In the final episode of Peas in a Podcast, host Tamsin Koumis sits down with Lily Brett, one half of Edible Acre, a regenerative market garden run by Lily and her mum Nicky across two blocks of land in Dorset, one just outside Dorchester and one near Bridport. It is a fitting note on which to end the series, grounded, honest, and full of the passion that has run through every conversation here.

With a childhood rooted in veg gardens and years spent working as a chef, Lily eventually made the leap back to Dorset and into growing, five years ago, with a derelict site to transform and a vision of what it could become. What followed was months of hard work, patience, and a deep belief that working with nature rather than against it is the only way forward.

The conversation is wide-ranging and full of warmth. Lily shares brilliant practical tips for home growers, from mulching with straw and using sheep fleece as a slug deterrent, to buying in baby ladybird larvae to tackle aphids, and even how to inoculate your soil with natural microorganisms found right there in your own garden. She speaks beautifully about why she keeps going, the simple, primal cycle of putting a seed in the ground, tending it, harvesting it, and having a customer come back the following Saturday at market to tell you what they made with it.

She is also honest and thoughtful about the bigger picture, the funding gaps facing small growers, the challenges of a food system that too often undervalues the people growing our food, and why she believes real culture change is not only necessary but possible. And if there is anywhere it can begin, she says, it's here in Bridport.

A grounded, joyful and inspiring conversation, and a wonderful note on which to close this captivating series.

Find out more about Edible Acre - https://www.theedibleacre.co.uk/

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Peas in a Podcast is brought to you by Bridport Food Matters and Jurassic Coast Media. This limited 8 part series was recorded live at the 2026 Bridport Food Festival. If you're interested in helping us fund future conversations through the sponsorship of new episodes: please reach out to bfm.comms@gmail.com with the subject heading "Let's get talking!" for more information.

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