Every Friday morning I do a radio show on our local community station. My show is called ‘The Good Earth’ and is about everything and anything horticultural! I guess though, that because my passion is food plants, they often tend to dominate my shows. There is nothing I love more than a good tale of tomato growing.
Today I talked a fair bit about growing tomatoes. It’s that time of year here. So many wonderful selections, so many wonderful varieties to try. I am actually growing ‘Beefsteak’, ‘KY1′ and ‘Cherry Ripe’ this year. I do love my ‘Beefsteak’ tomatoes, perfect for slicing and putting between two chunks of home made bread with lots of fresh butter, pepper and salt. Oh this is the best kind of comfort food! Yum.
The most difficult part of my show is actually queuing up the music. I have had some people say that my music selection is ‘all over the shop.’ I know this, but I find it hard to stick to just one genre. I actually like a whole lotta music! So today I played Enya for my sister in law. I played Ali Farke Toure for my hubby and then some Dave Graney and INXS just for me.
Now getting my head around the ‘studio’ and all those buttons and levers. Still very confusing, even though I have been doing this now for well over a year. Getting the voice levels right and then the music levels, etc, aaaargh!
Anyway this morning I took a photo of my view from the seat. As you can see I have the computer that helps me with all the music and adds or promos. One of the best things about doing my show is the lovely feedback I get. It’s always nice to know that someone is actually listening out there in ‘radio land’. Maybe they are being horticulturally inspired…now wouldn’t that be grand 
