S01 Episode 11: Gardens and food. With Victoria Wade

S01 Episode 11: Gardens and food. With Victoria Wade     A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Bees on the fishbone cotoneaster   Gardens and food     Micro book review   Tender, Vol 1. A cook and his vegetable patch by Nigel Slater, published by Fourth Estate 2009 https://amzn.to/30RYt3T   Extract read by Richard Chivers     In discussion with Richard about Nigel Slater’s books, and why you should bother growing your own food.      Interview with Victoria Wade 14:10   14:40 The importance of food in Vic and Joe’s garden designs   15:12 Cooking over fire   16:33 Design making outdoor cooking easy   17:56 Primal nature of fire, role of fire in the home   18:49 Relax and soften   19:10 Incorporating edibles into planting designs   20:59 Planting style   23:33 Underlying structure and stone   25:12 Foraging – bringing outdoor eating and gardening in the landscape together.     A huge thank you to Vic for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoria__wade/ website: https://www.victoriawade.co.uk   Thank you to Richard Chivers, both for the reading and for chatting to me about his Nigel Slater habit, and the effect vegetables are having on his marriage. You can find Richard’s blog here http://sharpenyourspades.co.uk/, or seek him out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sharpenyourspades/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/spadesharp.       website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: [email protected] Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB