Show Notes
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing.
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Garden soundtrack
Peak productivity in the garden.
Does nature need our help?
The joy of growing things, but where to start?
Micro book review
How to Grow Stuff by Alice Vincent, published by Ebury Press, 2017 https://amzn.to/2ZbVJB5
Extract read by the author
Interview with Lucy Lucraft 07:39
07:52 Earliest memory of plants and gardens
08:48 The attraction of a house with a garden
10:17 What kind of plants Lucy's growing right now. Edibles.
13:00 The perils of gardening jargon
13:37 Finding gardening intimidating
14:00 the shed of doom, and pots of dead stuff
15:15 "I don't really understand weeding"
16:00 Catching the weeding bug, and some garden tool geekery
17:23 Keeping houseplants alive
20:00 Gardening with small children
23:37 Veganism and gardening, growing your own and eating seasonally
26:34 What one thing Lucy would change to make gardening more approachable for beginners
A huge thank you to Lucy for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucylucraft/ website: https://lucylucraft.com
Thank you also to Alice Vincent for reading from her book, How to Grow Stuff. You can find Alice on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/. Details for the House Plant Festival, which Alice is hosting on Sunday 29 September 2019 at London's Garden Museum, are available here: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/
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.
The music towards the end was Gift Horse, a track from the album Proverbs, by Les Hayden, reproduced under the Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://leshayden.bandcamp.com/album/proverbs
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