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Episode 662 — A Week of Growth: Garlic Harvest, Garden Tidying & Feeding Our Plants This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, I’ve been making the most of a week off work — and it’s amazing how much difference a few focused days […]

Sunday Night wind down It’s Sunday night and I’m winding down after a week off work — a week spent mostly gardening, which has been wonderful. The allotment garli […]

Recipe of the Week: Pea & Mint Crostini Peas are one of those crops that suddenly arrive all at once in June. Whether you’re picking them fresh from the garden or using a handful f […]

A Week Off, Garlic Harvests & What to Sow This Weekend It’s been a brilliant week here. I’ve had some time off work, and it’s just been me and Roxy enjoying the garden and the allotment. Every morni […]

Episode 661: Early June Chaos: Wild Weather, Busy Bees and Successional Sowing Early June has brought that classic mix of heavy rain, strong winds and sudden sunshine — and the garden has certainly felt it. In this w […]

A Productive Weekend, Borlotto Beans, and a Question for You This weekend has been a real mix of weather, but a good one overall. Saturday was a complete wash‑out, the kind of day where the rain settles i […]

Early‑Summer Chard & New Potato Frying Pan Dish A simple, comforting recipe that celebrates the very start of summer on the veg patch. Early June is that in‑between moment in the garden — […]

Episode 660: Embracing Tomato Fortnight & Sowing French Beans in Early SummerEarly summer has truly arrived, and with it comes one of my favourite celebrations in the gardening calendar—Tomato Fortnight. As I shared in t […]

A Warm Weekend, Busy Gardens & June Seeds on the Way It’s been another warm weekend here — warm enough to feel it, but thankfully not the unbearable heat we sometimes get. Even so, I’ve had a bit […]

Recipe of the Week: Early Summer Courgette & Mint Fritters with Lemon Yogurt There’s a moment every year — usually right around now — when the courgette plants shift from “promising” to “relentless”. One minute you’re […]

A Cooler Week, Payday Errands & Weekend Garden Plans This week has certainly cooled down after those warm, sticky days we’ve just had. I don’t think I slept particularly well through the heat, but […]

Episode 659: Battling the Heatwave & Finding a Rustic Vision for the Kitchen Garden This week’s bank holiday brought record‑breaking heat, and like many gardeners, I’ve spent most of my time simply trying to keep plants alive […]

A Hot Bank Holiday Weekend in the Garden It’s been a very warm bank holiday weekend and the watering can has barely left my hand. The plants have needed constant attention — and so hav […]

Recipe of the Week: One‑Pan New Potatoes with Garden Greens & Herb Oil Late May is that magical moment when the first new potatoes are ready to lift — small, thin‑skinned, earthy, and nothing like the sup […]

Hot Bank Holiday Weekend Ahead – Time for Watering, Planting & Bees Hello and welcome to this week’s Supporters Club update — arriving on a Friday morning rather than our usual Thursday night slot. I was inv […]

Episode 658: The Week the Weather Turned… and I Finally Got My Bees This week’s episode of The Veg Grower Podcast is a real mix of surprises, setbacks, and exciting new beginnings. From unexpected frost damage o […]

A Quick Sunday Night Check‑In: Bees, Beans & Busy Days It’s a slightly earlier-than-usual update from me this week as I’m recording ahead — I’m off to Chelsea shortly, so everything here is a bit o […]

Recipe of the Week: Creamy Spring Onion & Potato Soup A simple, comforting bowl that makes the most of early‑season spring onions Spring onions are one of the first reliable harvests of the y […]

A Weather‑Beaten Week, Big Weekend Plans & Sowing Sweetcorn This week’s supporters‑only podcast is now live, and what a week it has been. The weather has thrown everything at us — sunshine, cold winds […]