• The Veg Grower Podcast

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The Veg Grower Podcast

By: Richard
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  • If you are interested in growing your own food , then this is the podcast for you. Each week Join Richard Suggett as he shares his experience of growing food in his allotment and back garden.
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  • #552 A trip to spring fair and the seed of the month

    #552 A trip to spring fair and the seed of the month
    May 6 2024
    Join Richard in this weeks podcast where Richard has taken a trip to BBC gardeners world spring fair. An annual event at Beulieu motor museum in the new forest. Richard also shares the seed of the month a sweetcorn variety from premier seeds and he has been planting seed on the allotment. Gardeners world spring fair 2024. On Friday Richard headed to Beulieu motor museum, house and gardens for the annual BBC gardeners world spring fair. We have been attending this event for a few years and we always enjoy the show. Richard takes us through the kitchen garden at Beulieu as well as visits a couple of show gardens and finishes off with a bit of shopping. Always a thoroughly enjoyable event but if you went let us know your experience. Seed of the month: Sweetcorn Rising Sun. Each month we have a seed of the month in collaboration with Premier seeds direct. Premier seeds direct are a fantastic supplier of all your garden seed needs. This month we have a sweetcorn variety Rising Sun which is an early sweet variety of sweetcorn. Easy to grow and Richard considers sweetcorn to be a staple in any kitchen garden or allotment. Don't forget to use discount code vegpod10 for a further discount on already low prices at Premier seeds direct. Down the allotment. Down on the allotment Richard has been getting lots of plants in the ground. This year has been a tricky year and there's been a lot of worry about it being too cold or wet to get plants in the ground. Richard decided to get a few in the ground now and see how it works out but it seems to have worked well. Listen to the podcast to find out more. Support this podcast. If you have enjoyed this podcast, then please leave a rating and review on your podcast provider, but if you would like to support this podcast and keep the website running then please consider becoming a supporting member. Details on the button below.
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    41 mins
  • #551 Its national gardening week

    #551 Its national gardening week
    Apr 29 2024
    28 mins
  • Potting On, Sowing Parsnips And Rhubarb

    Potting On, Sowing Parsnips And Rhubarb
    Apr 22 2024
    This week on the veg grower podcast, Richard has been busy potting on young plants, sowing parsnips and tending to his Rhubarb. Potting on We start this week in the greenhouse, where Richard is potting on lots of young plants into bigger and bigger pots. Richard like to wait for the compost to have plenty of roots before potting up. That way the root ball comes out easily and the compost doesn't get wasted. Potting up is essential for encouraging growth in our young plants. Given the roots more space to stretch out and search for moisture and nutrients. Richard usually uses a large collection of plastic pots which get re used over and over again. However he is also using some biodegradable pots including some from wool pots. Support this podcast. Sowing parsnips. This week Richard has sown some parsnips. Parsnips of course being a fantastic tasty winter veg. But getting parsnips seeds to germinate can be tricky!!! Richard believes this to be due to the soil temperature. Parsnip seed germinates in soil above 12c. There's an old wives tail about how to test if the soil is warm enough but the best way to test is with a soil thermometer. Chef Scott's recipe of the week. This week chef Scott has a delicious Asparagus hummus recipe for you to try. A great way to make a healthy tasty dip from your asparagus harvests. Rhubarb check up. Inspired by the asparagus recipe Richard heads over to his asparagus and rhubarb to make a few pickings. Rhubarb is in plentiful supply currently but flower spikes have appeared. Flower spikes on Rhubarb is usually a sign of stress. Given the weather its not surprising and its easy to rectify.
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    27 mins
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