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Nicola Singleton helps you get the most from your growing space whatever size it is.

Nicola Singleton helps you get the very best from your growing space, whatever shape or size it is, as we celebrate Scottish seasonality in your garden and your kitchen.

Nicola Singleton helps you get the very best from your growing space, whatever shape or size it is, as we celebrate the seasonality through Scottish gardens and kitchens. Coming from a range of gardens across Scotland, Grow It is peppered with seasonal gardening advice and weekly masterclasses from a range of experts, together with antidotes to a variety of growing pains and advice for the city gardener along with the occasional foray into wild flowers, herbs and foods, for those with green and non-green fingers alike. And, to help you make the most of the wonderful home-grown produce that the Scottish growing season offers up, we'll also be dropping in on the kitchen garden with advice for grow-your-own enthusiasts and our team of chefs who have a selection of brilliant recipes as well as advice on what varieties will deliver you the best flavour in the kitchen.

Grow It: Re-planting daffodils, hedge trimming and leek rosti

Re-planting daffodils, hedge trimming and leek rosti

BBC Radio Scotland - Grow It, Re-planting daffodils, hedge trimming and leek rosti

A visit to the National Trust of Scotland's School of Heritage Gardening, Castle Douglas.

The students at the National Trust for Scotland's School of Heritage Gardening give Nicola Singleton some seasonal tips. Kirsten Gilmour is in the kitchen with a leek rosti recipe.

Nicola Singleton visits Threave Garden near Castle Douglas where the National Trust for Scotland has its School of Heritage Gardening. 

Threave is home to more than 400  varieties of daffodils and the students show us how to lift, spit and re-plant the bulbs.

With the summer growth needing taken care of, there's a masterclass in hedge trimming. If you're own garden is a bit smaller than a National Trust property, Carole Baxter has advice on introducing miniature hedges.

Over in the nursery chillies from around the world are being grown. We meet Neil Ferguson who uses them to make chutney and sauces.

Chef Kirsten Gilmour uses some fresh leeks to make a rosti.

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