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There’s another busy edition of Sunday Gardening from 10am today. All of your gardening questions answered by our expert Jean Griffin on 0800 756 1111. And this week, my friend Casey Dale @iamcaseydale is hosting the show, @BBCSussex @BBCSurrey @BBCRadioKent and @BBCSounds.

Exactly 20 years ago today, 16 year old Taylor Swift's first album was released. It was received fairly positively by music critics, who recognised her songwriting ability and maturity. In November 2006 it entered the US album chart at number 19 and the rest is history!

#Kent gardeners are being encouraged to help hedgehogs prepare for hibernation by leaving out suitable food and fresh water. The RSPCA says meaty cat or dog food can help, while milk and bread should be avoided and bonfires should always be thoroughly checked before they're lit.

100 years ago today, J. Gordon Whitehead, visiting magician Harry Houdini in his dressing room, asked if it was true that he could withstand punches to the abdomen. Without warning, he unleashed a flurry of blows, causing the internal damage that went on to kill the star.

It is National Apple Day today. It was launched in 1990 to celebrate Britain's orchards & local apple varieties. The RHS has identified the ‘Flower of #Kent’ as the apple which fell next to Sir Issac Newton in the late 1660s, inspiring his understanding of gravitational force!

Today in 1995 Rita, the ex-wife of American economist Robert Lucas, received half of her ex-husband's $1 million award for winning the Nobel Prize for Economics. There was a clause in their 1989 divorce settlement guaranteeing her half, if he won it before 31st of October 1995!

Today is International Gin and Tonic Day. #Maidstone entrepreneur George Bishop set up a distillery during the 1780's and over the next 30 years his gin grew to be one of the most popular in Europe. The @MStoneDistiller has now revived George’s name, with an award winning gin!

Huge thanks to our amazing Gardening Expert Rhod Jones, who happily shared his lifetime of knowledge with our listeners today. You can catch up with the show now, on @BBCSounds Here’s just one of the questions that he tackled today - much to the delight of Producer Ali and I…

We’re in for another busy edition of Sunday Gardening after 10am today @BBCRadioKent @BBCSussex @BBCSurrey Our expert, Rhod Jones joins me in the studio to answer more of your questions. Some of the topics, prompted by listeners, include herbaceous plants, roses and hedges.

Y.M.C.A by The Village People was released on this day, back in 1978. It has reportedly sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has also been streamed more than 515 million times since then. The village that’s referred to in the band’s name, is Greenwich in New York.

Insomnia is a terrible condition. Mind you, on the plus side, Only three sleeps until Christmas.

The first school for juvenile offenders opened in the village of #Borstal near #Rochester here in #Kent on this day in 1902. The name of the village is derived from the Anglo Saxon word 'burg-steal' which means ‘a place of refuge’. #PatsFridayFacts

39 years ago today, the weather forecast for #Kent was relatively calm, predicting heavy rain rather than severe winds. However, the conditions drastically escalated overnight into the 16th of October, as the #GreatStorm of 1987 struck. What memories do you have of that time?

Plenty of bees, and wasps along with other pollinators buzzing around our Hedera Helix this afternoon. In #October it’s a vital late-season nectar source for them all, before it matures into its dark berries. More by luck than judgement, I captured a couple of photos earlier.

It’s 9 years ago today, when @kentfirerescue Watch Manager Joanne Gilham and Firefighter Nathan Pavey recreated the iconic scene, from the film Dirty Dancing. Within days the video went viral and made the papers in #Kent, #Australia, #NewZealand, #India and continental #Europe.

Happy birthday to the winner of the first ever series of Britain’s Got Talent, Paul Potts @paulpottsmusic who is 56 today. He will next perform here in #Kent as a special guest on The Opera Boys - The Farewell Tour, at The Malthouse Theatre in #Canterbury on the 27th of October.

Some of Britain's rarest seabirds have enjoyed a good breeding season. National Trust rangers recorded 1,164 pairs of Sandwich Terns returning to Blakeney Point in #Norfolk, after failing to nest there for the previous 2 seasons. They’re named after #SandwichBay here in #Kent.

We’re concentrating on pruning, planting and harvesting on today’s edition of Sunday Gardening. Our Head Gardener Jean Griffin is with me from 10am on @BBCSurrey @BBCRadioKent @BBCSussex to offer advice and answer your questions. Call us between now and midday on 0800 756 1111

Today in 1990 more than 1,000 radio stations and networks joined a simultaneous global broadcast, of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. It was organised to mark, what would have been his 50th birthday. The musician, songwriter and activist was only 40, when he was murdered in Manhattan.