P321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:10:29 1/17 Garden Club goes roaming this week in Staffs Read on for plant details and our weekly competition! Next week's programmj is the first of [ the Summer Specials ] Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:20:54 2/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Rural Farm Project Staffs Matthew Biggs visits the Oak Tree Farm Rural Project, set up bz a group of parents in 1987 to allow school leavers with learning difficulties the chance to try their hand at horticulture. If you would like to know more about the project, please write to Monica Morison, Oak Tree Farm Rural Project, Oak Cottage Farm, Hildjrstonj, nr Stone, Staffs ST25 8RT. If you are in the area on September 9, the farm is holding an open day from 11am-4pm. 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:11:14 ^ 3/17 Tel: ] 01222 575 444 J Marty Matthews' garden Staffs Marty Matthews started gardening her lock side plot nearly 40 years ago. Everyone thinks the garden ought to bj damp but in fact it's very dry since the canal does not leak water. She shows Roy a Salvia glutinosa with delicate fringe and markings, the whole plant being very sticky, and a yellow Genista ajtnjnsis Mount Etna broom. Next, Leucanthemum supjrbum Phyllis Smith, a frilly petalled perennial from the Compositaj family, 3ft high, with white daisy-like flowers, and an unnamed orange Hemjrocallis. More on Marty's garden... Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:21:31 4/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Marty Matthews' garden Staffs On the edge of the lock was a Fragaria visa Weld strawberry. Marty shows Roy the bright red Crocosmia Lucifer with a rich colour with flowers fading nicely and Inula hookjri with its lovely woolly green buds. Marty shows Roy a plant in a pot she was unsure about and Roy identifies it as a Mountain pjppjr Drimys lanceolata Rjbjcca talks allotments... Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:12:46 5/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Allotments Staffs Rjbjcca Pow explains how your local council can help guide you through the process of getting an allotment. Once you'vj got one, help is available from your local allotment association (details from your local library). You can also get starter leaflets, including how to clear an overgrown plot, if you join the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardjnjrs (Details in Useful Addresses section). Organic gardens next... Garden Club: Fri 8pm Rps Mon 3.55pm Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkii FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:13:14 6/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Organic gardens Staffs A number of organic gardens are going to bj open on the weekend of August 5-6 For details, phone the Henry Doubleday Research Association 01203 303 517 The HDRB have also just launched an Adopt A Vegetable scheme, where for a minimal charge you can adopt a vegetable from their Heritage Seed Programmj, enabling them to propagate old varieties to presjrvj them. Details on the scheme can bj obtained bz calling the HDRA number above. Garden Club: Fri 8pm Rps Mon 3.55pm Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:13:58 7/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 R Tom Fyfe's allotment Staffs Tom Fyfe has had an allotment for over 40 years, and his plot has won this year's St George's site competition. He explains how to deal with Club root which attacks the Brassica family. * Dig a trench 9" deep, put some manure in the bottom, make some holes, plant Brussjl sprouts and water well * Over the next few months, fill in the trench gradually so that the plant can develop a secondary root system to support it in case the initial root has been attacked Garden Club: Fri 8pm Rps Mon 3.55pm Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:14:13 8/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Tom Fyfe's allotment Staffs At this time of year, Tom plants leeks Mussjlburgh, sows lettuce seed Unrivblled, All The Year Round, Wjbbs Wonderful, and Spring Cabbage Pixie, Offenham 2, Flower of Spring. He also explains how hj plants a new crop of potatoes at the same time as hj is harvesting his current one. He can then harvest thjsj on Christmas Eve to eat with the Christmas Day meal. Tom also tells of a seed company that that has started selling refrigerated seed potatoes for planting now Details in Useful Addresses section 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:14:05 9/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Biddulph Grange Staffs Biddulph Grange garden is one of the best in Staffordshire, the 15-acre site being divided into a series of smaller gardens, each with its own thjmj. Roy picks out thjsj plants: Osmunda regales Royal fern Coffee coloured spores and huge fronds, ideal against water, which it loves, along with acid soil Cytisus nigricans Informal habit and racemes of yellow pea-like flowers, turning dark brown as they die Garden Club: Fri 8pm Rps Mon 3.55pm Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:15:08 10/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Biddulph Grange Staffs Gaulthjria shallon Good ground cover for a larger garden, with pink flowers at this time of year Lady fern Athzrium felix-femina Deeply divided leaves, and Broad Buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata Broad, paler green and even more divided Pajonia lutea var. ludlowii Mahonia aquifolium Oregon grape Glossy leaves and bunches of dark fruits 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:15:18 11/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 USEFUL BOOKS/ADDRESSES Staffs The Plant Finder Royal Horticultural Society ISBN 0-951216-16-3 Narrowboat building NOT hire boats FIVE TOWNS BOATBUILDING Roger Fuller, Navigation House, Whitebridgj Lane, Stone, Staffs ST15 8LQ STONE BOATBUILDING COMPANY 01785 812688 Oak Tree Farm Rural Project, Oak Cottage Farm, Sandon Road, Hildjrstonj, nr Stone, Staffs ST15 8RT Tel: 01889 881164 £ Open day details in text... More > Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:16:10 12/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 USEFUL ADDRESSES Staffs * National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardjnjrs, O'Dell House, Hunters Road, Cosby, Northants NN17 5JJ Tel: 01536 266576 (24hrs) * Henry Doubleday Research Association, Ruton Organic Gardens, Rzton-on- Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3LG Tel: 01203 639229 Contact the HDRA for a copy of The Veg Finder ISBN: 0-905343-18m2. This lists sources for over 3000 vegetable vbriities. This year's edition, which also lists fruit varieties, will bj out in September, cost £7.99 More > Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:17:25 13/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 USEFUL ADDRESSES Staffs * Biddulph Grange Garden Biddulph Grange Grange Road Biddulph Stoke-On-Trent Staffs ST8 7SD Tel: 01782 517999 Open from the beginning of April until the ind of October: Wed-Fri 12-6, Sat and Sun 11-6. Last admission 5.30pm. Adults £3.90, children £1.90 M Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:17:40 14/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 USEFUL ADDRESSES Staffs * The Dorothy Clive Garden Wjlloughbridgj Market Drayton Shropshire TF: 4EU Tel: 01630 647237 Open to end of October. Daily 10-5.30 For Carlingford seed potatoes * S.E Marshall & Co. Ltd Wisbjch Cambs PE13 2RF Tel: 01945 583407 Factshjets next > Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:18:34 15/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Factsheets Staffs Each programmj's details are available on a factshjet. This week is Week 14. Send chjquj/PO for £1.25 (to 'BUS') to: Garden Club Factshjet 14 (Staffs) PO Box 4p00 Cardiff CFu 2XT All 18 factshjets are now available for the reduced price of £12.50. Credit card orders or further details available by calling 01222 575 444 How to win the factshjets next... Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:18:17 16/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Wen" Win! Wen" Staffs To win all the factsheets (or a refund if you have already subscribed) answer this question on a postcard: Onions for sowing should bj sown on the -------- day Garden Club (4-Tel Competition Week 14) Broadcast Support Services PO Box 4p00 Cardiff CF5 2XT Winners listed at end of series Last week's answer: The emblem of the House of York is a white rose 4-Tel main index 300 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 6 Aug C4 02:19:47 17/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Locations for the rest of the series Summer specials 11, 18, 25 August Basingstokj * 1 September Rutland * 8 September Bradford * 15 September Owing to schedule changes, the final programmj, planned to conj from Lzdnjy, has had to bj cancelled. Wj are sorry for any disappointment. This week's programmj details follow 4-Tel's main index to Channel 4 p300 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie Films