Pots & Trowels The Gardening Podcast

This week Martin meets scriptwriter turned garden blogger Andrew Oldham. After a life-changing accident, Andrew's consultant suggested gardening as rehabilitation. He and his wife moved to Saddleworth, and tried their hand at gardening and growing; learning & blogging their exploits as they went along. So the "Life on Pig Row" blog and vlog was born! Plus, this week the P&T...

How do you decide what goes in each edition of a regular gardening magazine?  Martin talks to the editor of Kitchen Garden Magazine: Steve Ott Martin and Jill reveal the monthly feature they're excited about writing for the magazine. Plus Martin answers some of your gardening questions.  #GardeningPodcast #podcast #garden #gardening Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & p...

Martin's been to meet Christopher Pike at a specialist tree nursery, Jill has a last minute recipe idea and the team have a good chat!  Specialist Tree Nursery, Christmas Recipe and some Festive Fun! Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a discount on PlantGrow products, UK followers can enter the code PT2026 at checkout (terms and conditions apply) E...

This week Martin shares a chat he had with the top team over at the ‘Talking Heads’ podcast - all about their own gardens, the gardens they look after as head gardeners* and how their podcast keeps going from strength to strength. There are a few tips from Martin about what to do in your garden right now, or more importantly, what not to do at this time of year! Talking Heads Podcast: Talking Head...

Martin's moseyed up to North Yorkshire to meet plantswoman and friend Sarah Hopps, who began a nursery from her back garden and never looked back! Together they answer some questions from Hunton gardening club: Questions: Why haven't new Nerines flowered? If I lift Dahlias early is that OK? How to plant bare root roses (Advice has changed) Videos Mentioned: Bare Root Roses Lifting Dahlia...

Martin’s climbed in to Newby Hall this week to catch up with head gardener Lawrence (even though the gardens are closed for the season!) - Plus we’ve been to Barnard castle and taken a couple of your gardening questions.  Newby Hall & Gardens: https://www.newbyhall.com/   Questions answered: What to put in a 60 foot rock garden/border? What to do with area with shallow soil? Will my cyclamens...

Pond plants feature in this week's episode as Martin visits the award winning Lincolnshire Pond Plants. We've got tips for what to do with leeks in the kitchen and we're answering a few viewer/listeners' questions! Questions answered: How do you pronounce Gooseberry ?  (and can I split a Gooseberry shrub?) What to do with pots of seed grown asparagus  Should water butts be empt...

We've got your questions answered and some things to take care of around the garden on this week's episode. Plus, Martin catches up with his old mate and onscreen partner John Stirland, who's just received his Long Service Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society for 50 years of green fingers! This week's questions: Question about a fig tree in a pot. General question about g...

Growing flowers locally and having whatever's in season available is about as sustainable as it gets. Martin's popped over to Floral Media in North Nottinghamshire to chat to his old friend Paula, who is a florist & horticulturist with Chelsea flower show medals to her name! There's also a chance to answer some listeners' questions, some (amateur gardener) co-host's qu...

We've got tips for elephant garlic, what to do with Autumn leaves & an Alpaca beans update on this week's P&T podcast, plus Martin and Jill have a great chat with Arit from BBC Gardeners World (should there be an apostrophe on gardeners? never mind...) Connect with Arit on Instagram: Arit Anderson Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & podcast episodes For a d...

Introduction to P&T and a 'Meet the Team' pilot episode. The Pots & Trowels team have been making gardening videos on YouTube and Facebook since 2019. Martin Fish is a gardener with over 40 years practical gardening experience and now speaks & judges at flower and garden shows across the globe! Jill Fish is a dab hand with the camera and as well as being our chief camera oper...