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December 27, 2012 Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn return to Manor Farm in Hampshire to recreate the conditions of Christmas 1944. Ruth finds out how the Women's Voluntary Service operated the government's National Pie Scheme, to come to the aid of the nation's urban dispossessed and Peter calls upon rural crafts expert, Colin Richards, to brew some improvised potato beer for Christmas. Ruth also comes up with innovative presents for children, and ingenious festive decorations made from scraps. After enjoying a Christmas church service for the community at Manor Farm, Peter and Ruth transport their gifts, food and beer on a vintage wartime steam train to Chislehurst Caves where they discover what Christmas was like for some of the 15,000 people who sheltered in the caves during WWII.
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December 26, 2012 Complete Chelsea Flower Show from 2008, Preview + days 1-6
Preview.
Alan Titchmarsh presents an exclusive preview of the 86th RHS Chelsea Flower Show, from the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. As the designers put the finishing touches to their displays, get an early look at the showgardens and exhibits in the Great Pavilion. Also, Wesley Kerr reports from Jamaica and Andy Sturgeon travels to Chile in search of inspiration for his Chelsea garden.
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December 23, 2012 2nd September 2005.
This week the aim is to extend the flowering season in the garden for as long as possible. Monty spends time in the long border and plants some new shrubs in the new shrubbery while Carol takes time in the alpine garden. Sarah looks at the results of two trials - one for hanging baskets, and another for peat free composts.
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December 20, 2012 Series made in 2009.
This series follows a group of guerilla gardeners and artists as they clean up the hideous urban eyesores around our cities. All the work is undercover and without permission. Against the Law, they use disguises to trick authorities into thinking they should be there.
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December 13, 2012 Sophie Thomson explains the importance of understanding different micro climates in the garden, and shows some simple ways to change one, Jane Edmanson visits a community nursery which is propagating local plants including some that were thought to be extinct, to re-establish them in the local landscape while Leonie has some ideas on how to protect your fruit from wildlife to make sure you get to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Also Josh Byrne goes behind the scenes to find out how potting mix is made, and gives us some tips on how to get the best out of it, and Jerry Coleby-Williams visits the Brisbane landmark Ormiston House to explore a garden rich in history and horticulture.
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December 11, 2012 22nd December 2006 - Christmas Special.
Monty Don, Joe Swift, Carol Klein and Sarah Raven celebrate the season with a feast for the senses at Berryfields. Monty gets busy in the kitchen garden, harvesting roots, greens, herbs and fruits for a sumptuous festive feast for the whole team. Carol creates a scented and bejewelled Christmas border, and Joe takes a look at alternatives to the traditional Christmas tree. Sarah joins the team to make glittery decorations for the tree and table.
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December 10, 2012 Jimmy Doherty’s Farming Heroes is a six-part series that takes viewers on a revealing and entertaining journey around the UK to discover and celebrate the best of one of Britain's most diverse industries - farming.
From the highlands of Scotland, to Northern Ireland, Wales and across England, Jimmy Doherty takes the temperature of UK farming at a time when the future of the industry has never mattered more. He looks at whether farmers can deliver food we can trust at a price we can afford, and how they are responding to the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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December 9, 2012 19th August 2005: Road Show.
Monty Don, Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Sarah Raven hit the road to get under the skin of some of the great back gardens that amateur gardeners have created, hear their gardening stories and solve some of their planting problems.
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December 9, 2012 Costa looks back on a successful first year On The Verge and celebrates with his neighbours with a street party, Tino visits a regional botanic garden built by the community near Hobart that showcases the diversity, colour and adaptability of plants from Tasmania's South East, and Costa announces the 2012 Gardening Australia 'Gardener of the Year'. Sophie brings herbs and flowers to the table with a specially built planter inserted in the middle and has friends over for lunch to celebrate the start of summer, and Gardening Australia celebrates the life of much loved presenter Colin Campbell who passed away in August, and looks at the enduring contribution he made to Australian gardening.
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December 2, 2012 Josh visits a farm in Perth's city centre that's growing flower clusters to attract a diversity of insects to keep the garden blooming, Jerry and entomologist Dr Tim Heard look at the benefits of a messy garden, which provides food and habitat to the little creatures, and Tino uses lettuce to experiment with three liquid fertilisers: worm juice, seaweed extract and fish emulsion - to find out which is the most effective. Also, Jane visits a grassland at Werribee zoo to see the work being done to restore one of Australia's most bio-diverse and threatened plant and animal communities.
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