Podcasts by The Roots, Wings and Other Things Show

S5 Ep12 The Stuff We Love One from 2023-05-22T14:26:58

The Stuff We Love One: And just like that, we're at episode 12 and the end of season 5. Where on earth does the time go?! Summer is well and truly here with great growth in the hedgerows, vegeta...

S5 Ep 11 The Gluts One from 2023-05-15T19:06:37

The Gluts One: Gluts! So many gluts. Every summer Jez grows enough tomatoes to rival Italy's national export, and can't keep up with soups, roasting, and experimental tomato face creams. Kathy's...

S5Ep10 The Health One from 2023-05-08T13:39:41

The Health One: Yet again Kathy's brought food and on behalf of you, dear viewer, we're testing the commonly-banded around health benefits of fruit. In this episode Kathy and Jez plead Nigel Sla...

S5Ep9 The Gadget One from 2023-05-01T08:26:15

The Gadget One: Welcome to "the Gardget Show"... One of our listeners, Jim, asked about gadgets for the garden and the kitchen, which Kathy and I thought was a great idea for a special episode! ...

S5E8 The Danger One from 2023-04-24T18:48:09

The Danger One: Jez and Kathy are eating (again), and this time it’s mushrooms. Fortunately Kathy knows her mushrooms but Jez’s dog Woody had a very lucky escape recently. Which brings us to oth...

S5Ep7 The Underground One from 2023-04-17T15:30:18

The Underground One: Kathy's been cooking again and if the cake was the pinnacle of the mountain, the root veg soup and homemade sourdough is the snow - or something. It's incredible, and incred...

S5Ep6 The Cost Cutter One from 2023-04-10T13:27:07

The Cost Cutting One: Gardening can be expensive, so this week Kathy and I sat down to share some super simple ways to enjoy your outdoor space, or the joy of growing your own fruit, vegetables ...

S5E5 The Growing One from 2023-04-03T13:04:19

The Growing One: The joy of growing something is unparalleled, but this week it’s a controversial one! Seeds or plugs? Expect growing tips and inspiration for your garden and vegetable patch mak...

S5Ep4 Jez's Birthday from 2023-03-27T14:21:06

Episode 4: In this very special edition of Roots, Wings & Other Things it's Jez's Birthday!... well, almost. We record for Monday but this year Jez's Birthday is on Wednesday but ANY excuse ...

S5Ep3 The Nature Healing One from 2023-03-20T11:03:52

The Nature Healing One: This week Kathy lets Jez's puppy Woody in with muddy paws, and tells everyone to remove their clothes and sit in ice cold water. What is the power nature has over us to i...

S5E2 Gardening Gobbledygook from 2023-03-13T19:17:22

Episode 2: Gardening Gobbledygook. In this episode Jez Rose (@ThatJezRose) springs an unexpected quiz on co-host Kathy Slack (@gluts_gluttony) as they explore weird, bizarre and odd garden termi...

S5E1 The Cake One from 2023-03-08T15:13:07

Episode 1: The Cake One. I'm back with series 5 and joined by my series co-host Kathy Slack for an all-new Roots, Wings & Other Things SHOW! We're a show now! Join us for the next 12 weeks w...

Series 4 Episode 7 Season Finale: Then&Now from 2022-12-16T12:26:20

Then & Now: The season 4 finale comes with a BIG announcement about the end of Roots, Wings & Other Things as we know it. But exciting news about the future! News about that, plus how wi...

Series 4 Episode 6: Something Old&Something New from 2022-10-16T17:38:59

Working through John Coutts' book has made me especially curious about him and his work, so in this episode I travelled to London to speak with Simon Toomer, Curator of Living Collections at Kew...

Series 4 Episode 5: Complicated&Simple from 2022-08-26T08:13:53

Complicated & Simple: Nature is as simple as it is complicated, but also, aren't we, too? This month I chat with the brilliantly practical and down-to-earth Christine Walkden about the delic...

Series 4 Episode 4: Wild and Free from 2022-07-21T13:47:13

When is native not native? And when should we not go native?! It's a thought provoking discussion I'm having with my special guest this month; the plantsman Colin Ward from Swine's Meadow Nurser...

Series 4 Episode 3: Nostalgia and Nasturtiums from 2022-06-24T12:33

The meadow is growing! It's exciting to see the seeds finally germinating, which means I can now turn my attention to the kitchen garden - just in time for the good weather... although you watch...

Series 4 Episode 2: Meadows in My Garden from 2022-05-22T14:37:30

Join me this episode for a wildflower meadow special! I'm back from my trip to the US, but caught covid and am finding I don't have the energy or strength to do what I want. It's frustrating, bu...

Series 4 Episode 1: Hedgerows&Meadows from 2022-04-27T12:56:37

Episode 1: It's great to be back, and to share with you my new garden: a half acre of overgrown grass. We'll need a quick tour of the garden so you can follow along, and with each area I design ...

Series 4 Is Coming! from 2022-04-20T18:39

Season 4 launches next week - here's what's in store for this exciting season, packed full of new features! Don't forget to subscribe, follow on instagram @rootswingspodcast and subscribe to my ...

S3E3 Alice Vincent from 2021-09-27T14:02:06

S3E8 Ethicurian from 2021-09-24T10:33:22

It's the final episode in series 3! Where did that time go?! In a special season finale, Kathy take full advantage of the lifting of lockdown and visits our celebrity special guests in person at...

S3E7 Laura Aikman from 2021-09-17T07:37:03

Jez's friend off the telly box, Laura Aikman, is our special celebrity guest this week as she lets us poke around her tiny London garden acquired mainly for her dog to, well, you know. Kathy com...

S3E7 Fern Verrow from 2021-09-10T09:01:22

Things take a lunar and planetary turn this week with Kathy's celebrity special guests interview. Jez reveals some shocking cooking home truths; Kathy comes to the rescue of his sweet pea disast...

S3E6 Fern Verrow from 2021-09-10T09:01:22

Things take a lunar and planetary turn this week with Kathy's celebrity special guests interview. Jez reveals some shocking cooking home truths; Kathy comes to the rescue of his sweet pea disast...

S3E5 Jekka McVicar from 2021-09-03T10:58:20

This week Kathy and Jez are more excited than Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men at the prospect of their herby celebrity special guest: none other than the Queen of Herbs, the delightful Jekka McV...

S3E5 JekkaMcVicar from 2021-09-03T10:58:20

S3E4 Simon Lycett from 2021-08-27T09:04:38

This week Kathy and Jez get super excited about a very special, colourful celebrity guest; celebrity florist and HBO judge Simon Lycett. There's news on Kathy's (drawn out) kitchen renovation; i...

S3E4_Simon Lycett from 2021-08-27T09:04:38

This week Kathy and Jez get super excited about a very special, colourful celebrity guest; celebrity florist and HBO judge Simon Lycett. There's news on Kathy's (drawn out) kitchen renovation; i...

S3E3_Alice Vincent from 2021-08-20T07:48:07

This week Jez gets into hot water with Kathy; is given 10 seconds to rant about councils mowing verges; Kathy gets excited about her brilliant Book of the Week, and Jez speaks with Instagram pla...

S3E2 Anna Greenland from 2021-08-13T07:51:01

This week Kathy and Jez chat aubergines; carrots; kitchen gardens; consider a podcast uniform; speak to former head gardener of Soho Farmhouse Anna Greenland; stimulating dogs on lead and reveal...

S3E2_Anna Greenland from 2021-08-13T07:51:01

This week Kathy and Jez chat aubergines; carrots; kitchen gardens; consider a podcast uniform; speak to former head gardener of Soho Farmhouse Anna Greenland; stimulating dogs on lead and reveal...

S3E1_ArthurParkinson from 2021-08-06T07:42:34

Welcome to Series 3! Jez Rose is joined by his new co-host and wrangler, Kathy Slack for the best series yet! Don't forget to subscribe because it's now weekly: in the first episode of the bran...

S3E1 Arthur Parkinson from 2021-08-06T07:42:34

Welcome to Series 3! Jez Rose is joined by his new co-host and wrangler, Kathy Slack for the best series yet! Don't forget to subscribe because it's now weekly: in the first episode of the bran...

Series 3 Launches Tomorrow! from 2021-08-05T06:44:43

Series 3 launches tomorrow, Friday 6th August and I think it may well be the best series yet! What do you think? Weekly special guest interviews, Jez’s peg list, book of the week, new vegetable ...

Launching this Friday! from 2021-08-02T06:48:07

Series 3 with my new co-host Kathy Slack launches this Friday 6th August! Weekly podcasts for the summer gardening season; return of Book of the Month (now Book of the Week!); weekly celebrity s...

Series 3 News! from 2021-07-31T11:40:26

Very exciting news about Series 3, which launches Friday 6th August 2021! Make sure you hit subscribe and join us over on our new Instagram page @rootswingspodcast for news, prizes and episode c...

Series 2 Episode 6 from 2021-04-26T10:51:27

In the final episode of series 2, professor of ecology and bumble bee expert Dave Goulson joins me as my special guest co-host! And what a fascinating end to the series! Deathwatch beetles; top ...

Series 2 - Episode 5 from 2021-03-18T13:56:08

My friend Kathy Slack; the food writer, cook, and "vegetable queen" herself is my co-host this month for a chat and a giggle about growing your own, coping with gluts, cooking with it, and where...

Series 2 Episode 4 from 2021-02-12T09:35:19

What does Christine Walkden from BBC Gardener's Question Time do on her dining room table? You're about to find out! My guest co-host this month chats about growing plants in a bath; Helen Mirre...

Series 2 Episode 3 from 2021-01-31T14:24

It's a snowy January episode but my guest co-host this month brings adventurous stories of rowing the Atlantic, bees, donkeys, and finding nature in the most unlikely of places! An inspiring epi...

Series 2 Episode 2 from 2020-12-16T09:31:16

It's December and my special co-host this month is Michael Perry, the self-styled plant geek... and for this special festive episode expect raunchy plant names; inspiration for winter pots; bird...

Series 2 Episode 1 from 2020-11-26T09:08:34

Welcome back to Series 2! While Adam takes a break I'm joined by special guest co-hosts and this month it's the delightful Frances Tophill from Love Your Garden and Gardener's World and it's a f...

Episode 11 - August from 2020-09-07T20:21:52

In the penultimate episode of the series, Jez goes it alone as Adam is away. Raw and unedited, this episode features all your favourite features plus Jez reflects on the best bits of series 1 an...

Episode 10 - July from 2020-08-07T06:17:10

The "after dark" special with mead that Jez completely ruined! Only Adam and Jez could get through dogs making business decisions; favourite trees; Netflix recommendations; the 'Ultra Suit' for ...

Episode 9 - June from 2020-07-08T11:58:02

Adele, Eric Clapton, black bees, Jez's mead and Ash the cat causing chaos. All that plus a very exciting announcement and you've got June's episode of your favourite podcast! Recorded while soci...

Episode 8 - May from 2020-05-20T10:00