Fifty shades of grass seed

Fifty shades of grass seed

May 9, 2026 · 16 min · Season 5 · Episode 3

About this episode

Penny Haslam shares her experience of transforming a bare patch of soil into a lawn while recounting a humorous encounter at Marks & Spencer.

Gardening podcast - Fifty shades of grass seed. Penny Haslam is back in the garden with a small but pleasing mission: turning a bare, scruffy patch of soil into lawn. But the real twist comes from Marks & Spencer, where a bottle of wine at the self-checkout leads to some unexpectedly committed age-check banter with a young member of staff. Cue confusion, embarrassment and one important question: what do you call a younger man who’s attracted to older women? https://gardenpodcast.co.uk/

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Host: Penny Haslam

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