The Organic Gardening Podcast

In this month's podcast, Fiona and Chris chat about how November is far from the end of the gardening season! There's still plenty to get on with even in the colder months including; making leaf mould, creating habitats for beneficial insects and browsing through this years Heritage Seed Library Seed List!Later on in the episode...Emma O'Neill, Head Gardener at Garden Organic, joins Fiona and Chris to answer your gardening questions on fig-leaf skeletoniser, lawn alternatives and improving your soil.

Join Fiona Taylor for a special edition of the Organic Gardening Podcast, recorded at the inspiring Yeo Valley Organic Garden Festival.Meet a host of passionate gardening experts, including Yeo Valley's Sarah Mead, Ben Raskin, Georgie Newbery, Nigel Cox, Nicola Hope, Lara Honnor and Lottie Delamain, as they share their ideas, advice and enthusiasm for growing organically.

In this month's podcast, Fiona and Chris chat about how you can get the most out of autumn. Discover how to save, store and share seeds, look after your compost heap, care for trees after a dry summer and tackle persistent weeds. They also touch on how gardeners can adapt to hotter summers, extend the growing season and choose crops that thrive in changing conditions.Also in this episode...We answer your questions on: the difference between box blight and box moth, how you can tackle whitefly in the greenhouse and which green manures are suitable for sowing late in the season.

In this month’s interview episode, Fiona meets Lesley Greene, one of the founders of the Bisley Community Composting Scheme. The scheme is of the UK’s longest-running community composting initiatives.Celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, Bisley Community Composting have been transforming local organic waste into valuable compost for the community in Gloucestershire for more than two decades. Fiona chats to Lesley about the scheme’s history, the joys and challenges of community composting, and how the scheme works. She also takes a tour of the site, which produces compost for around 160 local households every year.

This month, Fiona catches up with Chris to reflect on a challenging summer of extreme heat and drought, and what it could mean for the way we garden in the future. They discuss which crops have coped best, how gardeners can adapt what they grow and ways to conserve water and protect soil health. They also explore seed saving, companion planting and using shade to help gardens cope with hotter conditions.Also on this episode...Anton joins Fiona and Chris to answer your gardening questions, including green manures, raspberry pruning, propagating fig trees and dealing with vine weevil. They also discuss how we can make better use of household water during periods of drought.