Show Notes
Rootbound. With Alice Vincent
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
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Garden soundtrack
More winter behind than before us
The cold and damp – joys of a good fire at the end of the day.
Micro book review 02:02 Roger Deakin's Notes from Walnut Tree Farm https://amzn.to/2uRIWVU
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2008
Extracts read by Rose White
Winter - a challenge for the indoor gardener
Being rootbound – a problem for houseplants…
…and also for plants in nurseries
…though a very few plants respond well to having their roots restricted. At least in terms of flowering.
A rootbound person? Some restrictions might be beneficial, but no-one likes to feel bound...
Interview with Alice Vincent 09:26
10:40 Alice describes her new book
11:47 Three ways in which gardening gets us
17:25 Writing a nature memoir
24:14 The experiences of women as represented in the book
26:35 Gendered questions that keeps coming up around nature
30:33 What's the draw of Japan?
36:53 Gardening now on the Treehouse Balcony
42:25 What's next for Alice
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Thank you to Alice for joining me on this episode. Alice's first book is How to Grow Stuff https://amzn.to/2PM28OP. You can read my review of Rootbound. Rewilding a Life on the blog here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootbound-alice-vincent
Find out more about the Noughticulture talks at the Garden Museum https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/event_location/the-garden-museum/
Alice Vincent in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/alice-vincent/ Alice on Instagram instagram.com/noughticulture
Thanks too to Rose White for reading for us once again, this time from Roger Deakin's Notes from Walnut Tree Farm. You can find Rose here instagram.com/liveawelllife
With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees.
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