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The Garden Path Podcast

Life lessons and conversations from the garden. Whether you are a beginner or life long gardener, we all have something to learn from our gardens. Conversations include topics on edible gardens, flower gardens, permaculture, urban farming, pollinators, natural history, and much more!
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Ep. 4-7: A Passion for Peppers | Kearley Seed and Pepper Co.

View this post on Instagram This is the second van full of plants we’re loading to bring to the @txhotsaucefestival for this weekend! #peppers #pepperplant #pepperplants #hotsaucefestival #texashotsaucefestival #kspco #kspco2018 A post shared by Kearley Seeds & Pepper Co. (@kspco_) on Sep 21, 2018 at 5:31pm PDT Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: […] The post Ep. 4-7: A Passion for Peppers | Kearley Seed and Pepper Co. appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Dec 03, 201849 min

Ep. 4-6: Nurturing an Urban Gardening Community and Business | Timothy Hammond

View this post on Instagram Farm Friday 👨🏾‍🌾 On Friday I’m going to be giving an update on what’s going on at the Big City Gardener farm space. Planted 6 rows: 2 cilantro, 2 arugula , and 2 mesclun greens. Still have a lot of work to do and rows to plant. Need to cut […] The post Ep. 4-6: Nurturing an Urban Gardening Community and Business | Timothy Hammond appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Nov 26, 201834 min

Ep. 4-5: Nerding Out on Gardening | Christy Wilhelmi & Gardenerd

View this post on Instagram I have a feeling it's going to be a good tomato year. Happy Saturday!! Enjoying my Marvel stripe tomato. 🍅 A post shared by Gardenerd (@gardenerd1) on Jun 30, 2018 at 10:04am PDT Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Gardenerd.com & Gardenerd Podcast +@gardenerd1 on Instagram +Gardenerd on […] The post Ep. 4-5: Nerding Out on Gardening | Christy Wilhelmi & Gardenerd appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Nov 12, 201847 min

Ep. 4-4: Permaculture, Natural History, & the Urban Garden | Katelyn Reeves

View this post on Instagram Prepping my ethnobotany presentation today for the Native Arts Day event. It's hosted by the Rio Brazos Master Naturalist this coming Saturday at Big bear Museum in Cleburne. Trying to pick which native plants would be most interesting but also most significant to the tribes who lived here for ages […] The post Ep. 4-4: Permaculture, Natural History, & the Urban Garden | Katelyn Reeves appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 29, 201850 min

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 […] The post Ep. 4-3: Wildflowers of Texas | Michael Eason appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 15, 201848 min

Ep. 4-2: Gardening, Cooking, & Slow Living in Nova Scotia | Sherrie Graham & Nova Scotia Kitchens

View this post on Instagram Good morning from the garden, the most wonderful (and weedy 😂) place of all. 💚 A post shared by Sherrie Graham (@grahamsherrie) on Aug 22, 2018 at 4:15am PDT View this post on Instagram The August post is up! The lovely Ash (@turnerfamilyfarm) shares a recipe for fermented buckwheat pancakes […] The post Ep. 4-2: Gardening, Cooking, & Slow Living in Nova Scotia | Sherrie Graham & Nova Scotia Kitchens appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 01, 201844 min

Ep. 4-1: Summer In My Mom’s Garden and Welcome to Season 4

Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes +Ep. 1-2: A Conversation with my Mom +Amish Friendship Bread +Mark Bittman’s No Knead Bread recipe +Variegated Ajugas: Ajuga ‘Sparkler’ & Ajuga ‘Pink Lightning’ +The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse The post Ep. 4-1: Summer In My Mom’s Garden and Welcome to Season 4 appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Sep 24, 201848 min

Summer Garden Chat with Julie Rorrer

Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Previous episodes with Julie: Episode 2-1 Episode 3-4 The post Summer Garden Chat with Julie Rorrer appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast .

Jul 11, 201856 min

Summer 2018 Flower Garden Tour

Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Video version: The post Summer 2018 Flower Garden Tour appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast .

Jul 11, 201835 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-23: Season 3 Conclusion and Season 4 Brainstorming appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Apr 20, 201829 min

Ep. 3-22: Tropical Aspirations and Edible Gardening in New York State | Sheron McFarlane

View this post on Instagram BODI aka LONG BEANS aka SNAKE BEANS aka WHATEVER YOU CALL IT! 🤣 Do you grow them? In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 we call them Bodi and truth be told, I hated them as a child…I detested them! Fast forward to my adult years and they’re a staple in my […] The post Ep. 3-22: Tropical Aspirations and Edible Gardening in New York State | Sheron McFarlane appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Apr 11, 201859 min

Ep. 3-21: All About Hoyas | Sara Moore

This week’s episode is moving indoors—to indoor plants! My friend Sara has become a serious hoya fanatic over the last 10-12 years. I invited her on to the podcast to talk about her love affair with hoyas because houseplants are one aspect that I don’t have a lot of experience with in gardening. While I’ve […] The post Ep. 3-21: All About Hoyas | Sara Moore appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Mar 28, 201856 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-20: Foraging Texas | Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Mar 22, 201848 min

Ep. 3-19: Why You Garden

Last fall I asked gardeners to submit a short voice memo about their “why” for gardening. I was hoping to create an episode that showcased you, the listener. While I didn’t quite get the number of recordings as I was hoping for, I was delighted to receive the ones that were sent and I thoroughly […] The post Ep. 3-19: Why You Garden appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Mar 14, 201817 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-18: Grow Milkweed Plants | Brad Grimm appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Mar 07, 201850 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-17: All The Seeds: Native Plant Edition appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Feb 28, 201826 min

Ep. 3-16: Permaculture in Texas | Talking Tree Farm: Sylvain & Sarah Clavieres

Last June my husband, son, and I went for a weekend trip to San Antonio. Our last stop before we left town was the Pearl Farmers Market on the north end of the River Walk. A coworker of mine had raved about the Pearl Farmers Market for several years and while we had been able […] The post Ep. 3-16: Permaculture in Texas | Talking Tree Farm: Sylvain & Sarah Clavieres appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Feb 14, 20181 hr 3 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-15: A New Garden Ethic | Benjamin Vogt appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Feb 07, 201851 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-14: The Common Milkweed Nursery | Jennifer Kleinrichert & Steve Ross appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Jan 31, 20181 hr 20 min

Ep. 3-13: All The Seeds

I’m working on getting more guests scheduled for upcoming episodes but until then you’ve got me once again for a solo episode! I recently made a seed purchase from Botanical Interests after I received a gift certificate from my friend Chel. Chel had sent it as a thank you over Christmas for keeping tabs on […] The post Ep. 3-13: All The Seeds appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Jan 16, 201826 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-12: Bamboo, Plant Obsessions, and Creating Ninth Ward Nursery | Mark Sanders appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Jan 04, 201854 min

Ep. 3-11 : Good Garden Reads

I love reading and gardening books are one of my favorite non-fiction genres to read! In this episode I talk about the garden/garden adjacent books I read this year and I hope you share books you read! Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere All links go to the author’s website. Books Mentioned: Second Nature by […] The post Ep. 3-11 : Good Garden Reads appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Dec 21, 201723 min

Ep. 3-10 : Raising Monarch Butterflies

This episode covers my experience as a newbie keeper of monarch caterpillars. I raised a couple of sets of monarchs this summer and thought it would be worthwhile to pass on some of this information to other people interested in raising monarch butterflies, too. I am by far not an expert in this so if […] The post Ep. 3-10 : Raising Monarch Butterflies appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Dec 13, 201741 min

Ep. 3-9: Fall Flower Garden Tour

Today’s episode is another garden tour, this time of our flower garden! During the episode I blanked out on a couple of the names but I hope I covered some of them in the plant list below. This is by far not a comprehensive plant list but just a smattering of some of the ones […] The post Ep. 3-9: Fall Flower Garden Tour appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Dec 06, 201744 min

Ep. 3-7: Fall Edible Garden Tour

This is the first in a series of solo episodes for late fall/early winter. Back in October I recorded an audio tour of the the edible garden! I think you will enjoy this episode—there’s a chorus of crows to add some ambiance throughout the show! All of the plants I mentioned are in the show […] The post Ep. 3-7: Fall Edible Garden Tour appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Nov 15, 201721 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-6: Bromeliads | Joanne Woolsey & Jimbo’s Nursery appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Nov 08, 201736 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-5: Humane Gardening | Nancy Lawson appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Nov 01, 201746 min

Ep. 3-4: A Good Garden Conversation | Julie Rorrer

We ventured out of the garden recently, because it’s September which is when all the prickly pears (tunas) are ripe, and came back with 220 pounds of prickly pears. We peeled them (which takes a long long time as you try to avoid getting any glochids in your hands), juiced them, strained them, strained them […] The post Ep. 3-4: A Good Garden Conversation | Julie Rorrer appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 25, 201752 min

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 […] The post Ep. 3-3: The Beginner’s Garden | Jill McSheehy appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 18, 201737 min

Ep. 3-2: Gardening Through the Lens of an Extension Agent | Lee Rouse

Exciting to see more and more natives used in the landscape! Rudbeckia 'Black Eyed Susan' A post shared by Rouse's Nursery (@rouses_horticulture) on May 17, 2017 at 7:17am PDT Today’s episode is a unique one in which I discuss gardening and horticulture through the lens of an extension agent. Lee Rouse is a gardener, horticulturist, […] The post Ep. 3-2: Gardening Through the Lens of an Extension Agent | Lee Rouse appeared first on The Garden Path Podcast ....

Oct 11, 201750 min
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