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National allotments week, Hugelkultur and bodging with Bob

David Maxwell presents the weekly gardening programme including; national allotments week, recycling in the garden with Bob Flowerdew and listeners questions answered.

In this, National allotments week, Gardeners鈥 Corner celebrates those little plots across the country giving joy to many as well as a rich harvest of fresh food. Presenter David Maxwell visits the National Trust鈥檚 community allotments at Springhill near Moneymore where one grower explains h眉gelkultur. Helen Mark visits the plots at St Columb鈥檚 park in Londonderry and Amy Kelly comes live from Ards allotments which is throwing open its gates for an open day. Also on the programme, Bob Flowerdew on 鈥渂odging鈥; putting everything and anything to use in the garden or on the allotment. All that and experts Ann Fitzsimmons and Ciaran Mulholland will join David to take on listeners鈥 gardening questions. Email 鈥 gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

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  • Sat 14 Aug 2021 09:03

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