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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: Getting the garden ready for autumn and winter

Getting the garden ready for autumn and winter

BBC Radio Scotland - Grow It, Getting the garden ready for autumn and winter

Preparing your plants, lawn and indoor flowers for a change in the seasons.

Nicola Singleton shows us the things you should do to prepare your plants, lawn and indoor flowers for the coming season. We'll also be cooking with brambles and butternut squash.

It is getting colder, the nights are drawing in, but do not hibernate just yet. Nicola Singleton is in Inverness to help Jenny MacPherson sort out her garden for autumn and winter. What should we cut back and what should we keep? Which plants need splitting and which need shifted inside? As the temperature drops how should we look after the lawn? Nicola rummages in Jenny’s shed to see which tools could do with some care before they are stored away. Yoga instructor Laura McCrimmon has some advice for taking care of your back after a day in the garden. Andrew Thomson hears how to diagnose Dutch Elm disease. Turning on the heating can cause havoc for your indoor plants, so we have a few simple steps will make sure they will survive until the spring. In the kitchen, Kirsten Gilmour makes butternut squash hash, and Saurav Kumar turns our autumn brambles into a healthy panna cotta.

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