Stephen Ticehurst

What a great episode Richard, and well done on 10 years! There are other growing podcasts these days but yours must be what everyone else follows. Here’s for another 10 years.

I’ve sowed carrots in between onions and leeks this year, mainly because that it where I had room. I then thought it was probably good companion planting, I’ll see how it goes.

I always sow a lot of marigolds and plant a row of them, their smell is quite over powering which could distract bugs and other pests.

I know what you mean about stocking up on compost as last year I nearly missed out as we went into lockdown.

An inspiring end of year post, they sound like great plans. It’s prompted me to think of my own for the plot and the garden, I’m sure I shall write something up for my own diary, but let me think off the top of my head.

2020 plans changed so much when March hit, who knows what will happen in 2021.

I’ve wanted to move gooseberry plants to be…[Read more]

It was good listening to how your victory garden panned out over the summer. Like you, I too was a bit worried at the time and would see food shortages later on in the year, haply it never happened. As you know, I did dig up my lawn (which I’ve always hated) and made the best of what I could with limited supplies at the time. I was fortunate…[Read more]