The Italian God of Gardening

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Alessandro Vitale didn’t set out to become the Italian God of Gardening. He practically fell into it when he made his first video about growing beetroot. Today, when he’s not focused on using every part of his vegetables, he’s looking for larger spaces to grow into. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3M7tbPN Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3RLulDZ Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/46vuPCu EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3tgZsNC Learn More: 25+ Plants That You Can Regrow From Your Kitchen Scraps Connect With Alessandro Vitale: Alessandro Vitale is also known as “Spicy Moustache”. Based in London, he’s been an Urban farmer for almost a decade and a content creator for the past 2 years. His channel focuses on gardening and maximizing the production of food in a small space. Other topics include foraging wild food, and how to use every part of your fruit and vegetables for a more sustainable life even in the middle of the city. Alessandro’s goal is to educate people not only to grow their own food, but also to reduce their impact on the environment. Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is a very special episode, a very special week of the Beat Podcast because I have a
0:09.4	God on the podcast.
0:11.0	I have in fact the Italian God of gardening.
0:16.3	My friend, Alessandro Vittale, also known as Spicy Mustache, it's been a very long time
0:21.9	since I've called you that name, Alessandro, but you've only become more God-like since,
0:26.5	so it's great to have you on the show.
0:28.0	Thank you, man.
0:29.0	It's been a pleasure.
0:30.0	Always totally.
0:31.0	Okay, so tell me the backstory because I think a lot of people these days, especially after
0:36.2	your rise, so to speak, know you for a lot of the short form videos that you do showing
0:41.2	us how to take food from the garden and then use every single part of it in these creative
0:47.0	ways.
0:48.0	But I have known you for maybe five years now, I think.
0:51.8	Yeah, man.
0:52.8	So how did it all begin for you?
0:55.0	Well, yeah, it all started to be an, it's like, random, man, like it wasn't planned at
1:01.1	all, you know, like we posted the first, like, pictures of the harvest, you know, we always
1:07.4	loved, like, picking up stuff from the garden, like, you perfectly know, and growing our
1:13.8	own food.
1:14.8	And at some point, like, we, we posted a video, if I remember, I think it was about
1:20.3	beetroots, how to grow beetroots, and I had an amazing feedback from people like everyone
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