00:03There is a place, not far from here, I'm sure you know it, it's ever so near, come down the
00:14path, and you will see, a little gate, to Mr Bloom's nursery, hello.
00:25This is my allotment, there's such a lot to see, with my compostarium there is no place I'd rather be.
00:34Have you been here before or not? Let me show you what I've got, a spade, a fork, a wheelbarrow,
00:41a cabbage, one of beans, tomatoes and a marrow, a watering can, a trowel, some seeds, radish, lettuce, a couple
00:47of weeds.
00:49With my veg and plants, I can sing and dance, see them sprout, watch them grow, hop along and say
00:57hello. There's so much they can teach us all, we'll laugh and learn, we'll have a ball. It's such a
01:03special place to be, in my veggie nursery.
01:15Oh, doesn't Mr Bloom's allotment look amazing?
01:20Yes, I love all the pretty colours, especially the green.
01:27And it must be such fun to play in.
01:32Explora Bee!
01:35Exploring?
01:37Colin, we can't explore the allotment, and you can't even see where you're going.
01:42Well, we have to stay here, in Mr Bloom's nursery, till we're bigger.
01:47But don't worry, Colin, because the tiddlers will be here to play soon.
01:52Compo will tell us when, won't you, Compo?
01:58Explora Bee! Explora Bee!
02:02Colin, it might be scary out there, there might be shadows.
02:09Yeah, there might be loud noises. Oh, I don't like those.
02:14There might be birds.
02:17Birds! Scrappy!
02:19Colin, look where you're going, you're running the wrong way, look out for the birds!
02:24Too late, flowerpots. Are you alright?
02:32Look! I can see the tiddlers!
02:39Hello, Minnie. Hello, Victor. Hello, Malik. How you all doing?
02:42Good. Yeah?
02:43Well, I was hoping you could come and take a look at my cabbages, cos look here.
02:46Oh, dear. These cabbages don't look too healthy. I think someone's been nibbling at the leaves.
02:55I'll tell you what. Could you be my cabbage detectives?
02:59I've got these magnifying glasses.
03:01Here you go, Victor. There's one for you, Malik.
03:04Let's have a look with these magnifying glasses, eh?
03:07Cos they make things look bigger.
03:09Hold them up to your eyes.
03:11Very good.
03:11Now, let's have a close look at these leaves.
03:15Come on, get down here.
03:16What can you see?
03:18Holes?
03:18Some big chunks of the leaves have been ripped off.
03:22Hey, look. There's some big holes.
03:23Who's got a big mouth like that?
03:25Do you think it could have been a big elephant?
03:27Coming in here in the night and helping himself?
03:29No.
03:30No?
03:30Maybe a lion.
03:32Maybe he's coming here who's very hungry.
03:34Do you think?
03:34No, no, no. They only live in Africa.
03:37I think you're right.
03:38I don't think a lion fancy these cabbages, but I think...
03:41It could be the birds.
03:44The birds come down here pecking at my cabbages for their tea
03:47and now there's nothing left of my dinner, is there?
03:50Look over here.
03:53I built this scarecrow last year to scare the birds away.
03:57But they're not scared of them any more.
03:59In fact, they're so not scared of them,
04:02I saw one sitting on his head the other day.
04:04Would you be scared of him if you were a bird?
04:07No, birds are scared of bright and shiny things.
04:10Not saggy old scarecrows like him.
04:14But don't you worry,
04:15because Mr Bloom has always got an idea up his sleeve.
04:19Now, let's have a look.
04:20Oh, I thought it...
04:21Oh!
04:22Oh!
04:23Oh, it's tickling!
04:24It's tickling!
04:25Oh!
04:26Oh, I've got to...
04:27I've got to get it out!
04:28Oh!
04:29Oh, it's been tickling me all morning, that has.
04:32Now, who knows what this is?
04:35Tinsel!
04:36Hey!
04:36That's right!
04:37It's tinsel!
04:38But why do you think the birds would be afraid of tinsel?
04:41It's bright and shiny.
04:43Oh!
04:43That's right, Malik!
04:44It's because it's bright and shiny,
04:46and when it flutters in the wind,
04:48it scares them birds away.
04:51Now, I was wondering, how do you fancy,
04:53if we go round the ga-
