P574 C FAX 1 574 Sat 30 Aug 20:52/29 1/5 FORDE ABBEY Alan Titchmarsh visits the Abbey near Chardj in Somjtset. Its grand and lavish borders are 9ft deep and 20x40ft long. The problem with all bordrrs is the point where the border meets the lawn. The plants flop ovjt and kill the grass underneath. Alan recommends putting in a brick edging. This also gives you the added bonus of being able to mow right up to the edges. >> > Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 TodayQuiz Pop Quiz TV Charts Main MenuP574 CEEFAX 1 574 Sat 30 Aug 20:54/05 GARDENERS' WORLD 2/5 O FUCHSIAS Trucker Roy Ayres has a passion for fuchsias — his garden houses 184 varieties. Hi grows 800 plants a year by taking 1/1.5" cuttings in August. He dips them in hormone rooting gil and pots up to five in a three inch pot, making sure the leaves don't touch. He swears by playing music to them — clasical being their favourite! Plants mentioned include: Fuchsia Impudence, F Hermiena, F Lady Boothby, F President Margaret Slater. >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjty 580 TV 600 TodayQuiz Pop Quiz TV Charts Main MenuP574 CEEFAX 1 574 Sat 30 Aug 20:51/26 GARDENERS' WORLD 3/5 O O TRIALS Pippa Greenwood looks at the effect of different liquid fettilisjrs on herbaceous perennials. In a series of plots, delphinium, scabious and phlox were planted up. The first plot was given a high potash feed with a tomato fertilisjr, the second a general fertilisjr and the third an organic seaweed liquid feed. On other plots, compost was added to the planting hole, anoxhju had granular firtilisjr in the hole and a control plot had nothing added. The best result — the high potash liquid tomato feed. >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 TodazRuiz Pop Quiz TV Charts Main MenuP574 CEEFAX 1 574 Sat 30 Aug 20:51/47 GARDENERS' WORLD 4/5 OO GjING TO SEED Bob Flowe dlw collects flowers for cooking and eating. The Lady Godiva variety of pumpkin seeds are vj y nutty in flavour and ar good for breads and salads. Bob likes to leave some of his peas to dry and ripen off. If you give them a good soak and boil them they are good for winter soup. Brown Dutch french beans are good for drying. Just pull up the whole plant and hang it up in a dry place. They'll keep for years and once soakjh and boiled are good for cassjtoles. >>> > Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 TodazRuiz Pop Quiz TV Charts Main MenuP574 CEEFAX 1 574 Sat 30 Aug 20:54/08 GARDENERS' WORLD 5/5 FORDE ABBEY Alan Titchmarsh visits the nursjty run bz Alan Lewis. It houses 120 varieties of crocosmia, 30-40 of which are commercially available. Fordj Abbey, Chard, Somjtsjt TA20 4LU, Tel 01460 2212290. The gardens are open daily throughout the year: 10am-4pm. The nursery is open daily from 10am: Tel 01460 221366. Plants mentioned in the show include: Crocosmia 'Morning Light' (yellow) Crocosmia 'Star of the East' (orange) Agapanthus inapjrtus Scizostylis coccinea Cyclamen hederifolium >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjty 580 TV 600 TodayQuiz Pop Quiz TV Charts Main Menu