This week on We Dig Plants we’re taken head first into a big sack of rice-related readings as Carmen and Alice break down the most delicious of all tall grasses. Learn how rice got here, how we first grew it abroad and at home, and what varieties grow well where. Rice to meet you! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen & Alice are joined by friend Al Terry of Al Terry Design & Construction, one of New York’s premiere builders of roof decks and garden environments. They discuss fences and how privacy options are not always so easy to handle. Tune in to learn more about fencing regulations, building materials and design and find out how you can re-imagine your backyard privacy! This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market . Whole Foods market celebrates Earth Month ...
This week’s focus on We Dig Plants is the indigo plant. Learn more about the plant (and color) and what an important role it’s played in our horticultural history. Find out how a young English girl became responsible for the cultivation of indigo and learn what’s entailed in the plants trip from field to factory. This episode was sponsored by Tabard Inn. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg are joined by Doug Hall, Senior Editor @ Organic Gardening Magazine. Doug talks about the best varieties of vegetables and flowers to grow this year, from “Bean-anza” to “Dakota Tears”. Tune in to find out which plants make the most sense for your home garden in 2011 and learn more about Doug’s experience with test gardening. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https...
This week’s episode of We Dig Plants explores one of the most important and misunderstood crops in the history of America – tobacco. Tune in and learn about the history of the nicotiana plant and how it affected our economy, health and politics. Find out about the origins of cigarette production and why the big tobacco companies are able to influence so many other organizations around us. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.SurryFarms.com. ...
This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen & Alice are joined by Pamela Ito, Director of Children’s Education at The Horticultural Society of New York’s Apple Seed program & exhibition: YOU ART WHAT YOU EAT. Tune in to hear how Pamela uses botany and food as tools as an educational tool for children, and how edibles can be used as inspiration for art and good health alike. This episode was sponsored by The Museum of Food & Drink See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Cotton is the sole focus of this week’s particularly fun and educational episode of We Dig Plants. Tune in to hear the good, bad and ugly about the history of cotton production in the world. Learn more about how the cotton gin revolutionized the world and why this crop really IS the “fabric of our lives”. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. Learn more about their country ham and Virginia Tradition at www.SurryFarms.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and ...
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On a Valentine’s Day themed episode of We Dig Plants learn the language behind all the pretty flowers you give your loved ones. Carmen & Alice explore the history behind floriography, or the language of flowers. Learn how during past generations, a flower could be sent as an insult or a declaration of “true love”. Also, learn about the mythology behind roses and carnations. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. For more information visit WholeFoodsMarket.com See Privacy Policy at...
This week on We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen DeVito explore the history and context behind the Old Stone House in Brooklyn. Learn more about the most historic house in Brooklyn and how times have changed since New York City’s Dutch origins. Learn more about this historic landmark and how what might have been in terms of horticulture in New York. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch – the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef. See Privacy Po...
This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen & Alice are joined by Sharon Lovejoy, author of “Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener”. Together they discuss why gardening and horticulture can be so magical and why it’s not as difficult as you think to start your own garden! Tune in for tips on how to turn a small space into a fertile wonderland, and learn why it’s so important to give your kids the bug of raising buds. This episode was sponsored by Tabard Inn. For mor...
This week on We Dig Plants, Alice & Carmen are joined by garden writer, designer, blogger & revered plantsman Noel Kingsbury. Noel and the girls discuss what separates the good from the great in terms of garden design and what influences lie behind some of today’s horticultural masterpieces. Tune in and learn why Germany has, and is, leading the way into great new design! This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch – the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finishe...
This week on We Dig Plants, join Alice Marcus Kreig and Carmen DeVito as they learn more about some “Bizarre Botanicals”, from author and plant expert Paula Gross. Tune in to learn some fun facts about plats like the Chinese Finger Trap plant, Lithops and Trigger Orchards. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch, the nations largest single source supplier of grassfed and grass finished beef. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...
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With holiday cheer comes holiday spice, and Carmen DeVito & Alice Marcus Krieg are here to help you learn more about two essential spices in American culture; Cinnamon & cloves. The girls are joined by historical gastronomic Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour who gives food related context to the interesting and often misunderstood story of these two precious spices. Tune in and learn how Cinnamon once masked the flavor of bad meat and why cloves are so directly related to alcohol. This e...
Moving right along in their Fruit of the Month series, Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg are joined by friend and guest Scott Appel to discuss the misunderstood and often forgotten history of citrus. Tune in to learn about the many stories and travels surrounding the citrus plant family, and find out which of your favorite fruits are man made hybrids. Also listen in for a special candied citrus recipe from Scott Appel! This episode was brought to you by Hearst Ranch; the largest single-source...
It’s almost officially winter, and Alice & Carmen are here to tell you exactly how you can pass time and still contribute positively to the health of your garden! Tune in and learn some important tips from the girls, including when and how to prune plants, what to do when snow covers your trees, and how to treat a fig tree. This episode was kindly sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery – promoters of sustainably green living. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen sit down with Margot Berwin to talk about the plants most consistently linked with desire, passion, love, and lust. Margot is the author of “Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire”, a semi-autobiographical fiction about a woman in NYC who, to her surprise, falls in love with tropical plants, ends up in the rainforest, and finds true love amidst the palms and poisonous frogs. Learn the inspiration for Margot’s book, her relationship with plants a...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen continue their Fruit Series with Pears! Joining them is guest Sarah Lohman of http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/, a sort of culinary time-traveler who collects old recipes, classic ingredients, and combines them just as they would have been cooked long, long ago. Learn the history of the pear, its biological cousins, how it was served traditionally, and how they’re grown on this pear-shaped episode of We Dig Plants. This episode was sponsored by Cabot Che...
This week on We Dig Plants Carmen and Alice get nutty and speak to Duke Lane, president of the Georgia Pecan Commission. Learn about the healthful properties of the pecan (antioxidants!) Learn how a slave named Antoine over a hundred years ago grafted the genetic strain of pecan that is now grown by every industrial operation in the world, and learn why China is becoming a major player in the pecan market. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...
This week on We Dig Plants Carmen and Alice talk about the dark side of plants and the brave and/or evil gardeners with hearts cold or souls dark enough to use them. In this episode they cover plants that can kill or injure, plants used for dark magic or love potions, and plants that induce dreams, visions, or terrifying hallucinations. Tune in to learn about plants that were used to make (accidentally) deadly rosary beads, plants with beautiful toxic berries, and even a plant whose roots will k...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen talk about Chestnuts: the botany and beauty of peasant food. They talk to Sandra L. Anagnostakis, an expert on chestnut blight disease since 1968 and a world-renowned plant pathologist. Together they discuss disease-resistant hybrids and their pros and cons, why you need two trees to get fruit, how China became the biggest producer of chestnuts, and why the chestnut is the only nut to offer Vitamin C. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyo...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen tackle the drama of the tulip bulb. Take a look back as far as Greek mythology for a glance at the role tulips have played in the human experience (including reputed healing powers). Find out why you have to plan ahead to plant them, and learn why they can be such a cash crop in Holland and yet so simultaneously unreliable. This episode was sponsored by Acme Smoked Fish: a mainstay in the NYC culinary market for over 55 years. See Privacy Policy at htt...
This week on We Dig Plants Carmen hosts the monthly fruit episode on apples. Steven Hoying of Cornell University calls in to explain how apple growers have kept their trees disease and pest free, why apple trees are genetically promiscuous, and why those bright red apples from the cafeteria taste so absurd. Tune in for an episode on orchards, hard cider, and apple pie from The Big Apple. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of fine grass-fed beef from the California coast. See P...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen speak to a mail-order “plantsman” and a fauna seeking adventurer on the level of Indiana Jones: Tony Avent of Plant Delights. Tony recounts some plant seeking adventures including being at the business end of a shotgun and hurtling through canyons at breakneck speed. Tony also shares some important practical info, such as gardens DON’T need ANY inorganic anything (“let nature work for you!”, and even the most untamed looking garden is the result of con...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen discuss “The Three Sisters”: corn, beans, and squash. These crops actually produce the highest yield when planted and grown together, and have been planted as such by Native Americans who passed knowledge of the sisters on to early American settlers. This trio also provides a very complete nutritional picture, with the corn providing carbs, the beans protein, and the squash fats an vitamins. Learn about the rich history of these sister veggies with tal...
This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen talk West Coast plants after a journey Carmen made to Venice Beach and The Getty Museum. Who better to tackle the subject on-air than The Getty’s Central Garden coordinator Jim Duggan, calling live from the warm sultry climate that allows just about anything to grow year round? The gals ask about his process for creating the Getty’s remarkable gardens–planting plans that rival any museum on either coast. Tune in to hear how he made it all happen, and t...
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This week on We Dig Plants join Carmen and Alice as they speak to Scott Apell, horticultural taxonomist, about some of the stranger and more exotic vegetables available this summer. Learn about snow peas with extra serrated wings, why eggplants are never guys, and the best way to make gooseberry pie! This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures. Photos: Unusual Veggies! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-i...
