The Botanical Broadcast

This week we discuss different types of lawnmowers, the height of the cut sports facilities, and which type of grasses you should and shouldn't use, if bamboo is your thing go for it, we don't recommend it! We go over finer details of lawns such as fertilizing and scarifying; then we finish off with some low maintenance alternatives, we hope you enjoy!

After a week break, we are back. We look at seeds, planting two waves, beetles, and what to do with your garden now. All of these are topics from the Garden magazine which we discuss in more detail.

A sciency episode exploring the ins and outs of day-light saving (clocks going forward) and what effect that has on plants. We also look into what happens when you shine a bright light at a plant.

This week we discuss daffodils. We go through what they are used for, diseases to look out for, and, are they actually poisonous? We also have a poem all about the flower.

In this weeks episode, we discuss how to sow your seeds and which compost may be the best to use. Don't worry there is only one sewing joke, but I left my loom at home so it's tricky! We hope you enjoy it!

In this weeks episode, we discuss different presents to get your mother for mother's, on Sunday. We have a guest, who is a mother, and she talks about her experiences in present giving and presents receiving, we also have our usual interesting chats about what you can do in your garden.

We discuss more than carbon footprints in the episode, however. There's talk about noise reduction and how adding foliage to your garden can bring the wildlife back. How many songs does a Dunnock have? Well, it's an interesting one. We are also reminded of Miranda as the word 'mulch' makes us laugh. Finally, we try not to crap in our pots whilst filling them with potatoes, we hope you enjoy the next episode.

In this episode, we talk about how to prune your roses and how to properly look after your roses. we will take you through the different types of roses, how and when to prune them so they are at full strength in the summer.

Is the dogwood dead? And, is white actually a colour. Here on our first episode back we discuss trending topics in the Garden Magazine such as winter flowers and bark. We hope you enjoy it!

This episode has been a long time coming, I know and I am sorry! We have had a to week break in which we have been to Wales and back! Now in this episode, we will be discussing the exciting features of grass, ranging from bamboo and ornamental grasses, sports turf and lawn grass, this is a speciality so I hope you enjoy it!