Several years ago I started reading a blog called The Common Milkweed. I think I was searching for other nature and garden bloggers and came across Jennifer’s blog—but honestly I can’t remember how I landed on the website—however, I was hooked! Over the years they added in The Common Milkweed Nursery and slowly I began […]
Ep. 3-12: Bamboo, Plant Obsessions, and Creating Ninth Ward Nursery | Mark Sanders
Welcome to the Jungle A post shared by Ninth Ward Nursery (@ninthwardnursery) on Sep 19, 2017 at 12:52pm PDT What if you took that step from selling the extra cuttings and propagated plants from your garden on Craigslist and Ebay to the next level and upped the game to build your own full-fledged nursery? Sounds […]
Ep. 3-6: Bromeliads | Joanne Woolsey & Jimbo’s Nursery
Today’s guest is Joanne Woolsey of Jimbo’s Nursery here in Greater Houston. As you will hear in the episode, Jimbo’s is specialty nursery focusing primarily on a variety of bromeliads as well as other tropicals, including succulents. This kind of nursery is very unique for the area! My first visit to Jimbo’s was back in […]
Ep. 3-5: Humane Gardening | Nancy Lawson
My first bookstore event tonight was so much fun! Thanks to @curiousiguana and the Frederick Master Naturalists for hosting! A post shared by Nancy Lawson (@humanegardener) on May 3, 2017 at 8:21pm PDT Are you interested in taking your garden to the next level? To branch out, learn a little more about how to take […]
Ep. 3-3: The Beginner’s Garden | Jill McSheehy
A post shared by Journey with Jill (@thebeginnersgarden) on Sep 30, 2017 at 6:59am PDT Earlier this year I was doing my monthly search for new gardening podcasts on iTunes when I was delighted to find Jill’s podcast The Beginner’s Garden. A relatively new gardener herself, Jill gets down to business on her podcast talking […]
Ep. 2-14: Season 2 Finale | Garden Happenings & Podcast Brainstorming
It’s been a wonderful second season of the podcast! Thank you so much for listening and subscribing and especially a thanks to all of my podcast guests who really made this season! Those guests and their episodes are below: Episode 2-1: Julie Rorrer Episode 2-2: Lisa Valinsky Episode 2-3: Chris Little Episode 2-4: Curtis Whitlock […]
Ep. 2-13: Micro Farming & Small Space Gardening | Amy Stross
Back in 2013 and 2014 I spent a lot of time searching for gardening podcasts. During that time there weren’t too many general gardening podcasts around but there were several permaculture shows that I listened to. One day I came across one called the Tenth Acre Farm Podcast and listened intently to what the podcaster […]
Ep. 2-12: The Secret Garden | The Garden Path Podcast Book Discusion
Several months ago I mentioned on the podcast that I was going to do a book club discussion of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and I finally got around to finishing the book and chatting with Elizabeth, who was also a guest on Episode 1-7 last spring. Both of us are avid book readers […]
Ep. 2-11: Southern Fruit Trees and Easy Edibles | Trey Watson
A Red Gold nectarine tree blooming here today ? – – #nectarinetree #nectarine #fruittree #fruittreeblossoms #blossom #bloomingnow #flowering #orchard #leggcreekfarm A post shared by Legg Creek Farm (@leggcreekfarm) on Feb 24, 2017 at 8:29pm PST Last fall Trey Watson with Legg Creek Farm reached out to me, requesting to be a guest on the podcast. […]
Ep. 2-10: Unconventional Edibles & Whole Harvest Cooking | Linda Ly
Golden beets and Chioggia beets from this morning's harvest. These beauties are going to turn into pickles! A post shared by Linda Ly (@gardenbetty) on May 12, 2016 at 10:57pm PDT I came across Linda’s blog five or six years ago when I was searching to find out if carrot tops were edible. When I […]