Matt Biggs' House
Peter Gibbs and the GQT team visit Matt Biggs鈥� garden for a postbag edition. Joining them are Christine Walkden and Pippa Greenwood.
Is it a realistic goal to grow strawberries indoors? I never seem to have success growing beetroots or carrots. What should I do differently? Can you identify the grey caterpillars on my Solomon鈥檚 seal?
This week, Peter Gibbs and his team of horticultural experts pay a visit to GQT regular, Matt Biggs鈥� garden for a postbag edition of Gardeners鈥� Question Time. Joining Peter and Matt to offer all their tips and advice are pest and disease expert Pippa Greenwood, and plants woman, Christine Walkden. The panel offer their best horticultural advice on a variety of questions: - from watermelons and strawberries to methods of moving a plant - all the while having a wander around Matt Biggs' back garden.
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Producer: Dan Cocker
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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