Welcome to the podcast edition of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; todays' guest is Sherry Larsen, longtime producer of the San Francisco Bay Flower and Garden Show.  Back in the days when that show originated from the Cow Palace, KSFO would broadcast live for this program; nowadays the show is at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton; the 2024 show is April 4 through 7 and is already being set up, as Sherry described.

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Open Phones on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; we took calls from around the bay and beyond, all about gardening the old fashioned way: organically.  Next week we'll be broadcasting live on Easter Sunday!  

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And a Happy St. Patty's day from all of us at KSFO, as we present this mornings' Bob Tanem In The Garden show with Edie Tanem.  Our guest is none other than Ed Laivo, famed author and videographer on Youtube, fruit tree and edible landscape expert, and all around nice guy.  Ed -- who has known the Tanems for many decades -- attracted lots of calls, as we round out the hour.   (On YouTube, Ed is known as Ed Able Solutions)

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Happy Daylight Saving Time from the cast and crew at Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; we're right on time and talking about gardening this morning!  People call in from around the bay and beyond to talk about vegetables, flowers, trees and lawns, wildlife and compost, among other things.

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Our guest this morning is Suzanne Bontempo, an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advocate, environmental educator & professional horticulturist.  She joins us to talk about managing pests with minimal use of pesticides; be they bugs or rodents or what have you.  There are alternatives that are organic compatible and better for our bodies and the world around us.  Suzanne's website is plantharmony.org

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Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is live and on the air Sundays at 9:00 local time here in San Francisco; this podcast is a faithful repeat of the entire hour, minus the commercials and music!

Todays' show is a call-in program; gardeners from around the bay called up and asked questions of our Master Gardener, live and unrehearsed here on KSFO.

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Our guests on the show this morning are Ken Litchfield and Enrique Sanchez, both members of the Mycological Society of San Francisco -  at MSSF.org - and are experts on mushrooms; wild, cultivated, food or poison.  We host a 3-way conversation between these gentlemen and our host, Edie Tanem.

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Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; our guest this morning is Jeff Harris of the San Francisco Orchid Society, here to tell us about the upcoming Pacific Orchid Exposition Show and Plant Sale.  The event will be held in San Francisco at the County Fair Building at 1199 9th Avenue in San Francisco; a gala preview night for those 21 or older will happen on Thursday February 15 from 6 until 9 pm; the show then opens to the public on Friday the 16th at 10:00 am, closing at 5 pm on Friday and Saturday and at 4 pm on the final day of show sunday the 18th.

There's a lot to see and do and hear and and learn and yes even buy at this event; orchid lovers are bound to have a great time and this, the regions' premiere event for orchid enthusiasts of all ages. 

Tickets for the preview or the show are available at orchidsanfrancisco.org; if you buy a day ahead of time online you will receive a discount from on-site same-day pricing.

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Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is on the air once again; it's a live show on Sunday mornings rain or shine and in this case, rain; it's about the biggest storm of the season in progress as we broadcast. Calls do trickle in from around the bay and beyond; we take all kinds of gardening questions all hour long.

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Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is On the Air!   No guest this week, we feature listener calls all hour on the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening.

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