Whatcha Growin? episode 10

What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #10 David Leeman

My friend David Leeman is an adventurous gardener whose experiences span a widely divergent range of growing conditions. During Toronto’s growing season he works non-stop as a professional gardener, tending to and restoring gardens for clients. When not working on other people’s gardens, David experiments in growing trees seedlings and has been growing his own

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What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #9 Renee Garner

My guest this week is Renee Garner, an artist who draws inspiration from her garden in North Carolina. She is also a mom to two young children and in this episode we chat about how she engages the kids with the garden – what works and what doesn’t work. We also discuss her own personal

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What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #7 Alys Fowler +Giveaway

“…increasingly I am finding it very hard to justify that sort of tidy up, very designed garden over the fact that it’s an ecosystem and I care much more about the insects and the other animals, birds, than I care about my own aesthetic being.” This week we take a trip across the pond (as

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Podcast Changes & Questions About Support

This morning I finished putting the most recent episode of the What’cha Growin? podcast together and had set it to upload when a message popped up saying that I had surpassed my monthly space allowance and would not be able to post anything more this month. Whoops. The thing about audio files is they’re big:

What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #6 Delia Snyder

“Everybody right now who is gardening (and who lives long enough), will eventually be a disabled gardener, it’s just that some of us encounter disability earlier than others do.” Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the physicality of gardening. When I was younger I was well aware of the financial, time, and space limitations

whatcha growin episode 5

What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #5 Derek Powazek

I’ve known this week’s guest, Derek Powazek, for ages and while he claims to have only become a gardener 7 years ago when he moved into a home with a yard, I can’t recall thinking of him in any other way. In my mind he was always a gardener without a garden; his apartment full

What'cha Growin? episode #4 Tomatoes

What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #4 Kelly Gilliam

Do you love tomatoes, want to grow tomatoes, or want some advice on new varieties to try? My guest this week is tomato crazy gardener, Kelly Gilliam. Kelly was a regular of the now defunct You Grow Girl forums way back in the day. Back then she was gardening in zone 8b out on the

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What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #3 Karen Walrond

“I thought, “Gardening requires so much attentiveness that I will feel put out if I do this.” I literally spend 10 minutes a day… It’s become 10 minutes of ME.” My guest this week is Karen Walrond a professional speaker, writer, and photographer. You may know her from her site Chookoolonks, where she pairs her

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What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #2 Mr. Brown Thumb

My first episode was with a very rural gardener, so I thought I would flip the script for the second episode and talk to someone who gardens under very different circumstances. My interview with Ramon Gonzalez begins with a mutual praise for growing bulbs and even delves into his love of some of the same

Whatcha Growin Podcast Episode 1

What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #1 Margaret Roach

This podcast was a longtime in the making. I’m a visually-oriented person; sound is not my forte. It took quite some doing (and a lot of help and encouragement from Davin), but after a seemingly endless stream of hurdles I am pleased to finally launch my new podcast, What’cha Growing?. Since this is the inaugural