One of my favorite episodes has been with the owners of The Common Milkweed Nursery, “a 3.5 acre nature preserve, wildlife haven, native plant farm, and land lab in North Central Ohio.” Jennifer and Steve are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to native plants of their region and getting a glimpse of that […]
Ep. 4-3: Wildflowers of Texas | Michael Eason
Zinnia grandiflora Asclepias asperula Stretpanthus culteri Stenandrium and Physaria All photos above courtesy of Michael Eason. Photo cover from Timber Press. In the spring I previewed and then bought the newly published Wildflowers of Texas field guide which has turned out to be the book I’ve always wanted but had been missing from my field […]
Ep. 3-23: Season 3 Conclusion and Season 4 Brainstorming
Hello! Thank you for making this season successful! It was my biggest season yet and I hope to make Season 4 even bigger! If you could take a few minutes out of your day to fill out a quick survey here about the podcast season, I would greatly appreciate it! It will give me a […]
Ep. 3-20: Foraging Texas | Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen
If you’re in Texas and have ever wondered whether a wild plant you came across was edible you may have stumbled across Foraging Texas in your research. The website is run by Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen, who by day is a scientist and by nights and weekends, well, he’s still a scientist but he’s also […]
Ep. 3-18: Grow Milkweed Plants | Brad Grimm
This podcast season I'll be walking you thru the baby steps of growing milkweed for your garden. Step 1 is to collect milk jugs. That your only assignment thru Thanksgiving. A post shared by Grow Milkweed Plants ? (@growmilkweedplants) on Oct 26, 2017 at 2:13am PDT If you’ve ever thought growing milkweed for the monarchs […]
Ep. 3-17: All The Seeds: Native Plant Edition
A couple of weeks ago the Native Plant Podcast had Ian Caton of Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery on their show and I found the episode fascinating. I clicked over to Ian’s website and found myself falling down the rabbit hole of the interesting native plants he had for sale and was happy to see […]
Ep. 3-15: A New Garden Ethic | Benjamin Vogt
I can’t recall just how I came across Benjamin Vogt’s original blog, The Deep Middle, but I’ve been an avid reader of his writings for at least five or six years. His posts were always ones that sought to poke the bear, if you will, ones to provoke you into thinking about your own relationship […]
Ep. 3-14: The Common Milkweed Nursery | Jennifer Kleinrichert & Steve Ross
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. 3-5: 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 […]