Through The Garden Gate

We’re back after a week off, hope you didn’t miss us too much! We started talking about the weather obviously and the equinox, Then we got a garden question from George this week about courgette!This weeks guest we tried to have on a few weeks ago but technical difficulties prevented it but tonight we have the wonderful Tasha all the way from the Isle of Man! 🇮🇲 Tasha has revolutionised the way we take pictures of our veg and definitely has a cult following now 🍄‍🟫🍆🥕Tasha told us how she got in to foraging for mushroom and just generally admiring mushrooms.We also learnt that she is a keen cook and loves to rustle up vegan delights from her home grown produce. I am eagerly awaiting her Crotch to Plate series.Take away from the episode are MSG for the win, Tofu is awesome and check out the game Wingspan 👍🏻Thanks everyone for watching and listening see you all next week 💚

Short one today because we had a guest pull out, we started as always with George’s garden question this week all about a fruit with built in air conditioning!Jamie had something exciting to show us… Honey from his bee hives! His first ever harvest! 🐝Jamie also told us all about his trip to Fothergills, one of the largest seed supplier in the UK.Of course we talk about the shocking gardening news that Monty Don is stepping down from hosting Gardeners World at the end of the year! Join us next week for another guest from the world of horticulture 💚

We start the episode as ever with a fab question from George this week all about the largest garden in the world!Marc and Jamie discuss the shocking and unexpected drawing in of the evenings that happens every year and of course the weeks weather.Tonight we spot the the soil enthusiast Teddy who knows more about soil than most people know about the food grown in it.Fantastic chat that could have gone on for hours, Teddy has had some incredible experiences of how food is produced in other countries and end up in our supermarkets, yet we don’t know the face that poured love in to producing itFarming has to change before it’s to late, I encourage you all to go and sign his petition in his bio and let’s put pressure on the EU to start the ball rolling on #savethesoilhttps://consciousplanet.org/save-soil/soil-monitoring-law?fbclid=PARlRTSAUHwutwZG9mAmZkaWQWUNzS_k9ha2llnlssSY6c9VVH8WqJ9WV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp32yVSK-h6nfDe_bRb6Li230u3AWbpjSICRoN7H7B6Fxqr5moTDrPH6uHQuu_aem_J3l_N_m9a0I7h8QtJiYmggThanks everyone for watching join us again next week for another guest from the world of horticulture 💚

A 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 💚

Tonight 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 💚

No 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 💚

We 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 💚

This 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 💚