SG594: Staying Healthy During Cold & Flu Season with Plants From Your Garden with Herbalist Katja Swift
Brand New! Plant remedies for preventing colds and flu (since avoiding getting sick is on everyone’s mind as we head into winter). We discuss “the pizza herbs” like Thyme, Sage, Rosemary, Oregano, Bee Balm (Monarda), Lavender, and “the cool mints” like Peppermint, Spearmint, Hyssop, and Catmint/Catnip – plus the power of Garlic, Onion, and Hot Peppers. I’m thrilled you can join me for this highly informative chat with Katja Swift. When cold and flu season hits this year, you’ll be glad you listened!
Read MoreSG593: The 2018 Garden Trends: Nature’s RX for Mental Wellness with Katie Dubow
Katie Dubow is back on the show today and she’s sharing the 2018 Garden Trends Report released by Garden Media Group. It’s their 17th annual Garden Trends Report for 2018, Nature’s Rx for Mental Wellness – nature is the best medicine! “We already know gardening works wonders for our health,” says Garden Media Group founder Susie McCoy.…
Read MoreSG592: Trees: Caring for the Garden’s Gentle Giants with Rex Bastian
Trees are the Gentle Giants of our Gardens and today we are so fortunate to learn from Master Arborist and Beloved Industry Expert Rex Bastian. Trees are so essential to our lives. They give us oxygen. They anchor the soil. They provide shelter and store carbon. In the garden, trees provide so very much, yet many…
Read MoreSG591: Goodnight Garden – A Punch List for the Final Week in the Garden
In most parts of the country, winter is making an early entrance. In Minnesota, snow and sleet arrived four full days before Halloween. Snow events and freezing temperatures bring gardening to a hard stop. This week, we’re saying goodnight to our 2017 gardens and I’m sharing my final punch list to inspire your to have…
Read MoreSG590: How to Save Seed with Cheryl Moore-Gough
Cheryl on Facebook Email Cheryl Seed Saver Extraordinaire and co-author of The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs, Cheryl Moore-Gough is on the show today. Cheryl is going to help us learn how to save our seeds to use in next year’s garden, to share with our fellow…
Read MoreSG589: How to Save the Monarch with Kylee Baumle
On today’s show, I welcome a tender-hearted friend of the Monarch cause – Kylee Baumle and she’s written a book called The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly. Now, I’m going to tell you something most professionals in the gardening industry already know and that is this: Kylee is a huge supporter of the Monarch cause.…
Read MoreSG588: How to Creatively Use Stone in the Landscape with Jan Johnsen
On today’s show, I welcome award-winning designer Jan Johnsen to the show to discuss her book – The Spirit of Stone – in which she presents a beautifully photographed, inspiring guide to 101 Practical & Creative Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden: from practical steps, paths, and garden walls, to naturalistic dry streams, inspired rock gardens,…
Read MoreSG587: Top Tomato Picks by Epic Tomatoes Author Craig LeHoullier
Today’s show is all about top tomato varieties – with one of the country’s leading tomato experts – Craig LeHoullier the author of Epic Tomatoes. In his book, Epic Tomatoes, you get a chance to have Craig mentor you through the wide, wide world of tomatoes. You learn how to grow and harvest with…
Read MoreSG586: Designing with the Queen of Succulents – Debra Lee Baldwin
If you are a fan of succulents – and it seems that they’ve justifiably charmed every living, breathing gardener on planet earth – then today’s show will be a total joy for you. I got the chance to talk succulents with the Queen of Succulents – Debra Lee Baldwin. Debra has a new book…
Read MoreSG585: The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder with Marta McDowell
The always fabulous Marta McDowell – the garden author from Chatham New Jersey and the author of All the President’s Gardens from Episode SG545 – is on the show today to talk about her latest book, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder; which tells the tale of the plants and places of the beloved author…
Read MoreSG584: Homegrown Pantry with Barbara Pleasant
The witty and wise garden author Barbara Pleasant is on today’s show and we’re talking about her book Homegrown Pantry: A Gardener’s Guide to Selecting the Best Varieties & Planting the Perfect Amounts for What You Want to Eat Year-Round. How many potatoes should I plant for a family of four? Which fruits should I…
Read MoreSG583: Hygge in the Garden
Are you ready to get cozy? I hope so – because today’s show is all about hygge (“pronounced “hoo-gah”). Hygge is a Danish cultural phenomenon and a word that really it too all-encompassing to have an English equivalent. However, to get a feel for it: hygge generally describes the feeling of being cozy, comfortable, and…
Read MoreSG582: Plant Explorers with Karen Rexrode
I’m so delighted to have Karen Rexrode on the show today. Karen is giving an encore presentation of her keynote presentation, Plant Explorers, heard Saturday night at the 2017 Garden Blogger’s Fling. Karen is a gem of horticultural wisdom – she’s quite a find in her own right! Karen is a Northern Virginia Gardener, a…
Read MoreSG581: Stylish Outdoor Garden Containers with DIY Divas Annette Gutierrez and Mary Gray of Potted
In Today’s show I’m getting to do something I truly love to do, talk DIY with two DIY Divas – Annette Gutierrez and Mary Gray. They are the authors of the new book Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers. Decorating can be incredibly expensive, but Annette and Mary are masters at repurposing and they…
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