Episode 5

Gardeners are always looking ahead, and that’s exactly what Kirsty and Brian are doing at Beechgrove.

Kirsty is getting ready to plant out the sweet peas that are currently growing under cover. To prepare for the time when the weather is warm enough to move them outside, she is filling containers and building an arch to support them as they mature. This year, Kirsty is cultivating a crop of chillies that were sown earlier in the year, and now it’s time to prick out the smaller seedlings to make room for the stronger plants to develop.

Last year’s growing season had so much wet weather that Brian is developing a new garden. This new plot will be a rain garden, and it will have plants that thrive in milder and wetter conditions. But before they go in, Brian is building ways to capture the rainfall and divert it to the new growing area.

Away from Beechgrove, Calum sends the first of his reports from his allotment in Leven, and there is a return trip to a fabulous garden and expert gardener in Dumfries and Galloway.