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In this weeks episode John chats with Dee Sewell all about community gardens and their importance. Dee through her company Greenside Up Veg helps plan & design community gardens. She also tutors, mentors and helps various community,  therapeutic and school garden on a day to day basis.  

You can find Dee through her website
https://greensideup.ie

There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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What is the best Christmas gifts for gardeners 2022? In this episode John chats with Natasha Tierney who is a gardener and creator of beautiful gardening spaces in her own garden primarily from plants she has grown from seed. Her instagram page shows these gardening exploits very well and is worth checking out here.
https://instagram.com/diyanddreams?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
In this weeks episode John and Natasha chat through a list of gift ideas for gardeners which Natasha created and many of which are on her own wish list this year.
The list includes books, subscriptions, seed collections, equipment, vouchers, clothing and much more here is Natasha's full list with links

Books |
Gardening together by Diarmuid Gavin & Paul Smyth
| The complete Gardener by Monty Don
| RHS Gardening through the year by Ian Spence
| The Flower Farmers Year by Georgie Newbery
| Florets Farm Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein
| Everlastings by Bex Partridge

Subscriptions | -Magazines | The Irish Garden https://www.garden.ie/product/irish-garden-magazine-subscription/
| Gardeners World 1yr 12 issues  www.buysubscriptions.com
| Gardeners Illustrated www.buysubscriptions.com

Apps | Readly app has all issues of gardening magazines  https://ie.readly.com 

Seeds | Cut flower seed collection  24- www.bellmeadowireland.com
| Dried flower seed collection 22 www.bellmeadowireland.com
| Cocktail herb seeds collection 11 -  www.bellmeadowireland.com
| Bell meadow gift set (seeds, fork, hand shovel, haws watering can) 42  www.bellmeadowireland.com
Equipment
| Apron personalised   theirishgardener.com
| Gardeners tool belt 13 from www.gardenshop.ie
| Overalls Lucy & Yak https://lucyandyak.com/collections/all-dungarees
| Gloves www.gardenshop.ie 
| Secateures  www.gardenshop.ie   
| Trowel, fork www.gardenshop.ie   
Plants | Bare root roses from David Austin https://eu.davidaustinroses.com/ 
Kids | Garden tool bag set  16   www.gardenshop.ie
Vouchers | Local garden centre, Quickcrop, gardenshop.ie, Woodys, Homebase
Homemade | Nice pot plante

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I was recently asked what is the most popular episode of Master My Garden podcast so what better than a Top 10 just like the old days watching the charts so in this weeks episode that's what I cover.  If you want to listen back to any of these episodes below are all the episodes. 

1. EP056- No Dig Gardening with expert No Dig gardener Charles Dowding. 
2. EP026- How to grow a Wildflower meadow with Sandro Cafolla
3. EP059 Companion Planting Part 1 With Tanguy de Toulgoët Dunmore Country School
4. EP087- Saving Your Own Seed With Madeline McKeever Brown Envelope Seeds
5. EP039 - All about vegetable growing with Klaus Laitenberger 
6. EP098- No Dig Gardening. Whats my verdict after one complete year? 
7. EP107- Seed Sowing For Success 
8. EP112- Growing Perennial Vegetables With Patrick Hunt
9. EP113- What To Sow In March & Other Gardening Jobs I'm Doing
10. EP125- Dr. Elaine Ingham Talks About The Soil Food Web & What Is Going On In The Soil Under Our Feet

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In this weeks episode John chats about the extremely wet weather we have had in Ireland since the beginning of October and how that will impact the start of the bareroot season.

Starting a No Dig garden is also discussed and the benefits of No Dig. A question that is asked regularly is how much compost will I need to start my no dig beds ? Well lets look at an example of that
Lets say I want to make a bed 6m x2m and I will put the compost 15cm deep in year 1 (down to 5cm in subsequent years)

So the sums are:
6 m x 2m
600cm x 200cm = 120,000 sq cm
15cm deep x 120,000 = 1,800,000 cubic cm
move decimal 6 places = 1.8 cubic mtr of compost required.
 
In the following years you would change the 15cm deep to 5cm deep and use the same formula to see how much you require in year 2 etc.

John also talks about planting ideas for your winter planters, hanging baskets and more.


There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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In this weeks episode John talks to Conor Gallinagh horticultural advisor with Cafre. Conor and the team at Cafre are doing some really interesting work looking at plants growing in peat free which is interesting as us gardeners begin to transition away from peat growing media.

We also chat about LED grow lights and whether they are viable to use commercially. Its a great chat with lots of other topics covered.

You can find Conor's family nursery here

https://gallinaghnursery.ie


There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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John 

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Every year many I us grow our veg and never quiet know what to do with the gluts, does this happen to you ? I know for me I end of giving away much of what I grow, I have failed miserably on many occasions to freeze vegetables mostly the end up tasting terrible or breaking down when thawed. So in this weeks episode I chat with Lexi Scott a great gardener and even better cook who utilises all her harvests to the max. Using freezing, pickling and canning to great affect.

Lexi chats about her garden and the techniques she uses to ensure none of her amazing crops go to waste. If you would like to follow Lexi's journey you can find her and all her recipes, tips and tricks here

https://instagram.com/bwgardens?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

You can also find good information on storing your produce here

https://www.ballmasonjars.com/

There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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A listener asked what is the difference between softneck and hardneck garlic? and which one should I sow?

So that's what John covers in this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast. Also covered in this weeks episode is cutting back perennials, mulching beds, planting autumn onion sets, sowing broad beans and much more.

There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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In this weeks episode John chats all about Autumn planting bulbs for beautiful blooms next spring. 

Autumn planting/ spring flowering bulbs really are a gardeners dream for many reasons including

• They add colour and lift your mood when not much else is flowering.
• Can be planted in the ground or in containers.
• When you chose your varieties well you can have flower from Jan to May.
• Many will naturalise and spread so the 10 you plant this year will become 15 next year and increase the impact year on year. 
• You don't need to have gardening experience to be successful with them 
• Colours and styles for all situations and gardens. 
• They signal the end of winter and highlight the hope of spring
• Bulbs are inexpensive for the impact they provide.
• Colour schemes can be easily chosen 

So as you can see there are so many reasons to grow bulbs so get out there and get growing. 

There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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In this weeks episode of the podcast John chats with the superb Rosie Maye "The Insomniac Gardener".

Rosie Maye The Insomniac Gardener is a superb gardener who gardens in Slane Co Meath famous for it rich soil, mature trees and rolling hills along the Boyne river. The garden which I have yet to visit looks superb with many different features but what stand out from this chat with Rosie is not only her gardening ability but also her willingness to encourage, inspire and support other gardeners especially people who are new to gardening.

The episode is packed with gardening tips, useful advice and a description of the garden that will make you want to visit ASAP.

Rosie encourages garden visits by appointment only and you can contact Rosie through her website https://theinsomniacgardener.ie   for more details.

This is a great episode and one that will surely help you to Master Your Own Garden.


There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast John Chats with Jane McCorkell Landscape Architect and Garden Designer. In a great chat Jane talks about the process of working with a garden designer and how you should prepare for that process.
Jane also talks about current trends both the good and the over used.

One of the key points mentioned is that when people get their garden designed and built some feel that they may never have to interact with the garden again but Jane encourages people to do just that to get into their garden and feel the benefits of having and maintaining such a beautiful space.

You can find Jane on her website here
https://www.janemccorkell.com/team/

There will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my
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John 

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