Gardening, like all good things, takes time but what if you don't have time - what do you do then? In this episode, I consider the value of gardening in short sharp shocks. What can you get done in 10 minutes or even 5 minutes? What impact - po

S1 E6 - Gardens take time

Jun 7th, 2020 3m 26s

And time is something that you don't always have. In this episode, I talk about the raised beds that I've been building for the tomato plants using the remaining scaffolding planks. Also, my Red Duke of York potato plants aren't doing as well a

S1 E5 - Driest spring since the 1850s

May 31st, 2020 4m 39s

Brendan McWilliams was sort of a savant hero for me as a young lad. I used to read his columns on the back page of the Irish Times with great relish. He would have found recent Irish meteorological events curious but undoubtedly there would be

S1 E4 - Upcycling old scaffolding planks

May 24th, 2020 2m 18s

Scaffolding planks can be used for a lot of things in your garden - from raised beds to other bits of hard landscaping. In this episode, I talk about a project I've been doing to build a garden table out of them and of course fill you in on gar

S1 E3 - Picturing the garden

May 17th, 2020 4m 20s

In this episode, Frank gives you a tour around the garden, picking out the flowers from the grasses from the veg.

S1 E2 - Gifting lettuce and pandemic guilt

May 10th, 2020 14m 47s

When does gifting home-grown lettuce become a fraught moral act? During a pandemic, that is. Frank wraps up the lettuce, muses on the value of mulch and pots on a few dahlia cuttings.