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The Gooden Life

Growing Veg with a Cotswold family. The grow, mow and hoe show devoted to harvesting what you eat, hosted by Keith, Freya and Nat Gooden.

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18:14

Strawberries, Spuds & Beetroot for Easter 2025

The Gooden Life ·

2025/04/18

Keith & Freya have been doing the final planting of this year's strawberry plants, making sure the young greenery is comfy in their new raised bed , ready for July cropping! The lore of the allotment says Easter is the time to plant your first main crop spuds, but we've not even got the first and second earlies in yet! BTW: (We explain all that 1st/2nd/maincrop malarky). It's also the time to start thinking about your Christmas table and the lovely beetroot pickles with cold turkey on Box...

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16:47

Courgette/ Zuchini planting, Cavolo Nero time &...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/04/12

Keith & Freya are in their mini greenhouse this week planting their courgette/ zuchini crop for this year. Staying with the Italian theme, we're getting our Italian Kale seeds in. Cavalo Nero, which costs a bomb in the shops and is a really attractive plant as well as being a tasty money saver. There's beetroot and collard greens being planted for the coming winter crop and an update on how our seedlings are progressing from past week's episodes. We are also sharing our money saving...

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16:20

More seed planting, Kalettes and Alexanders!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/04/05

Keith & Freya are in their little greenhouse planting more seeds for 2025 and planning what will go on their plates as well as in the garden! The Lobjois lettuce are sprouting, the first planting of sweet peas are breaking through and the cornflower and marigolds are racing away! This week we are planting Kalettes and a herb the Romans used to snack on, Alexanders..... It still grows wild in England..... The descendants of the pants Caesar brought from Italy.

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20:33

RHS Chelsea 2024 Revisit EXTRA EPISODE!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/04/01

With local and national garden shows gearing up for 2025, let's take a look back at The Gooden Life at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last year with some ideas for you. Heritage veg seeds from an exciting start up company, Fuschias from a multiple gold medal winner and how a designer got inspiration for her "Bridgerton" garden. Ideas we can translate into our own patches and plots!

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11:27

Harvesting Leeks, Greens, and planting Jerusalem...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/03/29

Join Keith & Freya back on the allotment for a day of planting a new crop, Jerusalem artichokes. Not easily available in the shops but a delicious alternative to spuds and a beautiful plant that looks like a sunflower. We harvest overwintered Leeks, the final pickings of the Italian Kale and the Collards keep on giving!

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14:27

Sweet Peas & Broad Beans, Tomatoes and a frost warning!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/03/22

Keith & Freya are putting all their saved toilet roll tubes to use and planting their broad beans and sweet peas. Both of which love a little more space for their roots! We are also planting our tomato seeds with some good tips on which are best for beginners, as well as the more experienced Tom grower! There's also a warning of frost in the forecast so find out which seeds to hold off panting for another month or so....

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21:08

Strawberries, Trimming your bush and Pollinator's Pet...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/03/15

Keith & Freya are tidying the strawberry bed for a top crop in 2025, thinking about redesigning their raised bed layout and planning the plants for the pollinator's that'll be producing our top crops for 2025! There's some tips about what to spread on your rhubarb (apart from custard) and trimming our bush now, so we don't disturb the birdies!

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10:17

This year's Raspberries & Blackcurrants

The Gooden Life ·

2025/03/08

Welcome to another "Gooden Life" as we plot and garden in the Cotswolds, growing food and flowers the best way we can. We are not experts, but hopefully we can offer a tip or two? Keith & Freya Gooden turn their snippers to their raspberries and blackcurrants plants. One needs a hard hair cut (like Keith) while the other requires a little more thought and finesse! (Freya) A little time and effort will guarantee you a good crop for eating and preserves for 2025, so don't rush t...

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21:37

A new season! Sowing Chilli & Cornflower seeds

The Gooden Life ·

2025/03/02

Welcome back to The Gooden Life, your guide to gardening and plotting for 2025! Keith & Freya Gooden are back for a third year and today ,in our mini greenhouse in the sunshine, planting Bishop's Crown red Chilli and beautiful blue cornflower! Also advice for getting your parsnips going.... They can be tricky, but worth the effort! A new year of growing, weeding and feeding starts here!

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5:15

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2024 - BRIDGERTON BITE

The Gooden Life ·

2024/05/24

With a new series of Bridgerton debuting on Netflix, it is a great opportunity for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to invite a young designer to create a garden for Penelope.Holly Johnson is from New Zealand and spoke with Keith & Freya at this year's show....

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9:04

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2024 SECOND BITE- ROUALEYN...

The Gooden Life ·

2024/05/22

Keith & Freya are back at the show, in the great pavilion, this time speaking to Esther from the Gold medal winning Roualeyn Fuchsias.An English garden staple, the sheer flower power from fuchsias can make a garden or allotment really pop! Esther also tips us off about a microscopic pest we should all be on the look out for.... Except we can't see it!

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7:53

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2024 FIRST BITE!

The Gooden Life ·

2024/05/21

Every day during the show we'll be sharing some of the great edible guests we've been talking at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.Today we team up with the two founders of "She Grows Veg" , a company which sells heritage seeds. That's seeds which have been established by growers for at least 50 years as true native varieties. So why buy and grow a heritage variety instead of an F1 seed? These are the answers.Listen everyday to Freya & Keith on the Gooden Life at Chelsea 2024!

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18:26

Courgettes, Borlotti beans, Strawberries, Runners and...

The Gooden Life ·

2024/05/15

Join Keith & Freya on the plot as we get the crops for 2024 in the ground! It may have been a wild and dark spring but now the English weather seems to have warmed up it's time to bend your back on the allotment! We've also got news about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024!

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19:19

Spuds, Darkness & Cold Frames

The Gooden Life ·

2024/04/29

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16:54

Shallots & Strawberries, Rain & Rooks!

The Gooden Life ·

2024/04/09

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21:12

Peas, Beans & Getting ready for Spring!

The Gooden Life ·

2024/03/07

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15:20

Spud Day 2024 and buying your seeds for this year!

The Gooden Life ·

2024/02/17

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18:51

Two plants to grow now with Keith & Freya!

The Gooden Life ·

2024/01/08

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