Legless lizards, lemon verbena and hugelkultur

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Resident gardening guru Guy Barter gives the lowdown on slow worms, a fascinating and under-appreciated part of our garden wildlife. Organic gardener Anna Greenland sings the praises of lemon verbena, sharing some delicious and unusual recipes. Urban food grower Alessandro Vitale ('Spicy Moustache' of Instagram fame) explains hügelkultur - a low-cost and eco-friendly way to boost soil health.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you, let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:36.1	Google Culture, Compost Heaps and Herbal Te teas. It's all happening in this week's episode
0:42.3	of Gardening with the RHS. With me Guy Barta. Coming up, we'll be hearing how Alessandro
0:50.0	Vitale has been working to recreate a slice of Italy in the raised beds of his 8x5
0:56.2	meter urban garden.
0:57.9	Under the pseudonym, spicy moustache, he's gained a formidable online following for sharing
1:03.5	his adventures in growing food and exploring sustainable and zero-waste methods.
1:08.6	I'll also be talking about one of my favourite bits of wildlife, the slow worm.
1:15.6	Easily mistaken for a snake, this creature is Britain's only legless lizard, and I'll be explaining why they're actually a help to gardeners.
1:24.6	But first, an ode to a herb.
1:31.2	Anna Greenland is a grower and cook at the heart of the organic movement.
1:37.2	Having spent three years running double Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc's kitchen garden and advising many others, she knows a thing or two about unlocking flavour from nature.
1:43.2	We asked her to recommend an underappreciated gem.
1:49.9	A plant that I'm using a lot at the moment and harvesting in abundance is lemon for beena,
1:55.8	also known as Aloysia Citradora. And it's a half-hardy perennial with the most wonderful scent.
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