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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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13:11

Spring Greens, Spuds & Winter salads

The Gooden Life ·

2025/09/20

Keith & Freya are on the plot cutting back the grass for the first time in months as a few weeks of heavier rain in England has spurred growth. It's time to plant out the spring greens for 2026, remembering to net the plants to keep the butterflies and birds off a crop which will feed us from next March. Freya is also planting some spicy salad leaves and Mizuna and the potato harvest for 2025 continues with our reds.

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12:30

Digging maincrop spuds!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/09/13

It's time to dig down and shout,"Potatoes! " as we uncover our main crop for 2025! It's been a hot and dry summer in England and that's not always conducive to getting a good crop of spuds... But we never give up! Will we get mighty Maris Piper or Diminutive Desree? Listen along as Freya & Keith fork around on the plot this week!

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18:14

Staking your Christmas Brussels, Catching...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/09/06

Keith & Freya are making sure the Brussel Sprout plants are securely anchored in the ground to ensure a brill crop for Christmas 2025. It really makes a difference if they are! The battle with Cabbage White caterpillars continues and now a new enemy is with us, Brassica whitefly! These dusty little varmints will ruin the hearts of your greens this Autumn/Fall. Also, time to divide your rhubarb plants to get a bigger crop of stalks with your custard next year!

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12:13

Harvest Time! Good & not so good ?

The Gooden Life ·

2025/08/30

Keith & Freya are on the plot and picking this week as we start the harvest for 2025. The great English summer we have had has been dry but productive, suiting some crops more than others. But today we discuss what has fed us and what has struggled a little in these warm and sunny conditions over the growing season. We've got edible grapes, all grown outside and ripening now as the farmers bring in the combine harvesters in the Cotswolds.

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12:11

Seeds & Shallots - Planning for 2026!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/08/23

Keith & Freya are collecting seeds and planning next year's garlic and shallot crop. You can save money and get the best seed crops available if you think ahead to next year, now. Some tips on how to help the pollinators and we have had to identify a rogue poo on the plot...... We logged onn to Poo-Gle to find out what's been feasting and defecating by the allotment shed........

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14:59

Basil Faulty? Sunshine, watering and some of this...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/08/16

Keith & Freya are on the plot today with watering cans in hand as this year's fab English summer continues. But it's not all been success in the sunshine. This week we hear about the successes and failures as the very dry season continues. Some crops have been abundant with others needing a bit more TLC.

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11:39

Potting on Spring greens and the great butterfly...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/08/09

Keith & Freya are sitting back on a sunny day and spotting the butterflies they see on the plot for the Great Butterfly Watch 2025.... It's a way for us growers to help the scientists record the species visiting us this year. But hurry! Time is running out to participate. They're also potting on their spring greens for 2026 and thinking about spring and summer bedding as well, to attract next year's generations of pollinators!

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10:20

Harvesting Shallots & Carrots & Courgette &...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/08/02

It's peak summer time in Marshfield and Keith & Freya are starting to crop after a hot and sunny season! But it's not all pulling or picking, as autumn (fall) carrots need planting and a plan need to be formulated to offload some of the courgette (zuchini) the sunshine is producing on the plot!

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12:08

First Early Potatoes Cropped!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/07/26

Keith & Freya are elbows deep in spud bags as they crop first early potatoes today. You think this growing your own is easy? Listen to this and learn a lesson in patience and potato practicality....

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11:56

Planting Spring Greens and fruit ripening now!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/07/19

Keith & Freya are planting next spring's greens today and have two varieties to recommend to you. After a few hot days across the summer, fruit is ripening fast and it's time to harvest some of the bounty! Plus... Your apple trees will be well in to the "July drop" when the smaller apples will be falling to make room for the main crop. With the heatwaves in the UK, it may be time to water and feed the orchard!

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10:02

Hot! Hot! Hot!.... And Water...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/07/12

Keith & Freya are back from Greece and the weather in England is scorchio! So when do you water? How often? Do I feed in a heatwave? Keith & Freya tackle those questions and pass on what they do to maintain healthy growing when the sun is scorching the Earth!

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11:55

The Longest Day!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/06/21

It's midsummer and time to crop garlic and shallots, first early spuds IF the blooms have faded and plant for the winter and next spring. There' still plenty to do on the plot and in the garden contending with a very dry spring, wet May and now more very hot sunshine in England. Tomatoes everywhere, and how exactly should you be watering your veg to get the best and prevent them bolting to seed? Also the longest day means it's time to plant Pak Choi or is it Bok Choi? Same plant...... D...

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8:39

The Dark Side of the Bloom - Pink Floyd- Another...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/06/14

Keith & Freya are at the Nick Mason garden open day at his home in Wiltshire. The Pink Floyd and Saucerful Of Secrets drummer opens his garden and car collection to raise money for charity and his kitchen garden is a beauty! We've also more advice on growing your pumpkins this year and harvesting alliums at the right time.

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17:06

Cropping Strawberries, planting Pumpkins & Squash &...

The Gooden Life ·

2025/06/07

Keith & Freya are on the plot this week planting their pumpkins and squash before the longest day and giving an update on their cos lettuce, greens and carrots! Tips on how to resist the temptation to pull up your garlic and shallots before mid July... Stop! Freya also gives you her award winning !!! ( We like it) Elderflower cordial... Sugar free and all natural, but remember to follow the recipe exactly as raw elderflower can give you a dicky tummy!

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13:03

The Secret Life of Leeks!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/05/31

Keith & Freya have a secret to share with you and it involves an onioney fave! The Leek! Humble? Yes! Delicious? Yes! Hard to grow? Sometimes! But we know the secret to getting your leeks long with big white bottoms and you don't need to be an obsessive show gardener to do it! How can 12 minutes change your life? Listen........

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12:54

Runners & Strawberries... Nettum & Feedum!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/05/23

Keith & Freya are back on the plot this English Bank Holiday weekend with a list of jobs longer than a monster prehistoric worm! Time to get the runner beans in and play the , "Lady Di" game with your tiny little lips! Tips to make sure they don't dry out or succumb to a late frost. The strawberries are forming flowers and fruit, so it is time to nettum and feedum! To protect them from greedy birds, slugs , snails and children..... Just think of those warm English strawberries in Ju...

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13:34

Planting out Courgette, Kale & Cabbages!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/05/17

Keith & Freya are busy in the wonderful English spring weather, planting out those hardened off seedlings, and looking forward to a healthy crop of courgette and collard greens. Also, some tips on how to get the water to the roots and how NOT to feed those abundant Zuchinni...... We are also looking after the final weeks of the strawberry growing cycle, as the plants set fruit.

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17:05

RHS Malvern Spring Garden Show 2025

The Gooden Life ·

2025/05/09

Join Keith & Freya this week at "The People's Show", the RHS Spring Garden Show in Malvern, at the magnificent showground! This show is one of the most useful in the calendar for practical gardeners, with plants for sale at reasonable prices, lots of good advice from the growers and nursery staff and some spectacular show gardens as well! And its cheaper than Chelsea! And less snobby!

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12:34

Parsnips & Pumpkins

The Gooden Life ·

2025/05/03

Join Keith & Freya up the 'lotty as they reveal the results of their revolutionary (?) method of getting their parsnips going in toilet rolls! We plant them out with our similarly grown broad (Fava) beans and make sure the raised bed compost is free of clumps, bumps and stones.... Time to plant pumpkin and squash seeds too and a good tip on how to give those Jack'O'Lanterns a boost on a big pile of ........ Also find out which life forms aliens would detect first if they were spying on pl...

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20:59

Legumes, has beans and sunflowers!

The Gooden Life ·

2025/04/26

Keith & Freya are planting their runners this week, with three varieties and a little, tiny pencil mouthed competition! ( Listen to take part!) Frost is our enemy and that goes for sunflowers too! We've got a ton of varieties and they're good for insects with seeds that hoomans cn enjoy, as well as feeding the birds in the winter.....

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