Seasonal gardening questions solved and Christmas presents for gardeners (Ep 145)

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Gardening Advice team gathers together for a bumper question-and-answer session, sorting out enquiries ranging from whether you can grow your own vine leaves, which figs grow best in the UK, using an old hot water tank as a pond, how to get rid of those pesky little compost flies in your houseplants, and more. Plus ideas for last-minute Christmas presents and a look at 2018's changes at RHS Garden Wisley. For more info and useful links see www.rhs.org.uk/podcast

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	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 16s at five pounds.
0:35.2	Hello and welcome to a Christmas edition of the Royal Horticultural Society's gardening podcast.
0:41.5	Today, snug inside the laboratory building at the RHS Garden, Wisley and Surrey.
0:46.2	Everyone is in a festive mood.
0:50.4	We're talking gifts for gardeners, plus we've got suggestions for fresh air activities to clear the fog of all that feasting.
1:05.6	But first, your gardening questions. I'm Tony Dickerson. Earlier today, I got together with some of my colleagues in the
1:11.5	RHS advisory team to discuss some of the problems you've sent to us recently.
1:24.4	I'm Jenny Bowdoin. And I'm Lee Hunt. Right., now Christmas is just around the corner and attention's turning to that particular day.
1:33.1	But in this festive season, Lee, what do you enjoy about the Christmas period?
1:37.4	Actually, I enjoy the preparations as we go up to it.
1:40.6	And for me, that does mean about decorating in the house.
1:43.9	And I'm always throughout the
1:45.3	year trying to collect things, which I know I can use. One thing I've got hanging up in the
1:49.8	garage at the moment is allium heads. These were plucked off the plants, turned upside down
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