Master My Garden podcast with John Jones. The gardening podcast that helps you master your own garden. With new episodes weekly packed full of gardening tips, how to garden guides, interviews with gardening experts on many gardening topics and just about anything that will help you in your garden whether you are a new or a seasoned gardener. I hope you enjoy.John
Latest episodes
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44 min
- EP356 How To Choose An Irrigation System For My Greenhouse ? Greenhouse Irrigation Made Simple
Hand watering a greenhouse during a heatwave can turn into a daily scramble: alarms set for dawn, hoses dragged in unbearable temperatures, and still you watch water vanish into th…
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37 min
- EP355 "Planting A Hedge ? Listen Before You Buy A Single Plant" Choose The Right Hedge
The quickest way to waste money on a hedge is to choose with your eyes first and your site second. With bare-root season around the corner, we walk you through a simple decision pr…
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35 min
EP354- Brian O Hara Mia Raised Beds : The Aluminium Raised Garden Bed Built For Life
Timber raised beds rot. Cheap metal ones can rust, bow, and end up in the skip just as you’re getting the hang of growing. So what does a raised bed look like when it’s designed as…
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22 min
EP353- What To Sow In October & Other Gardening Jobs! October Seed Sowing Shortlist
This weeks sponsors: Seeds Ireland High Quality Seeds: See link below for listener offer. https://seedsireland.ie/masterOctober gardening is a strange mix of momentum and endings:…
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52 min
EP352 Dr Niamh Roche Senior Projects Manager Bat Conservation Ireland: Bats In The Garden
This weeks sponsors: Better Plants See special offer here https://betterplants.ie/product/seaweed-soil-conditioner-2-x-10kg-buckets-special-offer/Bats are flying over our gardens e…
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30 min
EP351- How To Build An Autumn Garden That Adds Interest For Years! Build A Layered Autumn Garden
This weeks sponsors: Better Plants See special offer here https://betterplants.ie/product/seaweed-soil-conditioner-2-x-10kg-buckets-special-offer/Autumn colour can be breathtaking,…
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24 min
- EP350 Perennial Grow Along September 2026. What You Will Need To Grow Your Own Perennial Border.
Join The Perennial Grow Along here https://master-my-garden-perennial-grow-along.subscribepage.io/A full perennial border can look like something only open gardens and big budgets…
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34 min
- EP349- Spring-Flowering Bulbs For Maximum Colour With Minimum Effort
The fastest way to make next spring feel brighter starts right now with a bag of bulbs and a spade. We walk through spring flowering bulbs from the ground up: what to buy in Septem…
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17 min
EP348 What To Sow In September & Other Gardening Jobs: September Seed Sowing Essentials
This weeks sponsors: Seeds Ireland High Quality Seeds: See link below for listener offer. https://seedsireland.ie/masterSeptember is the month where a small, well-timed sowing list…
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34 min
EP347 - Now We Know The Weather Is Changing What Can we Do About It To Garden Better? Eight Practical Ways To…
Grow Your Own Herb Workshop Looking Forward To Seeing You here: https://subscribepage.io/growyourownherbalgardenThe weather doesn’t just “turn” anymore, it swings. One season can f…
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35 min
EP346- Is Ireland’s Weather Really Changing ? Ireland Is Not Simply Wetter Or Drier, It Is More Extreme
Grow Your Own Herb Workshop Looking Forward To Seeing You here: https://subscribepage.io/growyourownherbalgardenHosepipe bans, cracked soil, and then a day of rain so heavy it vani…
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27 min
EP345 - September Herb Workshop & How To Revive Your August Garden.
Grow Your Own Herb Workshop Looking For To Seeing You here: https://subscribepage.io/growyourownherbalgardenYour garden can look “fine” in August while quietly running on empty. Wi…
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35 min
EP344- 10 Essential Fruits For Your Kitchen Garden: Fruit Truly Worth Growing.
You can grow a lot of things in a kitchen garden, but fruit is where the difference hits hardest. A homegrown apple or strawberry can make supermarket fruit taste flat, and that’s…
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18 min
EP343- Seed Sowing Guide For August: What To Sow In August For Autumn Harvests
This weeks sponsors: Seeds Ireland High Quality Seeds: See link below for listener offer. https://seedsireland.ie/masterAugust arrives and the seed sowing list shrinks, but that do…
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32 min
EP342- 10 Essential Vegetables For Every Kitchen Garden: The 10 Vegetables Worth Growing
If you had to cut your kitchen garden down to just ten vegetables, what would you keep and why? We take on that exact challenge and build a list that is practical, flavour-led, and…
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27 min
EP341- 10 Essential Herbs To Grow In Your Garden: The Essential Herb List For Flavour And Health
If your herb bed could only earn space for ten plants, which ones would actually make your dinners better week after week? We take a listener request from Ivy in Connemara and buil…
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41 min
EP340- Rhonda Fleming Hayes Discusses Her New Book Garden For life : Practical Ways To Keep A Big Garden Enjoy…
A big garden can be a gift, right up to the day it starts to feel like a second job. We’re joined by American garden writer Rhonda Fleming Hayes to talk about her book *Gardening f…
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23 min
EP339- Seed Sowing Guide For July: Stop Treating July Like The Finish Line
This weeks sponsors: Seeds Ireland High Quality Seeds: See link below for listener offer. https://seedsireland.ie/masterJuly is where a lot of edible gardens quietly lose momentum…
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58 min
EP338- Carlow Garden Festival Preview With Eileen O Rourke CEO Carlow Tourism: Nine Days Of Garden Talks Acros…
Carlow Garden Festival is back better than ever in 2026 with an amazing line up of speakers: a pick-and-mix week where you can build your own perfect gardening break. We’re joined…
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17 min
EP337- Online Garden Consultations That Get You Unstuck
June 2026 consultations available to book here https://mastermygarden.com/consultation/You can spend months staring at your garden and still not know what to do first, especially a…