Rough Around The Hedges

By Rough Around The Hedges

Rough Around The Hedges is about growing vegetables. It's about a personal journey towards being more self sufficient. It's about illustrating how anyone can grow vegetables no matter where they are f... more

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Rough Around The Hedges episodes:

March 04, 2019 A Peek Through the Looking Glass with Leon
I had the pleasure of chatting with Leon, chef patron of The Looking Glass in Cheltenham. They've just taken on an allotment with the hopes of growing some of their own produce for the restaurant. What's even better is that the allotment is a 2 minute walk up the road from them! Talk about local food.

"Our dream was to open a restaurant that showcased the best of the Cotswold's as we believe the region produces some of the finest ingredients our country has to offer. That dream has become a reality. Our food is always fresh. Always free range. Always organic. Never imported. Never mass produced. Never ‘bought in.’ Everything is made in house; from our freshly baked birch sap roll & cultured butter to our elderflower vinegar. Traditional sourcing, meets modern cooking…"

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Music track by: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
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45min
December 27, 2018 Seed review for 2018 and what seeds we've bought for 2019
I wanted to talk about how everything went in 2018...what worked on the allotment, what didn't and some of the reason's why.
It's been an interesting year and we've learnt a lot so hopefully next year, we can use the experience to grow more food, more variety and be more productive.
Music by DJ Quads - SoundCloud
All seeds purchased for The Real Seed Catalogue. (Not a sponsorship)
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37min
November 10, 2018 A chat with Hannah Mansfield
In today's episode, I had a chat with Hannah from "The H Word". It was great to get into nutrition from a "vegetable-point-of-view". We spoke about a variety of subjects all to do with health, food and.....COURGETTES!!! Hope you enjoy
Intro music by: @dcuttermusic / www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro music by: soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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1h
August 08, 2018 Brexit and our food system
There's been a lot in the media about how the UK will run out of food if we don't reach a deal with Brexit. A lot of focus has been put on the negative side of things, but I believe there could be opportunities too.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/07/uk-run-out-of-food-no-deal-brexit-national-farmers-union
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/29/no-deal-brexit-food-supply-chain-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2018/jul/12/a-no-deal-brexit-survival-guide-what-food-to-stockpile
Intro music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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29min
July 31, 2018 Chatting to Matt & Katie about our allotment
This is the first time I've had "guests" on the podcast but who better to kick it off than Matt & Katie. If you've watched any of my YouTube video's you would have seen them plenty of times. Today we chatted about our experience on the allotment so far, ups and downs and things we've learnt. Hope you enjoy!
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
and https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
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40min
June 30, 2018 Can Market Gardening be Profitable
Lettuce shortage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44664834
Can market gardening be profitable? I think it can and today I go through few things to consider that can affect whether or not you could make money from growing vegetables on a small scale
Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
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https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie
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23min
September 24, 2017 The Future of Farming
In today's podcast, I talk briefly over two different types of farming that are becoming popular, namely, urban,small scale intensive farming and indoor, vertical / hydroponic / aquaponic farming.
What are the differences between them and what my thoughts on them.
Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro Music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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35min
September 10, 2017 Who gets farming subsidies in Europe
Following on from the first podcast, today I spoke about a few companies that receive farming subsidies in the EU. If you don't already know, it will blow your mind. More reading here: http://farmsubsidy.openspending.org/
Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro Music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
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37min
September 04, 2017 Food Politics Part 1 - What are farming subsidies: A Broad explanation
In this installment of a series of podcasts about "Food Politics", I chat about what farm subsidies are. I am by no means an expert but chat broadly about where they come from and who gets them.
In the next episodes, we'll go into more details about this fascinating subject.
Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro Music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
Links / References:
https://fullfact.org/economy/farming-subsidies-uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/21641/agriculture/farming-subsidies-in-the-uk/
https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-overview_en
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/farm-subsidies-blatant-transfer-of-cash-to-rich
https://www.desmog.uk/2015/07/27/landed-gentry-jackals-claiming-billions-farm-subsidies
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44min

FAQs about Rough Around The Hedges:

How many episodes does Rough Around The Hedges have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.