How can you make the food you grow last beyond the growing season? In this episode Martha and Jamie explore the Slow Food movement and the pleasure of building a homegrown pantry. From drying beans, chillies and herbs to making flavoured vinegars, pickles and sauerkraut, they share practical ways to keep using the harvest through winter. They also taste some unusual pickles, discuss the Ark of Taste and the traditional foods at risk of disappearing, and tackle a preservation-themed quiz.

If you would like to support us by pre-ordering our new books, the links are below and we really do appreciate it, thank you!

Jamie's New Book 'No Need To Weed': https://geni.us/NoNeedToWeed

Martha's New Book 'Grow Your Own Lunch': https://geni.us/GrowYourOwnLunch

And If you would like to grow our seed of the week, you can find the links below with 20% off your first order with code 'Homegrown':

Squash Boston marrow:

https://shegrowsveg.com/product/squash-boston-marrow/

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Presented by: Martha Swales and Jamie Walton

Video Editor and Socials: Thomas Griffin

Artwork: Rare Studio

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Even though it's now November, there’s still plenty to do in the garden. In this Episode Martha and Jamie discuss what to sow, plant and do in what is a month of preparation. From broad beans and garlic to tulip bulbs, and which late harvests to bring in before the first hard frost. They share tips on overwintering citrus, protecting tender crops, making leaf mould and preparing greenhouses and tools for winter. There’s also a seasonal gardening quiz, Martha gets a response to her call out about Egyptian leeks, and ways to help garden wildlife as the weather turns colder.

If you would like to support us by pre-ordering our new books, the links are below and we really do appreciate it, thank you!

Jamie's New Book 'No Need To Weed': https://geni.us/NoNeedToWeed

Martha's New Book 'Grow Your Own Lunch': https://geni.us/GrowYourOwnLunch

And If you would like to grow our seed of the week, you can find the links below with 20% off your first order with code 'Homegrown':

Broad bean dreadnought:

https://shegrowsveg.com/product/broad-bean-dreadnought/

We love hearing your questions and comments - so please do get in touch:

You now send us a message, voice note or picture on Whatsapp: +447999548073

or email us at: hello@homegrownpod.com

Presented by: Martha Swales and Jamie Walton

Video Editor and Socials: Thomas Griffin

Artwork: Rare Studio

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode, Martha and Jamie step into the darker side of the garden! A poisonous-plants quiz takes in deadly nightshade beauty treatments, foxgloves and heart medicine, Socrates and hemlock, and hallucinogenic mad honey, before the they turn to hazards closer to home, from lords-and-ladies mistaken for wild garlic to giant hogweed and laburnum. Martha then shares the eerie tales of the Mediterranean dream fish and Datura, the mad apple. Jamie reveals the everyday foods that can harm you if they aren’t prepared properly, from kidney beans and elderberries to acorns and cassava. Finally, Martha explains poisonous mushrooms and the surprising story of how magic mushrooms got their power.

If you would like to support us by pre-ordering our new books, the links are below and we really do appreciate it, thank you!

Jamie's New Book 'No Need To Weed': https://geni.us/NoNeedToWeed

Martha's New Book 'Grow Your Own Lunch': https://geni.us/GrowYourOwnLunch

And If you would like to grow our seed of the week, you can find the links below with 20% off your first order with code 'Homegrown':

Delphinium Misty Lavender:

https://shegrowsveg.com/product/delphinium-misty-lavender/

We love hearing your questions and comments - so please do get in touch:

You now send us a message, voice note or picture on Whatsapp: +447999548073

or email us at: hello@homegrownpod.com

Presented by: Martha Swales and Jamie Walton

Video Editor and Socials: Thomas Griffin

Artwork: Rare Studio

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.