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The Complete Guide to Sowing Systems with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - Episode 51

The Complete Guide to Sowing Systems with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - Episode 51

Fromgrow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends


The Complete Guide to Sowing Systems with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - Episode 51

Fromgrow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends

ratings:
Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As we settle into 2022 and begin to plan for the year’s most delightful flowers, it’s the perfect time to share how to grow from seeds, a process that’s incredibly rewarding and yields beautiful pots full of healthy plants.To create a complete cutting garden you’ll need to sow some seeds yourself. This episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ is the A-Z of all we know about sowing systems; you’ll learn which varieties thrive on root disturbance, when to use root trainers, growing in gutters, using heated propagators, and the 5 T’s of direct sowing.In this episode, discover:Which sowing systems we’ve found the best success withHow to sow carefully, treating your seed like gold dustThe varieties that either love or lament having root disturbanceTypes of peat-free compost that have underperformed for us, and the new mix we’re trialling at Perch HillView all products mentioned and find further advice from Sarah: https://bit.ly/3f2DFiHFollow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBpFollow Arthur: https://bit.ly/3jxSKK5Order Sarah’s book: https://bit.ly/2TWHJczOrder Arthur’s book: https://bit.ly/3xOov7HShop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeuGet in touch: info@sarahraven.com
Released:
Jan 20, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to "Grow, cook, eat, arrange" the brand new podcast by gardeners Sarah Raven and Arthur Parkinson, who've worked together for nearly ten years at the beautiful Perch Hill Farm in the South of England. Sarah loves gardening in general but growing produce both food and flowers is the part she loves the most. She also loves to cook straight forward garden-picked food every day with the minimal amount of ingredients and palava but the greatest amount of taste! Arthur is Sarah's florist who picks beautiful arrangements for photoshoots and open days at the farm, from buckets of scented sweet peas to huge armfulls of dahlias and towering gladiolus.We'll be releasing a new episode every Friday, featuring a relaxed informative chat between Sarah & Arthur across a variety of topics. They'll focus on their favourite flowers currently growing in the garden and the tastiest produce on the veg slope at Perch Hill. They'll talk about how to sow or grow them as well as how to harvest or arrange them, adding their favourite tips or methods along the way. As well as chatting about gardening and growing, Sarah will give you some of her favourite recipes full of food you can produce. So whatever gardening you're into, whatever size your garden is, or whatever level of experience you have, there'll be something for everybody. You can find out more about the products used in the episodes and get in touch via our website. Enjoy the show! Website: https://www.sarahraven.com/