The Messed Up Gardener

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10 Oct 2026 · 28 min

Ep 195: The Art of Growing Crops in Shady Spaces

🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Every garden seems to have that one awkward spot. Beside the house. Behind the shed. Under a tree. Or along a fence where the sunshine barely makes an appearance. You plant something, water it, feed it and hope for the best. But the plants struggle, the harvest disappoints, and eventually you start wondering whether anything useful will grow there. Here's the thing... Shade doesn't automatically...

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   3 Oct 2026 · 17 min

   Ep 194: Why Are Your Seedlings Growing Tall, Thin and Weak?

   🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Your seedlings germinated beautifully. Everything seemed to be going exactly to plan. Then almost overnight... ...they stretched. The stems became long and thin. They started leaning toward the window. Some began falling over. Others looked pale and weak. And suddenly that tray of promising little seedlings looks as though it may never survive the journey into the garden. So what has gone wrong?...

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   26 Sep 2026 · 28 min

   Ep 193: Is Your Mulch Helping the Garden - or Hiding a Problem?

   🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Your garden bed looks beautiful. Fresh mulch covers the soil. The weeds are hidden. Everything looks tidy and protected. But what is actually happening underneath? Is the soil staying too wet? Are slugs sheltering beside your seedlings? Or is the mulch absorbing water before it ever reaches the roots? In this episode of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams explores how mulch affects your gard...

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   19 Sep 2026 · 30 min

   Ep 192: Why Flowers Appear but Fruit Never Follows

   🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Your plant is covered in flowers. The bees are visiting. Everything looks as though a bumper harvest should be just around the corner. Then the flowers fall off... ...and nothing follows. No tomatoes. No courgettes. No pumpkins. No fruit at all. So what has gone wrong? In this episode of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams takes a closer look at what actually has to happen between a flower o...

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   12 Sep 2026 · 30 min

   Ep 191: Why Your Compost Is Not Breaking Down

   🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Your compost pile is full. You’ve added kitchen scraps, grass clippings, dry leaves and cardboard. But weeks later... ...not much seems to be happening. The pile is cold. The cardboard is still cardboard. Or worse, everything has become wet, slimy and smelly. So what has gone wrong? In this episode of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams takes a closer look at what is actually happening insid...

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   29 Aug 2026 · 26 min

   Episode 190: What Is Really Happening When a Plant Wilts?

   A wilted plant can make us reach for the hose before checking anything else. But wilting does not always mean the soil is dry. A plant can wilt in wet soil, after transplanting, during hot weather, in cold conditions, or when damaged roots cannot move water properly. In this episode of The Messed-Up Gardener, Esther Williams takes a slightly more technical look at what wilting really means and why very different problems can create the same drooping leaves. In this episode you’ll discover: 🌱 ...

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   9 Aug 2026 · 21 min

   Ep 189: What Are Yellow Leaves Really Trying to Tell You?

   🎧 Press Play to Listen to Today’s Episode Free Gardening Resources at the bottom of the show notes Yellow leaves have a remarkable ability to make gardeners panic. One day the plant looks fine. The next, two leaves have turned pale. Before long, you are wondering whether it needs more water, less water, fertiliser, better soil, pest treatment... ...or a respectful burial. But yellow leaves are not a diagnosis. They are a symptom. And the position, pattern and timing of that yellowing can tell...

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