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Moonwater Farm with Kathlee...

04.22.2021

This week we travel to Compton, CA, where Kathleen Blakistone runs Moonwater Farm. Livestock, a garden, a pond, a food forest, and teaching spaces make up the heart of this urban farm. Kathleen shares her journey of bringing the farm ...

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04.22.2021 Moonwater Farm with Kathleen Blakistone This week we travel to Compton, CA, where Kathleen Blakistone runs Moonwater Farm. Livestock, a garden, a pond, a food forest, and teaching spaces make up the heart of this urban farm. Kathleen shares her journey of bringing the farm ...
04.08.2021 Podcast: Foraged Foods with Ellen Zachos You can expect an interesting conversation on this week's Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast as we chat with Ellen Zachos about foraged foods.
03.25.2021 Flower Gardening with Jan Johnsen Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is landscape designer, author, and speaker Jan Johnsen. In addition to running her own landscape design firm, she is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden.
03.11.2021 Pest Control with Susan Mulvihill We're excited to talk pest control with Susan Mulvihill this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Susan uses IPM to manage pests in her garden, and her latest book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, gives gardenerds the ...
02.25.2021 Be an Eco Hero with Tessa Wardley Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Tessa Wardley, a former global environmental policy consultant, and current policy advisor to the UK’s Department of the Environment.
02.11.2021 Grow Bag Gardening with Kevin Espiritu Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we chat with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening.
01.28.2021 Companion Planting with Jessica Walliser Jessica Walliser is back on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week with her new book about companion planting. Plant Partners: Science-based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden separates myth from truth, and our conversation explores the ...
01.14.2021 Agrihoods with Carmen Eldridge Our first guest of 2021 is Carmen Eldridge. She and her husband Tripp are the full-time farm directors at The Arden Agrihood, a 5-acre community farm in Palm Beach, Florida
12.17.2020 Food Sovereignty with Leah Penniman The title of this week's podcast with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm doesn't come close to describing all that we touched on in our conversation. If you add the topics of history, racism, enslavement, capitalism, labor laws, nutrition, and ...
12.03.2020 No-Dig Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we're chatting with Charlie Nardozzi about his new book, The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening. He shares his tricks for laboring less to build better soil.
11.19.2020 Bare Root Fruit Trees with Christy This week on the podcast it's just you and me, gardenerds, and we're talking bare root fruit trees and perennial vegetables. Now is a great time to pre-order these items for your garden
11.05.2020 Native Foods with Sanjay Rawal This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we chat with Sanjay Rawal, the director of the new documentary film Gather, and the award-winning film Food Chains.
10.22.2020 Unplugged Family Activities with Rachel Jepson Wolf The pandemic has led to cabin fever and Zoom burnout, so this week our conversation with Rachel Jepson Wolf inspires unplugged family activities that celebrate the seasons.
10.08.2020 Wild Yards with David Newsom This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we explore native habitats and landscapes with David Newsom of Wild Yards Project. David is an amateur native plant enthusiast but you'd never know it when you see his garden.
09.24.2020 Kiss the Ground with Rebecca Tickell Our guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Rebecca Tickell this week. She's the co-director and producer of Kiss the Ground, the new documentary from Big Picture Films.
09.10.2020 Water Stewardship with Brittany App This week's podcast guest is Brittany App, professional photographer and documentary filmmaker. Brittany is completing her film, Where There Once Was Water, which dives into the California drought and the quest for a sustainable future.
08.27.2020 Podcast: Regenerative Techniques with David White Our guest this week is David White of Center for Regenerative Agriculture. He's got a PhD in cell biology and uses compost tea and other regenerative practices to rebuild dead soils. He shares his tips for growing healthy soil in ...
08.13.2020 Nourish LA with Natalie Flores This week's guest is Natalie Flores, founder of Nourish LA. Natalie answered the call to action during the Covid-19-induced food crisis. NOTICE: We're moving our podcast RSS feed to a new URL. You may see duplicated posts during this time.
07.30.2020 Tropical Fruits with Manju Kumar Our guest this week is Manju Kumar of the Sarvodaya Institute. She shares her philosophy about gardening and her favorite sub-tropical and tropical fruits to grow.
07.16.2020 Malibu Composting with Randy Ritchie Our guest this week is Randy Ritchie, co-founder, CEO, & director of Sales & Marketing for Malibu Compost. We talk about true organic gardening methods, how Malibu Compost came to be and much more.
07.02.2020 Tomato Troubles with Scott Daigre This week we bring back Scott Daigre of TomatoMania to talk tomato troubles. He offers guidance for those mid-season tomato issues and we talk about fun varieties to try. Read all about it on the Gardenerd Blog.
06.18.2020 Composting with Eric Werbalowsky My guest this week is Eric Werbalowsky of Ventura Organic Garden Design. Eric is a permaculturist, edible landscaper designer, and award-winning compost master also known as Doctor Compost.
06.04.2020 Podcast: Fruit Trees with Tom Spellman This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery. He shares his best tips for growing fruit trees for a successive harvest over several months up to year-round.
05.21.2020 Podcast: Sourdough Bread with Guy Frenkel This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we bend the ear of Guy Frenkel, LA's own sourdough mad scientist. His popular Instagram feed shares picture-perfect, wildly-colored loaves of bread made from ancient grains.
05.07.2020 Podcast: Spring Gardening Questions with Christy It's change of pace week on the podcast. Instead of interviewing a guest, Christy focuses on your questions to give you the answers you need to garden successfully this spring.
04.23.2020 Podcast: Pollinator Victory Garden with Kim Eierman On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week, we chat with author Kim Eierman about her book, The Pollinator Victory Garden.
04.09.2020 Podcast: Grow What You Love with Emily Murphy Emily Murphy is an organic gardener and botanist in Northern California, where she produces articles, podcasts, and videos for her website, teaches classes, and designs gardens. She highlights some favorite recipes from her book in today's podcast.
03.26.2020 Podcast: Tomato Tips with Yvonne Savio We had to cancel all the classes at TomatoMania this year, including Yvonne Savio's talk on tomato transplanting. But we recorded an podcast with her this week over the phone to bring you some great tomato tips in time for ...
03.12.2020 Podcast: Growing Grains, Legumes, Pulses With Larry Kandarian Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Larry Kandarian of Kandarian Organic Farms. He grows heritage grains, legumes and pulses in central coastal California.
02.27.2020 Podcast: Native Habitats with Doug Tallamy Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Doug Tallamy. Doug is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware.
02.13.2020 Podcast: Healing Gardens with Rishi Kumar Our first podcast of the year starts us off on the right foot as we chat with Farmer Rishi Kumar about Healing Gardens.
12.26.2019 Fire-Safe Landscaping with Valerie Borel our guest this week is Valerie Borel. She runs the UC Master Gardener Program and specializes in sustainability and fire-safe landscaping. We chat about all of the above as she shares her own gardening experience. Read all about it on ...
12.12.2019 Podcast: New Zealand Gardening with Sarah O’Neil arah O'Neil is known as Sarah the Gardener in New Zealand, where she grows most of her own food. She's an author of 3 books, an award-winning blogger, and a keenly adventurous gardener.
12.12.2019 New Zealand Gardening with Sarah O’Neil This week’s guest is Sarah O’Neal, also known as Sarah the Gardener. We talk about her new garden (35 beds!) in a windy seaside spot on the North Island of New Zealand. She shares tips for gardening with kids, dealing ...
11.28.2019 BioChar with Michael Wittman Our guest this week is Michael Wittman of Blue SkyBioChar. He shares his experiments in gardening and composting with biochar, wood vinegar and other nifty stuff. Read all about it on the Gardenerd Blog.
11.27.2019 Podcast: BioChar with Michael Wittman Michael Wittman of Blue Sky Biochar is our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. We chat about using biochar, wood vinegar and other nerdy stuff in your garden.
11.14.2019 Podcast: BioDome Gardening with Bren Haas This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Bren Haas, creator of the popular Twitter chat group, #Gardenchat.
11.14.2019 BioDome Gardening with Bren Haas This week’s guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Bren Haas, creator of the popular Twitter chat group #Gardenchat. We talk about growing year-round in a Geodesic Biodome in Northwestern Ohio. Read all about it on the ...
10.31.2019 Podcast: Culinary Gardens and Beekeeping with Robin Jones Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Robin Jones of Honey Girl Grows. She designs and maintains culinary and pollinator gardens for resorts and corporate clients. Robin is also a science-based beekeeper who stewards ...
10.31.2019 Culinary Gardens and Beekeeping with Robin Jones Robin Jones of Honey Girl Grows
10.17.2019 Podcast: Fall Gardening Tips with Gardenerd This week's podcast shakes things up a bit. We're answering your questions from Ask Gardenerd about soil prep techniques, and soil biology.
10.17.2019 Fall Gardening Tips with Gardenerd Trick for protecting your brassicas
10.03.2019 Podcast: Compact Plants and Beneficial Insects with Jessica Walliser This week's podcast guest is Jessica Walliser, horticulturalist, garden columnist and author of several books including Good Bug, Bad Bug; and the award-winning Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden. We chat about her newest book, Gardener’s Guide to Compact Plants: ...
10.03.2019 Beneficial Insects and Compact Plants with Jessica Walliser Gardener's Guide to Compact Plants
09.19.2019 Podcast: Bees and Hens with Nicole Gennetta Nicole Gennetta runs Heritage Acres, a 2-acre hobby farm in Pueblo West, Colorado. She and her husband tend poultry, bees, a garden and orchard. She’s also a medically retired paramedic and firefighter who teaches CPR and community college classes. We’re ...
09.19.2019 Bees and Hens with Nicole Gennetta Nicole Genetta shares nifty tricks for her bees and chickens
09.05.2019 Podcast: Fruit Tree Care with Darren Butler C. Darren Butler is more than a tree expert. Yes, he’s a certified and consulting arborist. But he’s also a Master Gardener, an ecological landscape designer, and a landscape consultant. In this week’s podcast, we chat with Darren about proper ...
09.05.2019 Fruit Tree Care with Darren Butler Darren Butler shares tips for Tree planting and tree Care with his informative website GardenZeus
08.22.2019 Podcast: Gardening for Wellness with Shawna Coronado Our guest on the Gardenerd tip of the Week Podcast this week is Shawna Coronado. She's a gardener, photographer, a radio and TV personality, a healthy lifestyle expert, and author of 6 books.
08.22.2019 Gardening for Wellness with Shawna Coronado Shawna Coronado shares her journey towards wellness after diagnosed with a degenerative disease

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