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Grow Bamboo in Cold Climates
Fred Hornaday is bullish about bamboo and it’s many uses. From fuel to food to fibre, he sees it as a versatile crop with environmental benefits.He shares his passion ...
Grow and Cook Bamboo
Wendy Kiang-Spray’s children don’t recognize canned bamboo shoots. That says a lot about the difference between fresh bamboo and its canned cousin.Kiang-Spray, author ...
Urban Growers + Gardening Under Cover
Today on the podcast we hear how one person’s journey into food gardening evolved into a documentary film — and then we find out how to use garden covers to take veget...
Pawpaw in Ontario with Paul DeCampo
Pawpaw. It’s a fruit that has a long history in Ontario.Yet it’s not well-known, nor do most people realize it grows wild in some parts of the province.Paul DeCampo, T...
Doug Oster uses Newspaper Boxes to Share Seeds
Where have all the newspaper boxes gone?If you’re in western Pennsylvania, don’t be surprised if you find a dark green newspaper box with a sign in the window that say...
A Windy Newfoundland Homestead with a Sustainable Focus
Old becomes new.When David Goodyear began to think about food costs, sustainability, and how he and his family ate, he sat down with older relatives to hear how people...
How to Use Fig Leaves in the Kitchen
Coconut. Almond. Green fig.These are some of the flavours people use to describe what they taste when Chef David Salt serves something flavoured with fig leaves.Salt c...
How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying
Mushroom identification can be daunting for beginners, with Latin names and spore prints used to differentiate hard-to-identify mushrooms. In his new book, How to For...
Are You Frightened of Landrace Gardening?
Joseph Lofthouse had hundreds of jars of seed around his house when he began market gardening. He saved seeds from each variety…a time-consuming task. Today he has f...
Helping Other People Eat through Gardening
Julie Brunson didn’t garden as a child, but began to garden and grow food as an adult. When her husband was in a dark place and found solace in their garden, the garde...
Container Gardening with Hot Peppers – REWIND
What is the ideal plant for a small yard? The ideal plant for someone wanting something ornamental – yet edible too? And, just to complicate things, it has to be...
What's to Hate? A Look at the Whole Okra
Chris Smith remembers his first okra encounter well. It was at a diner in Georgia. A native of the UK, where growing conditions are not conducive to heat-loving okra,...
Edible Front Yards and Sensory Gardens
Jennifer Lauruol weaves together permaculture concepts, native plants, food plants, forest gardening, and educational elements in her regenerative-garden design work i...
Meet the Indiana Jones of Pawpaw
Meet Neal Peterson, the Indiana Jones of pawpaws. He was so moved by the taste of pawpaw that it became his life’s work. There were improved pawpaw varieties in the e...
Urban Farm Camp for City Kids
Today on the podcast we head to Reno, Nevada to hear about Urban Roots, an organization that uses garden education to help change the way people eat. It takes gardens ...
Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Approach to No Till
In this rebroadcast of the radio show that aired live on July 7th, we talk about soil and no-till practices with market gardener, farm journalist, and podcaster Jesse ...
Coppices, Alcoholic Hedges, and Thoughts on Ecological Gardening
Where is the sweet spot that gardening meets the natural world…so that gardening is ecological? Our guest today explains that ecological gardening is all about balance...
Sochan, Galinsoga, Squash Tips: Root-to-Flower Cuisine
Our guest today, Chef Alan Bergo, looks at vegetables through the eyes of a forager. He’s passionate about using parts of the plant that are often overlooked. Chefs u...
Garden in Your 90s
“I can’t hold them back sometimes,” says physiotherapist Nancy Durrant as she tells us about the garden at the long-term care home where she works. The residents she’...
Black Creek Community Farm
Today on the podcast we visit the Black Creek Community Farm (https://www.blackcreekfarm.ca) in Toronto. The farm is located along the northern boundary of the City o...