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Grow Spices + How to Store Food
Grow Your Own SpicesIn the first part of the show, we chat with Tasha Greer about how to grow your own spices. She’s the author of the book Grow Your Own Spices. We ch...
Attractive Food Gardens, Scrappy Plants, and Outreach
We chat with Adina Oosterwijk, the Community Greening Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.We talk about:* Home food gardens that are productive a...
Home-Scale Forest Garden
We chat with author and market gardener Dani Baker about forest gardening.Baker has created a forest garden on her USDA Zone 4 farm. She shares her tips for making a f...
2022 Tomato Roundup
2022 Tomato RoundupSteven and Emma take a look at the 2022 tomato crop.We chat about:* What’s new in the tomato patch* Growing methods* Top varieties* Tomato seed savi...
Garlic-Infused Vodka and a Cricket Rodeo
Toronto Garlic FestivalIn the first part of the show, we chat with Peter McClusky about garlic. He’s the founder of the Toronto Garlic Festival (https://torontogarlicf...
Recipes in Bloom
We chat with Pittsburgh author and horticulturist Denise Schreiber about edible flowers.Schreiber is the author of the book Eat Your Roses.We talk about:* Common edibl...
Helping Kids Understand Light...with Skittles!
We chat with Darryl Nelson and his teenage son, Aden, about light and gardening under lights.Darryl and Aden tell us how they taught children about light at a children...
Land Conservation, Public Access, and Figs!
Land ConservationWe chat with Jack Spruill, whose farm is is on the shore of North Carolina’s Albemarle Sound, the largest freshwater sound in the world.Spruill plans ...
Father and Son Brook Trout Quest
Time Outdoors…and TroutYou probably never expected to hear about polar bears on The Food Garden Life Show.Today’s show is a bit of a departure from our usual focus on ...
Seasonal Garden Tips + Wild and Specialty Foods
Summer in the GardenIn the first part of the show, we chat with landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing, hosts of the Down the Garden Path radio show and ...
Kitchen Gardening: Grow Leftover Greens, Stalks, Seeds
Katie Elzer-Peters tells us about kitchen gardening. That is, gardening in the kitchen -- with leftover greens, seeds, and roots.We talk about growing:* sweet potato* ...
Rooftop Veggie Garden and Figs in Pittsburgh
Container GardeningPittsburgh gardener Seth Finn talks about his container garden and the container garden on the roof of his daughter’s restaurant.The restaurant roof...
Rose Garden Rejig Creates Balance
A Rose Garden Re-ImaginedIn this episode we speak with Alex Henderson about the rejuvenated rose garden at Royal Botanical Gardens (https://www.rbg.ca/gardens-trails/b...
Summer in the Vegetable Garden and Hardy Apples
Summer Vegetable GardenIn the first part of the show, we chat with vegetable gardening expert Niki Jabbour.She shares tips about:* Summer vegetable garden succession c...
Weed-Free Bale Gardens and Mushrooms
Straw-Bale GardeningIn this episode we speak with Joel Karsten about straw-bale gardening.He is the author of Straw Bale Gardens Complete.We chat about: * Straw bale g...
Four-Season Food Gardening
In this episode we visit Misilla dela Llana in Washington State to talk about growing food year-round.She is the host of the YouTube channel Learn to Grow (https://www...
The Garden Life and Mud Pies
Year of the Garden2022 is The Year of the Garden here in Canada.This year of celebration includes lots of ideas to help people weave gardens and gardening into their l...
No Groceries North of 60
Eating Locally in YukonSuzanne Crocker joins us from Dawson City, Yukon to tell us about the year she spent knowing where all the food on her plate came from.There was...
Cold-Hardy Fruit and Nuts, Gardens for Native Pollinators
Cold-Hardy Fruit and NutsIn the first part of the show, we chat with veteran fruit growers Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano, founders of Hortus Arboretum and Botanical G...
Food, Flowers, and Fun for Urban Gardens
Today we hang out with 2 urban gardeners who brainstormed 101 ways we can grow food and beauty in urban gardens. Teri Speight and Kathy Jentz talk about creative ways ...
Raised Bed Gardening
Gardener and author CaliKim joins us from southern California to talk about growing vegetables in raised beds.Grow Vegetables in Raised BedsRaised beds can have a numb...
Gardening with Chickens, Grow Fruit Trees
Gardening with ChickensIn the first part of the show, we chat with chicken expert and author Lisa Steele.Steele is a Maine Master Gardener and 5th generation chicken k...
A Passion for Heirloom Vegetable Seeds
Heirloom Vegetable SeedsJere Gettle from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds joins us to talk seeds, seed saving, and seed collecting.He loves meeting gardeners, chefs, and far...
How to Raise Baby Chicks
What do you Need to Raise Chicks?We’ve talked about backyard poultry here on the show before, but we’ve never explored raising chicks. Our guest today is Dr. Scott Gil...
Press Seed and Nut Oils at Home
Make Seed and Nut Oils at HomeOur guest today makes oils from a wide range of nuts and seeds. Bevin Cohen runs Small House Farm in Michigan, where he specializes in oi...
Toronto Microfarm, Compost Tea, Honey, and Bees
Crooked FarmzIn the first part of the show, we chat with Sean Smith from Crooked Farmz (https://crookedfarmz.net) in Toronto. Smith talks about his journey into growin...
Cricket Frass as Fertilizer and Crickets as Food
105 Million Head of LivestockJarrod Goldin, one of the founders of Entomo Farms, talks about how he and his brothers got into the business of raising food-grade cricke...
Finding a Home for Extra Harvest
Sharing with CommunitySusan Antler joins us to talk about the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program. This program helps groups and individuals to grow extra vegetables to...
Winter Vegetable Gardening with Wolfgang Palme
Winter-Hardy VegetablesWolfgang Palme joins us to talk about winter-hardy vegetables and year-round growing. He is an agronomist, and head of the Research Institute of...
From Ornamental Landscapes to Pretty Tasty Gardens
Edible LandscapesLindsay Stuijfzand talks about how she weaves her passion for growing food into her work as a landscaper.Pretty Tasty GardensStuijfzand is a horticult...