Edie Tanem starts off hour #2 of this mornings' Bob Tanem In The Garden show with this weeks' list of Events and Activities of Interest for Bay Area Gardeners.  Then it was wall-to-wall phones, with folks queuing up for America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem on KSFO!

Our guest at 8:30 was the incomparable Gerre Gettle, founder of Baker Creek Seeds and the amazing National Heirloom Expo; the premiere event for organic gardening and farming; there will be hundreds of speakers panels and sessions, as well as an expo hall and lots of food and fun.   It's all happening Tuesday September 11 through Thursday the 13th at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa; gates will be open 9a to 9p.

Jerre discussed some of the sessions he's excited about, as well as some of the exotic squash and melon varieties that will be shown.

Edie Tanem starts off hour #2 of this mornings' Bob Tanem In The Garden show with this weeks' list of Events and Activities of Interest for Bay Area Gardeners.  Then it was wall-to-wall phones, with folks queuing up for America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem on KSFO!

Our second hour starts with Edie Tanem and this weeks' "Stuff To Do For Gardeners" list, featuring activities of interest up and down the bay area.   Then it's right back to the phones with America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem.

With no guest this mornng, Bob Tanem simply took more calls from you; the gardeners of the Bay Area!

Our second hour starts with Edie Tanem and this weeks' "Stuff To Do For Gardeners" list, featuring activities of interest up and down the bay area.   Then it's right back to the phones with America's Happy Gardener, Bob Tanem.

There was no guest appearance on our show today, so that left lots of extra time for calls from our listeners, up and down the region and beyond.  We took calls all hour!

Edie Tanem starts off the hour with her usual cheerful delivery of this weeks' gardening calendar all around the bay; then it's back to Bob Tanem, America's Happy Gardener, on KSFO

Edie Tanem starts off the hour with her usual cheerful delivery of this weeks' gardening calendar all around the bay; then it's back to Bob Tanem, America's Happy Gardener, on KSFO

Our guest at 8:30 was John Schuster, one of the area's premiere experts on Owls and owl boxes, and also on Bluebirds and bluebird boxes.  John discussed various aspects and considerations on bird boxes, nesting practices, owls as pest control agents, and so forth.