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Beechgrove Garden: 2013

Jim McColl

Carole Baxter

George Anderson

Chris Beardshaw

Gwyneth Hardy

Lynn Harris

The Beechgrove Garden: 2013: Episode 7

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2013

Episode 7

BBC Two - The Beechgrove Garden, 2013, Episode 7

Jim sows the seeds for a test to find out which is the tastiest tomato variety.

Gardening series. Jim grows eight different types of tomato to find out which is the tastiest. Plus the team demonstrate how to reuse ground filled with roots and stumps.

Jim is growing tomatoes but this year he is conducting a taste test after a viewer's email from 2012 claiming that the variety Sun Gold gave the best flavour. This time, he is growing eight varieties to compare their tastes; Shirley, Alicante, Ruth's Perfect, Sun Gold and cherry tomatoes, as well as beefsteak varieties Giant Syrian and Black Russian. In a few weeks' time, someone will have to take on the tough job of tasting the crop in the name of science.

Carole is also starting a wee trial. In this case, bought-in turf versus seeded grass. Carole tries to lawn an area that was previously been a planting bed with both side by side to compare. Carole and Jim review the spring bedding display that they planted in autumn and hope that it has recovered from its time under the snow.

A common problem in our postbag is what to do with an area filled with roots and stumps once you have felled trees? Carole and George begin to create a new grass and gravel garden that will wrap itself around and reuse the old tree roots and stumps as punctuation in a new stylish but cheap and cheerful garden.

The Beechgrove Garden: 2013

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Scotland's gardening series returns for another season to dig up pearls of wisdom from the past. With Jim McColl, Carole Baxter, Chris Beardshaw, George Anderson and Carolyn Spray.

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