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401-Fighting for the Right to Have a Natural Yard, with Wolf Ruck

Jan 22 2025 55 mins

Yard maintenance rules and laws created decades ago, before people and governments were attuned to the ecological damage wrought by climate change and habitat loss, continue to be blindly enforced in suburban and urban neighborhoods. My guest this week, Ontario gardener Wolf Ruck, has fought hard to defend his right to use his yard to […]

399-Preparation and Seed Organization Tips for a Stress-Free Seed Starting Season

Jan 08 2025 60 mins

Preparing for seed starting season well ahead of time and becoming better organized will save you headaches and money in the months to come. This week, I’m sharing how I prepare and the new efficient seed organization system that I have adopted. I have made changes this year to my seed organization that have been […]

398-Get Small and Live Better on a Lean Micro Farm-Encore Presentation

Jan 01 2025 60 mins

Farmer and author Ben Hartman proves it doesn’t take a ton of space to grow enough food to sustain a business. Ben joins me on the podcast to explain how he maximized efficiency on his lean micro farm to grow enough crops to satisfy his most loyal customers while reducing the effort and resources required […]

397-Looking Ahead to 2025, with Margaret Roach

Dec 25 2024 54 mins

Margaret Roach, the New York Times gardening columnist and host of the podcast “A Way to Garden,” is back with me again to discuss what’s new in her garden and what she’s planning for in 2025. Margaret is a repeat guest many times over and a listener favorite who always has interesting observations to share. […]

396-Looking Back on 2024 in the Garden

Dec 18 2024 54 mins

The end of the year is always a good time to reflect and take stock of the lessons we’ve learned. On this week’s podcast, we look back on 2024 in the garden to make note of the experiences and knowledge we will take with us going forward on our gardening journeys. Joining me in recapping […]

392-Prevent Eye Injuries in the Garden

Nov 20 2024 41 mins

Eye injuries in the garden may not be top of mind when weeding and harvesting, but gardeners should be in the habit of taking precautions. To identify the risks to our eyes that gardening poses and share ways to prevent injuries, joining me on the podcast this week is retinal surgeon Dr. C. Kiersten Pollard. […]

383-Gardening Burnout

Sep 18 2024 50 mins

Gardening burnout happens when a garden becomes so much more work than you can keep up with and a source of disappointment — one disaster after another — rather than a source of joy. It’s the feeling of not just being overwhelmed but wanting to give up gardening altogether (at least for now). This week, […]

381-Simple Garden Design Lessons, with Margaret Roach-Encore Presentation

Sep 04 2024 59 mins

Margaret Roach is one of those heroes in horticulture and gardening media who I really admire. She excels at communicating her fundamental understanding of the natural world and reminds her readers and listeners to keep on digging, in more ways than one. She has been a guest on this podcast many times, and this week […]

379-My Audio Garden Journal: Winding Down Summer, Readying for Fall

Aug 21 2024 37 mins

Periodically, rather than recording a podcast from my studio, I like to get out into my garden and record an audio journal on-site, so I can talk in real time about what I’m seeing, the wins and challenges of the season, what’s worked, what hasn’t and what I plan to change. In this edition, I […]

377-Plasticulture, AI and More Innovations in Agriculture

Aug 07 2024 45 mins

Fumigation film and drip tape inaugurated changes in agriculture that made it easier and far more efficient to grow food crops in difficult climates, and now artificial intelligence is bringing about advancements in weed and pest control, among other promising developments. To discuss innovations in agriculture and how they could also benefit home gardeners, joining […]