On this episode we talk about the premeditated murder of some large Abyssinian bananas, how Leslie is meh on winter berries, peonies (Leslie protests the look of singles, Marianne protests Leslie's color choices), a good thing to do with excess cherry tomatoes (an alternative from leaving them in unlocked cars). We do several "Book Moments". Who are we kidding... only Marianne has book moments while Leslie continues to rely on the brain that lives in her back pocket. Deer deterrents, when plants fail, is it our fault and should we consider Mahjnong if we have a a black thumb? Also, Black Thumb; is that code for "I don't like to fuss with plants"? Winter annuals, and then finally (it's another long one, good people), shouldn't we have a guest for the next episode? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Marianne and Leslie mix it up on native plant zealotry, which perennials have the best fall color, botanical Latin sources, and more in their inaugural podcast episode in which we call it what it will be called: The Garden Mixer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Topics include: What should we name this new enterprise of doing this podcast together? Don't worry, we quickly get into garden things such as... What's blooming in the fall garden right now? What plants are worthy of our winter indoor space and how do we get them ready to join us? Can we improve the sound on this podcast so it doesn't sound like Leslie's sitting in the bottom of the barrel? Come with Leslie Harris and Marianne Willburn as they talk about gardening in a new podcast yet to be named, but formerly known as Prince. Kidding-- former known as Into the Garden with Leslie. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
If you like gardening, you can't not enjoy traveling to see gardens. The inspiration that you can get from any scene, pattern, color scheme or even a simple plant pairing is so great to take home. Karl Gercens of Longwood Gardens has been to see THOUSANDS of gardens over many years and he tells us his secrets of when to go, how to prepare (hint: that may not be a thing) and how to enjoy a good garden trip. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Well, we go over my Instagram saga, but you can FF through that if you want! By the way, I am back on now, @LeslieHarrisLulu and hope you follow me. Marianne and I discuss "de-browning" the garden, plant pronunciation, the chop and drop method of composting, arthritic hands, and other gardening nuggets for you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Marianne and I touch on my (too) quick visit to her garden, gardening with spouses, how to make instant and free improvements to the garden, but mostly we go down a bit of a rabbit hole in terms of native plant zealotry. Is there too much judgement on this subject? Will you judge us for even wondering if there is? :) Come enter the fray and see what you think. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Heather and I met at a speaking gig in North Carolina last fall. Her mantra is Garden Thoughtfully. What a coincidence because my presentation at that Master Gardeners symposium was called Thoughtful Gardening. We are on the same page in terms of gardening with both beauty and habitat in mind. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Did you feel the dog days of summer WAY earlier than you usually do? Marianne Willburn and I talk about climate change in the garden and some good strategies to learn from what your plants are experiencing, without succumbing to the doom and gloom that generally accompanies the topic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Podcasters often host interesting experts in the field on which they love to talk. This episode is no different, but because the expert, Scott Beuerlein, Director of Horticultural Outreach at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, does a monthly column interviewing all kinds of interesting people in horticulture, you are going to get a bigger bang for your buck. Scott and I talk about a lot of the different people in the industry that he and I find interesting and here's a bonus: Scott is very interesting all by himself!. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Marianne and I are home from our travels and in this episode we talk about the very successful first garden tour put together by Marianne and Andrea Gasper. So many fabulous English Gardens-- Rousham, Kiftsgate, Wisley, Blenheim, Waterperry, and that's just the half of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
After a month away, I would like to re-introduce myself as the not serious and American garden Podcaster, Leslie Harris. I'll catch you up on how my garden fared with not much attention for over 30 days; what worked well in terms of planning for leaving it, and what didn't work as well. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Summer is coming and so are vacations. How do we prepare our gardens to get along without us? Marianne Willburn and I discuss tips and tricks on this topic and we also preview the fabulous garden tour in England that she and Andrea Gaspar have organized and I am attending! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
What's the most important gardening tool? Your body, silly, which, if you are like me, isn't quite the same as it used to be. Is there a resource where you can learn about how to improve and maintain this tool? Yes, and it's the PBS show called Garden Fit. Can you have sneak peaks at other people's fabulous gardens at the same time? Oh yes, you can. Listen to Madeline Hooper tell us about this fabulous combination of physical maintenance and envy inducing garden surveillance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Hydrangea pruning, bulbs (tulips... are they worth it? of course), transplanting polygonatum, tchotchkes in the garden (MA thinks no, Les likes a bit of whimsy), and quite a long side path of Magnolia discussion. Oh, and the MOST important spring "chore"? Pretty easy: Look. Every. Day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
A DOZEN plants of the week here, as Katie Dubow of the Garden Media Group and I discuss their favorite new plants. And listeners, I DID write a blog post with links, but now my website is down. :( Still a great podcast episode and you can link to the new plants right here! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Just trying to make it clear that because Marianne toured my garden I didn't take very long. The plant of the week is a weeping Salix and I throw you a few early spring seasonal tips just in case you thought I was totally selfish. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Each year, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society comes out with a list of trends that we should be on the lookout for in the gardening world. Erin the impatient Gardner and I break down this list and go through all 10 points, offering opinions, critiques, and support for some wonderful gardening ideas. You may be interested to know that halfway through our interview, there's a knock at the zoom door, and Marianne Willburn sort of lets herself in. Well, I did send her the link…. Lots of laughs and lots of good gardening information on episode 117. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Linda Vater of Potager Blog and I discuss her new Garden Journal, hellebores are the plant of the week, rose pruning tips. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Susan and I talk about GardenRant.com because of course that's a great blog of which she is a founding member, but we also touch on her hometown of Greenbelt, Maryland, her website of Good Garden Videos, and, of course, hula hooping, which is part of every good garden conversation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support
Jennifer Rauschmayer of Edible Landscape Design of Plano, Texas and I talk about the ins and outs of running a business doing what you love: gardening. From getting your first paperwork done, finding clients, cultivating client and crew relationships, subcontracting, how and what to bill-- we cover it all in this long conversation. Back to regularly scheduled NOT business for the next episode, but we hope someone out there can benefit from this information that helped us as we got started doing what we love for a living! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/support