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This podcast is devoted to all things gardening. National gardening television host, Joe Lamp'l, guides you through each episode with practical tips and information to help you become a better, smarter gardener, no matter where you are on your journey. This series has a strong emphasis on organic gardening and growing food, but covers a diverse range of topics from one of the country's most informed and leading gardening personalities today.
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Gardenerd Tip of the Week

Gardening with Gardenerd.com

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The Gardenerd Tip of the Week is your one-stop shop for organic gardening tips and tidbits. Seasonal, organic, and fun advice for your urban farm, homestead and garden. We cover Sustainable living, vegetable gardening and more. Celebrate your passion for gardening with a sense of humor.
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Discover gardening inspiration and advice from your favourite gardening experts with the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine team. Join Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Adam Frost, Frances Tophill, Arit Anderson and others to garden for wildlife and wellness, sow and grow flourishing flowers, immerse in the benefits of nature, get the most from your vegetable plot, successfully use colour in the garden, enjoy the beauty of house plants and much, much more. With Sowalongs and Tea Break Tutorials too, we ...
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Kitchen Garden is Britain’s best guide to on how to grow your own food. It offers down-to-earth advice from the finest minds in gardening to make sure you get the tastiest produce from your plot. There are tips on how to grow your own wide range of fruit and vegetable crops and how to control troublesome pests plus what to do on your plot each month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Garden Variety

Iowa Public Radio

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Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
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Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.
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Your Garden Coach NZ

Ali Soper and Jen Anderson

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Guiding keen new gardeners to become confident vegetable growers no matter the size of your garden or your skill level. We aim to share tips and tricks to help you grow healthy, nutrient-rich vegetables. Based in the Central Otago region of New Zealand. Happy gardening
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Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Tuesday and Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for Northern California gardeners and farmers: The KFBK Garden Show, Get Growing with Farmer Fred, and the KSTE Farm Hour. Episode Website: https://gardenbasics.net
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Big Blend Radio interviews focusing on Gardening and Landscaping, Home Remodeling, Maintenance, Decor and Design, Real Estate and Relocation. Hosts are Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith, mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines - see: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/garden-gossip/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ben Gardner and Batavia have been gardening for over 25 years and we want to pass our knowledge on to you. Backyard Gardens is here for everyone to have fun while learning how to grow more food and flowers in their gardens. Every week we break garden topics down like a compost pile so it is easy to understand. We want you to have the most productive and easy to maintain garden so you can spend more time enjoying your space. So let‘s all Learn to Grow and grow for change together.
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Each week, horticulturalist Felder Rushing shares stories, answers questions and just talks gardening. Of course, you’ll hear a bit of “cheesy music” in every program and you might hear a bad joke or two as well. The Gestalt Gardener is a long-time favorite on MPB Think Radio, due in no small part to Felder’s laid-back, your-neighbors-might-talk-but-so-what approach to gardening. Email Felder anytime at garden@mpbonline.org and listen Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 to The G ...
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The Gardening with Joey & Holly radio show Podcast/Garden talk radio show (heard across the country)

The Gardening with Joey & Holly radio show (The Wisconsin vegetable gardener)

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The Gardening with Joey and Holly Radio show, Formally named "The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener" is a Podcast and Radio show that teaches people how to grow their own food. The show originates out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but is heard on a number of radio station across the U.S. The content applies to gardeners world wide!
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Master My Garden podcast with John Jones. The gardening podcast that helps you master your own garden. With new episodes weekly packed full of gardening tips, how to garden guides, interviews with gardening experts on many gardening topics and just about anything that will help you in your garden whether you are a new or a seasoned gardener. I hope you enjoy.John
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Into the Garden with Leslie is about gardening, mainly ornamental, and the point is to get people informed and possibly amused by the many aspects of digging in the dirt. We give you a Plant of the Week, an informative interview, and seasonal tips and tricks. Come listen along as Leslie tries to strike a balance between her growing interest in native plants and her love for luscious hostas and hydrangeas. We will discuss everything from design to compost, and lots of fun guests will fill in ...
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The Helpful Gardeners

Golden Acre Home and Garden

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Welcome to the Helpful Gardeners, a weekly podcast diving into the home and garden topics you want to learn more about. We hope to inform, inspire, and bring the fun as two friends who work together and go wild over gardening. Colin is a certified horticulturist with decades of experience working in landscaping, gardening and houseplants in various climactic zones. Brandi is a beginner with a passion to ask questions. Subscribe to catch new episodes every Sunday!
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Welcome to grow, cook, eat, arrange, the weekly podcast from gardener, writer, teacher,and cook, Sarah Raven. Over the last two decades, Sarah has led the way by introducing a new kind of productive gardening which places emphasis on intense colour, sophistication, and achievability. Recorded at the beautiful Perch Hill Farm in Sussex, Sarah talks with special guests from across garden design, floristry, food, ecology, conservation, and more. Brimming with top tips and helpful hints, listen ...
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Grow a better vegetable garden, whether you're a seasoned gardener or have never grown a thing in your life. Karin helps home gardeners learn to grow their own food using evidence-based techniques and research. She talks all about specific plants, pests, diseases, soil and plant health, mulch, garden planning, and more. It's not just the "how" but also the "why" that makes us better. The goal? For everyone to know how to grow their own food no matter what sized space they have or their exper ...
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Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden. We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard. There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way ...
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Are you ready to be converted to living a gardening life? Each week, join Carol Michel and Dee Nash, both passionate gardeners, authors, and long-time bloggers, as they chat over the garden fence about flowers, veggies, and all the best dirt on gardening. Carol and Dee have the audacity to call themselves gardenangelists, evangelists for gardening, and want everyone to dig in the dirt, sow a few seeds, and enjoy the simple pleasures and even a few pitfalls of a gardening life. If you are rea ...
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The Rusted Garden Homestead: All About Growing, Cooking & Sharing Food

Gary Pilarchik, content creator for the Rusted Garden & Rusted Garden Homestead

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The Rusted Garden Homestead is all about growing food and enjoying your gardens. Episodes will include discussions on building gardens, planting gardens, creating edible landscapes, tending gardens, harvesting and cooking food, and just about anything that falls under the topics of growing, cooking, and sharing food with family and friends!
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Nebraska Grows

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension

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Nebraska Grows is a bi-weekly podcast for commercial fruit and vegetable producers to get the latest unbiased, research-based information from Nebraska Extension.
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Pots & Trowels Podcast

Martin Fish, Jill Fish, Sean Riley

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Gardens and gardening discussed by people who know their onions. Martin Fish (RHS judge, broadcaster and gardener for over 40 years) and a series of like-minded green fingered folk have a chat! Find all our videos and podcasts at potsandtrowels.com
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Welcome to ‘Let’s Talk Farm to Fork’, the PostHarvest Podcast that interviews people of interest within the Fresh Produce sector. We’ll deep dive into their role and find out how they’re helping reduce the amount of food lost or wasted along the Farm to Fork journey.
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Organic Gardening For Beginners is a podcast that helps overwhelmed and time-crunched new gardeners start and maintain their own thriving garden. Join Jessica, owner of Homegrown Food and Flowers and a seasoned gardener with over 20 years of experience, as she shares her tips, resources, and inspiration to help you overcome common barriers to gardening. Get valuable insight on topics like companion planting, seed starting, gardening planning, summer maintenance chores, growing cut flowers, a ...
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This podcast is about everything plants. It is segmented into seasons. The first being about Kitchen Gardens. I will also be doing mini episodes the history of people who made gardening what it is today, starting with women from Australia who helped pave the way for women such as myself. I have a huge amount of topics which will span for many seasons to come.
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Extension Calling

Karen Cox and Dan Lima

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Your source for research-based information for the farm, garden, and home. These mini-trainings will give you entry to mid-level information that is easily digestible. If you are looking to improve your health, the health of your farm or garden, or simply better understand our food system, tune in. We bring Extension education to your pocket in 30 minutes or less. We need your feedback! Please share your thoughts and ideas at: https://bit.ly/ExtensionCallingEvaluation. Recorded by Karen Cox ...
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Bloom Box: Growing Deeper

Sarah Buckley & Hanna Pinneo

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Bloom Box is smart gardening for everybody; providing you with everything you need to grow the sustainable garden you want. On Growing Deeper we explore different topics, questions and ideas related to gardening with native plants, creating habitat for wildlife and making your corner of the world a little bit greener.
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Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast

Lucy Chamberlain and Saul Walker

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Follow head gardeners Saul Walker and Lucy Chamberlain as they reveal exactly what it’s like to be professional horticulturists leading busy teams on large, private estates. Lucy and Saul have a decade of Head Gardening experience and it soon became clear to them both that life as a Head Gardener can be incredibly diverse, occasionally challenging and hugely rewarding and so they regularly discuss horticultural topics close to their hearts and give you an insight into their lives as gardener ...
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Amy and Chay, the podcast hosts, have allotment plots in Milton Keynes and London since March 2021 and decided to start a podcast in 2022! The 'Allotment Diaries Podcast' is a podcast that aims to provide an honest look at what it's like to own an allotment plot. It discusses what has worked well as well as what has not worked so well. The podcast will also feature interviews with other allotment holders about their experiences and allotments, as well as special guests. For more information ...
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Farm Small Farm Smart

The Modern Grower Podcast Network

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Insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on in-the-field farming. Soil preparation, weed management, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm tools and equipment, and growing crops. Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.
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Presented by gardening writers Jane Perrone & Alys Fowler, the Guardian’s gardening podcast explores different horticultural topics and hands out advice and tips by the bucket load, along with expert interviews and discussions
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The Sunflower Allotment Podcast is a podcast for anyone and everyone interested in vegetable gardens and allotments! The podcast includes friendly conversation on a range of allotment topics including seasonal advice and tips on planting and maintenance. The podcast has grown out of a conversations between friends with neighboring plots who love allotments and the outdoors. The members of the podcast have a range of experience from Tim (beginner) to Peter and Rachel (seasoned pros) and shoul ...
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Greening Up My Act

Kat Cox & Tiffany Verbeck

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For skeptics of sustainable products, learn how to spot greenwashing in the wild. This sustainability podcast is hosted by two marketing writers — Kat and Tiff — who reveal the sneaky tactics brands use so you can avoid getting tricked by green hooey.
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Seeds And Their People

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A radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.
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Want to harvest more veg from the same amount of space? You can get lots more from a small space by growing in containers. (If you get it right…but that’s not difficult!) If you get these 4 things right, you’re on the road to container gardening success: The right container Good soil A suitable location Proper care In this episode, Donna and Steven…
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You’ve heard me say many times that what I love about gardening is there is always more to learn. Gardening keeps us on our toes and constantly presents opportunities to refine our methods. I decided to check in with gardeners in my Online Gardening Academy™ about their top takeaways from this past gardening season and what changes they will make i…
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#gardening #podcast #gardentalk #vegetablegarden #radio #influencer #gardentip #gardentalkradio #backyardgarden Email your questions to Gardentalkradio@gmail.com Or call 1-800-927-SHOW Segment 1: 5 easy vegetables to grow Sponsors of the show for 2024 Phyllom BioProducts of http://www.phyllombioproducts.com Honey B Healthy of https://www.honeybheal…
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Discover seven easy-to-grow cool-season plants ideal for your backyard garden. From vibrant greens to flavorful root vegetables plus a delicious fruit, you'll learn about these easy-to-grow spring vegetables and why it's important that you know how to grow your own food. Transcript/related post: 7 Easy Cool-Season Vegetables to Plant Grow Guides Sw…
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If flood waters have covered your garden, consider the produce unsafe to eat for humans or animals. If flood waters have contacted the edible portion of a crop it is illegal to sell. If touched by flood waters discard: leafy vegetables, fleshy fruits or vegetables (like tomatoes, berries, & summer squash), corn, grains, and even produce with a hard…
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In this weeks episode John looks at what we can sow in the April vegetable garden and other gardening jobs. April is the month when seed sowing is at its peak with lots on the sowing list for this month. We can begin sowing and planting outside once conditions allow. In some areas and especially in colder parts of Ireland frosts are still prevalent…
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Spring has sprung and gardeners across the U.S. are planting their vegetable gardens. Find out if growing your own tomatoes will reduce your carbon impact and save you money in the latest episode of your favorite green living podcast. Sources: The Garden Continuum - 6 environmental and health benefits of growing your own food - https://www.thegarde…
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In this episode of the Garden Basics Podcast, Farmer Fred and Master Gardener Susan Muckey discuss composting and answer a listener's question about adding nitrogen to a compost pile. They explain that adding nitrogen is not necessary for most compost piles and discuss the ideal carbon-nitrogen ratio. They also provide tips for turning a compost pi…
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In this podcast KG editor Steve Ott chats to Tayshan Hayden-Smith who many of you will know as a TV presenter on BBC’s Your Garden Made Perfect and Hampton Court Flower Show coverage. He is also a pro footballer, award-winning Chelsea Flower Show designer, green activist and founder of The Grow2Know Project and now with the release of his new book …
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You've got a flat of plants, a garden almost ready to plant out, and no time to get it done. Sound familiar? This episode will give you seven tips to help you get your garden in the ground with a minimum of fuss and no time wasted on tasks that don't move the needle the way you want it to go. -Which seedlings you should buy at this point in the sea…
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We talk a lot about growing vegetables on this show but, in truth, I am a huge fruit eater. I love fruit, either on it’s own or on a salad, in smoothies, in desserts, love it. Being someone who is a proponent of sustainable agriculture I also prefer to get my fruits locally if I can. That’s not to say I don’t always have bananas in this house and t…
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There's so much more to carrots than just the ones you buy in the supermarket - grow your own for a host of colours, shapes and maximum flavour. Discover more in this short podcast. Plus get free seeds with our March, April and May issues. May also includes our 2 for 1 Gardens guide. Buy the magazine here: https://bit.ly/BuyGWMagSowalong Learn more…
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Dr. Kristine Lang, Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist at South Dakota State University, joins Carol to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of using shade cloth with high tunnels to control temperature. If you have more questions regarding this research, please reach out to Dr. Lang directly at kristine.lang@sdstate.edu or check out her websit…
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Nine out of 10 gardeners grow tomatoes, making it the most popular garden vegetable to grow. And there are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes to choose from. Let’s explore the differences - heirlooms vs hybrid varieties, determinate vs indeterminate growing habits, and the six different sizes and shapes of tomatoes. Which one is best for you? I…
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We've got a lot of ground to cover this week... ha ha ha All kidding aside, there's a lot of benefits to utilizing ground cover in your garden! Together, lets explore mulch, fabric, rock, and straw. We'll talk about how you can use it, how much to buy, and how to maintain it. Plus, Colin has a great garden hack for soaker hoses in your garden to ac…
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This week Martin's met We're at the RHS Urban Show in the heart of Manchester, chatting about what you can accomplish if space and funds are limited! Videos Mentioned: How to Plant Beans: https://youtu.be/8P0jiXl1DtM How to Take Shrub Cuttings: https://youtu.be/8ui3HQKBeZs?si=Q0q6lxypFVheRZzA Visit potsandtrowels.com for links to all the videos & p…
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In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Marie Chieppo, an ecological landscape designer, about the ubiquitous use of plastic in gardening. The plant profile is on Native Azaleas and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events and this week's garden tasks in the W…
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Felder Rushing opens the screen doors wide open to answer the questions you ask (and some you don't ask) about Gardening. Email Felder anytime at garden@mpbonline.org and listen Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 to The Gestalt Gardener on MPB Think Radio. And in the meantime, in the words of Felder, "get out and get dirty." If you en…
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Join us and 15 of Karen Washington's dear friends, family, mentees, and collaborators in wishing her a very happy 70th birthday with this episode featuring food and plant stories about our Farmy Godmother. Karen has been instrumental in the creation and guidance of neighborhood organizations such as Garden of Happiness, La Familia Verde Coalition a…
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Do you enjoy spending your evenings outdoors? On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about how you can create a garden to be enjoyed at night. Learn about night-blooming plants that can be incorporated into a ‘night/moon’ garden, landscape lighting, insects that come out at night, and more! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xWbZlTZbgPI Sk…
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#gardening #podcast #gardentalk #vegetablegarden #radio #influencer #gardentip #gardentalkradio #backyardgarden Email your questions to Gardentalkradio@gmail.com Or call 1-800-927-SHOW Segment 4: Garden questions answered Sponsors of the show for 2024 Phyllom BioProducts of http://www.phyllombioproducts.com Honey B Healthy of https://www.honeybheal…
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The healthiest food you can eat, is the food you grow yourself. Where have you heard THAT before? Today, let’s grow a heart-healthy garden! What are the foods you can plant that are best suited, chemically, to help reverse what might be going on around your ticker, including high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar, and stress? We talk with Dr. Laura…
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shares his experience dealing with wash-pack constraints while preparing a wholesale order. Afterward, Diego and Alec into selecting which crops to grow, which crops Alec is excited for, and crops that did interestingly well at the market. Alec also talks about his experience growing different crops so far, as well as varieties he hopes will do wel…
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Ever found yourself in the garden, glaring at a slimy trail that once was your favorite lettuce? Well, you're not alone in this snail saga gardeners have always had a continuous battle with slugs and snails. This spring is not going to be any different with all the wet weather over the last number of months coupled with a mild winter, slugs and sna…
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On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week we chat with Christina Chung of Fluent Garden. Chris has a passion for growing perennial edible plants and designing food forests or “layered” gardens for residential-scale properties in Metro Vancouver, Canada. The post Podcast: The Layered Edible Garden with Christina Chung appeared first on Gard…
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Early May is on its way, bringing a fresh bloom of fragrant and fabulous flowers. It’s this abundance of impact and perfume on which Simon Lycett thrives. His style of floristry is so striking, and one from which we cannot fail but to learn - Simon joins us to share his highlights of the spring season and how you can choose the perfect varieties to…
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#gardening #podcast #gardentalk #vegetablegarden #radio #influencer #gardentip #gardentalkradio #backyardgarden Email your questions to Gardentalkradio@gmail.com Or call 1-800-927-SHOW Segment 3: Guest Jennifer McGuinness of https://frauzinnie.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html Sponsors of the show for 2024 Phyllom BioProducts of http://www.phyllombiopro…
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The steps to planting a successful summer garden. Learn to Grow. Grow for Change. Buy some of our seeds- https://backyardgardensseeds.etsy.com Get the planter App here https://planter.garden/get/backyard Customized seed starting schedule- sandybottomhomestead@gmail.com Become a Patron to grow our community garden- https://www.patreon.com/backyardga…
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#gardening #podcast #gardentalk #vegetablegarden #radio #influencer #gardentip #gardentalkradio #backyardgarden Email your questions to Gardentalkradio@gmail.com Or call 1-800-927-SHOW Segment 2: gardening on a budget Sponsors of the show for 2024 Phyllom BioProducts of http://www.phyllombioproducts.com Honey B Healthy of https://www.honeybhealthy.…
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Spring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy and Saul revel in this time of year, as their gardening …
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Dee and Carol talk about easy to grow from seed flowers and veggies, a new book on nature-inspired interior design, honey, and more! For complete information and more links, check out our Substack newsletter. Links! Carol's Pansy Blog Post Seeds of Italy Flowers: Sunflower Houses, by Sharon Lovejoy (Amazon Link, used copies) 'Concert Bell' sunflowe…
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We enjoy a cup of Dried Yarrow and Mint tea today - it’s a winner, Jen loves it. Dr Compost joins us for a chat about… composting! He’s a mine of information and has a few ideas to help Jen get started with composing. Take a look at Ben’s Socials @dr_compost & Dr Compost on fb, Ben talks about Bokashi composting in his latest video. We learn about …
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Welcome back to our monthly Q&A podcast episodes for April, where Sarah and Josie answer questions from you, our lovely listeners. In this month’s episode, Sarah turns her attention to sweet peas as she shares how deep to sow seeds, and how far apart to sow them based on our trials at Perch Hill. Also this month, we hear which plants are ideal for …
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Q&A - Working with Coir, Peat Moss, Perlite, etc. Reusing Old Potting Soil. 00:24 Q&A - Runaway Plum Tree! 16:10 Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout. Pictured: Wheelbarrow with H…
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Xeriscaping literally means "dry-scaping", and it's been popular in desert towns in the U.S. since the 80s and 90s. But it's got a lot of promise for fixing the issues you may have with making an eco-friendly lawn even if cactus isn't your aesthetic. Get some tips for xeriscaping on a budget in this episode of your favorite greenliving podcast. BON…
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This week on your favorite sustainability podcast, Tiffany teaches Kat about bee hotels and whether they're really saving the right bees. Watch out for tarantula hawks and the Wasp Surprise! Sources: UC Davis on ‘beewashing’: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=30929 Scientific journal PLOS One study on bee hotels: https://journ…
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If you're still wondering what to plant, this episode lays it all out for you. Short and snappy instructions tell you how to lay out a single 4x8 raised bed with the right combination and location of your plants so they all thrive and you get months of harvests of fresh veggies, flowers, and herbs. If you want a more detailed seasonal guide, snag a…
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Using the last frost date in spring or our average air temperatures might be a good guideline to start with when figuring out when to plant the garden, but a better method for knowing when it’s actually time to sow those seeds or transplant those plants is the soil temperature. Even though the air temperatures may be warmer than usual, the soil kno…
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