Bobs Garden
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -Now in its third year, Bobs Garden is a glorious ten minute slow podcast recorded live on an English allotment in the Cotswolds. It's great for going to sleep with.
New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday morning across the growing season, in all weathers.
Tune in to the sounds of the weather and the wild birds. Catch up with the chickens, ducks and and hear about all the other projects happening in the garden.
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Episodes
Episode 102 - ☀️⏰ ⛈️ An early morning after a storm
June 13, 2023 06:00 - 11 minutes - 8.1 MBIt’s 5.30AM, join me for the best part of the day. Even the trees seem more relaxed at this hour it is beautiful.
Episode 101 - who’s eating the strawberries
June 08, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MBI find out who’s eating my fruit and I moan about the mess I made digging trenches. A lovely morning
Episode 100 - Bobs Bombsite! Mini Excavator arrives!
June 01, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.39 MBI’m back on the garden which looks more like a bombsite thanks to a week with a mini excavator.
🌱😻 Seedling disaster and the kittens are born
May 23, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBI’ve lost some seedlings because I didn’t pay close enough attention. On the other hand we have five new kittens! Miaow. Weeding today and there’s a digger coming…. Your twice weekly visit to a Cotswold garden is here. Ten minutes, zone out. #slowpodcast
Episode 99 - Seedling disaster and the kittens are born
May 23, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBI’ve lost some seedlings because I didn’t pay close enough attention. On the other hand we have five new kittens! Miaow. Weeding today and there’s a digger coming…. Your twice weekly visit to a Cotswold garden is here. Ten minutes, zone out. #slowpodcast
Episode 98 - Twilight Deer Spotting and Shoutouts!
May 18, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBTonight I do the first shoutouts thank you so much to everyone who listens I hope you continue to tolerate my ramblings. We spot deer and I talk more mowing whilst on a wander round the field with a Baileys.
Episode 97 - Kittens on their way!
May 16, 2023 06:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MBA lovely morning on the allotment with the ducks the chickens and masses and masses of growth. One of our “kittens” who isn’t really a kitten anymore is having babies of her own. The sun is out and it’s blue skies. Good morning.
Episode 96 - 🦆 Meet the ducks!
May 11, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBThe weather has warmed up and everything green is growing ridiculously quickly. A quick recap this Thursday morning and we're off the races with season 3 of the podcast!
Episode 95 - 🐓 Welcome to Monday. It’s cold again 🥶
February 06, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.64 MBCold frosty bright, cannot get any better! Welcome to Monday morning !
Episode 94 - 🐓 The new chicken shed
February 03, 2023 08:00 - 11 minutes - 7.84 MBIt’s the first morning at the new chicken shed. The hens are discombobulated and so am I. You can see the build here instagram.com/bobsdotgarden. Please go have a look and subscribe. ❤️
Episode 93 - the joy of logs
January 24, 2023 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MBI love logging. The process of felling, chopping and splitting your logs for your fire is one I find extremely cathartic! Join me this morning in the logshed!
Episode 92 - Season 3 Begins!
January 16, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.21 MBGood morning! Back for season 3, so full of potential. Will there be Purple Sprouting? Will there be sprouts at all! Chickens back in full effect!
Episode 91 - We’re back in chicken lockdown
November 08, 2022 08:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBDEFRA have imposed chicken lockdown again thanks to the bird flu outbreak. It was windy last night and I lost some glass in the greenhouse. Coffee this morning and I’m still in the yellow sleeping bag.
Episode 90 - Stick your cock in the oven
October 27, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWe’ve got a cockerel. Hello it has been a while, a friend offered me his cockerel and I thought why not. Cockadoodledoo!
Episode 89 - How to deal with hens when it's 40 degrees!
July 29, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MBThis is from last week when for about 24 hours the garden morphed into the Kalahari. Very hot indeed. Lovely!
Episode 88 - Why self improvement can get knotted
July 15, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBGOOD EVENING. An evening stroll around the house tonight, not brought you much evening content of late but it’s a lovely time to be out after dusk after such a hot day. I go off on a traditional rant. It’s back to basics. Wade in.
Episode 88 - Why self improvement can get knotted
July 15, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBGOOD EVENING. An evening stroll around the house tonight, not brought you much evening content of late but it’s a lovely time to be out after dusk after such a hot day. I go off on a traditional rant. It’s back to basics. Wade in.
Episode 87 - Grasshopper or Crickets in the meadow
July 13, 2022 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.53 MBMorning everyone, listen to the grasshoppers making a racket or are the crickets? I’m in the meadow drinking a coffee out of my mug and taking you for a walk. Wake up!
Episode 86 - Here's how I deal with broody hens
July 06, 2022 09:00 - 9 minutes - 6.31 MBAn abnormally lively podcast. Take pleasure listening to the hens peck away at their feeder and find out how I manage a broody bird. Mid-podcast I find out we have red mite in the coop and I plan a trip to see the chicken experts. Obviously I also have a moan, today about my health. Enjoy!
Episode 85 - What happens in three days away
June 29, 2022 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.63 MBI've had three days away from the garden and I've come back to what feels like a jungle.
Episode 84 - Chicken Open Prison
June 23, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.29 MBA lovery slow morning in the garden with the chickens.
Episode 83 - Monty Don and the Courgettes
June 21, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.28 MBI need to move my Courgettes. Thanks Monty.
Episode 82 - Whats in the timber shed
June 09, 2022 22:37 - 13 minutes - 29.8 MBI’m up at half five and I’m in the Timber shed, which has been getting a clear out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 82 - What's in the timber shed?
June 09, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.15 MBA walk around the Timber Shed that I'm clearing out.
Episode 81
June 07, 2022 10:07 - 14 minutes - 7.38 MBThis morning I ramble on about bonfires and take a quick look in the shed we emptied yesterday. Chickens get fed and there is a lot of birdsong. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 81 - An absolute inferno
June 07, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBWhy are bonfires so nice?
Episode 80 - Seedling lift-off. Melons!
May 12, 2022 06:04 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBA school mum friend donates me some exciting fruit and veg. Everythings going really green and getting really big. My second sowing of seedlings are germinating. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 80 - Seedlings in space. Lift off!
May 12, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 6.91 MBI'm given a melon. Greenery everywhere.
Episode 79 - Heatwave disaster! Replanting.
May 09, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.52 MBso much stuff going into seed trays
Episode 79 - Replanting after the disaster.
May 09, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBI sow seeds in every available space in the greenhouse to try and catch up following the loss of all my previous seedlings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 78 - Exploding Chickens
May 06, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBWe have a death on the allotment.
Episode 78 - Exploding chickens
May 06, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBAlas I have lost another chicken on Bobs Garden. I have also lost all of this years recently sprouted seedlings. Lets diplomatically call this a miscommunication between myself and Mrs Bobs Garden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 77 - I'm back in the garden
May 04, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 8.17 MBGreenhouse. Hens. Ferrets.
Episode 76 - We're selling our eggs!
December 15, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBWe've started selling our eggs round the village. This is great news and may offset the cost of these birds somewhat. I try not to forget I've got eggs in my pockets.
Episode 75 - The waters frozen and I wrap my tree fern.
December 13, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.18 MBI wrap my tree fern after the first frost, not a great time to do it. A day late and a dollar short as usual.
Episode 74 - Brand new no-dig beds!
November 24, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBLove getting my hands mucky in the mornings. I ramble on about how I once grew £3 carrots and talk through why I've built 8 no-dig beds for this years vegetables and flowers.
Episode 73 - Hows yer hedge?
November 22, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.32 MBFind out how the hedge has performed over the summer - hint, not great - and I walk round the garden to start yet another fire.
Episode 72 - Welcome to Season 2
November 20, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MBIt's great to be back! Lots going on, some traditional allotmenteering and the weather is beeeautiful.
Episode 71 - The end of season 1
September 04, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 5.58 MBIt’s the end of season one! Thanks for lending me your ears. I return home from holiday to find a jungle, the dog does a poo and a pigeon scares the life out of me. It’s all happening.
Episode 70 - Chased by a seal
August 25, 2021 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.69 MBI recount a local story about being harassed by a seal whilst walking the dog on the beach.
Episode 69 - I’m on my holidays
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBA lovely podcast from my favourite place in the country. Now I’m off for a swim.
Episode 69 - I’m on my holidays
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBA lovely podcast from my favourite place in the country. Now I’m off for a swim.
Episode 68 - The new chickens are here
August 13, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.07 MBAfter the introduction of new chickens I walk over for the first morning !
Episode 67
July 29, 2021 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.22 MBBit of a ramble about chickens and a look back at where I thought I’d be compared to where I actually am.
Episode 66 - A heatwave!
July 20, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 3.36 MBRaised beds, no dig and it’s 30 degrees!
Episode 66 - A heatwave!
July 20, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 3.36 MBRaised beds, no dig and it’s 30 degrees!
Episode 65 - Getting more chickens!
July 13, 2021 21:00 - 8 minutes - 5.97 MBI discover the intricacies of adding more chickens to your brood!
Episode 64 - A Hiatus. Here’s what you missed.
July 09, 2021 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.61 MBAfter a short hiatus Bobs Garden returns with aplomb! Here’s what you missed.
Episode 63 - No more vegetables!
June 09, 2021 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.06 MBA really rambling one this evening. Round a campfire I discuss flowers vs veg and try to ascertain how much each one of my carrots cost. Hint, I think it’s about three quid.
Episode 62 - The perils of camping
June 08, 2021 18:00 - 11 minutes - 7.85 MBFunny how we’ve spent the last two years cooped up together and now everyone in the uk wants to go camping, cooping themselves up in a smaller space!