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Join Dave Ledoux on the Back To My Garden podcast as he interviews passionate gardeners from around the world. Discover new gardening techniques, expert secrets, time-saving tips and exciting trends so you can take your garden to new heights! Whether you’re a flower fanatic, an heirloom vegetable aficionado, a herb garden enthusiast or even an aquaponics farmer, the BTMG podcast has something for you. Guests ranging from Master Gardeners to enthusiastic amateurs share organic gardening strategies, soil nutrition, composting wisdom, natural pest control, raised garden beds, container patio gardening, vertical gardens and even fish-powered vegetable gardens. No gardening topic is off-limits. Discover your passion for gardening!
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Jane Perrone loves being outside, experiencing first hand the infinite intricacies and fascinations. She loves growing her own delicious, fresh food. She blogs about gardening at www.Perone.blogs.com Jane is a journalist and gardening editor at The Guardian, one of the biggest newspapers in England. In This Episode You’ll Discover … Water conservation in the UK Mint: rat repellent, tea and 99 other powerful uses Technology and the future of gardening – robots, automation and sensors Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Discover weedless gardening – Straw Bale Gardens by Joel Karsten Need an aquaponics
Kirsten Lints loves growing veggies, starting seeds, and cooking with fresh, delicious ingredients from her garden. She is a talented designer and loves the connection between her satisfied clients and their new landscapes. Kirsten is a certified Professional Horticulturist and a Master Gardener. www.GardensAliveDesign.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … Starting seeds indoors in January easy landscaping design ideas for flower and vegetable gardens Is watering your garden an optional choice? Large leaf basil – indispensable in the garden Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Ditch the wheelbarrow and check out the
Ruth Kassinger loves the way her conservatory garden lifts her spirits during the cold winter months. She is a celebrated author of ten books for both kids and grownups on science, history and gardening. Ruth’s brand new book is called A Garden of Marvels and explores the untold history of the first botanists and extraordinary plants. www.GardenofMarvels.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … The therapeutic value of growing and caring for plants Paradise under glass — test your gardening abilities The pleasure of citrus trees in your home Knockout roses Why pruning works — or doesn’t Sponsors: How
Todd Haiman believes that a garden should make you feel you’ve entered into privileged space. A place not just set apart, but reverberant. He is a landscape and garden designer, as well as a former instructor of landscape design at Columbia University. He blogs at www.ToddHaimanLandscapeDesign.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … The culture and respect of gardens in England Yards versus Gardens in America garden landscaping ideas for problem spaces and small patios What to start with when designing your garden Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t Panic, it’s
Brijette Romstedt is the owner of San Diego Seed Company, the only urban producer of organic, heirloom seeds in all of California. Her seeds are hand-harvested, and hand-packaged in San Diego, and sold online and through many local nurseries. Brijette works with numerous charities and educational forums to teach the importance and value of seed saving. SanDiegoSeedCompany.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … California Heirloom Seeds Growing practical food to help local communities “cool season” gardening in San Diego Converting lawns to native plants or edible gardens Can you use molasses as a fertilizer? Oh No! Sponsors:
David Corscadden is passionate about the outdoors, connecting with nature and the environment. He loves how gardening can form a bridge to bring people together. He is a brilliant blogger where he writes about plants, nature, gardening and food. In 2013 his blog www.BeyondTheWildGarden.wordpress.com was named to the Garden Blog Hall of Fame and in 2014 it was named Best Great Outdoors Blog. In This Episode You’ll Discover … The “grow-your-own” popularity Disaster in the garden – the water feature experiment Lavender & sunflowers The youth movement in horticulture Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test
Alex Anderson loves gardening and embraces it for its artistic and therapeutic values. She is an active garden blogger, sharing tips as diverse as worm beds, composting, edibles and rock gardens. She has gardened on both coasts and calls Huntington Beach, California home. www.PeaceLoveAndGardening.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … Why hydrangeas are blue and purple and how to change their color Green gifts — the perfect present to encourage gardening “Repurposing” water from the kitchen to the garden “California Friendly” Backyard gardening a few miles inland Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t
Phil Nauta loves growing organic, nutrient-dense food. And writing about it on his incredible gardening blog SmilingGardener.com And teaching it. And supplying other gardeners with the resources to make their gardens better. In This Episode You’ll Discover … growing organic vegetables perennial food plants composting with variety plant diseases and soil imbalances the ocean as an incredible source of nutrition Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t Panic, it’s Organic! Are you a serious student of organic gardening? CLICK HERE for one of my favorite resources loaded with tips for building your
Julie Slezak encourages all gardeners to embrace heirloom seeds. The flavors that come out of her garden are unique and incredible. Julie and her husband Scott run Annie’s Heirloom Seeds, a non-GMO heirloom seed company. They grow some of the rarest, hard to find varieties on an island in Lake Michigan as well as with a team of partners across the US and Europe. AnniesHeirloomSeeds.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … The beginners garden — the big 5 collection 55-day cherry tomatoes from Russia how to grow heirloom tomatoes pest control through companion planting the challenges of acid island
Jennifer Simmons loves plants, gardening in the beautiful outdoors, and chatting about growing with friendly gardeners. Gardening professionally gives her the opportunity to embrace and meld all three. She believes that gardening engages the mind as well as the body and is an amazing outlet for creativity. @GrdnGirlL In This Episode You’ll Discover … Gardening trends A garden as a laboratory Keep it simple with in dealing with deer garden design ideas for modern living Succulents & cacti garden design ideas for beautiful front and backyards Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
David R. Clark fell in love with gardening through his parents. It has evolved into the love of teaching others the many aspects of how to garden. David is the horticulture instructor for the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, a National Garden Speaker, and an educator at Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. DavidClarkWNY.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … A plant can survive on an inch of water a week Experimenting in the garden Embracing native plants Peat bog gardens Tuna can trick for watering Sponsors How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t
Heather Wood adores composting, bees and mycelium. She composts in her town in Washington and helps raise awareness of her community gardens. OlySunrise Compost Concierge is Olympia’s first and only 100% bike-powered home compost collection service. You can learn more about Heather and her company at http://oly-wa.us/OlySunrise/ In This Episode You’ll Discover … Building bee hives Composting experiments with mushrooms Vermiculture – red wigglers vs earthworms Zero Waste Concepts with composting Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t Panic, it’s Organic! Are you a serious student of organic gardening? CLICK HERE for one of
Andy Domek loves the family aspect of gardening. And tomatoes. Delicious, ripe, heirloom tomatoes! He gardens in West Sacramento, California, with more than 2 decades in the soil. Connect with Andy on Twitter @AndyDomek In This Episode You’ll Discover … Drought planning Contraption gardening Butterfly garden on clay soil Sungold tomato – a hardy heirloom Amending your soil Sponsors: How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com Don’t Panic, it’s Organic! Are you a serious student of organic gardening? CLICK HERE for one of my favorite resources loaded with tips for building your own organic garden.
Noah Herron introduces us to Urban Farmer. Urban Farmer provides seeds, plants and garden supplies for home gardeners and farmers. They have a large selection of non-GMO vegetable seeds, herbs, fruits, flowers and farm seeds. I noticed on their web store they sell the world’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper, nearly 1.5 million Scoville units! Urban Farmer has produced over 40 varieties of seeds each year on their farm in Westfield, Indiana for the past 7 years. Find all this at UFseeds.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … Pink Brandywine tomato The 80 foot rule for genetic purity The
Amy Whitworth loves to connect with nature. She works with clients to design beautiful, tranquil and inspired gardens. Amy enjoys teaching, especially about intimate space design and native plant habitats. She has a gift for helping people to adopt “new eyes” to see a garden as it could be, rather than how it is. Amy gardens in Portland, Oregon. Her website is Plan-It-EarthDesign.com In This Episode You’ll Discover … Growing tropical plants indoors Planting a driveway garden garden design ideas for any zone and size space Slash & burn designers vs. vision driven designers The dream of
Deb Elliott gardens near Helena Alabama in zone 7b. Her plants have coped with hard frosts, torrential rains, brutal droughts, strange fungal diseases, snowy blizzards and the odd tornado. Deb has a great garden blog where she shares her adventures and experiments with other plant and nature lovers. She is often asked, “What Makes Moss Grow?”. In This Episode You’ll Discover … The perils of planting too close together Winterberries for attracting birds and rabbits in the winter Moss growing tips — you can’t buy moss at the store The challenges of growing flowers in clay soil Sponsors how
Andrea Hughes enjoys all 4 seasons of gardening in Brighton Michigan. She blogs about cooking, food preservation, sustainability and Michigan garden history. Andrea believes that a gardener needs to garden at their own pace, to do what’s right for you and your soil, and that the plant is always on your side. In This Episode You Will Discover: tips on growing aloe growing exotics like papaya and banana canning with water baths how to grow a herb and perennial garden behold the Northern Kiwi! Sponsors What’s the hottest trend in gardening? Discover the secret to building aquaponic gardens (powered by fish)
Shelly Sparks is a talented garden designer and feng shui advisor. Her company Harmony Gardens helps clients to create beautiful spaces and a lucky life. Shelly is the author of “Secrets of The Land, Designing Harmonious Gardens With Feng Shui”. She teaches, is a landscape architect, lecturer and consultant, and garden blogger in Los Angeles California. In This Episode You Will Discover: turning a brown thumb green over time why gardens are a healing space the unlikely garden designer – brown thumb, can’t draw, no Latin the challenges of gardening in a city hit with drought landscape garden ideas
Jenny Bowring is a passionate grower of plants and has a love of vegetable gardening. She is an avid keeper of chickens. Food preserving is a big part of her life. She gardens in all 4 seasons of weather in Lancashire, near Manchester in England on her allotment. You won’t believe what she found hidden in her garden when she first took over the land! In This Episode You Will Discover: 10 chickens – lessons learned through trial and error how to garden through companion planting can you grow a pineapple in England? why beginners should start with onions
Karol Milaniuk is a horticulture student in Lublin Poland, southeast of Warsaw near the Ukraine border. Karol loves Formula 1 racing, and studying the science of plants. He is building a new Facebook community for lovers of plants, and is experimenting with growing plants new to eastern Europe. After university Karol plans to become a cutting-edge plant scientist pushing the boundaries of nutrition and growing. In This Episode You Will Discover: the impact of having the right teacher when pursuing a career in horticulture plant breeding in Poland – not what you might expect the thrill of testing new plants
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