The Scent of Winter

01/29/23 • 44 min

This week, Nina takes a wander around a witchhazel and poses a controversial question about this winter beauty, whilst Jo delves into Venetian architecture and tries to explain the age-old question of how Venice stays up. There’s definitely an Italian theme, with the biscuit of the week taking a bit of a surprise turn. Listen in to find out Who We Should Be More, and why Brownies carry a piece of string.

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SPICE up your life

This week, Renaissance Man Mark Diacono (writer, gardener, garden designer and most recently author of Spice) joins Nina and Jo on a journey though time and how the ****** we got anything done. Taking in a new twist on Brandy Alexanders and a quick dash around the mulberry tree, meeting film stars and whether or not it’s ok to tascalate, this episode meanders through gardening, recipes, the Beatles and yes, Duran Duran again, in the way that only it knows best. Join us for cocktails and plan your kitchen garden plant choices at the same time, without worrying about any of it very much at all.

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The Reality of Punxsutawney Phil

Welcome to this new episode of Rich Pickings. There’s yet more controversy, this time about worm-tickling and whether or not Nina’s biscuit choice actually is a biscuit. There’s a furry rodent theme (sorry in advance) with one-eyed squirrels and dubious groundhogs, and there’s even a short discussion about the dreaded pruning, in which we do acknowledge both the possible dullness of the debate and the over-complicatedness of the task itself.

But never fear, we soon shake ourselves out of this, and into ponderings on how much a worm weighs. You have been warned. Discover that we don’t know our equinoxes (Imbolc is between winter and spring, we really do know that!) Find out what biscuit actually has made it this week, and Who We Should Be More - it’s an old faithful this time; can you guess who it might be ...?

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