All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food

By Steve Wood and Deryn ThorpeLeisure Hobbies Home & Garden

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All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food episodes

December 02, 2018 Ep 74 Episode 6 Revisited Growing Succulents and special guest Sue Mcdougall
Steve and Deryn discuss growing succulents and we talk to special guest Sue McDougall
50 min
November 26, 2018 Ep 73 Episode 2 Revisited Healthy Soils with Sabrina Hahn
Building Healthy Soils with Sabrina Hahn Deryn Thorpe and Steve Wood
56 min
November 17, 2018 Ep 72 Episode 1 Revisited Microgreens and more
We revisit our very first episode of All The Dirt talking the power of Microgreens and more.
1 hr 5 min
November 02, 2018 Episode 71: Paul Roy of RedRock Nursery Gives Us the Tips and Tricks for Cultivating Captivating Carnivores
Paul Roy from Red Rock Nursery at Gidgegannup grows and sells carnivorous plants. He talks with Steve and Deryn about his fascination with sundews, venus fly traps and pitcher plants and shares his tips for caring for these fascinating carnivores.
34 min
October 26, 2018 Episode 70: Community, Environment and Growing for Good with Rachael Roberts
Eighteen years ago three friends created a meeting place where people could learn how to live more sustainably. Environment House in Bayswater has grown to become a community hub that promotes climate protection, river and wetland care and a range of sustainability issues. On this week's podcast Deryn and Steve talk with one of the founders, Rachael Roberts, about how a small grass roots organisation can make a difference.
34 min
October 19, 2018 Episode 69: All Things Composting with Garden Presenter Angus Stewart
Deryn talks to gardening presenter Angus Stewart about composting waste; the benefits of worm farming and other practical composting methods.
43 min
October 13, 2018 Episode 68: Broadacre Farmer Nick Gillett on the Joys and Challenges of Agriculture
Nick Gillett is a farmer in Bencubbin, in the North Eastern Wheatbelt of WA.

He talks to Steve and Deryn about the challenges of farming on 300mm annual rainfall (about 175mm in the average April to October growing season) and how farmers are adapting to new technology and reduced use of herbicides.
42 min
October 05, 2018 Episode 67: Dr Terry Houston on our fascinating native bees
As a boy Dr Terry Houston was fascinated by the natural world and has spent more than 50 years studying Australia's 2000 native bees. He talks with Deryn and Steve about their important in our bush and gardens and reveals some of their unusual, and to our human understanding, quirky behaviours.
45 min
September 29, 2018 Episode 66: Perth's Lawn Guru Nick Bell and Horticulturist Extraordinaire Neville Passmore
Nick Bell was born in 1936 and is one of the pioneers of the turf industry but got his foothold in the industry travelling through SWWA restocking Yates' seed stands. We talk about lawn, artificial turf and his life with well known garden presenter Neville Passmore, who has written a book on Nick's life.
43 min
September 21, 2018 Episode 65: All the Wonders of Water Gardens with Calinda Anderson
In this week's podcast Deryn and Steve talk about edible and ornamental water plants, aquaponics, edible fish and ponds with Calinda Anderson from the Woodvale Fish and Lily Farm.
46 min