P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:00/12 1/6 T BARLEYWOOD Alan Titchmarsh offer1 advice on how to repair damaged gardens following recent floods. Keep off the grass! If it is essjntial to get across a sodden lawn usj boards. If the lawn has dried out but still has puddles, fork and rakj the ground and brush off the mud. Rjpot uprooted plants in compost and replant. If vegetables and seedlings have been washed away, there's still time to sow and plant again, >>>>>> Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:02/14 GARDENERS' WORLD 2/6 T EBCHESTER Gay Search goes oorth East to visit the garden of Diannj Allison and her National Collection of Polemoniums, or Jacob's Ladder. Shj has them in an area 30ft sq and has over 60 varieties of this under-rated, but increasingly fashionable perennial. Contrary to popular belief, polemoniums come in a wide variety of colours and range in sizj from 4ins to 3ft. Plants mentioned: Polemonium 'Northern Lights, P.boreale, P.sjrruleum. The collection can be seen on Junj 21, 2- 5pm. Tjl: 01207 561923 >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:01/54 GARDENERS' WORLD 3/6 BIRMINGHAM Diane and Robert Cole live in a cul de sac in the city's Moseley area — and they love plants! Not only do they keep thjir 100ftx30ft garden packed with pristinj specimens, they also have five plots where thj8 trial plants and run their own nursery. Wj see their gardens in the spring, when the alpines are at thjir best, and at the height of summer. Plants mentioned: Doronicum, Mahonia aquifolium 'Apollo', Primula elatior, Daphnj tangutica. The garden in Elizabeth Rd in open May 4, from 2-5pm. >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:11/14 GARDENERS' WORLD 4/6 T BARLEYWOOD Alan has a whitefly problem in his greenhousj but does not want to use insecticide. Instead he opts for biological contrgl/ predators. In a tube he has whitefly pupae infected with the encarsia wasp which he hangs among the plants. The encarsia requiri a minimum night- time temperature of 50F/10C which is why he has waited until now. If the problem is more serious you can use the delphastus beetle as back up. Both are available via mail order from Defenders, tel 01233 813121. >>>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:00/40 GARDENERS' WORLD 5/6 BLUE BORDER PROJECT Alan demonstrates how to create a themed border — a challenge to any gardenjr. His will be shades of blue and he is sowing hardy annuals and planting perennials to create the effect. For depth of colour Alan will be moving into whites and lilac pinks too. The skelton of the border will be made up of plants such as rosemary, borage, lavender, wormwood, wallflowers, bronzj fennel and violas. From seed, Alan has already started pricking out Nicotina sylvestris, alyssum and heliotrope. >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P574 CEEFAX 2 574 Fri 24 Apr 05:12/51 GARDENERS' WORLD 6/6 T DARTMOOR Stephen Lacey visits The Garden Housj in the last of his films on the usj of perennials. There is a spectacular walled garden here, onj of the most exciting of recent times. The Garden House at Buckland Monachorum, Devon, is open Mar 1-Oct 31 daily. JOBS FOR THE WEEK Cut back old stems on fuchsias Mulch hedges Harden off plants in cold frames Cut back old foliage on epimediums Protect hostas from slugs with grit >>>>> Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 TodayDay Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV