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Novembers seed’sand its a bit chilly This evening I stood by my back door and noticed it was rather chilly. We are in NOvember now and that means its getting noticably colder. I […]

#629 Compost, Quince Jam, and Keeping the Greenhouse WarmThis week on The Veg Grower Podcast, Richard enjoys a productive weekend of gardening, with mild autumn weather, a few fireworks for the dog to […]

Borecole, Apple Trees, and a Beautiful Autumn Weekend This week’s Supporters Club podcast is now live. In this episode, Richard shares how a cold but sunny autumn weekend led to a productive f […]

Pumpkin & Ginger Quick Bread With pumpkins still plentiful, this week’s recipe is a variation of ‘pumpkin bread’—a moist, cake-style loaf rich with autumn flavour, made us […]

Sowing Corn Salad and Tackling Autumn Garden Jobs This week’s Supporters Club podcast is now live. In this episode, Richard talks about sowing corn salad (also known as lamb’s lettuce), a h […]

Episode 626: Finding Inspiration and Overwintering Chillies This week on The Veg Grower Podcast, Richard shares another busy few days of tidying, planning and preparing for the colder months ahead — a […]

Growing Broad Beans & Planning a Simpler Gardening Year This week’s Supporters Club podcast is now live! In this episode, I talk about sowing broad beans from this month’s seed pack — one of my fa […]

Spicy Autumn Potato Soup As the weather turns colder, I always find myself craving something warm, simple, and full of flavour — and this Spicy Autumn Potato Soup f […]

Growing Garlic Chives, Autumn Jobs & My Weekend Plans This week’s Supporters Club podcast is now live! In this episode, I share how to grow garlic chives from seed this autumn — one of my fav […]

#627 – Checking Our Stores, Building Compost Bins, and Organising Seeds This week on The Veg Grower Podcast, I’ve been busy both at home in the kitchen garden and down on the allotment. Autumn is certainly upon u […]

Autumn weekend and sowing spinach Its safe to say that autumn is here and this weekend the agrden has had a certain autumnl feel about it. We have built a new compost bin on the […]

Autumn Ratatouille with Homegrown Veg This week in the kitchen, I’ve been looking for a way to use up the last of the season’s harvest — those aubergines, peppers, chillies, onion […]

Weekend Jobs, Lettuce All Year Round & My Gardening Plans I share what I’ll be up to this weekend — from building a new compost bin on the allotment to planting onion sets both at home and on the plo […]

#626 – Stormy Days, Broad Beans, and Plans for 2026This week on The Veg Grower Podcast, it’s been a wild and windy one as Storm Amy rolled through the south coast — but that didn’t stop progr […]

October’s Tasks As we are now into October and time seems to be flying past, I thought it would be a good opportunity to go through Octobers task list and share how I tackle these tasks throughout the month.

Rainy weekend ahead. But we wont let that stop us. As the weekend approaches I do like to check the weather and it does look like it could be a Rainy one. That […]

#625 – Autumn Harvests, Winter Planning & Making Leaf Mould This week on the Veg Grower Podcast we’re embracing the arrival of autumn. I’ve been reflecting on the kitchen garden, making plans for the all […]

Snap gardening and bare root fruits Well another weekend draws to a close, where does the time go.I ahve been lucky enough to do a bit of gardening this weekend but admittidly […]

Recipe of the Month – Spiced Poached Quince with Vanilla Ice CreamHi, it’s Scott here with this month’s recipe. For the first time since planting my quince tree, it has rewarded me with a bumper crop. Nat […]

Weekend Gardening Plans, Seed Sowing & Winter Tares In tonights supporters club podcast I share my plans for the weekend ahead, including: Pumping water between water butts Cleaning out […]