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The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
For the first Alternative Kitchen Garden Show episode for 2012 I am once again opening my seed box to examine some of the forgotten treasures that lie within. And to mark the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, I have chosen plants with an oriental theme.
Find out about soy(a) beans, podding radishes, kintsai (Chinese celery), Stem lettuce, Chop suey greens, two distinctive aubergines and kiwis.
If, after listening to the show, you’re wondering about the recipe I mention then it’s Stem Lettuce Caesar from Ideas In Food. And I talked about chrysanthemum tea on the blog back in 2010.
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The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
Hen Solo choosing weeds to eat
What plants can you grow that chickens like to eat? My hens (Princess Layer and Hen Solo) like tucking into leafy greens of all descriptions, as well as some weeds. There’s also an update on the AKG Seed Appeal to raise money to help Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank save wild plant species. Click through to find out more, or donate directly via JustGiving. Thank you!
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
My garlic harvest
The Big Green Gathering was cancelled, and instead I have been sowing salad seeds and trying to get things under control in the Grow Dome. My book – ‘The Alternative Kitchen Garden: An A To Z’ – is printed and has an official UK publication date of 17th August 2009. You can pre-order a copy from Amazon, but if you can’t wait then order it direct from the publisher via the Green Shopping Catalogue.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
There’s also exciting news about my book – ‘The Alternative Kitchen Garden: An A To Z’ is at the printers and has a UK official publication date of 17th August 2009. You can even pre-order a copy from Amazon if you can’t wait.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
Sad, rusty garlic
It’s hot here in the UK this week, and I’m gardening in the early hours so I don’t overheat. This morning I was digging up the garlic that is suffering from leek rust, replanting the beds with wonderberries and a cassabanana, and giving everything a good water.
* I’ve got my garlic varieties mixed up in this episode. Thermidrome is a hard-necked variety which stores well, and Porcelain is a soft-necked variety that will grow scapes.*
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
Alliums
There are spider mites in the Grow Dome, and not everything in the leek bed is a leek.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
Potato barrels
I’m trying out a new way of earthing up the potatoes in my potato barrels.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
An army of pepper seedlings
Out in the Grow Dome I’ve been supporting French beans and potting up pepper seedlings. And I’ve been shortlisted for an Observer Ethical Award and had an article about the garden published in Home Farmer magazine.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
Oca seedlings
I’m replanting one of the beds of overwintering onions with oca.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.
A ‘volunteer’ potato
I’m outside in the garden, looking at the problems ‘volunteer’ potatoes (potatoes growing from last year’s leftover tubers) can cause.
If, like me, you’re having trouble with cats in the garden this year then have a listen to episode 40, which has some ideas on how to keep them away from your patch.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden is a free and ad-free podcast, but if you’d like to support the show and save money then check out the great deals available on my offers and coupons blog.
The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast is released in good faith with Creative CommonsBY-NC-ND terms. You are free (and encouraged) to share, copy, distribute and transmit the podcast episodes providing you attribute them to Emma Cooper, don't use the episodes for commercial purposes and don't modify the episodes.For a full explanation of the licence, please see the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence details.
