Ken talks to TV and radio gardening presenter, Bob Flowerdew, about his garden in Norfolk.
Bob is one of the UK’s leading organic gardeners and appears regularly on BBC Radio’s Gardeners’ Question Time.
Have you ever used any of Bob’s top gardening tips? Post a comment below and tell us about your experience >>>
Bob has some handy advice on varieties of potato for making the best chips, he says:
I still love cosmos for making chips. It is not a common variety but in the taste tests my children tell me that cosmos is the one! And I agree and of course I double fry my chips.
For more information on Bob’s books and career visit his website here.
Organic vegetable and fruit growing (2020)
Bob Flowerdew has a conversation with Ken Crowther about potatoes, fruit and the rare yellow horn.
Hot summer of 2018
Ken Crowther has caught up with gardener, Bob Flowerdew to discuss how his garden has faired over the really hot summer of 2018.
Harvesting soft fruit (2017)
Organic gardener, television and radio presenter, Bob Flowerdew is a big fan of soft fruits and has been busy harvesting.
The raspberries are almost over, but his hybrid boysenberry, a cross between a raspberry and blackberry, fruits throughout the season as he explained to Ken Crowther.
Success and failures on the organic garden (2016)
Organic gardener, radio and television presenter, Bob Flowerdew recalls how difficult it was to get anything to grow at the start of the year.
He told Ken Crowther about his poor carrot and parsnip crops and his wonderful cabbages.
Organic garden harvest (2014)
Has it been a good year for organic gardener and television presenter, Bob Flowerdew? Ken Crowther has been catching up with Bob to find out what he’s been harvesting this year, what’s been good and what’s not been so successful in the garden.
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