Gardening for All! Tips from the Triangle

AmarA discusses a new BBC article that covers several studies from across the world showing that gardening helps with physical and cognitive health. She then talks about composing.  

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AmarA discusses her process for planning her garden by making a map. She talks about the different fascinations that gardening has led her to over the years. Some of the projects for the coming year are laid out. 

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AmarA talks a little about her struggles with feeling motivated this autumn.  Then she discusses one thing she did manage to do: Make a new compost bin.  She takes the listeners through some of the basics for starting a compost pile and how to use it once you have it. 

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In this Episode, AmarA discusses how a few hours of gardening helps her mental health. She discusses fall blooming flowers for gardeners to consider for next year. And she talks about relaxing and enjoying the autumn garden.

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Editing by Jaelin Kole
Theme music and nature recordings by *JK

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In this Episode, AmarA takes on three autumn garden controversies: Mums as autumn flowers, whether to leave the leaves or rake the leaves, and whether to cut back perennials. 

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In this Episode, AmarA discusses how doing all the little clean-up projects of the autumn are preparation so that big projects can be accomplished in the spring. She also discusses the why and how of cleaning gardening pots. Finally she talks briefly about canning and freezing the harvest. 

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AmarA discusses the symptoms of Lyme Disease after her own scare.  Then she talks about separating plants: Why to do it, how to tell when you need to, how to go about it, and what plants you can separate in the Fall. 

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Editing by Jaelin Kole
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In this episode, AmarA talks about how she gets back into gardening after the hot summer hiatus by assessing this year's success and beginning the plan for next year's garden. She also discusses how to collect seeds for next year.

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Editing by Jaelin Kole
Theme Music by *JK

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In this episode, AmarA talks about how to keep the garden going beautiful and productive in Fall, and beyond.  She discusses how and which plants to take cuttings from now, which perennials to cut back for autumn color, and which veggie seeds can be sewn for an autumn harvest. 

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Editing by Jaelin Kole
Theme music composition by *JK

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In this episode, AmarA updates the audience on how her cannabis plants are doing. She details a decision her wife and she made about forcing the plants to bud.  She also makes the case for composting even if you don't plan to use the dirt it eventually makes. 

Research and Narration by AmarA
Music composition and nature recordings by *JK
Editing by Jaelin Kole

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