Gardens, weeds and words

Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E04 show notes A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.  Garden soundtrack 00:40 spring settling in, and it's been a warm, dry start 02:34 what your garden wants from you, the last in my series of readings on how to find yourself in a state of ha...

Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E03 show notes A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.  Garden soundtrack Winter conditions in the garden. 01:17 A weed for every situation reading 02:18 from Jack Wallington's Wild About Weeds , read by Andy Wain   04:15 When to start sowing se...

Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E02 show notes A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.  Autumn is settling in and, if we're honest, we start to spend less time actively gardening. More time for the soil to grow what it really wants, more time for us to start dreaming next year...

Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03.5 E01 show notes A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.  Garden soundtrack Shamelessly pinching the title from Jack Wallington's fabulous 2019 book for this episode – which is only fair, as it's the jumping off point for this whole mini season. W...

This is a little bit of a teaser. Series 4 of the Gardens, Weeds & Words podcast is starting to come together, but you know how long it takes for things to assemble inside my head. And, from there, to make the journey through all the twigs, and moss, and soil and stuff, into the editing software and out into the real world in a state I can share it with you. So I thought, while I'm working away on...

Gardens, weeds and words podcast, S03E10 show notes A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.  Garden soundtrack February; the natural world waking up; the bossiness of raised beds 2:00 Reading from I was right all along , on my Substack, Bramble & Briar 3:41 the resilience of the purpl...

Gardens for Good Causes, with Hattie Ghaui   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   The glory of October   3:25 Reading from Kew Gardens, by Virginia Woolf . Written in 1919, available in hardback from Kew Publications, 2018 Read by Milli Proust   8:19 Inte...

Designing with flowers. With Hazel Gardiner   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Over the hump of the year   1:56 Vita Sackville west struggling with summer   Readings from In Your Garden , Vita Sackville West. Oxenwood Press, 1996 Read by Andrew Timoth...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Cracking ice while walking through the fields – is it too soon to say, or is winter beginning to think about handing over to spring?   A great time for mulching.     Reading from To stand and stare 3:02 Read by Andrew...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Winter bringing new and rare experiences – December snow in Kent, and recording the audio version of my new book.     Reading from To stand and stare 2:10 Read by Andrew Timothy O'Brien   To stand and stare: how to g...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   The joys of October in the garden.     Reading from A breath from elsewhere , by Mirabel Osler 4:28 Read by Jemma Cooper   A breath from elsewhere , by Mirabel Osler. Bloomsbury, 1997. https://amzn.to/3Stlvr9     06:...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.     Garden soundtrack   The last days of autumn, winter blowing in on the back of Storm Arwen.   Coping with post-COP26 despair and overwhelm.     Reading, 'Sudden Shower', by John Clare 03 : 22 Read by Lulu Peddar     Interview with Hannah Mc...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.    Garden soundtrack Dawn breaking in the garden Trees in the landscape Reading from Wildwood, A Journey Through Trees , by Roger Deakin  2:25 https://amzn.to/3r6geIJ Read by Richard Chivers   Interview with Jackee Holder 4:54 05:13 'Coach and a...

  A plant-inspired practice. With Katie Robbins A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links.    Garden soundtrack     Pondering the onset of winter, with twinkling lights and fried potatoes.   Seasonal markers, and The Almanac from Lia Leendertz.   Catching up with Lia Leendertz. What's ne...

Home. With Jennie Spears of the Lemon Tree Trust   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Why do we build gardens? Looking back to the very first episode of the podcast and Tim Massey's garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the Lemon Tree Trust https://www....

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Back after a break for the last episode in the series   Dogs and gardening   Lockdown and #BlackLivesMatter – did these change how you felt about your garden?   Privilege in the gardening world   Telling the stories...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Gardening without Chelsea.   The RHS Virtual Chelsea Flower Show  https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea   Lockdown gardening interest   The Independent Plant Nursery Guide  http://independentplantnurser...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Birdsong, and gardening in the new normal.   Gardening in one place over time.    Reading 04:00 Extract from The Garden Log Podcast , episode 74, read by the host, Ben Dark.  https://thegardenlog.libsyn.com/       In...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Poem 00:53   Digging  by Seamus Heaney   Read by Jemma Mullholland   from Death of a Naturalist , Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber 1966 (new edition 2006)  https://amzn.to/3bwuPpk     A feeling of connection to the land....

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Almost March.    Children in the garden…   …a gardener's perspective   The gardener in the garden…   …a child's perspective     Poem 03:04   The Gardener  by Robert Louis Stevenson   Read by Peta Cootes     Early exp...

Rootbound. With Alice Vincent   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   More winter behind than before us   The cold and damp – joys of a good fire at the end of the day.     Micro book review 02:02 Roger Deakin's Notes from Walnut Tree Farm https://amzn.t...

Healing nature. With Alys Fowler   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   January, getting back out into the garden.   Rains and flooding.   A sign that not all's ok with our relationship with nature     Micro book review 03:30   from The Garden Jungle or...

Nature in a virtual space. With Sara Tasker   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Gardening in the rain   Most used garden tools   An argument for including a smart phone   Social media and gardening community     Micro book review 05:09   from Rootbou...

Garden outlaws and weedy rebels. With Jack Wallington   A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.      Garden soundtrack   Distracted by leaves   What happens when the landscape meets a garden fence?   The benefits of cultivated plants   Where weeds come in     Reading 04:48   from We...

A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.   These notes may contain affiliate links.        Garden soundtrack   Soggy October.   Knowing a place, season to season.   The idea of UNKNOWN GROUND ( Terra Incognita )     Reading 04:48   from Landmarks  by Robert MacFarlane https://amzn.to/2WgmH5N   Read by Rachel Coldbreath.      ...