:21After a sunny summer, there's an update from George and Sunny Joppa.
01:26At Beach Grove, there's mulch to talk about.
01:32And planning for 2026, time to sow your sweet peas.
01:38So Brian, we're in the pond this week.
01:44I know. And I tell you what, we've chosen a good day for it.
01:47I'm glad it's sunny. I'd hate to be in here if it was cold and wet and windy.
01:51Oh, I love it in here. It's really nice.
01:54Well, we've got some lovely water lilies already in here
01:57and you can see the nice dragonflies enjoying them.
02:00But this is a water lily we've taken from the Silver Garden
02:03and we're going to be transplanting it in here
02:05because we're going to drain that pond.
02:06So we're going to save these water lilies.
02:08Yeah, and do you know what? It's just like transplanting any tree or shrub.
02:11You want to re-put it back in the ground or in the water in this case
02:14at the same depth you pulled it out.
02:16So water lilies are somewhere in between the one and the three foot.
02:19This is round about 50 centimetres and that's what we're going to put it back in there.
02:23And we've got it in aquatic pots and aquatic compost.
02:27So aquatic pots are just pots that have lots of holes in them,
02:30allow the water and the oxygen to move through.
02:33And then the aquatic plant compost that we use is just, it's kind of loam based.
02:38It's not going to float away, but you might want to put a wee bit of gravel on the top.
02:41So I'm just going to lower this one in. But what are you up to?
02:45Yeah, well, I'm doing a wee bit of maintenance
02:48because ponds are amazing. Do you know what?
02:50I think every garden should have some sort of water feature in them.
02:53It can give you a wee bit of peace, tranquility.
02:55We've got a cracking little waterfall and that brings a wee bit of drama.
02:59But, you know, look at the water levels this year.
03:01We've not had it on this year because there's just, there's been so little rain.
03:04You can see just where we're at.
03:06You can see the liner, can't you, all the way round?
03:08But, you know, standing here, you mentioned the dragonflies.
03:11I can see all the wasps that are in the lilies there getting a wee drink.
03:15And, you know, you're right about the lilies as well.
03:18We're looking for that coverage to get a nice healthy pond, about 50-50.
03:21Because then, like I'm having to do here, I'm having to do a bit of cleaning.
03:25Algae.
03:26And the plants help reduce that amount of algae.
03:28But what we've got here is blanket weed and duckweed.
03:31So if we don't do a wee bit of maintenance now, it can really get congested and sort of clog the whole pond.
03:36So you're just using a rake to put that out onto the side.
03:39And it's amazing what you can scoop up.
03:41So I know we're looking for the baddies, but actually there might be some wildlife in there.
03:45So when you're designing any sort of pond, you should just make a wee sort of shallow ramp at one end.
03:51And that allows, with any wildlife that's coming in for a wee drink, sort of safe access and egress as well.
03:56So that could be like frogs and noots and things that are able to just come back into the pond.
04:00Yep, so we'll leave it there for a couple of days.
04:02Anything that's in that heap can make its way back into the pond.
04:05And I suppose if you let that dry out over a few days and in that location,
04:09you could then eventually put this onto your compost heap.
04:12Don't you see why not?
04:13It's a good organic matter, isn't it?
04:15Well, I'm really looking forward to these additional water lilies next summer flowering away
04:20and I think it'll be a nice addition to the pond.
04:30We're in a part of the garden called the Garden for Wildlife.
04:35This is a collection of plants, log piles and other practices that benefit the garden's ecosystem.
04:42Now, after a bit of tree work over the winter, well, we're in here in spring planting up a few shrubs
04:48that are going to provide pollen, they're going to provide nectar for the pollinating insects in springtime
04:54but later on going to produce a food source and its berries round about the autumn time.
04:59Now, the lavender and the erica, they're all establishing well after being planted.
05:04And at my feet here, we've got the wonderful Berberus rose glow.
05:09And after being in the ground for a few months, you're starting to see the wee marbling effect
05:13that we're getting on the foliage.
05:15And I think that's important in a wildlife garden.
05:18I want my garden to be interesting for me as well as beneficial to the wildlife.
05:22So they're going to get to enjoy the red fruits as much as I'm going to get to enjoy the foliage
05:26as this plant over the summer months.
05:29But today we're going to focus on some trees for our wildlife garden.
05:33And in particular, some crab apples.
05:36Now we've got a couple of cracking specimens here.
05:38We've got golden hornet.
05:40This with its yellow apples.
05:42And we've also got the lovely red berried.
05:44And this one's called sun rival.
05:47They're a relative to our eating apple.
05:49But we mostly grow them for these decorative fruits at this time of year
05:53that can come in yellows, oranges and reds.
05:56But of course, in the springtime, they have the beautiful white flowers,
06:00which once again is going to benefit those early pollinating insects that are going around.
06:05Now if you go back to episode eight, you're going to see a wonderful demonstration on how to plant trees and shrubs.
06:11But today I'm going to focus on the all-important aftercare.
06:15It was key anyway that, you know, after a challenging year that we've had this summer,
06:20we've been so dry, I think it's even more important that we get this aftercare just right.
06:25So once your tree's in the ground, the first thing you want to do is give it a good water.
06:32You can see by the colour of the soil just how light and brown it is.
06:39And don't just focus directly around the base of the plant.
06:44You're kind of looking at round about a 1.5 metre area that we're going to cover here.
06:51And give it a right good soak. So that's virtually the whole watering can already.
06:55Now this 1.5 metre area is actually very, very important because we want to keep that weed free.
07:04Any weeds that come in there, any grasses, they're going to be competing for the nutrients and the moisture.
07:09So we want to keep that clean. So you might need to get in there with a hand fork.
07:13Try and avoid using any power tools like strimmers, et cetera, because you have every chance of damaging the tree,
07:19even though you're doing your best to be careful.
07:22And of course, if there's one job I could always recommend that a gardener does,
07:26is put down a layer of mulch.
07:28Now this is some of our own garden waste that we've produced here at Beechgrove.
07:35And again, what we're looking for is about a 10 centimetre layer.
07:39It could be a wee bit of extra thick with the tree here.
07:47And this is going to do a couple of things for us.
07:50So when we put the mulch down in the springtime, after we've given it a good drink,
07:55you can see how it's now trapping the moisture in place.
07:59So that'll help reduce the times in between these all-important waterings.
08:04But when we're planting our trees at this time of year, in the autumn,
08:08this is actually going to act as an insulation layer that's going to keep that soil a wee bit of warmer.
08:13And of course, that's going to help the roots do a bit of growing and get themselves established.
08:19And the final job, it's going to help keep those weeds down.
08:24Now as you can see, I've left a wee layer just around the base of the plant.
08:29That's because this is quite heavy, it's quite wet.
08:32So if we put it all the way up to the trunk here, at this stage, this is quite soft.
08:38And it could get easily rotted if we have this compost all the way up here,
08:43and it's right up to the neck of the plant.
08:46This does seem a bit contradictory, but we are wanting to provide a food source for the mice and the voles,
08:52but I really don't want them eating any of this just now.
08:56So you want to put a wee spiral guard around the tree.
09:02And that'll just add a second layer of protection.
09:09OK, you can see we've got a wee bit of a wiggle on our tree.
09:12Now a wee wiggle's alright, because actually as the wind blows,
09:16it's going to encourage the tree to put down these roots.
09:19Not only are they going to soak up the moisture, but this is what stabilises the tree.
09:24But you might find it's a wee bit of a wiggle and cannae stand up on its own two feet.
09:29Or in cases with the likes of these crab apples, when you've got all this additional weight on just now,
09:34it's a good idea to put in a supporting stake.
09:37Now the stake we should really only have on the ground for about two or three years.
09:43Now if I demonstrate on this tree here,
09:46but if I was to put my stake right here,
09:50I'm going to damage the root ball because you see I've got to go right through it.
09:54So we're going to go for the oblique method.
09:57So that's when we come in at about a 45 degree angle.
10:01You want to look at the whole height of the tree and go about one third up.
10:07And that's where we're going to secure the stake to the tree.
10:10But as you can see from here, I'm going to miss the root ball,
10:13so I'm not giving that any damage whatsoever.
10:18Once that's chapped in, we're then going to attach a wee tie just to support it.
10:23And there's two or three different versions out there.
10:25I quite like these ones.
10:28So you just wrap it round the tree, not too tight.
10:34And then of course, it then goes around our stake.
10:40And then just by giving it a wee twist, that'll be it held in place.
10:46Now it's not too tight.
10:48I could actually get two fingers in here.
10:51And that means once again, it's not going to strangle the tree as it grows.
10:55And that's one of the important things that we need to look out for.
10:58You know, every few months, especially as the tree is growing,
11:01you want to be checking this buckle that we've got here,
11:04just to make sure it's not strangling the tree.
11:06And then afterwards, it's all about watering.
11:08We've done all the hard work.
11:09We've got to keep on top of things.
11:11Don't be worried about giving another mulch in spring,
11:13but watering is going to be the key.
11:15And after 30 odd years of gardening,
11:17I must admit that that is still one of the biggest challenges that I have as well.
11:21It all depends on the weather, what kind of soil you have.
11:24If you're growing on light, sandy soil,
11:26then it's going to need more water than, say, you're growing on clay soil,
11:30which will hold on to the moisture.
11:32The best thing you want to do is just to get down,
11:36scrape away the mulch until you get to that soil layer,
11:39get your hand in and then have a wee look.
11:42If it looks like it's dry, then yes, it's needing a wee drink.
11:46And you want to do that two or three times a week,
11:50and make sure you give it a good watering can for every tree.
11:54But of course, as we go through these challenging times,
11:56please make sure that you're checking for any water restrictions in your area.
12:01Now, next week's the last programme of the series where all the presenters are going to be here.
12:07But for just now, we're going to go to sunny Joppa to see how George is getting on.
12:11Well, welcome to what normally is sunny Joppa, but today, drich, drizzly, a bit dull.
12:28But nevertheless, we have had such a glorious summer, haven't we?
12:32Possibly we've been sunburned because there's been so much sunshine,
12:35which is unusual for us here in Scotland.
12:38And it's had its benefits.
12:40One of the benefits is that tomato cropping has been absolutely fantastic for me here in a cold greenhouse.
12:47I've kept it well watered, I've kept the humidity up,
12:50and therefore we've had very good fertilisation and pollination within the crop.
12:56So there we are, and that's the result.
12:58There's quite a number of tomatoes.
13:00You can see there's almost so many we can't keep up with eating them.
13:03This is the variety Alicante, which is one of the traditional round tomato forms.
13:07Then we've got this little one here, which is just starting to ripen up at the very last trusses.
13:14And that's one called Garnet, a little cherry tomato, which is absolutely delicious.
13:19And then this one. Look at that. There we are.
13:22I'm sorry about all the names, but this is one called Belladine.
13:26And that is one which can be used for sauces.
13:30It's not one you would normally use in a salad, but it's used in sauces and things like that.
13:35So that's a cracker too.
13:36First time I've grown it, I might grow it again.
13:39And then, because of the weather, look at that, aubergines.
13:45Never thought I would be able to grow these properly.
13:47Last year I had one or two, but this year it's been fantastic.
13:51And that is a plant which was growing too tall. I stopped it.
13:55And there it is. That's the variety Genie.
13:57And that is an absolute cracker of a fruit.
14:00And that will be used quite soon.
14:02And then behind that, we've got a different one.
14:05This is a Japanese variety, which is here.
14:08And if I show you that, I mean, look at the size of that.
14:11And this is one called Nassau Millionaire.
14:13And that is this long fruit which you get, which is, again, useful in ratatouille and fried up and things like that.
14:21So a good success. A great success.
14:24Even down to the Japanese cucumber, which is coming along the top.
14:28And that plant has been producing since back in, what, the end of May was when we had the first cucumbers off it.
14:34And it's been growing since.
14:36So it's planted in a pot at the back and that's it growing right up along the roof.
14:40And we'll get one or two more off it before I have to take it out.
14:44So this has been a success.
14:46There's another success in the garden, which I think we should go and look at.
14:59So here's another success.
15:01Look at the fruit on this pear tree.
15:04Now when this plant was in flower in the early spring, these branches were pretty well upright.
15:11And now, with the weight of the crop, it's starting to droop.
15:16I mean, it has drooped quite considerably.
15:19So what will happen once the fruit has been harvested?
15:23Will it go back upright?
15:24I don't think so.
15:25Because what happens is the wood gets set.
15:28So that branch is set out in that direction, in that angle there.
15:33And what I think I might have to do is, once the fruit is harvested, see how far up it goes,
15:38and then maybe take it off about there.
15:41So I would possibly prune it there.
15:42So that, that piece then can produce vertical shoots which will go upwards.
15:47Otherwise, this will keep coming down.
15:49I'll never be able to get to the garden shed.
15:51And that is not what I want.
15:53There are so many fruit on this.
15:55It's a surprise to me.
15:56Because obviously in the spring, the conditions for pollination and fertilisation were absolutely ideal.
16:04And there's a big, big crop.
16:06Next year, we might be lucky if we get three or four pairs, because it's used up so much of its reserve,
16:13the poor tree, in producing this massive crop this year.
16:17We'll benefit.
16:18The neighbours will benefit.
16:19The birds will benefit.
16:21Now, if you cast your mind back to the first programme in the series,
16:37I stood here and I was extolling the virtues of producing a new border.
16:43Right?
16:44Now, I had the expectation that it was going to be a traditional Scottish spring and summer.
16:50Ha!
16:51What did we get?
16:52Blistering heat.
16:53So there's been a bit of a struggle for some of the plants.
16:56Some have done really well.
16:57For example, this Jerusalem sage.
16:59This is Agastache blackadder.
17:02And that has done extremely well.
17:04And I have to say, the bees have really enjoyed it.
17:06The phlox in front of me, that's done okay.
17:09There's a plant down the side, down there, a monarda,
17:13which has gone over now, but that's done well.
17:16But other things haven't.
17:17I mean, this little rudbeckia, the yellow one at the front there,
17:20that has just struggled because it's been so, so dry.
17:26Now, I planted it when the soil was absolutely bare.
17:30There was nothing else, nothing to be seen.
17:32And then, of course, I'd forgotten, as we all do, that there are alliums.
17:37So these alliums there, that's allium spherocephalon, the round-headed one,
17:42this wonderful purpley-red head on the top.
17:45And that's flowered, and it's now going back.
17:48Looks a wee bit scruffy.
17:50But that's it. So we've got this great mixture.
17:52There's permanent plants.
17:53This lilium has always been here.
17:55So too has the white aster.
17:57This is aster ashfee.
17:59And that is an absolute cracker for late autumn colour.
18:03So there have been successes.
18:05But it has been so, so dry that things have really struggled.
18:10And it might be, fingers crossed, might be that I'm able to go back to the nursery and buy some more.
18:18Well, Brian, today we're going to be talking about one of your favourite subjects, mulch.
18:34I do like mulch.
18:35All the benefits.
18:36It could improve the structure of your soil, suppress weeds,
18:39hold onto water that wee bit of more.
18:41It's brilliant stuff.
18:42And we've got a wee selection in front of us of what's out there.
18:45And I suppose first up, what we've got is the Beech Rove Garden compost.
18:48So that's using all the dead material, plant material that might die down and making your own compost.
18:54And it's probably the best and most free option that you can do.
18:57Yeah, 100%.
18:58You know, I don't see why everybody can do it.
19:01You're looking for, well, you've got your greens and your browns.
19:04Your greens is maybe your kitchen peelings, that sort of thing.
19:07Your browns is your leaves, even cardboard you can chuck in.
19:10You get that ratio about 50-50, turn it at least once a month.
19:14This is what you're going to get.
19:16Brilliant, isn't it?
19:17Isn't that lovely?
19:18And the best thing about it, being Scottish, it's free.
19:21Well, of course you'd like it then.
19:23But at the front here, we've got leaf mould as well, which is similar to the garden compost.
19:28So that's gathering all your leaves this time of year in the autumn,
19:32put them in a big sort of wire pen or a holding spot,
19:35even in a black bin bag, pierce some holes in it.
19:38It'll rot down.
19:39It's really sterile, weed-free, and it's just, look at it, black gold.
19:43Brilliant stuff, eh?
19:44Just lovely.
19:45Beech and oak trees, they make the best.
19:46If you can, run your mower over them as well.
19:48It just chops them up so it decomposes that wee bit quicker.
19:51I work with clay soil, so we incorporate that into the clay soil,
19:55and it just breaks it up.
19:57It's just wonderful stuff.
19:58Fantastic.
19:59And you can use that in potting mixes too.
20:00That's good.
20:01Well-rotted manure.
20:02F-Y-M.
20:03Brilliant stuff, isn't it?
20:04Farmyard manures.
20:05Good stuff.
20:06You know what we say?
20:07Go on.
20:08Well, it's poo, remember?
20:11It could be chicken pellets, it could be cow manure, horse manure,
20:16but the key thing with it is it needs to be well-rotted.
20:19So three years, we normally say, of rotting down,
20:23and you want to know where is it coming from.
20:26Make sure it's not too many pernicious weeds in that manure too.
20:29But full of nutrients, I use it on the rose beds.
20:32Veg plot as well.
20:33Fruit, veg, fantastic, isn't it?
20:36This is one you, I'm not, I don't know this one.
20:38You know this one.
20:39So I've been just trialling this one this year.
20:41So this is wool pellets, or you could just use sheep wool,
20:44and then I've been putting it under, so things like pumpkins
20:49or gooseberries that have just been planted,
20:51and it can take one to two years to rot down.
20:54So again, meant to retain moisture.
20:57It's slow-release nitrogen, releases trace elements as well,
21:01and the lanolin in the sheep wool is also meant to deter slugs and snails.
21:06So you can buy it in this sort of pellet form,
21:09or you can just, you know, get it from your farmers a bit of wool too.
21:12And, you know, it's good to use that product.
21:14And then we've got the one in the front.
21:16Yeah, so this is barley straw, which is a sort of commercial mulch that you can buy.
21:21It's got a unique sort of smell to it, you know.
21:24I like this one because you can put it on, it says it'll suppress weeds by 95%
21:30and it'll last two years.
21:32So a herbaceous border, you could put that down.
21:35It can be quite expensive, but it does its job and it will feed the soil too.
21:40I'm not going to lie, I don't like the look of it.
21:44I don't think I would like the look, but I would prefer that over that on my beds.
21:49And I've seen that quite often.
21:50I think that is neater, but you are quite fussy.
21:53Thanks.
21:54But this is wood chip, so it's straight from a tree that's been cut down, gone through a chipper,
22:00and then that's what we've got, these big chunks of bark.
22:03I agree, I would only put that under a tree or a tree circle.
22:07But you want to know where it's coming from, what's the source.
22:11You don't want to take a tree that's had maybe honey fungus or something
22:14and then put that under your nice, healthy plants.
22:17And the thinking used to be with this, that it would actually,
22:20if you put it round your trees, your borders, etc,
22:23it's actually going to draw nitrogen out of the soil as it decomposes.
22:26Well, we think that's not the case anymore.
22:29You might get alarmed if you see little white threads of fungus or little mushrooms,
22:33but don't worry, that's just part of the decomposition if you do use this.
22:37And yeah, you might get the odd mushroom pop-up, but it's no harm.
22:41I like this, I use this a lot.
22:43So this is composted bark, this is just going another couple of stages further.
22:46So it's even finer, isn't it?
22:48And I use this across all my beds.
22:50I really do like this stuff, a very nice finish.
22:53And then the last one.
22:54This last one is a new one.
22:56So it's rye, grass and maize and it's a by-product from a gas production plant.
23:03So yeah, it's got a second use for it.
23:07Never tried it, but it doesn't look too bad.
23:09No, I like the idea behind it, especially if it's a by-product.
23:13As gardeners, we don't want anything to go to waste, do we?
23:16Yeah, so it's definitely one to look out for.
23:18So I think it's important to say that you would normally do your mulching at the beginning of the year,
23:23February, March.
23:25But I don't know, my mind's starting to think with this climate change that, you know,
23:30any big plantings that I might have done at the start of the year,
23:33you get to the summer, it's stayed dry.
23:35I don't know, I'm starting to think that I would even be doing it at other times in the year as well now.
23:39Well, I would agree because on some of my shrub beds I've noticed that I use this composted bark,
23:45it's already rotted down.
23:47And we've had such a dry period that I might go out now in the autumn and go and put some more mulch down
23:52to just give it an extra boost.
23:54So I think you're right, you could actually mulch any time of year,
23:57but obviously that February, March time, it's easier to get into the beds and into the space,
24:01round trees and things at that time of year.
24:04It also keeps you warm too.
24:05Yeah, good thinking.
24:16Well, this year the Sweet Pea Arch has been great.
24:18It's had a lovely scented sweet peas.
24:21We've had lots of bunches of flowers.
24:23I know it didn't reach the top of the arch, but it's certainly been a real joy this summer.
24:27But now in autumn is a perfect time to sow your sweet peas for next year.
24:31And that's what I'm going to do today.
24:33So what you could do is you could actually harvest some of the sweet pea pods off the archway
24:39and save some of the sweet peas by putting them in a paper bag and then use them to sow.
24:45But with them you would want to make sure that the seed is actually going to go nice dark brown.
24:50So you might have to wait a few more weeks for that because it looks quite green.
24:54But these are ones that we've bought and we've put in some tepid water for a few hours
24:59just to allow the seeds to soak and that'll help germination.
25:03We've got a few different varieties here.
25:05So nice purples and pinks and the ones that are highly scented.
25:09Now the key reason to sow your sweet peas right now is so that you have flowers earlier next year and stronger, healthier plants.
25:18Now remember sweet peas like to have deep root growth, so that's why we're going to be using some root trainers.
25:25And you can get them in various sizes.
25:27And this one I'm probably going to put a seed in each cell, but first we need to fill it up with the compost.
25:33So we've got some seed compost that is peat free mixed with some perlite.
25:38So we're going to fill these cells all the way up with the compost.
25:42So that can take a wee bit to fill them all the way up.
25:46So you just evenly put that into all the cells.
25:49And you just want to smooth it out.
25:51And the thing is, with these cells you want to make sure that you just sort of tamper it down as well,
25:58so that we don't have any air gaps or anything in them, and it's not going to sink.
26:04So just add that all in.
26:07And the perlite just helps to aerate this mix of seed mix, making it nice and open.
26:14So again, just firming into these cells with your fingers so that it's just gently filling all the gaps,
26:21and then just smoothing it off like that.
26:25And then you've got your nice root trainers ready for the seed to go into.
26:31So that looks nice and even now, it's not going to sink.
26:35And what you're going to take is your dibber, and about five centimetres down you're going to make a little hole.
26:41Take one of the sweet pea seeds, and just insert that into the top of the root trainer, and then cover it over.
26:48And then we'll just do the next lot, and we'll add them all the way along these cells.
26:56And then the key thing to do is, once you've sown all these seed, is to put it into a cold frame or a glass house,
27:03give it a little water, and in the next couple of months they will germinate,
27:08and you'll be able to plant them out early on spring next year.
27:12Well, Kirsty, we are standing in front of Euonymus alatus.
27:28It is absolutely wonderful, and I'm not sure there's any better shrub for autumn colour.
27:31Well, just look at it, striking red colour, and you can see why it's called the burning bush.
27:35It's a shrub that's just on fire at this time of year.
27:38Most wonderful.
27:40Well, that's all we've got time for from the two of us this week.
27:43Yes, next week we've got a special programme for you.
27:46Unfortunately, it is the last one in the series, but it does mean the whole garden team are going to be up here at Beechgrove,
27:52and we're going to be highlighting a few jobs to see you over the autumn and winter months.
27:57And Carol will be here, and she'll be deciding who's the winner of the competition plots.
28:02I hope you're not expecting a Caribbean holiday, are you, as the winner?
28:05Yeah.
28:06You are. I've got a feeling it might be a spade that's spray-painted gold.
28:09But of course, Kirsty, you're not competitive, are you?
28:11I'm not sure about that, Brian. I want to win.
28:14And we will be finding out who the winner is and how the competition plots have gone on.
28:19But if you want to see how much effort we've put into these plots throughout the year,
28:23then catch up on iPlayer any time.
28:25But from the two of us just now, it's bye for now.
28:28I'll see you next time.
28:29Bye for now.
28:58Bye.
28:59Bye.
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