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Grow Radio - Episode 2

It’s een o thon busy months again in the gairden – enjoying the Buds o May…bit huddin on tae oor cloots til the Mayfloor is oot.

As weel as answerin yir gairden questions, Oor Heed Gairdener, Dave Mitchell, has advice on plantin aipples – faan an fit tae plant. Rhona Alcorn, Chief Executive o Scots Language Dictionaries, is remindin us o the Scots names for plants.

An Dave tells us aboot the history o Rhubarb an the adventures o this plant fae Russia, that played its part at Culloden - an the darin smuggling that went on jist tae get it inta yir diet – enjoy yir crumbles.