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Shamelessly pinching the title from Jack Wallington’s fabulous 2019 book for this episode – which is only fair, as it’s the jumping off point for this whole mini season. We’re looking at how we can understand our gardens – even enter into a state of harmony with this space around our homes – but I don’t think we can even begin without getting to grips with the whole subject of weeds, what they’re trying to tell us about our soil, and how we can learn from them. We salute summer as it reaches its peak and, just as quickly, begins to pass the baton on to the next season, and enjoy a reading from the introduction to Jack’s book.

05:14 What I love about the garden in summer

10:59 A reading from the introduction to Wild About Weeds, by Jack Wallington

15:20 The first in my series of readings on understanding your garden

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Thank you to Milli Proust for reading so beautifully from Jack's book, Wild About Weeds, published by Lawrence King in 2019.

(Milli's own book, the wonderful From Seed to Bloom (Quadrille, 2022) is available here).

My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, is published by DK Life, and is available here

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