About this episode

Huw Richards shares smart vegetable growing tips for busy gardeners, emphasizing the ease of growing your own food.

The magic of growing your own food is hard to overstate, and while some lament the labour necessary, it takes far less time and space than many imagine. This week’s ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ once again features the remarkable Huw Richards, fresh from the release of ‘How to Grow Food’ - his new book which dives into the detail of how anyone can grow a kitchen garden in real spaces, with a planting schedule that fits around busy lives. In this episode, discover: How Huw plans and plants to gro...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Raven

Guest: Huw Richards

Topics covered

• vegetable gardening
• busy lifestyles
• kitchen garden
• planting schedule
• growing food

Keywords

• vegetable growing
• gardening tips
• Huw Richards
• kitchen garden
• food growing
• planting schedule

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How to Grow Food

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