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In Episode 653, Richard tackles aphids on young seedlings, plants potatoes and shallots, and starts conditioning the straw bale garden.
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Episode 653 — Seedlings, Straw Bales & the Aphid Battle Begins

This week’s episode takes us from a sun‑soaked kitchen garden to a windswept allotment and finally into the potting shed,

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Easter gardening, potato planting, and practical ways to beat the hunger gap. Plus a chance to win tickets to Gardeners’ World Spring Fair.
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Episode 652 Easter Gardening, Potato Planting & Tackling the Hunger Gap

This Easter weekend has been a rare treat. Four full days in the garden, decent weather, and plenty of progress

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Richard shares this week’s gardening update, including pea planting, beetroot sowing, potato progress, and a review of A Year on the River
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Episode 651: Pea Planting, Beetroot Basics & A Year on the Waterway – Early Spring in the Garden

This Week in the Kitchen Garden Richard opens this week’s episode by describing that classic early‑spring rush — the moment

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Episode 650: Spring Sunshine, Potato Planting & A Buzzing Start to Beekeeping Season

Spring has finally arrived on the south coast, and with it comes that unmistakable lift in energy across the allotment

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Spring arrives in the garden with early carrot sowings, soil‑building and a chat with Traditional Garden Growers about wool fertilisers.
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Episode 649- Early Carrots, Soil Care, and the Power of Wool Pellets — This Week on the Veg Grower Podcast

Spring is finally starting to show itself in Richard’s garden this week, with early sowings going into the ground, the

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