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Tanya Anderson from LovelyGreens.com helps us to keep our gardens growing, even through these colder months. It's February and she's got top tips for preparing our growing spaces for the new gardening year. Visit her website for plenty more information on all of this and more and find free tutorials on her YouTube channel.

Author Robert Cowley has been very busy indeed - he's penned some fabulous children’s books all under the banner of the "Manx Bedtime Story" series. His books are much more than just fairytales though… and book no.2, "RED: Rufus the Manx Dragon" illustrates this perfectly. Christy DeHaven spoke with Robert and also Steven Downward from charity Isle Listen, who are benefitting from sales of the book. There is a book launch at the Family Library on Saturday 12th Feb from 10.30am into the afternoon. Called the Dragon, Princess and Knight extravaganza, there will be dragons everywhere as well as fancy dress, face painting, crafts and games. Young illustrator Karmen St John Cain and author Robert will be signing copies of the book and Isle Listen will be there as well supporting the event.

Marking World Cancer Day 2022, Sandy Denning and Malcolm Clague from the Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association speak with Christy DeHaven about the progress in research, support available and symptoms to be aware of. Subscribe to the IOMACA podcast for further information about all different types of cancer. **NB: this conversation contains some graphic content on the subject of surgery and treatment.**

Tanya Anderson from LovelyGreens.com helps us to keep our gardens gorwing, even through these winter months. It's January, and she's got top tips regarding fruit trees, edible hedging, polytunnels and growing calendars... Have you created a growing calendar yet? Do you know what one is? Tanya will enlighten us! 5 Step Garden Plan Video

Late Lunch Tweet of the Week supremo, Tim Earl, celebrates the 12 Days of Christmas by proving it's not just Bing who can sing it . . .

'The Spark Documentary', sponsored by the IoM Arts Council, is a mini-series that aims to give hope and help to sufferers of depression and those who support and care for them. Masterminded by Jenny Derbyshire and produced by Dark Avenue Film, the Spark has interviews with people from all walks of life - therapists, professionals and fellow sufferers as well as quotes that may be helpful or inspiring. The music played within the documentary has been created by local artists, some of whom have struggled with depression themselves. Christy DeHaven caught up with Patrick and Bethany from Dark Avenue Films and Jenny herself, whose hope for the documentary is that it encourages people to discuss their mental health and to shine a light on the help and support available on the Isle of Man. You can view the first 6 episodes on the topic of talking here: https://thesparkiom.wixsite.com/home/episodes

Aside from having made a name for himself cooking up amazing dishes in the back of his very own food truck on TV Channel Dave, rapper and television personality "Big Zuu" has previously worked as a mentor for young people. Recently, he has teamed up with the Co-Op on their own support schemes within their Young Members' Group as a new study, looking at the attitudes and aspirations of young people around the UK, has found that Children as young as 10 think the pandemic will affect their chances in the future. Christy caught up with Big Zuu to find out more - and also discovered that his cookery talents have taken him to some pretty special places... Find out more about the Co-Op's scheme and how they are helping young people by visiting coop.co.uk/gamechangers

Tanya Anderson from Lovely Greens shares top tips for those starting to grow vegetables and edible crops, she also has gives advice on growing broad beans, talks about growing something new and reveals her surprise at finding alien-like fungi growing on her lawn

October 18th is World Menopause Day, raising awareness of the challenges, treatments and support available to women approaching or experiencing the menopause. Christy caught up with two experts in the field - Dr Ella Russell, a highly experienced Private GP with specialist expertise in menopausal and peri-menopausal health and Dr Paula Briggs, Chair Elect of the British Menopause Society. Both shared excellent advice and suggested various groups, online applications and personal approaches that could make that menopause that bit more manageable.

Tanya gets her no dig beds ready for Spring planting and takes us into her kitchen, to share her process of rooting cuttings and creating plants for free. Find out more about Tanya and get loads more top tips for your green spaces at LovelyGreens.com and watch her weekly instructional videos on her channel YouTube.com/LovelyGreens

In this latest episode of our gardening series with Tanya Anderson from Lovely Greens, she suggests ways you can make the most of green tomatoes and also gives us some great tips for helping them to ripen as the last Summer crops appear

In this latest episode of our gardening series with Tanya Anderson from Lovely Greens, she takes us out West to celebrate one of the Island’s longest running garden shows, which has been going for 79 years! She also inspires us to build our own garden furniture, making use of palettes that can be picked up for free. Find out more about Tanya and get loads more tips for your green spaces at LovelyGreens.com