Epic Gardening: Daily Growing Tips and Advice

By Kevin Espiritu | Urban Gardener, Hydroponics Enthusiast, Plant Lover

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The Epic Gardening podcast is a daily gardening tips and advice show brought to you by Kevin Espiritu, an urban gardener, hydroponics enthusiast, and all-around plant lover. Every day, a gardening question from YOU will be answered in a fun and informative way in under 10 minutes!

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Composting Grass Clippings ...

05.27.2022

Tony ran a case study, composting only grass clippings and shredded leaves together to show how to make compost in a simple, practical way. Connect With Tony O'Neill: Tony O’Neill is the founder of Simplify Gardening, a blog, YouTube channel, ...

Epic Gardening: Daily Growing Tips and Advice episodes:

05.27.2022 Composting Grass Clippings and Shredded Leaves Tony ran a case study, composting only grass clippings and shredded leaves together to show how to make compost in a simple, practical way. Connect With Tony O'Neill: Tony O’Neill is the founder of Simplify Gardening, a blog, YouTube channel, ...
05.26.2022 Major Benefits of Composting We all know composting is beneficial, but it never hurts to have a reminder to kickstart your pile this season. Connect With Tony O'Neill: Tony O’Neill is the founder of Simplify Gardening, a blog, YouTube channel, and the author of ...
05.25.2022 Why Your Compost Smells If your heap is a stinky mess, Tony O’Neill explains the number one cause and how to remedy it. Connect With Tony O'Neill: Tony O’Neill is the founder of Simplify Gardening, a blog, YouTube channel, and the author of the ...
05.24.2022 Managing Moisture in Compost A compost heap that’s too wet or too dry is a recipe for either a sloppy mess, or a compost heap that won’t break down at all. Tony O’Neill explains how to manage compost heap moisture. Connect With Tony O'Neill: ...
05.23.2022 The CarbonNitrogen Ratio The carbon to nitrogen ratio is crucial, but confusing for many gardeners. Join Kevin and Tony as they discuss how to balance out these components in your compost. Connect With Tony O'Neill: Tony O’Neill is the founder of Simplify Gardening, ...
05.22.2022 Future of Vermicompost With the world in an uncertain state, what place does vermicomposting have in the future of our food systems and fertilizer production? Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store As an ...
05.21.2022 The Urban Worm Bag Our favorite worm composter was invented by an airline pilot that Kevin met many years ago. His name is Steve, and he’s on the show today to share the story of the Urban Worm Bag. Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy ...
05.20.2022 Basics of Continuous Flow Worm Bins The tote system for vermicomposting can work, but a CFT system may be a better fit. Steve explains how they work in today’s show. Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store ...
05.19.2022 How to Start a Worm Bin Confused on getting a worm bin started? Steve goes over how to build your own and how to set it up for success. Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store As ...
05.18.2022 Earthworms 101 All worms are NOT created equal, and some shouldn't even be used for vermicomposting! Steve Churchill breaks them down in today’s show. Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store As an ...
05.17.2022 Benefits of Vermicomposting Do worm castings offer unique benefits to soil and plants compared to normal compost. Steve Churchill explains. Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code ...
05.16.2022 What Is Vermicomposting We’ve all heard of composting, but what is vermicomposting and how is it different? Connect With Steve Churchill: Buy the Urban Worm Bag Urban Worm Company YouTube Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% ...
05.15.2022 Growing Rudbeckia Rudbeckia grows abundantly and easily in Kevin’s climate, and it’s a bit more challenging for Milli. She shares her approach as a professional cut flower grower. Connect With Milli Proust: Milli Proust is a sustainable flower grower and designer, she ...
05.14.2022 Growing Snapdragons Kevin saw a gorgeous snapdragon garden on a tour a few years ago and hasn’t stopped thinking about them since. Milli grows them for her private events, weddings, and clients, and shares some growing tips from a cut flower grower’s ...
05.13.2022 Growing Cosmos One of the easiest beginner flowers, cosmos was Kevin’s first “real flower” he grew in his garden. Milli shares a few tips on getting them to grow well and last longer in a cut flower vase. Connect With Milli Proust: ...
05.12.2022 Growing Dahlias Kevin experimented successfully with dahlias last year, and wants to expand this year. Milli shares her favorite varieties as well as strategies for harvesting them as cut flowers. Connect With Milli Proust: Milli Proust is a sustainable flower grower and ...
05.11.2022 Growing Sweet Peas Kevin’s friend Supannee grows sweet peas for her Thai restaurant in San Diego, prompting Kevin to want to grow his own. Milli shares how she approaches them in her UK garden. Connect With Milli Proust: Milli Proust is a sustainable ...
05.10.2022 Growing Ranunculus Kevin’s brother’s wife loves ranunculus, so he wants to grow some - but has never done it before. Milli shares her professional tips. Connect With Milli Proust: Milli Proust is a sustainable flower grower and designer, she uses her flowers ...
05.09.2022 Growing Tulips Milli Proust joins us for a flower week, starting off with one of her favorites, tulips. Connect With Milli Proust: Milli Proust is a sustainable flower grower and designer, she uses her flowers for weddings, events, and private clients. She ...
05.08.2022 Rose Garden Design Tips Creative suggestions for working roses into an existing garden, designing a rose-specific garden, and more from Rebecca Koraytem of David Austin Roses. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides retail and ...
05.07.2022 Can Roses Grow in Pots Absolutely Roses thrive in containers, with a few adaptations to their care. Learn both care tips and varieties to try from Rebecca. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides retail and technical ...
05.06.2022 The Five Rose Fragrance Profiles Did you know there are roughly 5 ‘families of fragrance’ that roses fall into? Rebecca breaks them down, with variety suggestions. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides retail and technical ...
05.05.2022 Prune Roses With Confidence Pruning is scary, and more so with roses where you might destroy your season’s blooms! Learn the correct pruning techniques in today’s show. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides retail ...
05.04.2022 Rose Care Plant Feed and Water Getting a rose in the ground and caring for it isn’t hard, but there are a few important considerations for care that Rebecca Koraytem shares in today’s show. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin ...
05.03.2022 How Roses Are Bred Your mind will be blown when you learn how long it takes to bring a new rose variety to you in your home garden. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides ...
05.02.2022 The History of David Austin Roses David Austin Roses is a giant in the rose industry. Join Kevin and Rebecca Koraytem on a fascinating journey through the world of roses. Connect with Rebecca Koraytem: Rebecca Koraytem is a horticulturist at David Austin Roses, where she provides ...
04.29.2022 Designing a Curb Strip Kevin tore up his curb strip and asks Nan for some advice as to how to approach a fully bare curb strip planting, complete with natives and pollinator-friendly plants. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden expert, botanist, ...
04.28.2022 How to Use Succulents In Garden Design When we think of succulents, we think of cacti - but that is far from the only type of succulent out there. Nan shares how she thinks about them as well as a few key species to try. Connect With ...
04.27.2022 Starting Your Vegetable Garden From Seed The summer season is still coming down the pipe and it’s not too late to start seeds. Nan Sterman shares her tips for what she considers her favorite topic to talk about in the garden. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan ...
04.26.2022 How to Be a Better Gardener The years roll on for many of us in the garden and we seem…not to improve? Nan Sterman shares her best tips for getting MUCH better as a gardener, much faster. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden ...
04.25.2022 Australian and South African Plants to Grow Mapping your climate to other similar climates around the world and planting plants that come from those regions can pay a lot of dividends in the garden. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden expert, botanist, journalist, and ...
04.24.2022 Waterwise Irrigation Strategies Irrigation is crucial to healthy plants, but there are a ton of sub-par irrigation methods to avoid. Nan shares her favorite methods. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden expert, botanist, journalist, and educator. She hosts a TV ...
04.23.2022 Creating a Color-Filled Waterwise Garden Nan Sterman joins us on the podcast this week, kicking it off with fantastic suggestions on creating a color-filled garden that POPS. Connect With Nan Sterman: Nan Sterman is a garden expert, botanist, journalist, and educator. She hosts a TV ...
04.22.2022 The Basics of Honey Did you know that most of the honey is fake? Hilary explains why she loves to harvest her own or support local beekeepers, and why honey has SO many different flavors. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder ...
04.21.2022 Biggest Beekeeping Mistakes Avoid some of the biggest mistakes that could kill your hive quickly, with Hilary Kearney. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next Door Honey and the author of Queenspotting and The Little Book of Bees. ...
04.20.2022 Other Cool Pollinators Some of the insects we dislike in the garden provide incredible pollinator value, like flies. Learn which surprising pollinators you should be respecting a bit more in the garden. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl ...
04.19.2022 Honey Bees Arent Like Normal Animals We think about honey bees as farm animals in a sense, but Hilary explains why they’re more like an amorphous member of the ecosystem than say, backyard chickens. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next ...
04.18.2022 Native Bees 101 Beyond honey bees, many native bees play incredibly important roles in pollination. Learn more about cultivating an environment they like to hang out in. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next Door Honey and the ...
04.17.2022 How to Get Started Beekeeping Beekeeping is an intimidating hobby to get into, but Hilary explains exactly how to get started…and why you just might want to wait?! Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next Door Honey and the author ...
04.16.2022 Unbelievable Honey Bee Facts We already know honey bees are incredible creatures, but Hilary Kearney shares a few facts that will blow your mind even further. Connect With Hilary Kearney: Hilary Kearney is the founder of Girl Next Door Honey and the author of ...
04.15.2022 Common Chayote Diseases and Pests Avoid the most common issues you’ll run into growing chayote, and explore the wide world of recipes available to you! Connect with Lance Hill: Dr. Lance Hill is the founder and former Executive Director of Tulane University’s Southern Institute for ...
04.14.2022 Chayote Variety Selection and Planting Variety selection and specific planting techniques are your key to success growing chayote. Connect With Lance Hill: Dr. Lance Hill is the founder and former Executive Director of Tulane University’s Southern Institute for Education and Research. Mirliton.org California Chayote Gardeners ...
04.13.2022 History of Chayote in the USA Chayote squash or mirliton is a fascinating species with a long, storied history in the USA and North America. Dr. Lance Hill comes on to teach us how to grow this amazing vegetable. Connect With Lance Hill: Dr. Lance Hill ...
04.12.2022 Mikes Life in the Meadow If you want a career in plants, Mike shares how he came to be the owner of American Meadows, and shares thoughts on the sheer amount of opportunity in the plant world right now. Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The ...
04.10.2022 Balcony and Container Meadows For small space growers, is a meadow even attainable? It certainly is, with correct species and variety selection. Mike Lizotte shares a few of his favorite flower picks. Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The Seed Man” Lizotte is the author ...
04.09.2022 Meadow Maintenance Patience is the name of the game when growing a meadow - not pulling out weeds too early, allowing time for the color to grow in, etc. Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The Seed Man” Lizotte is the author of ...
04.08.2022 Meadow Planning 101 If you’re convinced to grow a meadow this season, this episode lays out the do’s and dont’s of getting a mini meadow growing in your yard. Most of it comes down to proper preparation! Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The ...
04.07.2022 Why You Should Start a Wildflower Garden We talk about the benefits of growing your own food, but what about a dedicated wildflower garden? There are so many benefits beyond the aesthetic beauty of this style of garden. Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The Seed Man” Lizotte ...
04.06.2022 Grow a Mini Meadow What is a mini meadow, and how can you get one growing in your garden? Mike Lizotte from American Meadows is on the show this week to drop some knowledge. Connect With Mike Lizotte: Mike “The Seed Man” Lizotte is ...
04.05.2022 No Till vs Tilling Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, ...

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