In The Garden

Our guest this morning on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is Sandra Mao -- author of the just published book, Vibrant Harvest: Cultivating a Kaleidoscope of Colors in Your Vegetable Garden with Heirlooms, Modern Hybrids, and More.   This book is a refreshing approach to gardening; it's container-garden friendly and emphasizes some of the less commonly planted varieties -- promoting an "eat the rainbow" approach to diet and fresh home grown produce. This podcast is a replay of the original broadcast live on 810 KSFO; we're live on the air in San Francisco and online at KSFO.com each Sunday morning from 9 until 10.  This podcast edition has been lightly edited to remove music and most advertising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Still the premiere radio show about Organic Gardening in the SF Bay Area, Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is live on the air on 810 KSFO each Sunday morning at 9:00 am local time in San Francisco.  This podcast is the time-shifted version; we've edited out most of the ads and all of the music, and left in all the calls and all the gardening advice for you to enjoy.  Today we discussed (along the way) soil remediation with epsom salts or with hydrogen peroxide (hint: proceed with caution!), tree care and community gardening. Folks called about their citrus trees, hummingbird feeder formula, and many other topics.  For more information about our show including text archives from Bob, see bobtanem.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this morning on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem was  you -- the bay area gardeners who call in.  We had some out-of-area gardeners weigh in too when it comes to that, but this is the Bay Area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening, after all. Originally aired live on Sunday morning on 810 KSFO San Francisco, this podcast on-demand edition of our show is the same as the original, but has most of the advertising and all of the music edited out, for your protection and that of the license holders.  No license is required to grow things in your garden, so here we are!  For the unedited experience join us live, 9:00 to 10 am Pacific time on 810 KSFO, and on KSFO.com streaming live.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Podcast Edition of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; we present a faithful reproduction of the live (Sunday 9 to 10 am on 810 KSFO San Francisco) radio show, edited lightly to remove most of the ads and all of the music. Our special guest this morning was Tamara Jo Hicks, co-author of the Feasts on the Farm cookbook along with Jessica Lynn MacLeod.  This is a homegrown recipe book out of the Tomales neighborhoods of West Marin, where Tamara and her husband run a goat and sheep milk outfit called Toluma Farms.  Sourced from locals, and with a foreword by Alice Waters, the recipes in this book come with stories and pictures, making this a beautiful work of art, featuring artistic culinary creations using local ingredients.  The book is available at local bookstores and and select Bay Area farmers' markets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest on the garden show -- Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem -- this morning is Dan Posey.  Dan was a colleague and sometimes competitor with Bob Tanem in the nursery business, they met competing with their show gardens at the Marin and Sonoma county fairs many years ago.  Edie has known Dan since she was, well, a lot younger. These days, Dan is with Oaks of Hebron, a non-profit service agency in Sonoma County, and he is mentoring a new startup nursery in Sebastopol called Growing Together Nursery, which complements Growing Together Farm and other endeavors.   The nursery is located at the former California Carnovores retail location at 2833 Old Gravenstein Highway in Sebastopol, and is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, and on Saturday from 8:00 to 4:30 pm. and is open to the public.  Dan reminisced with Edie about old times, county fairs, and then talked about their more recent endeavors. Of seasonal interest, Dan is offering an old-fashioned Christmas Wreath making workshop; there are public workshops at the nursery, and for groups of about 10 or more, Dan will do a private class -- either at the nursery, or wherever the party is.  Materials and instructions are included, and participants will leave with a hand made wreath.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's live and local talk radio on 810 KSFO Sunday mornings with the garden show!  Bob Tanem In The Garden is presented 9 to 10 am on the air live, and -- in a slightly edited version -- archived on this podcast edition.  We are obliged to remove most of the adds and all of the music from this on-demand media. We talk about all things of interest to the home gardener, which this morning extended to street tree issues, fertilization, and coping with powdery mildew -- among other topics raised by callers from around the bay and outside the state.  Edie also offers information about garden related events coming up around the San Francisco Bay Area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to this weeks' edition of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; we broadcast live each Sunday morning on 810 KSFO, and this podcast edition -- lightly edited to lift out most of the ads and all of the music -- is available 24/7 on demand. This week we talked about last weeks' bonsai show, about garden railroads, and quite a few other subjects of interest to the Bay Area gardening community.  We took a few calls in the 2nd half of the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once again we went live on the air on 810 KSFO on a Sunday morning, with the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about Organic Gardening!  We do this every Sunday at 9:00 am local time, and then post this here podcast afterwards for your on-demand listening enjoyment.  The podcast is identical to the original broadcast, except we edit out all the music and most of the ads. People call in and ask our host Edie all kinds of questions about growing stuff in the garden, dealing with pests and plant issues, which she cheerfully answers -- and all the while, we seek to keep things as organic as practically possible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest on the radio program this morning was Kenny Phillips, certified arborist with Davey Tree Bay Area.  We like to have arborists on from time to time to check in about trees and tree issues; this extends to both wild and landscape tree as well as cultivated specimen such as citrus or other fruit trees.  Davey is an employee owned organization with deep roots in the bay area, and the Tanems have worked with Davey for many years for various tree issues, from nurturing through removal. This podcast is a replay of the live radio show heard on 810 KSFO between 9 and 10 am this morning; most commercials and all musical content have been removed.  Edie Tanem is a certified Master Gardener, and follows in her fathers' footsteps hosting this radio show each week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hot off the presses this morning, it's the latest edition of the Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem radio show!  OK so we don't use presses for radio, but you get the idea. We did broadcast this program live on 810 KSFO this morning, and we attracted gardeners from around the Bay Area and beyond to call in with their organic gardening questions.   Edie also highlights a number of local events of interest to gardeners.   It's all in one action packed hour, with all the music and most of the ads removed from this on demand edition!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this morning on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem was Sandi Duncan, who took over the reins as Editor of the Farmers' Almanac a couple of years ago.  This years' edition features some minor changes to reflect Sandi's touch, but as always the Almanac has stories, anecdotes, seasonal and calendar items, and more.  Trivia buffs will especially love this publication -- published annually since the 1800's -- because it's full of fun facts.Sandi spent the hour with us and gave us a glimpse under the curtain for how the book is curated and the thought processes that are behind it.  The 2026 edition went onsite at farmersalmanac.com and on grocery checkout stands everywhere; it's the orange and green one. This podcast edition of the radio show is identical to the original broadcast, minus some of the ads and all of the music.  The show is heard live on Sunday mornings from 9-10 Pacific time on 810 KSFO, and streaming on our website at KSFO.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's officially fall now that we've had the equinox, and Edie Tanem noticed the lingering darkness this morning as she prepped for the live radio show, Bob Tanem In The Garden -- heard on 810 KSFO at 9:00 in the morning each Sunday, including today.  We featured call-ins sprinkled lightly across the hour; Edie had conversations with fellow gardeners all over the state, and local Bay Area gardening events were highlighted. For this on-demand podcast edition, musical bits and most of the advertising have been trimmed out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Sunday and welcome to this weeks' freshly picked garden talk show; Bob Tanem In The Garden is heard each Sunday at 9:00 am on 810 KSFO (unless pre-empted by football, of course). This mornings' call-in show was well attended with calls from around the Bay Area to discuss gardening matters with our host, certified Master Gardener, Edie Tanem.  This podcast edition is a playback of the original broadcast with most of the advertising and all of the music trimmed out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Tanem was known as America's Happy Gardener, and Edie Tanem is his youngest daughter; she took over this -- the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening -- after her fathers' race was run.  We're live on 810 KSFO every Sunday from 9 to 10 in the morning; this right here is the time delayed Podcast Edition of the show -- same as the live show minus most of the ads and all of the music. We took calls from all over Northern California this morning, and we also discussed lots of current garden-related events coming to the region in the next few weeks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Bay Area's top radio talk show about organic gardening! Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem airs live at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings on 810 KSFO.  This podcast edition is a replay of the whole hour, minus the majority of advertising (and all the music). Our host -- certified nurseryperson Edie Tanem --  took calls from around the bay, and discussed current gardening news and events.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each Sunday morning Edie Tanem presents Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; it's the leading radio talk show about organic gardening, heard locally in Northern California on 810 KSFO from 9:00 until 10:00 am, or worldwide any time online as a Podcast!  This, the podcast edition, has been stripped of musical interludes and most of the advertising, but is otherwise true to the original broadcast. We took calls from around the Bay this morning -- including about fruit tree planting and frost, pruning advice, and more.  Edie highlighted multiple garden-related events and opportunities in the Bay Area; these are but some of the ways you can plug in to gardening, organically!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks for tuning in to our little garden show: Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is on the air live on 810 KSFO from 9:00 to 10:00 each Sunday!  This podcast edition is the replay, with the bulk of the ads and all the music trimmed out. We took calls in the 2nd half of the show today and talked to gardeners across a wide swath the SF Bay area this morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our show broadcast live on 810 AM this morning - live call in radio!  Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is the bay area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening, and people call to ask our host -- a certified nursery person -- their local garden question.  This podcast edition has had the music and most of the ads edited out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening; this here's the Podcast Edition -- mirroring the original Sunday morning radio broadcast for your on-demand enjoyment (most ads and all music have been edited out). This mornings' show featured a leisurely pace of calls; folks around the Bay and beyond phoned in with their gardening questions -- and Edies' monologues include a roundup of many of the garden related events and viewing opportunities happening this summer around the region.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; the Bay Area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening!  We featured 2 guests this morning; a quick visit with Jeff Harris of the San Francisco Orchid Society talking about their upcoming Orchids in the Park event; next weekend -- July 26 and 27 -- at the SF County Fair building in Golden Gate Park, will be the big show and sale event by our local orchid society.  Next up Edie interviewed Kenny Philips with Davey Tree Service.  Kenny brought us up to date on what's going on with trees for streets and landscapes, and highlighted some of the pests and diseases that Davey is seeing out there in helping homeowners and other property stewards with their tree issues -- including recommendations for new trees!  (hint: he really likes Chinese Pistache). In the last 3rd of the program this morning we also took calls, mostly about trees.  There were audio issues with the host link during the first half of the show that were overcome in the 2nd half.  This podcast is a presentation of the original over-the-air broadcast on 810 KSFO; the music has been trimmed out as have most of the ads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.