We went from no guests to two guests! Marc was out on Tuesday so I we had to move to Wednesday and our original guest couldn’t make it.

So we chatted first to Jenny about her amazing garden her and her family have created. I loved some of the ideas she has incorporated, especially the Indian mint and planting oaks as a hedge.

Second up we had Daniel Puicar head gardener at Middleton Hall this is the second time Daniel has been on and since his first appearance he had made such progress in his mission to make Middleton in to a horticultural destination.

All our episodes are now on you tube and you can now get the Lightening Round as a separate video on you tube also.

Join us next week for another fantastic guest 💚

Podcast cross over episode, it was wonderful to chat to fellow podcasters @lauras_allotment_dream and @chayallotment talk about podcasting and definitely lots of gardening and allotment chat.

Chay even managed to get some football chat in before the end ⚽️

Make sure you give Laura a follow so that she can realise her Quail dream, by reaching the goal her husband set her of 3000 followers.

Thanks everyone for watching, keep an eye out for our next episode on instagram on Tuesday night 19:30 GMT 💚

After our Christmas hiatus we are back, Jamie shares his health update after his surgery and we chat about my flooded garden and what we are looking forward to growing next year!

So we thought we would do something different and do a quiz for you all, there are 25 Christmassy garden related questions to answer.

We do not give the answers in the episode but I will release them with the podcast on Friday. If you want to win a prize DM me or Jamie with your 25 answers, we will trust you not to google all the answers. (Santas watching 🎅🏻)

Then the person with the most correct answers will win a prize 🏆

1. Legoland in California has a Christmas tree made entirely of Lego how many blocks is it?

A: 364000

2. How many years on average does a christmas tree take to grow?


A: 6-7 Years

3. Which Royal popularised bringing christmas trees in to the home?

A: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert

4.How many poinsettias are sold in the UK each year?

A: 8 million

5. Where would you sow a mistletoe seed?

A: In a tree

6. Why is holy associated with Christmas?

A: Christians believe it symbolises the crown of thorns

7. Why do we hang wreaths on our doors at Christmas?

A: An invitation of Christ or A promos

of spring

8.When is the best time to sow Brussels sprouts?

A: March/April

9. What part of the cinnamon plant is the spice made from?

A: Bark

10. Mince pies used to contain meat true or false?

A: True, They contained meat until the early 20th century

11. What is the Latin name for holy?

A: Ilex

12. What large bulb is commonly grown inside around Christmas?

A: Amaryllis

13. What perennial is often called Christmas Rose?

A: Hellebores

14. Which one of the wise men’s gifts wasn’t plant based

A: Gold, as both Frankincense and Myrrh are derived from plants

15. What common root vegetable are celebrated in Mexico on the 23rd December?

A: Radish

16. Which fruit is at the centre of Iranian tradition Yalda Night?

A: Pomegranates

17. This berry likes to grow in boggy conditions and the ripe berries will float on the surface, what is it?

A: Cranberry

18. In Norway how long can a Christmas tree live in the wild?

A: 1000 years

19: In Germany what was originally hung on a Christmas tree? They called it a paradise tree.

A: Apples

20: What is the traditional day to plant garlic?

A: Shortest Day

21: Name the gardening related singer of Led Zeplin

A: Robert Plant

22: This pop singers last name is also a variety of Alliums, he sings Just the way you are and Uptown Funk

A: Bruno Mars

23: A pea variety that shares part of its name with Stevie, singer of What Christmas means to me?

A: Stevie Wonder / Kelvedon Wonder

24.The artist behind Lonely this Christmas something all us gardeners love?

A: Mud

25. An unlikely combination that I wouldn’t recommend, but Cliff Richard’s would name the song?

A: Mistletoe and Wine

We hope you enjoyed the quiz! Thanks for joining in see you in the new year!

We’re back! After Jamie’s operation got cancelled we thought we would come back and do a few more episodes before Christmas 🎄

In this episode we chat to Noah a gardener at @thornbridge_estate and what he gets up to at work and his quirky garden and house.

Highlights from the episode ⬇️

🛞 Noah told us about his Wheel done that he made out of bicycle wheels

🏰 Why his house is quirky.

🐥 What was special about the fountain at Thornbridge

🌹 How he has taken inspiration from @niff_barnes and is niffing some of the roses at work.

🌷All about planting 2000 tulip bulbs in his garden for the spring display.

🩲 What feature did Noah build so he could sit in his pants and eat crumpets, make sure you listen to find out!

Thanks everyone for watching, See you next week for a Christmas episode 🫶🏻

In this episode, George gave us his gardening fact of the week! Which involved 🌷and 🏅

I did a quiz for Jamie about the guests we have had for the past year he got 6 out of 9 correct (or 5 if we take his first answer 😂)

The guests who were mentioned from the year were @groovygardeninguk, @alex.grows.food, @adesellars, @cmcollins_hort, @twogirlsoneplotpodcast, @my_little_patch_of_earth , @life_on_the_lot , @plot_27b_bristol, @sunshineandgreen, @roots_ed, @parkers_patch, @growing.with.steff

Jamie also told us all his news that he is going in to hospital on Thursday for major surgery which is why we won’t be doing anymore episodes until the new year. ❤️ (update Jamie’s operation was cancelled)

Thank you to everyone that watches or listens to our weekly chats it means the world to us, if we can help and inspire more people to grow it makes it all worth it.

I look forward to speaking with you all next year, I am always about in instagram if anyone wants a chat 🫶🏻

The longest ever episode and it’s a good one! Fiona and Hugh are living off the land trying to be as self sufficient as possible.

Highlight from the episode 👇🏻

🦵 Fiona told us about her awful leg break that she is only just recovering from.

🐓The was lots of Chicken chat for all the chicken keepers out there.

🍬 Hugh told us about his sugar making experience

🥔 They told us their favourite variety of potatoes is Sharpes Express put that on your list for next year.

🍓 I loved the fact they have planted mixed edible hedging around their small holding what a great idea!

The link to the book Hugh talked about John Seymour - The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency

https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/new-complete-book-of-self-sufficiency-book-john-seymour-9780751364422?sku=GOR003097875&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAIC8Llwr6Df9jvW6O9o_jjQ7z&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgJa6BhCOARIsAMiL7V9csRrKHTfLkq96iCx441UGk2kTftena1vuR6hh8_hrBworZEFtypIaAhd2EALw_wcB

Thanks everyone for watching, Join us next Tuesday on instagram for our last episode of 2024

An organic veg grower in Suffolk growing in a 4 acre farm 🚜

Awesome chat here are some highlights

🗺️ Great to hear Greg’s journey in to farm life

🚤 An unexpected former career

🧪 Great to hear Greg’s experience with contaminated manure and how he dealt with it and how he plans to avoid it happening again

🌳 Why fruit tree and bushes were the first thing he planted

🌱 Fantasic to hear more about Agro Foresty method of growing and why he has abandoned no dig in most of his farm despite starting with it.

If you live in the Suffolk area and want to order one of Greg’s organic veg boxes head to his website

https://sunshineandgreen.co.uk/

Thanks for watching everyone, check out instagram on Tuesday 19:30 GMT for another guest from the gardening world 💚

If you enjoyed this episode please share with friends help us grow our podcast and get it in to like minded ears 🤘🏻

Wow what a chat I think we put the world to rights in that hour and a half! Ed incredibly passionate about making sure that everyone who wants to grow can grow after being told the waiting list for his local allotments was 28 years!

Highlights from the episode

👇🏻

🏢 From marketing to confounding @rootsallotments

💚 Convincing his family to let him grow food in the garden during lockdown.

🍺 Instead of going to the pub they came up with the idea to grow food together as a uplifting activity.

🌸 Selling out of subscriptions before even having the plots set up

🌍 How to save the world one plot at a time 👍🏻

Thank you everyone for listening, check out our next episode live at 19:30 GMT on instagram next Tuesday for another guest from the world of horticultural 💚

Tonight we talked to the lovely Steff who is in her first year of having an allotment and is also fairly new to instagram, so if you don’t follow go give her a follow 👍🏻

Highlights from tonight’s episode 👇🏻

🍆 The Italian name Steff calls Aubergines is so much nicer that the English or American.

🌳 We spoke a lot about @rootsallotments

🌱 Steff told us about her successes this year

🫛 What she is hoping to grow more of next year

🍽️ All about her favourite plot to plate recipes

Thanks everyone for listening join us next week for another wonderful guest from the world of horticulture 💚