Sowing techniques with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - BONUS

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Sarah Raven

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🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Anyone can start growing plants and veg from scratch, whether you have acres in abundance or just a promising windowsill! Using the right sowing system, you can adorn your windows with seed trays or square pots to create a sprawling oasis. Join Sarah Raven and Arthur Parkinson for this bonus episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ that will bring you up to speed on all things sowing. Sarah shares why she treats seeds like gold dust and how to keep them pristine for seasons to come, and Art...

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0:00.0	You can find more information, photos and advice sheets on all the plants and recipes that we talk about in this podcast by heading to the links in the show notes or on our website at sarahavin.com. Welcome to Grow Cook Eat Arrange with me, Arthur Parkinson and Sarah Raven.
0:24.4	In this episode, we're going to be talking about how we both sow our seeds and different techniques to start them off, both at home and in the greenhouse.
0:44.0	It's March today, so me and Sarah thought we'd spend this episode talking about how we propagate seeds from scratch, both here at home with me in Nottinghamshire and Sarah at Perch Hill.
0:50.2	For me, I haven't got a greenhouse or a pony tool.
0:53.2	All I've got are windowsills, and they are my propagator, erasuses if you like, full of light, and luckily they've got a decent depth, so I'm able to cram as many seed trays and pots into these during this time of year as I can.
1:06.5	Whereas Sarah's got a polytonal at Perch Hill and also lots of cold frames.
1:11.3	So we thought we'd spend today talking about how you can grow a garden in both situations.
1:16.9	Whether you're in an urban setting or in the countryside, you can honestly grow a cutting garden from scratch wherever you are.
1:23.1	And you can grow a veg garden too, Arthur. Don't forget the veg.
1:27.2	Well, this time, yeah, I'm just thinking about the flowers.
1:29.4	Pumpkins can come later, but we'll get on to that.
1:32.6	The thing is about Arthur is he only grows ornamental veg, so pumpkins make the grade and kale perhaps.
1:38.8	But the fact that they're tasty and you can eat them really doesn't cut the mustard with you, does it?
1:43.5	Yeah, and we're not thinking about pumpkins until May.
1:47.6	So, yeah.
1:48.5	Yeah, I mean, they kind of come in afterwards.
1:51.4	But the main thing is, for me personally, with seeds,
1:54.9	is to sew a lot later than most of the seed packets would suggest
1:58.0	simply because of the light levels in the house.
2:00.3	Yeah, because it's dark.
2:01.7	Yeah, if anything so now, in terms of like summer, it does become leggy because I can't
2:07.0	have it outside much at all. Whereas in a cold frame situation or greenhouse, all that light
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