Guest: Chelsie Anderson, Chelsie’s Garden SOIL-utions Big Idea: Maintain Your Garden Naturally Topic Today:  helsie Anderson has been gardening for clients and for herself for almost twenty years and during that time she has spent a lot of time in nature and considers herself a natural gardener. Before she tackles something in the garden she […]

Guest: Kyle Exner, BC Greenhouse Builders Big Idea: Build the best greenhouse for you, forever. Topic Today:  Kyle Exner is the General Manager at BC Greenhouse Builders in British Columbia, Canada. Kyle has ideas to build a forever greenhouse and he shares his 23 years of experience with us on this podcast. Wondering what to […]

Guest: Rodney Bradshaw, BECK Farms Big Idea: Grow better varieties in better soil to get better carrots. Topic Today:  Rod was a classmate of mine at the University of Alberta and when he graduated he went back to his family farm. Always looking for new challenges and pursuing new ideas, he leased his father’s land […]

Guest: Karen Olivier, Independant Tomato Breeder Big Idea: Are you a tomato enthusiast? Imagine breeding and selecting your own varieties! Topic Today:  Karen Olivier is a nurse by day and a tomato breeder in every other moment. She was told she couldn’t grow a good tasting tomato in her northern garden near Edmonton, Alberta so […]

Guest: Sal Dominelli, Sweet Rock Farms Big Idea: Saving Your own seeds makes you part of the solution for worldwide food security. Topic Today:  “It took a pandemic for us to realize that things are not going to continue on the way they were and that we need to be more self-reliant. So, as a […]

Guest: Dan Rollingson, Earthly Matters Big Idea: Raise your own worm fertilizer: 15 years of experience. Topic Today:  “Keeping it simple is kind of the key and worm castings is one of the best ways to grow simply.” Dan purchased a simple “system” for raising worms but when most of the worms died he knew […]

Guest: Rose Naomi O’Brey Big Idea: From a work injury to a magazine article about garden therapy, Rose Naomi has been healed by, trains in and actively practices garden therapy. Believing it is good for everyone, Rose Naomi shares ideas and positive themes, music and stories. Everyone benefits from a little bit of therapy – […]

Guest: Cindy Lou Oulton of Annapolis Valley Luffa Big Idea: From the Alberta oil patch to growing environmental washcloths, Cindy is an entrepreneur and Luffa grower. Topic Today:  True confessions. I failed to grow Luffa in my garden on the west coast so when I heard Cindy is growing luffa, a natural sponge plant that […]

Guest: Dustin Morton Big Idea: From Seed Sales to Farmer. More than one way to grow a small farm. Topic Today:  “Weeds, again, are an issue in onions and garlic, and if you don’t get ahead of them, you get way behind, very fast.” Dustin’s grandparents moved into his great grandparent’s home on the family […]

Guest: Steven Biggs Big Idea: Grow lemons in Canada with or without a greenhouse Topic Today:  Steven Biggs is my co-author for the Canadian bestselling book “No Guff Vegetable Gardening.” He is also an award-winning garden writer, father, husband and keen gardener. This is Steven’s second visit to my podcast and in this episode he […]