Skinny Jean Gardener Podcast

Its getting spooky in this action packed Halloween Special! as Lee takes you on a tour of the garden, discusses growing the biggest pumpkin in the smallest of spaces and takes calls from Mr Suggett and Rob Ross. Plus Lee tells you his TOP 10 best things to do with the kids at Halloween! With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>>...

Its the first breakfast show, and things don't quite go to plan, a dodgy ground force, a lack of sleep, and the only saving grace of Richard Suggett calling in! With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestdays Vintage >>> www.bestdaysvintage.co.uk TEACHER or...

On this episode of the show, JJ from The Bearded Growers Radio show joins us to chat Allotment, Gardeners' World and Gardening Radio. Listen to JJ and Bish every Monday, right here.. https://nccr.co.uk/shows/bearded-growers-radio/ Plus regular favourite to the show Mr Stuart Jackson says Hi after sowing his onion sets and tells us how well his School Gardening Success Plan is getting on! With than...

This week on the show we have Catherine Hughes from Growing Family and author of A year of nature, craft and play! Plus Olive joins us for #AskOlive to tell us about what gardening she does at school! With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestdays Vintage >>&g...

This week Lee discusses the Queens Jubilee and asks will you be plant a tree in 2022? Plus favourite to the show Mr Jackson calls in to give us an update on the School Gardening Success Plan and what Tree he is looking to plant up in 2022 With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clo...

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 is here for a one off Autumn Edition. Is it the same? and is it worth visiting this year? Lee visits RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 Press Day to find out whats going on at the show and whether he thinks its really worth visiting in 2021? Giving you his Top 5 parts of the show, Lee takes you for a tour around the show ground with the Sanctuary gardens, Show gardens and Ar...

What will be the trends of 2022? Lee heads to Birminghams Glee trade show to find out. With the help of fellow podcaster Richard Suggett, they review what they saw and how they think from that day, the 2022 trends will be. Plus all the good stuff, has Lee put that fence up yet? Will we learn some latin latin latin, and who were the winners of the Great British Growing Awards? Its all here in the n...

As block paving and tarmac take over the front gardens of Britain, what affect does that have on wildlife, wellbeing and the world In todays show Lee talks about the effect of just turning your front garden into a drive way, being once guilty of this himself. Regular contributors to the show Stuart Jackson (Forest school teacher) and Richard Suggett (Podcaster of The Veg Grower Podcast), Join us t...

Long title for this one, but with Energy prices rising, how can we save money with the help of our garden! Having just moved to a new place myself, I want to become as eco friendly as possible, so how can I use my sills as a gardener and the garden itself to reduce those costs! The results may shock you! Plus an update from Forest School teacher Stuart Jacksons garden after he had to move raise be...

In this episode we are joined by Richard Suggett as he reports on this years Gardeners World LIVE + We TRY to give-away tickets to Malvern Show and its Chilli Friday!!! that doesn't have the hot spice you would think. With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestdays V...

Technology in the garden. Is there a place for it? What would you do to make your gardening life easier? In this weeks show Lee has a look at what is out there on the market right now, and what he will be adding to his garden. With thank to our sponsors.. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from B...

As Lee starts the show in a NEW location with an all NEW Garden, it seems only right we talk garden transformations. As Richard Suggett calls in to discuss blight down the allotment, and his biggest garden transformation from 2020. We rate a mums garden transformation that hit the news recently, but most importantly get inspired by a man who built a swimming pool from pallets! Can it really be don...

This week we are going back down under with Costa, as we learn more from this Ozzy legend! Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestdays Vintage >>> www.bestdaysvintage.co.uk TEACHER or PARENT? Want to get your school gardening? The School Gardening Success Plan is for you! Find out m...

As temperatures go up here in the UK, its the final episode in the shed and Lee has some hard hitting stories to wave it off! Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestdays Vintage >>> www.bestdaysvintage.co.uk TEACHER or PARENT? Want to get your school gardening? The School Gardening...

The beginning of a new adventure into small space gardening, as Lee tries to add everything he can into a small garden! Joined today by Sir Richard Suggett, Live from the hot tub.. which of course gives Lee a "great" idea! Find out what in todays episode! Thanks to this weeks sponsors; Sponsoring the podcast over the next few months, I have to say, literally I’m being paid to say this, but at the...

The Worlds BIGGEST Garden Festival is Back and Lee is ready to review it with the team, fresh off the back of a visit to Press Day! In todays show Lee is joined by Forest School Teacher Stuart Jackson, to discuss the children's bug hotel entries, Youtuber Dan comes on to help answer some weedy problems and Allotment podcaster Richard Suggett jumps in to defend the humble potato and discuss what RH...

Thanks to this weeks sponsors; Sponsoring the podcast over the next few months, I have to say, literally I’m being paid to say this, but at the same time I really mean it too, that these tools are incredible. Well built, light and easy to use, anything that makes walking out to the shed, picking up a tool, and getting the job done quickly is a win in my book. Find the right tool for the job with W...

I hand over the controls to the audience, but a fellow podcaster takes over! In a total experimental episode, of an idea stolen from Iain Lee, I stand back and watch to see who calls in and creates the show. Here's what happened. .

With fathers day fast approaching we look at the Top 25 Fathers Day gift for Gardeners from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. But what do you think will come out number One! Alos on the new 45 minute shows, Izzy and Amelia call in to tell me what they've been up in the garden, and growing on the veg patch, and what does a 11 year old get for her birthday? A hedgehog hunt is my answer! Thanks to this...

Its National Children's Gardening Week, and so Lee Connelly, Author of How to get Kids Gardening, takes your calls and gives you ideas of how to get out in the garden together! Le is joined by Forest School Teacher Stuart Jackson today giving us some top advice for gardening at school and showing us how he is saving the school plants throughout the half term. Regular to the show Mr Richard Suggett...

That episode where.. we’ve got RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Junk year show gardens, troublesome neighbours, someone calls the police and Peter Seabrook and Alan Titchmarsh get excited about a hose pipe.  It was meant to be RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 this week, until some pandemic thing put an end to that until September, so the RHS has put on a virtual edition in May. In this show we were suppo...

WARNING Some of the conversations in this podcast may be triggering: This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, So for the first time ever on the podcast we open up about gardening helps our wellbeing and have open conversations about mental health. Got a project in the garden? Find the right tool for the job with WORX >>> www.worx-uk.com Look good and Feel good with clothing from Bestday...

After a month and a half away from the mic, Skinny Jean Gardener Returns! Its been a whole month since Lee ended the Number One Phone In Gardening Podcast, and finally he is back! In this episode Lee finds his feet once again, with regular callers Richard Suggett, Stuart Jackson and Ian Beddoes, + stories of photography, fishing and a knocked out duck. Yep, back on form. Welcome back team! With th...