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Jamie Oliver at Home ep.11

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Pumpkin & Squash Jamie Oliver uses a variety of pumpkin and squash to make a mouth-watering warm winter salad of roast duck and pumpkin, a hearty winter pumpkin soup, and pumpkin fairy cakes. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie takes the pumpkin and winter squash from his garden and creates savory and sweet dishes suitable for the fall.  Dishes:  • Asian Style Pumpkin Warm Salad – Roasted Duck  • Butternut Squash Muffins – Citrus Sour Cream Frosting  • Pumpkin Soup with Parmesan Croutons – Italian-Style Croutons and Garnished with Crispy Sage

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.10

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Feathered Game   Jamie Oliver has been invited on a local shoot and uses the opportunity to explore the world of delicious game birds. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.10  Jamie uses international cooking techniques to demonstrate the versatility of these fowl. Dishes: • Asian-style Crispy Pigeon • Roast of Incredible Game Birds with Polenta • Pan-fried Partridge with Pearl Barley

Gardening Australia ep.13 2016

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Jerry visits Government House; Sophie chooses plants for wildlife; we see the winning show gardens at MIFGS; and Josh visits a unique and romantic garden

The Beechgrove Garden ep.13 2016

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Jim, Carole and George investigate some neglected mature shrubs. Jim looks at the flowering quince, while Carole and George tackle the berberis and the pyracantha. See the video here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/02/24/ beechgrove-garden-episode-13-2016 The Beechgrove Garden ep.13 2016

Beechgrove Garden ep.25 2015

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This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/02/11/ beechgrove-garden-episode-25-2015 Beechgrove Garden ep.25 2015 Jim,  George  and  Carole  were  in  the  Secret Garden on a lovely day and the sunny weather was bringing out the autumn colours. There is a fabulous planting combination here of a  tree  called  Cercidophyllum  japonicum under planted with Kniphofia (Red hot pokers). Cercidophyllum japonicum is a favourite with our presenters and was talked about endlessly at the  Rothesay Roadshow on Bute. In the autumn when the first frosts hit it starts to smell of candy floss or strawberry jam. The Corylopsis (above)  which  George  gave  a hard prune last year was also starting to show some  leaf  colour  as  was Bergenia  cordifolia or ‘elephant’s ears’ (below).     

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.9

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Mushrooms Jamie is off in search of mushrooms to cook the perfect mushroom risotto. There are no mushrooms in Jamie's garden, so he sets off hunting in his local forest. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.9 Jamie must forage locally when his mushroom crop at home isn't bumper, and some of the specimens he brings home are strange indeed, but he puts them to good use in earthy fare such as stroganoff and risotto. Dishes: • Ultimate Mushroom Bruschetta • Venison & Wild Mushroom Stroganoff – Chicken of the Woods Mushroom • Grilled Mushroom Risotto

Gardening and Horticulture ep.13 2016

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As the longest day of the year approaches, there is more time for everyone to be outside and enjoy the garden and Monty is no exception. This post was moved , watch the video here :   https://video-clump.com/2017/12/11/ gardeners-world-episode-13-2016 / Although some vegetables do not respond well to a late sowing, there are others that do and Monty gives his tips on late croppers to sow now. Carol Klein and Joe Swift make a visit to GW Live in Birmingham to revel in the hundreds of summer flowering plants on display and to find design tips for small gardens. Gardening and Horticulture ep.13 2016 Biennials A biennial takes two years to complete its life cycle. In its first year, it grows and stores energy so that it can flower and set seed in its second. Many are easy to raise from seed – the problem is remembering to sow them in June! Here are 10 you might like to try: Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) Erysimum cheiri (Wallflower) Hespe

The Beechgrove Garden ep.12 2016

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In this edition of the gardening magazine, Jim and George are planning for jam tomorrow as Jim sorts out the raspberries, while George is a wee bit more exotic and tends to the fig and the vine. This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/02/20/ beechgrove-garden-episode-12-2016 Jim is concerned that gardening is not offered as a career choice for young people. In a mission to find How to Grow a Gardener, Jim visits the enlightened Breadalbane Academy in Aberfeldy, which has practical gardening on the curriculum as well as a beautiful community garden to show for it. The Beechgrove Garden ep.12 2016

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.8

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Peppers and Chillies With peppers and chillies on the menu, Jamie makes a delicious spicy pork goulash using a variety of ingredients from the capsicum family. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.8 Jamie has chillies galore in his greenhouse, and that's good because he's addicted to the endorphin rush he gets from the hot peppers. Now he'll help you make your own mouth burn with an appetizer prepared in his outdoor oven, and two entrées, including one from a homemade smoker. Dishes: • Roasted Peppers with Chillies & Tomatoes • Spicy Pork and Pepper Goulash – Served with Parsley Sour Cream • Smoked Salmon with Chilli Salsa

Beechgrove Garden ep.24 2015

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Jim and Carole walk around the garden pointing out plant combinations showing colour at this time of year. Jim prepares half hardy perennials for winter, whilst Carole enjoys the gloxinias which are still flowering well and shows how to dry off amaryllis bulbs. This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/02/10/ beechgrove-garden-episode-24-2015 In Coldstream, George Anderson meets Alec West who has an orchard jam-packed with apples, pears and plums - his fruit collection is said to be the biggest in Scotland. It  was  a  fine  autumn  day  at  Beechgrove  this week and Jim and Carole were at the back of the Vegetable Plot looking at the cordon apples along the wall where there is a very promising crop. These cordons are the oldest apple trees in the garden  as  they  came  from  the  original Beechgrove garden where they were planted by Jim and George Barron in 1978, and were moved to the current Beechgrove Garden in 1995.  Jim explained that when they were moved the

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.7

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Potatoes Everyone loves potatoes and Jamie is no exception. He enthuses about these underground jewels and makes the perfect potato salad using freshly dug wonderful new potatoes at their best. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.7 Jamie goes digging for gold today when he harvests his potatoes and then uses them in some creative recipes.  Dishes:  • Perfect Potato Salad  • Roast Chicken with Potatoes and Tomatoes  • Spanish Omelette

Beechgrove Garden ep.23 2015

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Jim and Carole are preparing for the seasons to come as they show how to overwinter a whole range of vegetables so that they will be ready for harvest early next year. Jim is also preparing plants for the winter months and shows how to put begonias to bed. Post and video moved here:    https://video-clump.com/2018/02/08/ beechgrove-garden-episode-23-2015 Beechgrove Garden ep.23 2015

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.6

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Carrots and Beets Jamie makes the juiciest pork chop with roasted carrots and beets and makes an exciting dish with foil-roasted smoked beetroots, beef and a cottage cheese dressing. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.6 Jamie shows how he uses carrots for more than salads, but he'll toss in one of those as well.  Dishes:  • Roasted Carrots & Beets – Served over Roasted Pork  • Indian Carrot Salad  • Foil-roasted Smoked Beetroot – Served with Grilled Steak and a Cottage Cheese Sauce

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.5

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Onions Jamie talks about how to grow onions, and uses them to make a fresh cheese and onion salad. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie uses his onion harvest to make a gorgeous soup, salad and entrée. Dishes: • Cheese & Onion Salad • Red Onion & Potato Al Forno – Served with Roasted Pork • English Onion Soup Jamie Oliver at Home ep.5

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.4

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Beans Jamie shows just how easy it is to cultivate amazing fruit and veg at home and cooks three very different recipes to show the versatility of beans. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.4

Gardening Australia ep.12 2016

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Costa visits a productive plot; John explores a French-styled garden; Josh plants a wildflower meadow; Sophie shows off windbreak plants; and Jane checks out a cyclamen collection Wildflowers at Home Josh demonstrates how to create an eye-popping Australian native wildflower meadow A Productive Paradise Costa visits a productive plot whose enthusiastic owner lives, breathes, ferments, distils and dehydrates her garden Foliar Feeding Jerry shows a nifty trick for feeding plants with differing nutritional requirements that are grown together Plants as Windbreaks Sophie shows how a range of plants provide windbreaks around various areas of her exposed garden Lawn-free Garden Beds Tino demonstrates an easy method for keeping lawn out of garden beds Charming Cyclamens Jane checks out an enchanting collection of cyclamen and receives expert tips about how to grow them Delicious Design John meets a Melbourne gardener who's combined permaculture principals and a love of French gar

The Beechgrove Garden ep.11 2016

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Scotland's favourite gardening programme. This post was moved here: https://video-clump.com/2018/02/21/beechgrove-garden-episode-11-2016 The Beechgrove Garden ep.11 2016 ‘Festival’ produces larger fruits and will take a long time before they can be harvested. Winter squash can be grown as scrambling or climbing plants. In the polytunnel they are being grown on pea netting for support which will give them plenty of room to grown.

Gardening Australia ep.11 2016

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Tino visits an expert perennial grower; Josh plants winter staples in the vegie garden; Jane meets a couple with a pint-sized garden; and Costa explores newly landscaped gardens at the RSPCA in NSW. A Second Chance Costa visits an RSPCA shelter in NSW where newly created landscaped gardens were designed to make animals and people feel more at home Cool Season Crops Josh plants a range of staple vegetables that everyone in the family will enjoy over winter Popping Perenials Tino visits a friend in Woodbridge, in southern Tasmania, who's a master at growing perennials that can tolerate tough conditions, and shows a tip to make your perennials pop FAQ's - Liliums | Rain vs Tap Water | Pruning Sophie shows what to do with liliums when they finish flowering, Angus discusses why rainwater is better than tap water for plants and John shows how plants respond to pruning Protect While Pruning Jerry shows how to protect yourself when pruning plants with poisonous sap A Pint-Sized Gar

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.3

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Barbecue Jamie hosts the perfect barbecue as he cooks up everything from shellfish to lamb, chicken, ribs and even greens on the grill. The chef goes back to his roots, literally. From his Essex kitchen and garden, Jamie Oliver shows how easy it is to grow fantastic fruit and veg, and turn them into simple, delicious food. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.3

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.2

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Courgettes There’s a bumper crop of courgettes in Jamie’s garden and he shows us how to utilise them whilst they are in season. Not only do they come in all shapes, sizes and colours but the delicate flowers are edible too. The flowers are very hard to obtain so by growing your own you have access to these gems during the growing season. Jamie makes deep-fried courgette flowers stuffed with ricotta and mint. He shows off the qualities of courgettes with a raw courgette salad to accompany some freshly grilled mackerel. Delicious. Jamie Oliver cooks at home with simple, accessible ingredients, including fruit and vegetables that he grows in his kitchen garden. Each episode is themed around one primary ingredient - it could be a look at all the different varieties of tomatoes, what you can do with lovely home-grown potatoes, or how to cook different cuts of lamb. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.2

Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil

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   For billions of years our planet was devoid of life, but something transformed it into a vibrant, living planet. That something was soil.It's a much-misunderstood substance, often dismissed as 'dirt', something to be avoided. Yet the crops we eat, the animals we rely on, the very oxygen we breathe, all depend on the existence of the plant life that bursts from the soil every year. Post moved here: https://hdclump.com/deep-down-dirty-the-science-of-soil/   Chris explores how man is challenging this most precious resource on our planet and how new science is seeking to preserve it. Deep Down & Dirty: The Science of Soil

The Beechgrove Garden ep.10 2016

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The Beechgrove team take a break from the garden to be at Gardening Scotland, the biggest gardening show north of the border. The cream of British growers will be there, with everything from pansies to pelargoniums and cacti to clematis in a stunning floral frenzy. This post was moved here:   https://video-clump.com/2018/02/19/ beechgrove-garden-episode-10-2016 The Beechgrove Garden ep.10 2016

Jamie Oliver at Home ep.1

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Tomatoes Jamie's tomato salad looks unbelievably sumptuous and the fusilli with salsa rossa cruda is knockout. The oven-baked sausage ragu is simple and rustic and a beautiful pale pink tomato and vodka consommé top and tails the show and is a treat for Brian the gardener. Jamie Oliver at Home ep.1

Gardening and Horticulture 06-2015

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As the weather begins to warm up, there's plenty to be getting on with in the garden. Monty Don welcomes us to Longmeadow and cracks on with some timely tasks. Gardening and Horticulture how to's: 1. Sow lawn seed April is an excellent time to sow grass seed. Whether you are repairing a patch or creating a new lawn, the technique is the same. Make sure the soil is smooth and even, and sow half the seed over the whole area by working in parallel rows lengthways. Then, repeat the process with the remaining seed, working in parallel rows widthways. Lightly rake to cover the majority of the seeds with soil and, in dry weather, water gently with a fine spray of water. 2. Pinch out sweet peas If you remove the growing tips of sweet pea seedlings, you will encourage them to branch and produce more flowers. Pinch out when they are about 10cm (4in) high or if they are too long and leggy. 3. Cut back dogwood If you grow dogwood and willow for their colourful stems in winte

Britains Best Back Gardens - Top 10 Favourites ep.3

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Alan Titchmarsh has been on a year long search for the best back gardens in Britain. In this brand new series he travels across Britain taking us over the hedges and through the gates of his 30 favourites. To celebrate his 50 years as a gardener, Alan Titchmarsh has been on a year-long search for the best back gardens in Britain. Over the past twelve months, more than 600 applicants nominated their gardens from which he has chosen his top 30. Many of them are gardens that have never been filmed and Alan’s search has taken him from the northernmost point of the UK to the heart of Britain’s biggest cities, discovering people from all walks of life doing amazing things with their outdoor spaces at every turn. Britains Best Back Gardens - Top 10 Favourites ep.3 Part 3 : Top 10 Favourites In this episode, Alan reveals his 10 favourite challenging plots – amazing gardens that have been created despite restrictions in size, location or circumstances. From the tiniest pub garden t