the happy garden podcast

A nest containing up to 5000 of England's rarest ants has been dug up and stolen. Professor Adam Hart explains why this nest of Narrow-headed ants was so valuable. We're also joined by Danielle Gallacher, author of The Foragers Almanac to talk about what to find for free this time of year.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the UK government telling us to stockpile food for a national crisis, we're launching our own "Be ready" campaign. This episode outlines how to get prepared to be more food self sufficient. How to eat your garden in an emergency! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween garden gang! Let's head down Darren's larder to muck about with pumpkins...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mollie and Darren impart crucial advice about safety in the garden. There are surprising hazards in surprising places as Mollie found out when she ended up in hospital this week! Daz also has a pumpkin growing masterclass and a squirrel expert drops by for a chat too.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buglife Paul explains why spiders are reaching the size of a satsuma this year! He also gently explains why we should love them and let them be. Darren finally has his masterclass on planting bulbs for spring and Mollie, as always, steers the podcast ship safely through another episode ;-)Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well don't say we don't bring you variety! Mollie has a chat with our friend Kevin McCloud about his apple orchard and whether or not his blossom dropped off this year ;-) We catch up with giant veg grower and podcast favourite Neil hands. Find out about the World Conker Championships this weekend with King Conker himself. With more laughs than you can swing a conker at...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Malvern show is finally here! After 8 months of growing, has the stress of growing a giant vegetable been worth it? Mollie enters her extraordinarily long chillies, find out where she comes. She chats to lots of fabulous growers too, what a fab bunch of people. Oh, and Mollie also gets her melons on the local TV news 😂Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darren is still semi in charge of the podcast this week! Did you know a lawnmower can reach 69mph?! Mollie chats to Emma from the West Midlands Lawnmower Racing Association to find out about their history and goal in supporting the West Mids Air Ambulance. Andy Lound also has the history of the mower.Darren brings us his second classroom chat about plants for health and wellbeing. Lots of laughs along the way :0)Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mollie is back from Gibraltar but whilst away her laptop bost meaning she couldn't do any work towards this week's episode. So Darren is in charge. What could possibly go wrong? ha ha...Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat to Andrew Baker, founder of Soil Acoustics. Soil acoustics is a new and exciting branch of ecoacoustics – the science of listening to sound made by the natural world. The team at Soil Acoustics has taken these methods and developed a unique recording device for listening to the soil. You'll be amazed by what they can hear! A healthy soil is a noisy soil.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you too! If you have suggestions for topics or features you'd like to hear, or any garden related questions you have, drop us a line at [email protected]. It would be fab if you could rate us and leave a review too if you've got the time, many thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.