S18 Ep6: Martha Swales the Gardening Guru on the dishes that have shaped her

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Martha is something of an anomaly these days. She grows (a lot of) her own food… and is an avid urban gardener from London.

With over 1 million followers on Instagram, Martha’s straightforward and calming approach to growing your own food is digestible and relatable to the masses. Not only is it informative, but I find Martha’s content is such a celebration of what nature can do and how a little bit of sunshine can grow the most wonderful ingredients. Her debut book Give It A Grow has been an instant success, climbing to a top spot immediately in Amazon gardening books. It has chapters on veg, fruit, herbs, flowers and wildlife, with over 40 of her favourite projects to make the most of your garden, patio or balcony plus bonus recipes for how to cook with your produce.

Thank you to our sponsor Wild Nutrition. Wild Nutrition are so confident you’ll see a difference with their Food Grown supplements that they’re offering Desert Island Dishes listeners 50% off for three months when you visit wildnutrition.com/desertislanddishes. If you don’t feel the benefits within 30 days, they’ll give you back your money. Ts and Cs apply.

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1:25.1	dishes. That's wildnutrition.com forward slash desert island dishes.
1:31.1	If you don't feel the benefits within 30 days, they'll give you your money back. T's and C's apply.
1:37.0	Thank you very much to wild nutrition. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes
1:43.7	podcast. This is the podcast where
1:46.3	every week I ask my guest to choose their seven Desert Island dishes. These range from finding
1:51.9	out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten,
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