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Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening Q&A with Christine Walkden, Bunny Guinness and Chris Beardshaw. How to grow and process natural plant dyes at home: Anne Swithinbank reports. Chris Beardshaw debunks a longstanding myth about nitrogen-fixing pea shoots. How to encourage fruiting on your grape vines. Questions answered in the programme: Can the panel suggest plants for a Pendle Witches Commemoration garden. Suggestions included: Hemlock, Aquilegias, and Dandelions. Can I plant my herbs in silt? How can I improve its nutritional qualities? My Bottlebrush flowered last summer, was over-wintered indoors but did not flower this summer. Why not? Which Fuchsia can I plant intermittently in a Hawthorne hedge to brighten it up? My mother's grapevine survives the winters under glass. Will it ever fruit? Which edibles can I grow in a shady, winter terraced-house back yard? Produced by Howard Shannon A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.