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Today I take another round of questions and feedback. Thanks everyone for continuing to write and ask questions! *How wet does compost need to be? What about if I just put it directly on the garden? *Can I plant directly into aged horse manure? *My favorite garden plant if I had to base it only . . . → Read More: Episode 110 Listener Questions and Feedback So I’ve done fall gardening shows before but I feel like I’ve never done them justice. So I’m going to come at today’s show at a bit of a different angle and tell you some of the challenges and how you can overcome them. Fall gardening is more difficult than spring gardening but by no . . . → Read More: Episode 105 Fall Gardening Revisited I have a habit of trying to associate disalike things and because I love gardening so much I tend to apply everything I read and learn to the realm of gardening. Today’s show is a result of a strange marriage. I am a student of Eastern Philosophy and one of my favorite books on the . . . → Read More: Episode 103 If Sun Tzu Were A Gardener… (Part 1) Today I discuss two garden insects that can do a lot of damage to your tomato crop (and tobacco if you are so inclined to grow it).
Hornworms are really neat insects to observe (far away from your tomato plot though!). They are colorful and large. *Two ways you can easily find . . . → Read More: Episode 100 Hornworms Tune in today as I take another round of listener questions and feedback. *My thoughts on storing food, the coming grain shortage and grinders. *Saving seeds from lettuce. *A bevy of squash bug related questions. They are in the south and will be everywhere soon! Check out my episode on Squash Bugs. *Using bamboo as . . . → Read More: Episode 95 Listener Questions and Feedback I got a recent request from a listener to do a show on perennial vegetables. Sometimes I wonder how I’ve missed doing some of these subjects. Then I sat down to do the research and realized why I’d avoided this one: Definition. Its hard to define perennial vegetables. The book definition is easy. Perennial (Botany) . . . → Read More: Episode 94 Perennial Vegetables Today I’m going to cover one of my favorite garden veggies – OKRA! One of my Okra plants from 8/5/2010. I love okra for a multitude of reasons. Easy to grow, good to eat, pretty to look at, easy to grow, easy to grow. Tune in as I take you through the unique history . . . → Read More: Episode 91 Okra |
 
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