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Episode 661: Early June Chaos: Wild Weather, Busy Bees and Successional Sowing
Early June has brought that classic mix of heavy rain, strong winds and sudden sunshine — and the garden has certainly felt it. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing how the weather has shaped…
Episode 660: Embracing Tomato Fortnight & Sowing French Beans in Early Summer
Early summer has truly arrived, and with it comes one of my favourite celebrations in the gardening calendar—Tomato Fortnight. As I shared in this week’s Veg Grower Podcast, the allotment and kitchen…
Episode 659: Battling the Heatwave & Finding a Rustic Vision for the Kitchen Garden
This week’s bank holiday brought record‑breaking heat, and like many gardeners, I’ve spent most of my time simply trying to keep plants alive. Between fast‑drying soil, thirsty young crops, and a…
Episode 658: The Week the Weather Turned… and I Finally Got My Bees
This week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast is a real mix of surprises, setbacks, and exciting new beginnings. From unexpected frost damage on the allotment to big changes in the kitchen garden —…
Episode 657: Sowing Winter Cabbage, Tackling Allotment Overwhelm & Our April Book Review
This week has been one of those classic early‑May weeks where everything seems to need doing at once. I’ve been sowing our Seed of the Month, tackling slugs and snails in the kitchen garden, trying…
Episode 656: Highlights From the Gardener’s World Spring Fair
This week has been a little different here at the Veg Grower Podcast. While the allotment and kitchen garden have mostly seen me planting out the last of the season’s young plants, the real highlight…
Episode 655: Planting Early, Protecting Brassicas & My First Real Beekeeping Experience
We’re at the end of April and everything suddenly feels early this year. Warm days, fast growth, and that sense that the season has properly kicked into gear. I’ve taken a few risks in the kitchen…
Episode 654: What’s Really Growing This Week — And How Do You Label It All?
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, Richard takes us through that wonderful mid‑April moment when everything suddenly bursts into life. The allotment is waking up fast, the kitchen garden is buzzing…
Episode 653 — Seedlings, Straw Bales & the Aphid Battle Begins
This week’s episode takes us from a sun‑soaked kitchen garden to a windswept allotment and finally into the potting shed, where a familiar spring pest has been causing more trouble than usual. With…
Episode 652 Easter Gardening, Potato Planting & Tackling the Hunger Gap
This Easter weekend has been a rare treat. Four full days in the garden, decent weather, and plenty of progress across both the allotment and the kitchen garden. In this week’s episode, I share…
Episode 651: Pea Planting, Beetroot Basics & A Year on the Waterway – Early Spring in the Garden
This Week in the Kitchen Garden Richard opens this week’s episode by describing that classic early‑spring rush — the moment when the light improves, the soil warms and suddenly everything seems to…
Episode 650: Spring Sunshine, Potato Planting & A Buzzing Start to Beekeeping Season
Spring has finally arrived on the south coast, and with it comes that unmistakable lift in energy across the allotment and kitchen garden. This week’s episode was packed with sunshine, soil,…
Episode 649- Early Carrots, Soil Care, and the Power of Wool Pellets — This Week on the Veg Grower Podcast
Spring is finally starting to show itself in Richard’s garden this week, with early sowings going into the ground, the greenhouse warming up, and both the allotment and kitchen garden shaking off…
Episode 648: A Big Tree Down, Compost Going Out and My Top Tips for Successful Seed Germination
This week’s episode has been a satisfying mix of big winter jobs finally completed, steady progress in both the kitchen garden and the allotment, and the start of the busy seed‑sowing season. Here’s…
Episode 647: March Begins: Soil Warming, Cauliflowers & No‑Dig Gardening
March has arrived and the soil is finally starting to warm up. This week on the podcast In this week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast, Richard is welcoming in the month of March. I share…
Episode 646: Greenhouse Heating Test, Spring Prep & Beekeeping Insights
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, I’ve been dodging rain showers, running a greenhouse heating test, answering listener questions, and getting the allotment ready for the season ahead. Despite the…
Episode 645: Early Signs of Spring, Allotment Prep & Why Grow Lights Matter More Than Ever
This week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast was packed with those subtle but exciting signs that the growing season is waking up. After a rare dry spell on the south coast, I finally managed a full…
Episode 644 Sowing Seeds, Sodden Soil & Is Crop Rotation Still Necessary?
It’s been another wet and windy week here in Littlehampton, and once again the weather has been calling the shots. Outdoor jobs have been limited, but plenty has still been happening both indoors and…
Episode 643: Potato Prep, Celery Sowing & Composting Insights
Welcome back to another episode of The Veg Grower Podcast. This week has very much been about working with the weather, preparing for the season ahead, and slowing things down where patience is…
Episode 642: Lemon Tree Troubles, Raspberry Pruning & Birdwatching Insights
As the winter months stretch on, many gardeners find themselves dreaming of warmer days and bountiful harvests. In this week's episode of the Veg Grower Podcast, host Richard takes listeners on a…
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