The Gardeners' World Blog

There's been a lot of skirmishing on the border of late. The Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell said he'll be supporting England's opponents in the World Cup - and conspiracy theorists claimed that Alex Ferguson (a Scot) seemed to be against Wayne Rooney (an Englishman) travelling to Germany.

Meanwhile, we were under attack from a couple of SNP politicians for allegedly choosing an anti-Scottish World Cup theme tune; and I was summoned onto the BBC's Points Of View programme to promise fair play for all parts of the UK during this summer of sport.

And we'll do our very best, but it's worth saying this is one area where we can't please all the people all the time...