Our guest at 8:30 is Susan Hand Shetterly, her book is Seaweed Chronicles -- she did a "deep dive" on what is seaweed -- as a food, as an organism, as an important part of the ecosystem underwater.

Edie Tanem starts off our hour reliably with her carefully curated list of Gardening goins'-on around the bay area in the weeks ahead; then it's right back to all you budding gardeners and your calls to America's Happy Gardener, on KSFO!

Our gust at 8:30 is John Rodkins of the Succulent Gardens in Castroville

Edie Tanem starts off our hour reliably with her carefully curated list of Gardening goins'-on around the bay area in the weeks ahead; then it's right back to all you budding gardeners and your calls to America's Happy Gardener, on KSFO!

We opened the hour with our guest David Little, of The Little Organic Farm out of Petaluma.   David spoke to us about dry farming tomatoes and potatoes, which he does -- commercially -- for sale at Farmers' markets in San Francisco and several other places in the Bay Area.   Dry Farming is much what it sounds like: after initial planting, the crops are watered little if at all; the result is more hardy, concentrated, flavorful vegetables, all while conserving water.

Our guest postponed until next hour, so we took calls for this whole hour: America's Happy Gardener fields your questions!   Edie Tanem also worked in a version of her schedule of gardening events during the hour; there are numerous gardening-related events and opportunities around the Bay Area this week ahead.

We opened the hour with our guest David Little, of The Little Organic Farm out of Petaluma.   David spoke to us about dry farming tomatoes and potatoes, which he does -- commercially -- for sale at Farmers' markets in San Francisco and several other places in the Bay Area.   Dry Farming is much what it sounds like: after initial planting, the crops are watered little if at all; the result is more hardy, concentrated, flavorful vegetables, all while conserving water.

Our second hour starts with Edie Tanem's report on Garding Goins'-on around the Bay Area this week, and there are lots of them; then it's right back to the phones and America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem!

Our guest at 8:30 was Peter Geiger, editor of The Farmers' Almanac.  Bob and Peter had a lively discussion about weather pridictions, and Peter wowed us with his seemingly random bits of useful knowledge.

Our second hour starts with Edie Tanem's report on Garding Goins'-on around the Bay Area this week, and there are lots of them; then it's right back to the phones and America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem!