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Edible Garden Question and Answer (and what to do about Bolting Lettuce)
It’s planting season here..and the gardening questions are pouring in. Here’s the Q + A from our latest live show. We talk about:Favourite tomato varietiesSupport for ...
7-Year-Old Certified Farmer Talks About Crops, Kids, and Insects
We head to Georgia to chat with 7-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson and her mom, Ursula. Kendall is the youngest certified farmer in the state of Georgia. At her aGROWKultu...
Equipment for Healthy Soil, Less Toil, Minimal Till (and no more Rototiller!)
We chat with Zach Loeks, an educator and grower who specializes in edible ecosystem design. He talks about the two-wheel tractor, a versatile piece of equipment that h...
This Orchard Doesn't Look Like an Orchard (and it's full of Trios!)
Permaculture OrchardWe chat with orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak who replaced an organic apple orchard with a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms. We talk about:Why he p...
Kitchen Scrap Gardening: From Avacado to Ginger to Citrus
Grow What's in Your Kitchen!In this episode, we head to Vermont and get great ideas for what we can grow right now, in early spring, using what’s in the kitchen. We ta...
Figuring Out How to Bring Back a Lost Giant...the American Chestnut
In this episode, we dig into some history, a sad story – and hope.All this from a tree that was known as the redwood of the east. A towering tree prized for its wood. ...
Afraid of Late Spring Frost? Low-Tech Mini-Tunnels Are a Simple Solution
Niki Jabbour on how to Make and Use Mini TunnelsLess frost damage. Fewer bugs. Better growing conditions. Mini tunnels have lots of advantages, and they're easy to mak...
How to Homestead and Live Sustainably in Your Community: Small-Scale Homesteading
Homesteading as a State of MindWe head to Minnesota to chat with small-scale homesteaders Michelle Bruhn and Stephanie Thurow.Both are urban homesteaders, and they’ve ...
Big Harvests from a Small Space with a Vertical Vegetable Garden
Grow a Vertical Vegetable GardenSpace. For many gardeners, there’s never enough of it. So in small spaces we train crops upwards instead of outwards. The term vertica...
Outstanding Oregano + What to Produce Besides Crops on a Homestead
Oregano that Tastes Like Oregano!We find out how to grow great Oregano with Dave Hanson from The Grow Guide Podcast. (No more bland orgegano that tastes like...hay!)Wh...
5 Small Fruit Crops: Taste Sea Buckthorn (and Smell the Blue Cheese of Fruit)
Specialty Fruit CropsWe continue our chat with agronomist Laurie Brown from Cultur'Innov. She talks about 5 more minor fruit crops, how to grow them, and the opportuni...
Berry Supports Theory that the Worse it Tastes, the Healthier it is
One is quite healthy but tastes awful. One is very juicy and suited to processing. And one is suited to eating fresh.In this episode we look at 3 fruit crops: aronia (...
Graft Apple Trees at Home: Easily Make the Cut
Steven Edholm is a California homesteader who teaches a wide variety of self-reliance skills.He is passionate about grafting fruit trees. He's created trees that have ...
Edible Garden Artistry with Potager Gardens + School Gardens that don't Fizzle
Oklahoma garden designer Linda Vater loves to create elegant edible gardens. Her work is inspired by the tradition of the potager garden. We talk about:Potager gardens...
Don't Feel Bitter about these Cold-Hardy Citrus
Fragrant cold-hardy citrus. Some you can even eat fresh off the tree. Find out about cold-hardy citrus and methods for growing citrus in cold climates.
Rare Red Stalk Tops Rhubarb (but is Rhubarb!)
Forced rhubarb is a winter specialty that's quite different from rhubarb grown outdoors: It's milder, more tender, and brightly coloured. Brian French from Lennox Farm...
In Pursuit of Artisan Tomatoes (Yeah, it's Addiction!)
A fascination with unusual tomatoes grows into an addiction, and a business. We chat with Teresa Zohorsky from Solana Garden.
On the Scent of the Overlooked Quince + Root Veg Recipes
We talk about growing quince with Joseph Postman; and talk about cooking root vegetables with Jennifer MacKenzie, who shares recipes from her book The Complete Root Ce...
Move Over Blueberries, A New Fruit for the Northern Gardener
Bob Bors talks about how to grow haskap, an early and very cold-tolerant fruit.
Dwarf and Unusual Tomatoes
Some tomato variety ideas for your 2023 garden. (Yes, a tomato plant you can bring indoors for winter!)
A Specialty Gin (and a New Orchard!) with a Fruit That's Making a Comeback
Jane Steward, author of 'Medlars – Growing & Cooking,' talks about how to grow medlar, how to cook medlar — and shares some fascinating medlar history.
Top Crops and Seed Shopping
Garden Planning and Seed ShoppingHorticulturist and vegetable-garden expert Donna Balzer (https://donnabalzer.com) talks about garden planning and shares her tips for ...
Meet Canada's Grape
Daniel Speck from Henry of Pelham (https://henryofpelham.com)winery talks about growing grapes, wine, and different types of wine grapes.We talk about:* What makes Ni...
Apricots in Alaska!
Mark Wolbers, president of the Alaska Pioneer Fruit Growers Association (https://www.apfga.org), talks about growing fruit north of 60.We talk about:* The range of fru...
Great Herbs for Indoor Growing (Ditch the Scorched Rosemary!)
Dave Hanson from Sage Garden Greenhouses in Winnipeg, Manitoba tells us about growing herbs indoors.Dave has joined us here on the show before to talk about exotic edi...
School Garden Kicks Off with Celebrity
Taking Math to the GardenIt started with a math lesson. A very boring math lesson.Educator Sonya Harris was trying to get a concept to stick. And the thing that got it...
How to Prune Fruit Trees + Apple Tasting 101
Discover the Next Great AppleSusan Poizner, founder of Ben Nobleman Community Orchard (https://communityorchard.ca) in Toronto, talks about the upcoming apple-tasting ...
Electric Saws and Giant Pumpkins
We chat with giant vegetable grower Norman Kyle from Ennismore, Ontario.Kyle will have a number of his giant vegetables on display at the 2022 Royal Agricultural Winte...
75 Frost-Free Days and Bird Song Just After Midnight
We chat with artist, filmmaker, and gardener Arlin McFarlane in Whitehorse, Yukon about gardening in cold climates.McFarlane produced the gardening show The Curious Ga...
Potted Lemons for Cold-Climate Gardens
Steven explains why lemons are his top citrus choice for cold climates.He talks about:* How cold lemon trees can get* How cold the fruit can get* Fruiting and flowerin...