EPISODE · Feb 24, 2025 · 27 MIN
S2E3 Urban Farm & Kitchen, featuring food blogger Instagramer, and writer Luay Ghafari
from The Gardener Ben Podcast · host Gardener Ben
As we head towards March, I finally got the time to weigh my way into the last frontier of the garden. Now celebrating just under seven years in this particular cottage, what will be known as the Wintergarden is going to take quite a lot of work.I’ve started by removing the very strange laurel hedge, which ran along our drive, opening up the space. I’m going to have to get a mini digger to remove the stumps before I can start thinking about planting and adding lots of soil conditioner.It’s time to start thinking about planting your daily tubers undercover, and on this week's episode, I’m joined by Luay Ghafari, who’s somewhat of a massive inspiration known as @urbanfarmandkitchen on Instagram and TikTok. He also maintains and writes a successful food blog and is a published author. I really don’t know how he finds the time to keep it all in the air.Specializing in garden-to-table produce, he shares his love for tomatoes and cooking during our brief conversation.If you don’t follow along already, head over to his Instagram account and show it some love now!
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As we head towards March, I finally got the time to weigh my way into the last frontier of the garden. Now celebrating just under seven years in this particular cottage, what will be known as the Wintergarden is going to take quite a lot of work.I’ve started by removing the very strange laurel hedge, which ran along our drive, opening up the space. I’m going to have to get a mini digger to remove the stumps before I can start thinking about planting and adding lots of soil conditioner.It’s time to start thinking about planting your daily tubers undercover, and on this week's episode, I’m joined by Luay Ghafari, who’s somewhat of a massive inspiration known as @urbanfarmandkitchen on Instagram and TikTok. He also maintains and writes a successful food blog and is a published author. I really don’t know how he finds the time to keep it all in the air.Specializing in garden-to-table produce, he shares his love for tomatoes and cooking during our brief conversation.If you don’t follow along already, head over to his Instagram account and show it some love now!
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S2E3 Urban Farm & Kitchen, featuring food blogger Instagramer, and writer Luay Ghafari
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