The Edible Edition Part 4

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This week's programme is dedicated to vegetable growing. You can grow veg almost anywhere - as New Yorker Kofi Thomas proves with his inspirational story of how he created The Good Life Garden from a former dumping ground in the heart of Brooklyn. It's a project that has improved the lives of thousands of Long Island residents and has distributed literally tons of fresh homegrown fruit and veg to people in need. Regular presenters Guy Barter and Verity Battyll of RHS Garden Wisley offer seasonal veg growing tips and share their successes and failures growing unusual crops in the UK climate. Plus Kamal Bell, CEO of Sankofa Farms in North Carolina tells us all about a crop that's close to his heart - okra. For more info please see rhs.org.uk/podcast or check out our show notes.

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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 16 to five pounds.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to gardening with the RHS with me, Guy Barta, Chief Horticulturist at the RHS.
0:40.3	And me, Verity Battle, Trials team leader, RHS Garden Whistling.
0:45.3	Today it's all about veg.
0:49.3	We're hearing from a man who loves to grow ochcra and we're sharing our unusual veg success stories,
0:55.2	from runner beans to sweet potatoes and we're getting to grips with what to do in the garden at the
1:00.4	moment.
1:04.2	I like to grow veg for lots of reasons. I like having lots of fresh veg to eat as lovely and
1:09.3	tasty is fresh from the garden. This year I spent very freely on seeds as usual. I've having lots of fresh veg to eat. It's lovely and tasty, it's fresh from the garden.
1:14.3	This year, I spent very freely on seeds as usual.
1:17.8	I've got lots of new varieties of garlic and onions that I'm trying.
1:20.8	I'm altering my pea and bean growing situation.
1:24.3	And I've just got a vast range of things to grow,
1:26.5	which I'll probably never get round to sewing all of them.
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