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Send us a text🌿 Episode Highlights:🍵 Tea of the Week: Chamomile—A soothing brew 🌿🎉 Kings Seeds Winner: Congrats to @michellemcdee—this week’s lucky recipient of our Kings Seeds giveaway! 🌻🌕 Gardening by the Moon: Keep your garden on track by aligning your tasks with the moon phases! Cultivate your soil in preparation for sowing and planting from 3rd December. Time now to feed your plants with your homemade teas.Warning: Evapotranspiration can take an incredible amount of moisture from your plants and soil, be sure to monitor moisture levels.🌱Herb of the Week: Chamomile🌿Main Topic: Old Herbals - a little history lesson.Compost: What can we add to the Spring Compost?Book of the Week: Horti Curious by Ann Treneman - Jen and I may have wandered off course a little this week - this is a book full of interesting tidbits and we got carried away. Ideal for the inquisitive gardener.✨ Support the Show: Loving the podcast? Consider supporting us via www.buzzsprout.com Your Garden Coach NZ 🙏Support the showYou can contact us at [email protected] Please follow our Instagram page @yourgardencoach_nz where we regularly upload interesting gardening tips Our website is under construction, as you know good things take time.Keep a lookout for http://yourgardencoach.nz We hope you enjoy our podcast, designed for gardeners in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand - but not exclusively. Join us from wherever you happen to be and simply check the title of the podcast. e.g. Spring Ep1. to fit in with the season in your location.

Send us a textA little late this time as we had a few technical difficulties.Not to worry - we sorted it. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.🌿 Episode Highlights:🍵 Tea of the Week: Hawthorn flowers and leaf tips—Used in Chinese medicine for centuries to reduce blood pressure 🌿🎉 Kings Seeds Winner: Congrats to Sue Jones-Nicholson—this week’s lucky recipient of our Kings Seeds giveaway! 🌻🌕 Gardening by the Moon: Keep your garden on track by aligning your tasks with the moon phases! We’re in a Barren Period until the 25th, then the Root Crop Sowing Phase on the 26th & 27th.🌱 Main Topic: We welcome a very special guest from just up the road in the beautiful Queensbury Hills, Lisa from Frogsong Farm, a very busy market garden 🌿Book of the Week: The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook✨ Support the Show: Loving the podcast? Consider supporting us via www.buzzsprout.com Your Garden Coach NZ 🙏🌸 Happy Gardening! 🌸— Jen & AliSupport the showYou can contact us at [email protected] Please follow our Instagram page @yourgardencoach_nz where we regularly upload interesting gardening tips Our website is under construction, as you know good things take time.Keep a lookout for http://yourgardencoach.nz We hope you enjoy our podcast, designed for gardeners in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand - but not exclusively. Join us from wherever you happen to be and simply check the title of the podcast. e.g. Spring Ep1. to fit in with the season in your location.

Send us a text🌸 Urban Beekeeping Buzz with Cormac Farrell! 🌸This week on Your Garden Coach NZ, we’re thrilled to have Cormac Farrell, author of Urban Beekeeping, join us! 🐝 Catch the episode now on Buzzsprout, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts!🌿 Episode Highlights:🍯 Main Topic: Cormac shares his incredible journey from hobby beekeeper to the Australian Government’s Head Beekeeper! Discover how his love for bees led him to this prestigious role and get insights from his book Urban Beekeeping, perfect for anyone curious about keeping bees in urban spaces.🏆 Listener Giveaway: Congratulations to Terri Waerea, this week’s $20 Kings Seeds voucher winner! 🎉 Don’t forget to enter each week for your chance to win!🌕 Gardening by the Moon: Enhance your garden’s health with lunar wisdom! We’re in the Cultivate period starting the 15th—perfect for building soil fertility. Listen in for more tips! 🌱 Plus, root crop succession sowing on the 19th and 20th; it’s the ideal time to direct-sow those root crops!🥬 Vegetable of the Week: Artichoke—this elegant perennial veggie deserves a place in your garden. Plant now to enjoy its unique flavors in seasons to come!📖 Book of the Week: An Almost Impossible Thing by Fiona Davison—a fascinating read. Discover the challenges women in horticulture faced in the late 19th Century!✨ Support the Show: Enjoying the podcast? Consider supporting us via Buzzsprout and keep the gardening inspiration coming! 🌸🌸 Happy Gardening! 🌸Support the showYou can contact us at [email protected] Please follow our Instagram page @yourgardencoach_nz where we regularly upload interesting gardening tips Our website is under construction, as you know good things take time.Keep a lookout for http://yourgardencoach.nz We hope you enjoy our podcast, designed for gardeners in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand - but not exclusively. Join us from wherever you happen to be and simply check the title of the podcast. e.g. Spring Ep1. to fit in with the season in your location.

Send us a text🌟 Bonus Episode Alert! 🌟We've just released an inspiring bonus podcast interview featuring Jesse from Freshlink! 🎙️ Jesse shares some truly thought-provoking ideas about the way we shop and how it impacts our health. 🌱🛒 His engaging perspective is a must-hear for anyone interested in conscious choices and wellness. 🙌Catch this special episode on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify – we're so grateful to Jesse for sharing his time and insights with us! 💚Freshlink is a Wholefoods Grocer in Wanaka.Support the showYou can contact us at [email protected] Please follow our Instagram page @yourgardencoach_nz where we regularly upload interesting gardening tips Our website is under construction, as you know good things take time.Keep a lookout for http://yourgardencoach.nz We hope you enjoy our podcast, designed for gardeners in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand - but not exclusively. Join us from wherever you happen to be and simply check the title of the podcast. e.g. Spring Ep1. to fit in with the season in your location.