Meeting a wasp whisperer and growing your own spices

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What have wasps ever done for us? The answer might surprise you, as we meet entomologist Dr Seirian Sumner, author of Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps. Food and garden writer Rekha Mistry offers advice on growing turmeric and ginger at home, while RHS Garden Hyde Hall's very own veg growing guru Matthew Oliver gives tips on growing chilli peppers. Useful links Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian Sumner Rekha's Garden & Kitchen RHS Garden Hyde Hall Fruit and veg growing advice from the RHS

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of...
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth!
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:33.9	A summer heat wave has arrived.
0:36.6	And as the sizzling sun and sweltering humidity is beating down upon us, we've put together an episode to make you feel even hotter under the collar.
0:44.3	The searing sting of a wasp, the scorching heat of chilies and the sensational spice of ginger and turmeric.
0:50.3	We'll be covering how and why you should grow these delicious plants and whether or not you should be encouraging this predatory insect into your garden.
0:58.0	With expert guests from food and garden writer Reckermistri to UCL's professor Serian Sumner and RHS Garden Hyde Hall's own horticulturist Matthew Oliver.
1:08.0	Apply your SPF 50 because this one's a scorcher.
1:11.6	Welcome to Gardening with the RHS with me, Gareth Richards.
1:18.6	WOSPS.
1:19.6	We're all used to seeing bright yellow jackets with a distinctive yellow and black coats
1:23.6	buzzing ferociously round our gardens.
1:25.6	But have you ever heard someone swat one away and
1:28.1	claim that they're pointless? Well, if you have, Professor Serian Sumner wants a word. Serian
1:34.5	is a behavioural ecologist at UCL and the author of endless forms, The Secret World of Wasps. We caught
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