Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast

Ep. 221 - Blossom season is upon us, and what a season we're having. Orchards are heaving with flower, so Lucy and Saul discuss the impacts of having an Orchard and visiting the National Fruit collection at Brogdale.


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Spring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture.  A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy and Saul revel in this time of year, as their gardening lives start to get busier with sowing, planting, propagation, mowing, mulching and all other gardening tasks. Sprinkle in some early flower shows and the odd plant fair and our gardening life is complete, so thank god for Spring!

Blossom is everywhere at the moment and especially on our fruit trees signalling the start of Orchard season. And what a start - there seems to be an overwhelming amount of it which potentially heralds for lots of fruit come late summer. It's also National Blossom Week  so Lucy and Saul have a chat about Orchards and how to fit one into your life - whether small and bijou, or full on Cider Orchard. Lucy also visits Brogdale in Kent, where the National Fruit Collection is housed, a place for those passionate about Apples, Pears, Cherries, the list goes on. So next time your thinking of planting a tree - maybe a fruit tree might fit the bill.

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Intro and Outro music from https://filmmusic.io
"Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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