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01.13.2022

We welcome back Rishi Kumar of Sarvodaya Institute to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week. Rishi has been a guest once before, but things have shifted since our last c

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01.13.2022 Gardening and Nature with Rishi Kumar We welcome back Rishi Kumar of Sarvodaya Institute to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week. Rishi has been a guest once before, but things have shifted since our last c
12.30.2021 Year-End Thoughts with Christy We've had great guests on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this year. In our last episode of 2021, Christy shares her year-end thoughts from the year.
12.16.2021 Thriving with Justin West Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Justin West, co-founder of Thrive Lot. Justin developed Thrive Lot after a decade in a successful career in marketing.
12.02.2021 Gardenary with Nicole Burke This week we're talking with Nicole Burke of Gardenary. She created a successful gardening business built on efficient edible gardening techniques. She shares some of her knowledge and expertise in this episode of the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podc
11.18.2021 Adaptive Gardening with Toni Gattone Toni Gattone is our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Toni is a garden speaker, educator, and the author of The Lifelong Gardener: Gardening with Ease and Joy at Any Age. She shares her tricks ...
11.04.2021 Health and Gardening with Jeff Pierce This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we’re chatting with Jeff Pierce, an urban homesteader in Sonoma County, California. Jeff and his wife raise bees, veggies, fruits, and mushrooms.
10.21.2021 Small-Holdings with Liz Zorab This week our guest is Liz Zorab, author of Grounded: A Gardenerd's Journey to Abundance & Self Sufficiency. She and her husband bought a barren stretch of land in the middle of agricultural territory and turned it into a Permaculture ...
10.07.2021 Garden with Kids with Sonya Harris Sonya Harris learned how to garden with kids as she learned to garden herself. She went from finding dirt "icky" to growing food for her community at the Bullock Garden Project. We chat about her journey from newbie to expert ...
09.23.2021 Bulbs & Ornamentals with Leslie Harris This week we’re chatting with Leslie Harris of LH Gardens in Charlottesville, Virginia. Leslie has over 30-years of experience as an educator, coach, and passionate home gardener. She also has her own podcast called Into the Garden with Leslie.
09.09.2021 Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson Our guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week is Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm in Phoenix, Arizona. Greg is a permaculturist and green living innovator specializing in urban sustainability and growing food on dry lands.
08.26.2021 Composting with Naomi Wentworth This week's guest, Naomi Wentworth, goes beyond basic composting with her company, The Compost Group. She started a local compost hub in San Diego, CA, a
08.12.2021 Mini Meadows with Mike Lizotte Our guest this week is Mike Lizotte of American Meadows. He’s better known as “the Seed Man” because of his passion for planting wildflower gardens.
07.29.2021 Biodynamics with Steven Wynbrandt Our guest this week is the ever-enthusiastic evangelist about biodynamics, Steven Wynbrandt. He's the founder of Wynbrandt Farms and Wynbrant Farms Biodynamic Compost. Steven teaches biodynamics around the world and puts his training into practice in his own garden in ...
07.15.2021 Asian Vegetables (and Cicadas) with Wendy Kiang-Spray Back in April we spoke with a fellow Great Grow Along speaker, Wendy Kiang-Spray about growing and cooking with Asian vegetables. Wendy is the author of The Chinese Kitchen Garden: Growing Techniques and Family Recipes for a Classic Cuisine. She's ...
07.01.2021 Heirloom Seeds with Ira Wallace This week we're delighted and honored to have Ira Wallace as a guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Ira is co-owner of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and is a well-known seed saver and educator.
06.17.2021 The Ecological Gardener with Matt Rees-Warren Our guest this week is Matt Rees-Warren, author of The Ecological Gardener: How to Create Beauty & Biodiversity from the Soil Up. He chats with Christy from his home in England about how we can reduce plastic, conserve resources, and ...
06.03.2021 Appetite for Change with Tasha Powell This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is an inspiration in every way. Tasha Powell took her own journey toward growing food, and turned it into the community-led non-profit organization now called Appetite for Change, in ...
05.20.2021 Podcast: Gardening with Chickens with Lisa Steele Our guest this week is Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily. She shares how to keep chickens and a garden at the same time. Listen in and learn more.
05.06.2021 Backyard Adventure with Amanda Thomsen Amanda Thomsen was one of the early bloggers on the gardening scene, and her attitude is best explained by the title of her blog and first book: Kiss My Aster. Amanda is our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip ...
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.

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