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Next Livestream: Friday 27th December 6pm GMT
Livestream title: 10 Questions to ask before the next growing season
I invite you to join me Friday 27th December at 6pm GMT (1pm EST) for my next live chat here on Substack where I will review some of the highlights of the last season, and what my plans are for 2025 for Substack, my YouTube channel, and of course our growing site Dan Yr Onnen. But first, I am going to share 10 questions that we can all explore together to help get ideas and plans flowing for our gardens for the 2025 growing season.
The Huw Richards Show Update
Thank you to everyone so far who has been listening to my podcast! There are now 5 episodes up, with almost 3 years of watch time, and the goal is to showcase a diversity of people, projects, and ideas that can regenerate our soils, food networks, thinking, health etc.
You can listen to the podcast on Apple and Spotify, or watch the conversations on YouTube. This show is made possible because of the support I get here on Substack, so thank you to everyone who does support - it makes a huge difference!
Also - If you happen to listen on Spotify or Apple, I would really appreciate if you left the podcast a rating!
Upcoming podcast episodes already recorded include:
Geetie Sing-Watson on the role hospitality can play for a more sustainable food future
Ian Wilkinson on a soil-first approach to regen agriculture, and inspiring the next generation
Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben on growing vegetables amongst trees
James Reid on agroforestry and working with the land
Peni Ediker on self-sufficiency and One Plane Development
If you can think of anyone I should chat to on the podcast then do let me know, I will soon begin recording online episodes so I can speak to other interesting people outside of the UK.
Over The Falls Podcast
On the theme of podcasts I was recently invited by Over The Falls Podcast to come on their show - it was so much fun! This is a podcast local to me that shares stories of different people in my area of Wales, so if you want a bit more of a backstory on how I got into gardening, and plenty of tangents, give it a watch/listen here.
3 Upcoming YouTube Videos (and an exclusive watch)
Many of you have been enjoying the recent videos on my YouTube channel including Freedom Forest Life and the stunning Gravetye Manor Ellipse Walled Garden (see image below) and so here are 3 other videos, amongst others, to look forward to over the coming weeks, including one which you can enjoy right now as a Substack Exclusive of a fantastic flower farm local to me.
Image: Thumbnail from my Gravetye Video, which you can watch here.
Upcoming videos
Knepp Walled Garden
Head Gardener Charlie Harpur shares about the fascinating walled garden project at Knepp using reclaimed building materials as a growing medium, forming microclimates, and following a mosaic-style approach to planting. Plenty of ideas that can be translated to food growing!
Joshua Sparkes Birch Farm
Following on from success of podcast episode with Joshua, I also filmed a video when I visited sharing more visual in-depth information about the growing projects that are happening at Birch Farm which I know many of you are very keen about!
Outbloom Flower Farm
This will be out next Friday (before the livechat) but hopefully something beautiful and inspirational for you to enjoy (ad-free may I add). Thank you as always for watching and reading, see you again soon, and over to John Iacona of Outbloom Flower Farm:
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