1976: How to keep your plants alive in a heatwave

Handy tips to keep your plants alive in a heatwave, including recycling your bath water, making use of your flares, and bribing the neighbours with free home-grown produce whilst you're on holiday, came via resident 'Spotlight South-West' gardener Don Hoyle.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 4 August 1976.

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