The Veg Grower Podcast

Richard

If you are interested in growing your own food , then this is the podcast for you. Each week Join Richard Suggett as he shares his experience of growing food in his allotment and back garden.

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Yesterday · 26 min
Episode 669: August Spinach, Drought-Smart Gardening and a Gourmet Harvest
August has arrived, and this week’s episode moves between the kitchen garden, allotment and podding shed. I choose spinach Medania as the seed of the month, share progress during a stubborn dry spell, turn ripe tomatoes into a quick pasta supper and re...
July 27 · 30 min
Episode 668: Allotment Adventures: Drought, Pot Sorting & Bee Updates
This week’s episode is all about focus, tidying, and keeping the garden productive during a long dry spell. Richard starts at the allotment, where he’s been tackling untidy borders, harvesting potatoes and filling gaps with new plantings. Back home,
July 20 · 26 min
Episode 667- Mid‑July in the Garden: Caterpillars, Leeks and Soft Fruit
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, Richard tackles caterpillars on the brassicas, gets his leeks planted at last, enjoys a strong run of summer harvests, completes a few kitchen‑garden jobs, shares a simple stir‑fried bean recipe,
July 13 · 32 min
Episode 666: Grapevine Pruning, Potato Problems & A New Vegetable Garden Begins
Welcome to Episode 666 of the Veg Grower Podcast. This week Richard has been juggling warm, humid weather, kitchen‑garden pruning, allotment challenges, and an exciting new project helping a young couple start their very first vegetable garden.
July 6 · 31 min
Episode 665: Fruit Thinning, Thorny Gooseberries & Summer Slaw Magic
Welcome to Episode 665 of the Veg Grower Podcast. This week Richard shares a classic mix of summer gardening jobs — fruit thinning, sweetcorn planting, slug control, greenhouse tidying — plus our Seed of the Month, a refreshing cabbage slaw recipe,
June 29 · 31 min
Episode 664: Heatwave Gardening – Early Mornings, Water Wisdom & Edible Ponds
Welcome to Episode 664 of the Veg Grower Podcast. This week has been shaped by one thing: heat. With temperatures soaring and humidity making everything feel heavier, Richard has been adapting his gardening routine to keep both the kitchen garden and t...
June 22 · 33 min
Episode 663- Gardeners’ World Live 2026: Inspiring Designs, Mushroom Magic & Growing for Every Space
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, I took you with me on my annual pilgrimage to Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC in Birmingham — for the very last time at this venue before the show moves to a new location next year. And what a send‑off it was.
June 15 · 28 min
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 can make. Daily visits to the allotment have helped me get on top of all those little jobs that build up,
June 8 · 30 min
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 week’s episode, I’m sharing how the weather has shaped everything from seed sowing to weeding,
June 1 · 30 min
Episode 660: Embracing Tomato Fortnight & Sowing French Beans in Early Summer
Early summer has truly arrived, and with it comes one of my favourite celebrations in the gardening calendar—Tomato Fortnight. As I shared in this week’s Veg Grower Podcast, the allotment and kitchen garden are bursting with activity,
May 25 · 32 min
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. Between fast‑drying soil, thirsty young crops, and a greenhouse that felt more like an oven,
May 18 · 33 min
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 on the allotment to big changes in the kitchen garden — and the moment Richard finally becomes a beekeeper — t...
May 11 · 27 min
Episode 657: Sowing Winter Cabbage, Tackling Allotment Overwhelm & Our April Book Review
This week has been one of those classic early‑May weeks where everything seems to need doing at once. I’ve been sowing our Seed of the Month, tackling slugs and snails in the kitchen garden, trying to stay on top of the allotment before inspections beg...
May 4 · 33 min
Episode 656: Highlights From the Gardener’s World Spring Fair
This week has been a little different here at the Veg Grower Podcast. While the allotment and kitchen garden have mostly seen me planting out the last of the season’s young plants, the real highlight has been my annual trip to the Gardener’s World Spri...
April 27 · 33 min
Episode 655: Planting Early, Protecting Brassicas & My First Real Beekeeping Experience
We’re at the end of April and everything suddenly feels early this year. Warm days, fast growth, and that sense that the season has properly kicked into gear. I’ve taken a few risks in the kitchen garden, made good progress down on the allotment,
April 20 · 30 min
Episode 654: What’s Really Growing This Week — And How Do You Label It All?
This week on the Veg Grower Podcast, Richard takes us through that wonderful mid‑April moment when everything suddenly bursts into life. The allotment is waking up fast, the kitchen garden is buzzing with activity,
April 13 · 29 min
Episode 653 — Seedlings, Straw Bales & the Aphid Battle Begins
This week’s episode takes us from a sun‑soaked kitchen garden to a windswept allotment and finally into the potting shed, where a familiar spring pest has been causing more trouble than usual. With seedlings on the move,
April 6 · 29 min
Episode 652 Easter Gardening, Potato Planting & Tackling the Hunger Gap
This Easter weekend has been a rare treat. Four full days in the garden, decent weather, and plenty of progress across both the allotment and the kitchen garden. In this week’s episode, I share what’s been happening on the plot,
March 30 · 25 min
Episode 651: Pea Planting, Beetroot Basics & A Year on the Waterway – Early Spring in the Garden
This Week in the Kitchen Garden Richard opens this week’s episode by describing that classic early‑spring rush — the moment when the light improves, the soil warms and suddenly everything seems to need doing at once. As he puts it,
March 23 · 30 min
Episode 650: Spring Sunshine, Potato Planting & A Buzzing Start to Beekeeping Season
Spring has finally arrived on the south coast, and with it comes that unmistakable lift in energy across the allotment and kitchen garden. This week’s episode was packed with sunshine, soil, potatoes, pots,