BHOGGcasts

Hear from one woman and her dog as she explores the organic gardening world in short sound bites. BHOGGcasts from 2020, at the start of the covid pandemic.

*Please note, outside recording carried out in accordance with national guidance as part of daily exercise with respect to social distancing*

BHOGGCAST34: 10/7/20 – Taking Time and Burdoned Trees

Cheerful Sunflower

BHOGGCAST33: 5/7/20 – Blasting Pests and Blooming Dahlias

First Dahlia in bloom

BHOGGCAST32: 25/6/20 – Potato Pests & Plume Moth

Plume Moth resting on grass

BHOGGCAST31: 15/6/20 – Welcome Rain & Rusty Garlic

Rusty garlic ready for harvest

BHOGGCAST30: 11/6/20 -In Between Showers & Flash Harvest

Cabbage, broad beans and cherries (before the birds get them)

BHOGGCAST29: 6/6/20 – Hungry Tomatoes & Threatening Rainclouds

Bee-loved comfrey.  Check out our comfrey tea recipe.

BHOGGCAST28: 2/6/20 – Reading Clouds & Cool Evenings

Dog under a mackerel sky

BHOGGCAST27: 2/6/20 – Summer Green & Setting Fruit

Courgette plants setting fruit

BHOGGCAST26: 28/5/20 – Bark Paths & Mare’s Tails

Dog making himself comfy on the fresh bark paths

BHOGGCAST25: 24/5/20 – Broad Bean Harvest & Atlantic Weather

The first broad bean harvest eaten within hours in a vegan chili – sublime!

BHOGGCAST24: 21/5/20 – Native Hedges and Taking Time Out

Flowering spindle in native hedge

BHOGGCAST23: 18/5/20 – First Roses & Hard Work

Amazingly scented rose bloom

BHOGGCAST22: 14/5/20 – Dahlias & A touch of Frost

Autumn sown Broad Beans setting pods

BHOGGCAST21: 8/5/20 – Bank Holiday & Promise of Summer

Homemade coffee spray to ward off slugs & snails

BHOGGCAST20: 6/5/20 – Evening Bird Calls & Trees Holding Their Breath

Planted out broccoli seedlings

BHOGGCAST19: 3/5/20 – Wet Woods & Bold Blackbirds

Wetly dripping woodlands after the rain

BHOGGCAST18: 2/5/20 – Disappointment & Woad

Woad in Flower covered with flying insects

BHOGGCAST17: 1/5/20 – Full Water Butts & Well Fed Birds

Broad Bean & Beetroot direct sown seeds now seedlings

BHOGGCAST16: 26/4/20 – Skinny Robin & First Asparagus

Beautiful (and delicious!) Asparagus

BHOGGCAST15: 22/4/20 – Striking Seedlings & Evening Sunshine

Planted out spinach looking good

BHOGGCAST14: 19/4/20 – Wrens & Greening Up

Broad beans sown in autumn flowering for an early crop

BHOGGCAST13: 17/4/20 – Rain & Quince flowers

Unfurling quince flowers

BHOGGCAST12: 14/4/20 – Forget Me Nots & Potato Shoots

Forget Me Nots in a wild area of the plot

BHOGGCAST11: 10/4/20 – Cherry Blossom & Peace

Prolific cherry blossom on the plot

BHOGGCAST10: 7/4/20 – Blackbird & Pink Moon

Pink Moon over Brighton Marina (Image courtesy of Nick Pope)

BHOGGCAST9: 4/4/20 – A Million Insects & Sunshine

Evening sun over the allotment

BHOGGCAST8: 2/4/20 – Willow Catkins & Bumblebees

Willow catkins attracting bumblebees

BHOGGCAST7: 2/4/20 – Honeybees & Rewilding

Honeybees nesting in an old recycling box

BHOGGCAST6: 1/4/20 – Tulips & Robins

Tightly bunched tulips waiting to burst open

BHOGGCAST5: 30/3/20 – Magnolias & Royal Hounds

Magnolia blooms to brighten the morning

BHOGGCAST4: 29/3/20- Stretching our legs & Harvesting

Delicious harvest of perpetual spinach and purple sprouting broccoli.

BHOGGCAST 3: 26/3/20 – Long Tailed Tits & Tadpoles

Tadpoles in the pond.  Thinking of making a pond?  Check out our ‘How To….Make A Wildlife Pond’ Guide.

BHOGGCAST 2: 25/3/2020 – Bumblebees & Primroses

Primroses epitomising spring

BHOGGCAST 1: 23/3/2020 – Introduction & Mystery Object

Can you identify this item found on the allotment?