Pots & Trowels The Gardening Podcast

Martin Fish, Jill Fish, Sean Riley

Gardens and gardening discussed by people who know their onions. Martin Fish (RHS judge, broadcaster and gardener for over 40 years) and a series of like-minded green fingered folk have a chat!

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139 episodes
Updated July 26

Episodes139

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July 26 · 32 min
The Archers (BBC Radio 4) Garden at RHS Badminton, Rescue or Move Fruit Trees & Quick-Fire August Garden Jobs!
As we hit the summer break we've got some jobs to keep you going til September, Martin has been to RHS Badminton to speak to Jo Thompson, garden designer of the BBC Radio 4 Archers Garden which celebrates 75 years of being on air! We're also answering the usual listeners' questions including some tree-related queries and a bulb lasagne conundrum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 19 · 42 min
Lily Beetle & Club Root Qs, Perennials Suffering in the Heat? Plus, Should I Edit my Border?
We're talking to the Lincs National Garden Scheme Organiser, we've got a long-serving NGS garden opener plus we have your usual weekly garden jobs and listeners' questions! Remember, send your questions in via email info@potsandtrowels.com Lily Beetle & Club Root Qs, Perennials Suffering in the Heat? Plus, Should I Edit my Border? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 12 · 39 min
Rose Tips, When to Pull Onions, NGS/Dragonboat Update & A New Build Garden Manifesto
We meet Andrew Jackson, who has a dream to change the way that new build houses treat the garden! - Plus, we're offering tips on roses and some produce hints, including a listener's question surrounding when to pull onions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
July 5 · 36 min
Summer Watering Tips, Mulching Myth Debunked & JennyRuth Workshop chat!
Meeting up with people from the Jenny Ruth workshop, answering your gardening questions and giving you top tips for how to cope with summer time in the garden! Summer Watering Tips, Mulching Myth Debunked & JennyRuth Workshop chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 28 · 35 min
Renewed Rock Garden, Gyles Brandreth Chat, 'Cobweb' Strewn Apple & How to Fettle Photinia?
Visiting the Newby Hall Rock Garden opening, with special guest Gyles Brandreth. We talk to the head gardener, the curator and the plant suppliers too! As usual we're answering your gardening questions - today we're answering questions on an apple tree pest, how to prune photinia and whether Salix would be a good tree in a small garden. Renewed Rock Garden, Gyles Brandreth Chat, 'Cobweb' Strewn Apple & How to Fettle Photinia? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 21 · 41 min
Pests and Diseases (Box Blight, Lupin Aphid) and Asparagus Directive! Plus Scottish guests from Scone Palace Visit
We answer questions on some nasty pests and diseases this week, plus there's a directive to follow if you're growing asparagus! Martin meets a couple of the gardeners at Scone Palace and there's the usual gardening chatter and weekly jobs to boot! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 14 · 29 min
How do you Know When to Pick Carrots? Talking Daffodil Bulbs and Woodland Plants with Specialist Growers
We meet up with Charlotte from Taylors Bulbs as well as Sue from Bluebell Cottage Gardens. Martin has the regular gardening jobs for the week, plus we're answering your questions on leaf curl aphid, why heucheras come out of the ground, pelargonium propagation and the all important conundrum of knowing when your carrots are ripe for the picking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 7 · 34 min
Crucial Clematis Tip, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gardening TV Legends, Rose Care & Questions on Acers & Dahlia
We've got all the usual gardening goodness, plus we talk to three different RHS Chelsea Flower Show Attendees, from gardening legends to first time exhibitors! We're also answering your questions as usual with topics such as Acer shaping and dahlia hardening! Martin's weekly jobs include clematis and rose care so listen up! Crucial Clematis Tip, RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gardening TV Legends, Rose Care & Questions on Acers & Dahlia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31 · 29 min
Best Climbing Plants for Screening? Pieris Varigation Q, Chelsea Chop & Meet Malvern's Master Grower!
We're answering your questions as usual, we've got an interview with Simon Lockyer, Malvern Spring Flower Show's Master Grower and all the usual weekly jobs. Best Climbing Plants for Screening? Pieris Varigation Q, Chelsea Chop & Meet Malvern's Master Grower! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 24 · 40 min
Acer Burn, Camellia Siting Question, Deer-proof Rose Bush? What Grass Type for my Lawn & Chelsea Physic Garden
We've got listeners' questions on Camellia, Grass Seed, Rose Bush selection as well as plant suggestions for an exposed terrace and what to do about Acer Burn? We're also meeting up with Emily Hazell, Head of Plant Collections at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17 · 26 min
Essential Spring Bulb Job, Pelargoniums, Produce and the Young Nurseryman who is Growing up a Storm!
We've got your essential jobs, including one to ensure your spring bulbs are amazing next year - there's pelargonium & produce advice and we meet Dan of Dan's Plants up in Cumbria who tells us of his ambitions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10 · 37 min
Grow Salads Like Toms and Cucumber, Espalier Fruit Tree Question Answered, plus Viscount Stormont of Scone Palace Joins Us
We have top tips for getting your salad garden up and running, we're answering a question on espalier fruit trees - just what is possible? Plus our special guest is Viscount Stormont of Scone Palace. Scone Palace Website: https://www.scone-palace.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 3 · 30 min
Dahlia Time! What about Weedy Lawn, Royal Horticultural Society Awards & Will my Olive Survive?
Martin has been to the RHS awards and caught up with a couple of winners, plus we're answering your questions including one on a very weed ridden lawn and about hardening dahlia as well as finding out the sad tale of the re-potted olive tree - will it live? Dahlia Time! What about Weedy Lawn, Royal Horticultural Society Awards & Will my Olive Survive? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
April 26 · 38 min
Unmissable Spring Flowering Shrub Job! Fruit Questions answered (jostaberry, blueberry, apples etc) & Laughing Gardener Joins us!
We've got the usual listeners' questions, we're giving you the weekly garden jobs you need to get sorted and joining us is Paul Robinson, aka the Laughing Gardener, who has just released his new book "Tales of the Laughing Gardener" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
April 19 · 40 min
Tulip Mania, RHS Wisley Curator & Lawn Care Questions Answered
We're meeting Rob Brett, curator of RHS Wisley, one of the most prestigious jobs in horticulture! Plus, we're answering your gardening questions - loads of which continue to be about lawn care! - and, Tulip Mania, how RHS Wisley have planted thousands of tulips to create and amazing spring flower display! Tulip Mania, RHS Wisley Curator & Lawn Care Questions Answered Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
April 12 · 33 min
Slugs that are Good for the Garden? Soil & Mulch Advice, Rhubarb Tiramisu & Growing Cut Flowers with Floral Media
As well as slugs that we need to control, there are useful slugs as well! - Martin and Jill visit their friends Paula & Steve at Floral Media and take some gardening questions about soil, slugs, tulips and magnolia, plus Jill shares a recipe for rhubarb tiramisu! Recipe Link: https://www.martinfish.com/blog/rhubarbtirimasu/ Slugs that are Good for the Garden? Soil & Mulch Advice, Rhubarb Tiramisu & Growing Cut Flowers with Floral Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
April 5 · 50 min
Chop & Drop Craze, Urgent Veggie Planting & Royally Connected Canadian Guest'S New Flower Book!
We're answering listeners' questions, we've got a Canadian guest on with a royal connection and there are all the usual weekly gardening tasks. Mary Kelava joins us to talk about how her Sandringham connection as well as to give us some insights into modern flower meanings from her book 'a bouquet of words' https://marykelava.com/ Chop & Drop Craze, Urgent Veggie Planting & Royally Connected Canadian Guest'S New Flower Book! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 29 · 34 min
Climbing Rose Question, Dogwood Pruning, Lawn Care, Spontaneous Plum Tree Purchase & Moss, Love it or Loathe it?
We're talking moss after one of our recent short videos on lawn moss control went viral! Martin's tips include lawncare and dogwood pruning and we're tackling listeners' questions on tomato watering and rose planting, plus, what's budding?! Sean reveals he made a spontaneous plum tree purchase and there's the usual gardening chat. This episode was originally titled: Moss, Love it or Loathe it? - Climbing Rose Q, Dogwood Pruning, Lawn Care & Spontaneous Plum Tree Purchase! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 22 · 39 min
How can I get More Flowers on my Rose? Royal Horticultural Society's Library of Horticulture & Lacklustre Blackcurrant Question
A rose that grows well but has few flowers, a blackcurrant that needs some TLC - Martin gives his valuable advice to our listeners on gardening dilemmas. plus we meet Kirsten Van Graan of the RHS's Lindley Library where we find that a horticultural library has more treasures than books alone! Videos mentioned: Veggie Patch Prep: https://youtu.be/8iDOCOQ_AY0 This episode was previously titled: Why is my Rose not Flowering? Lacklustre Blackcurrant Question & Library of Horticulture Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 15 · 35 min
Hydrangea Renewal Pruning, Rose Spring Pruning, Fig Tree Questions & Specialist Nurseries & Saving Rare Plants
Hydrangea Renewal Pruning, Rose Spring Pruning, Fig Tree Questions & Specialist Nurseries & Saving Rare Plants Renewal pruning can help you shape a hydrangea over several seasons without compromising on the blooms. It's that time of year to prune roses and we're answering listeners' questions about magnesium, hibiscus and a fig tree. Martin reunites with Saul Walker of Plant Heritage and we chat to the founders of NEO, the Nursery Exhibitors Organisation, a newly founded group helping rare plants to thrive. NEO: https://nurseryexhibitors.co.uk Plant Heritage: https://www.plantheritage.org.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.