Master My Garden Podcast

After the poor weather through July and August summer planters, window boxes and hanging baskets are not looking their best. In fact they never really got a chance to shine this year and now as the d…

Ready to embark on a captivating journey into the world of mushroom cultivation and their medicinal properties? We've got you covered! Join us as we welcome the dynamic owners of Gaelic Fungi Farm, M…

Prepare to be transported into the luscious world of gardening and food with our guest, Tom Doorley. Acclaimed journalist, broadcaster, food critic, and Sunday Times garden columnist.

 Tom invites us…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast John looks at what to sow in the September vegetable garden. 

We still hopefully have lots of great harvests coming from our vegetable gardens crops l…

In this weeks episode John answers a listeners question. How to create a wildflower meadow / patch from scratch?

We look at the distinctions between native Irish wildflowers and cultivated flowers us…

What if you could transform your garden into a stunning display of color and fragrance, simply by sowing your own seeds?
Join me as I revisit the perennials I sowed last autumn, revealing the secrets…

In this weeks episode a listener asks a question about how to safely save rainwater for use in her Potager garden. John Looks at all the pros and cons of harvesting rainwater and gives the tips to en…

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast John looks at what to sow in the August vegetable garden.

August is generally is a month great harvests in our vegetable gardens. Great harvest means…

In this weeks episode John chats with Julie Anne Kelly The Soulful Gardener who has a fantastic garden in Ballinakill Co Laois which was featured on Irelands Garden Heros. John & Julie Anne, chat abo…

Is it too late to take softwood cuttings? That was a listener query from last week.  

Technically mid-July is a little late if you follow textbook rules, however, I have always found that they will ro…

In this weeks episode John is joined by Harry from Kilkenny Architectural salvage to chat about all the treasures they have for gardeners.

There are some great topics covered including how we should …

In this weeks episode of Master My Garden podcast John looks at what to sow in July and other gardening jobs.

July is a month when all our vegetable beds are heaving with produce and space for new cr…

Do you consider the environment when you buy garden equipment?  

Having visited a garden trade show this week John chats about garden equipment, and how some equipment which we might perceive as envir…

In this week's episode John chats with Gareth Austin.  
 
Gareth is based in Donegal and is a superb gardener with many strings to his bow which we talk about. We centre the episode on growing food whi…

John is joined by Diarmuid Gavin show ambassador for Garden Show Ireland to chat about the show and the recently completed Coronation Garden Diarmuid completed. 

Garden Show Ireland returns to Antrim …

In this week's episode John answers, a listener's question which comes from Imelda Morice. The question is as follows.  

Imelda here from France, we spoke several months ago at the time of your 100th…

What seeds can I sow in June? That is the topic of this week's episode and John looks at what seeds you can sow in your vegetable garden in the month of June.  

When we start the year the number of di…

Many gardeners are experiencing pest & disease problems at the moment so in this weeks episode John looks at the various pests and diseases and what we can do to ensure they don't become too big of a…

In this weeks episode John chats with Paul Brady Clondeglass garden. Clondeglass is close to Mountrath in Co. laois. The garden was developed and made famous by  horticultural legend the late Dermot …

It is May and "No Mow May" is all the talk in the media and online. In this weeks episode John looks at the concepts of "No Mow May"  and "No Mow Let It Grow" and how they may apply and most importan…