Rough Around The Hedges Rough Around The Hedges

I had the pleasure of chatting with Leon, chef patron of The Looking Glass in Cheltenham.  They've just taken on an allotment with the hopes of growing some of their own produce for the restaurant.  What's even better is that the allotment is a 2 minute walk up the road from them!  Talk about local food.  



"Our dream was to open a restaurant that showcased the best of the Cotswold's as we believe the region produces some of the finest ingredients our country has to offer. That dream has become a reality.  Our food is always fresh. Always free range. Always organic. Never imported. Never mass produced. Never ‘bought in.’ Everything is made in house; from our freshly baked birch sap roll & cultured butter to our elderflower vinegar.  Traditional sourcing, meets modern cooking…"



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Music track by:  https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

I wanted to talk about how everything went in 2018...what worked on the allotment, what didn't and some of the reason's why.

It's been an interesting year and we've learnt a lot so hopefully next year, we can use the experience to grow more food, more variety and be more productive.

Music by DJ Quads - SoundCloud
All seeds purchased for The Real Seed Catalogue. (Not a sponsorship)

In today's episode, I had a chat with Hannah from "The H Word". It was great to get into nutrition from a "vegetable-point-of-view". We spoke about a variety of subjects all to do with health, food and.....COURGETTES!!! Hope you enjoy

Intro music by: @dcuttermusic / www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro music by: soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

There's been a lot in the media about how the UK will run out of food if we don't reach a deal with Brexit. A lot of focus has been put on the negative side of things, but I believe there could be opportunities too.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/07/uk-run-out-of-food-no-deal-brexit-national-farmers-union

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/29/no-deal-brexit-food-supply-chain-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2018/jul/12/a-no-deal-brexit-survival-guide-what-food-to-stockpile

Intro music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
Outro music by: https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

This is the first time I've had "guests" on the podcast but who better to kick it off than Matt & Katie. If you've watched any of my YouTube video's you would have seen them plenty of times. Today we chatted about our experience on the allotment so far, ups and downs and things we've learnt. Hope you enjoy!

Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
and https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Lettuce shortage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44664834

Can market gardening be profitable? I think it can and today I go through few things to consider that can affect whether or not you could make money from growing vegetables on a small scale

Music by: David Cutter Music - http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
&
https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie