Gardening for Wellness & Joy: White Strawberries

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What to Put in a New Garden Bed (and How Much Garden Mix to Buy) | Becky's Question

2026-11-0319:10

Ask a Question or Leave a Comment Want the Visual Guide that accompanies this episode? Go here to have it sent to you for free. Spring is here, and it's a popular time to create new garden beds. But before you order truckloads of garden mix, there's something worth knowing: you don't need to fill the entire bed with expensive soil. In this episode, I'm answering Becky's question about creating a new garden bed for her dahlias. She has the right idea with cardboard, mulch, compost an...

How to Raise Seeds, Easily, For Free

2026-10-2007:05

Ask a Question or Leave a Comment If you’re new to raising seeds, this episode is for you 🌱 If you want a visual guide to this episode here it is! I’m running through the very basics of how I raise seeds, including how I make my own seed-raising mix using compost and worm castings. I also share a few optional additions, which seeds I recommend starting with if you’re new, how deep to plant them, and my simple method for keeping seeds damp and protected from pests. My biggest tip? Start with l...

3 Common Orchard Mistakes in Spring and What to Do Instead | Unedited

2026-10-1316:21

Ask a Question or Leave a Comment Good morning and happy Spring from Aotearoa, my deck at sunrise. This episode is unedited with the natural bird song of the morning. I cover 3 mistakes I'm seeing gardeners make right now. - Not mulching their trees - Pruning now! (No don't) - Planting fruit trees now I'll unpack why these are mistakes and what to do next. Ask a Question – Submit a gardening question for a future episode. About Sam – Learn more about the host of White St...

How and Why to Grow in Guilds

2026-09-2921:58

Ask a Question or Leave a Comment What exactly is a plant guild — and how do you know what belongs in one? In this episode of White Strawberries, I’m answering a listener question about guilds: what they are, whether they all follow the same principles, and whether the plants in a guild need to come from the same place. A guild is simply a group of plants that support one another. Instead of thinking about a fruit tree as an individual plant that needs to be maintained, we can start thinking ...

How to Take Cuttings

2026-08-2515:41

Ask a Question or Leave a Comment If you’ve ever looked at a beautiful plant and thought, I’d love one of those, you might not need to buy one. You might just need to take a cutting. In this episode of White Strawberries, we’re getting into the wonderfully simple world of plant propagation — how to take cuttings and turn a small piece of an existing plant into a whole new plant. I talk about taking cuttings from deciduous trees like figs, grapes and elderberries, why waiting until the leaves ...

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Gardening for Wellness & Joy: White Strawberries