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Rambling chats about gardening with horticulturalist both well known and lesser known but always a great listen 💚
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146. Nick Pratt @nicolasisbarefoot 👍🏻❤️
01:24:34||Season 1, Ep. 146A random time and day for a very good reason, today’s guest is from the east coast of Australia so for him it’s 19:30pm.We started as we always do with a quick chat and a garden question from George, this week about Rhubarb as we were wearing Rhubarb leaves on our heads the other day.Our guest is from the other side of the world, who is trying to help people reduce the supply chain from food grower to food eater with self sufficiency, connecting with nature and forming a community of like minded people. What a fantastic chat wide ranging talking about how our respective countries are being affected by climate change.Nick talked about how he grows a diverse range of food for his family and grows plants to create herbal products to sell.He is also part of an eco community that is slowly creating a sustainable village cooperative that’s sounds absolutely amazing.What an amazing inspirational chat about how we can all live a much more wholesome life, thanks everyone for watching and listening we will be back again next week 💚
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145. Jamie and Marc chat drought and how the year has gone so far!
01:08:00||Season 1, Ep. 145We start as ever with a chat with George and a gardening question, this week about a plant that listens to the flow of water 💦 Our guest had major technical issues so we were unable to get her on but we will try again another day!So me and Jamie just chatted about our growing season, what we have succeeded in what’s failed what we need to try next year to create a more resilient veg garden.Thanks for all our regulars for joining in with the chat 💚See you all in 2 weeks for another guest from the world of horticulture!
144. Laura McArthur @lauramcarthurhortconsultant
01:40:23||Season 1, Ep. 144Tonight we started with rhubarb leaves on our heads, the heat is obviously getting to us, George told us all about his adventures over the last few weeks and about him being brave and conquering his fears. Then he gave us a garden question as ever! This week all about Hummingbird Hawk Moths.Tonight’s guest is a horticultural consultant who started her career in hospitality and even to the far reaches of Japan teaching kids to ski, then decided to career change in to Horticulture.Now teaching other people the wonderful subject of horticulture whilst studying to be a master of horticulture herself!Thanks everyone for watching and listening, make sure you like, subscribe, comment, share, send us a postcard and all the good things that gets us in to other peoples ears 💚
143. Plot tours with Jamie and Marc
01:37:38||Season 1, Ep. 143No guest tonight but we had our regular question from George this week about wildflowers and bees Then Marc and Jamie did a tour of their plots and talked about what they have growing, successes and failures.Thanks everyone for joining in with the chat. See you next week for another rambling chat with a guest from the world of horticulture 💚
142. George Lowther
01:51:48||Season 1, Ep. 142We started the show as always with a question from George this week all about something from your kitchen that will help your tomatoes 🍅 We started a bit late after a bizarre pheasant emergency after one was alive and stuck in my cars front grill.Tonight’s guest passion is exotics and a jungle style garden. He has created an amazing space that feels extremely jungly using plants are capable of getting through a British winter.George also shows us around his garden so make sure you check out the video.Also check out George’s channel on You Tube 👍🏻Thanks everyone for watching and listening see you all next week for another guest from the world of horticulture 💚
141. Lizzie McLaughlin @lizziemuddyheelsmac 😂
01:34:26||Season 1, Ep. 141This weeks garden question from George was all about how many seeds a strawberry have on them 🍓Tonight’s guest hopes to inspire people to discover where their food comes from, and maybe choose a career in Agriculture. She is the host of Second Nature @second_natureuk a podcast celebrating the seasons, farming, gardening and the countryside. She also has a cute sidekick called Willow the Corgi.So fantastic to talk to Lizzie all about her career in farming and how she has discovered her love for not just farming but growing food.It was great to also talk about mental health which Lizzie has suffered from and gardening and nature help immeasurably.Thanks everyone for watching and joining in, join us next week for another guest from the world of horticulture 💚
140. Chay Godfree @cropsnotshops ✝️
01:29:33||Season 1, Ep. 140We started as we always start with chaos and a gardening question from George. This week it was about bulbs. Tonight we had a guest who’s mission is to help change the way we live as a society, he believes we should be growing food as a community and not relying on the shops.I loved how Chay has found a connection to nature that has made his life complete and now he wants to inspire more people to break away from the systems that are controlling us all.My vote is for him to be the next Prime Minister 💚It’s incredible what you can achieve with a community, in less than 11 week they have created a growing space and are harvesting from it.Join us next week for another episode and a guest from the world of horticulture 💚