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Blending Art and Garden Activism...and Jersey Tomatoes
We chat with Jeff Quattone about his work bringing seed libraries to New Jersey, plant propaganda (not propagation!), and the Jersey tomato. Quattrone is an artist, li...
Tomato and Food-Garden Q+A with Ontario Backyard Plant Growers
We dig into tomato and food gardening questions from members of the Ontario Backyard Plant Growers group on Facebook.The Ontario Backyard Plant Growers Facebook Group ...
Suburban Farm and Sunken Greenhouse Build Community
Annalisa Pedraza joins us from Bozeman, Montana, where she manages the Spring Creek Community Garden. “Right now we have 30 members and that feeds about 25 households....
Ways Gardeners Share
We’ve been talking a lot about our neighbor Joe over the past couple of days. Joe and his wife, Maria, are amazing neighbours. They always stop to chat. They share the...
Start a Summer Vegetable Garden
It's not too late to grow vegetables this year. We chat with Carol Michel and Dee Nash about starting a summer vegetable garden. Michel and Nash are vegetable gardener...
Weave Habitat Restoration into Food Gardens
Ever wondered if growing food and and growing native plants are mutually exclusive? Our guest Ryan Godfrey talks about his sixth-floor balcony garden where he weaves t...
Nourish Community and People with Gardens—and Soup!
In this episode that originally broadcast live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with Susan Antler, the Executive Director of the Compost Council of Canada. ...
Francesco’s Fig Tree
The Story of a Fig Tree that Brought Together a Community Excerpt from The Food Garden Life Radio Show, June 2020 In the Biggs-on-Figs segment, Steven is joined by au...
Growing People, Networks, and Food
Atlanta urban farmer, food system thinker, educator, changemaker, and worm whisperer Maurice Small joins us to talk about growing people, growing community, and growin...
Neighbourhood Foraging for the Wild Food Gourmet
Robin Henderson joins us to talk about foraging. As he was growing up, he heard family stories about the foraging of previous generations. Then, as urban growth engulf...
Fruit in the Urban Foodscape
Helena Moncrieff, author of The Fruitful City: The Enduring Power of the Urban Food Forest, talks about the fruit that grows in cities.Fruit plants often reflect the h...
Grow Meyer Lemon in Containers
Emma made Meyer lemon sorbet yesterday. She made it with home-grown Meyer lemons, picked in Toronto in the month of May.Steven has grown lemons since the 1990s—but it ...
Grow a Food Garden You Love
Emily Murphy finds daily inspiration in her garden in Northern California. She describes her passion for gardening as, “A love affair.”Emily got an early start in gard...
Connecting Food with Eaters
Backyard food gardener Dushan Batrovic tells us about his journey into food gardening.After growing up in a family that gardened, Dushan took a break from gardening. B...
An Urban Hot Pepper Container Garden
We chat with pepper expert Claus Nader, owner of East York Chile Peppers in Toronto, Ontario.Claus tells us about his urban hot-pepper container garden.He grows specia...
Off the Beaten Path with…Figs
Growing Unusual Fruit in PA Excerpt from The Food Garden Life Radio Show, May 2020 In The Biggs-on-Figs segment, Steven talks with Bill Lauris, a chemistry teacher and...
Gardening Your Front Yard
In this broadcast that originally aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, author and gardening expert Tara Nolan joins us to talk about front yard gardens and s...
Urban Farming, Liberating Lawns, Building Community
Cheyenne Sundance talks about how she started her urban farm, Sundance Harvest, when she didn’t see urban farms representing the diversity she felt they should.A belie...
Create a “Food Street” with Food Up Front
Mark Stewart and Kassie Miedema join us to tell us about a grassroots program encouraging people to grow food in front yards. The idea is to produce more food locally—...
Growing a Chinese-Style Kitchen Garden
Wendy Kiang-Spray, author of The Chinese Kitchen Garden, joins us to talk about about vegetable crops used in Chinese cuisine, Chinese intensive gardening, and her fam...