{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6079bbe0ad5e05241c8f53f4/6937dfa491c8bda5d0c8d060?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Week 50 in the Garden","description":"<p>With the heating going on indoors, we also chat about <strong>houseplant winter care</strong> — how to stop your plants drying out when the radiators fire up, simple ways to boost humidity, and why a quick “seasonal reset” can save your favourite foliage.</p><p>With <a href=\"https://www.songbird-survival.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigns/national-robin-day/national-robin-day\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Robin Day</strong></a> coming up, Peter and David talk about how to help garden birds through winter, from offering <a href=\"https://www.buckinghamgardencentre.co.uk/shop/Peckish-Complete-Bird-Food-1kg-p66197579\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">high-energy food</a> to keeping bird feeders clean and disease-free.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We take a look ahead <a href=\"https://londongardenstrust.org/whatson/london-open-gardens-2026/participating-gardens/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to <strong>London Open Gardens 2026</strong></a>, a weekend where more than 100 hidden gardens across the capital will open their gates — definitely one for the diary.</p><p>There’s also discussion on the latest <a href=\"https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/articles/peat-free-nutrition\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>RHS</strong></a><strong> peat-free trials</strong>, which show that more fertiliser isn’t always better, plus the key findings from Thompson &amp; Morgan’s 2025 survey revealing how British gardeners are adapting to hotter, drier summers.</p><p>Finally, we round things off with a spotlight on <a href=\"https://www.hedging.co.uk/?target=search&amp;mode=search&amp;substring=raspberry&amp;including=all\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>raspberries</strong></a>, covering the difference between summer- and autumn-fruiting types and some of the bare-root varieties now available at the Garden Centre.</p>","author_name":"Dig It"}