Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Blaise Vinot is the retired Managing Director of FELCO Australia, and has come onto the show to explain how to choose the right pruners for our hands, as well as for the type of pruning that we intend to perform. He walks us through what factors we need to consider as well as some of the most popular options that the famous FELCO brand (easily the most celebrated makers of secateurs) has to offer.

Don't forget to follow us on social media and enter our awesome FELCO giveaway! Enter on our 3 social media accounts by following us and commenting on our Giveaway post - just tag 2 friends, family members or work colleagues -

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlantsGrowHere

Good luck!!!

EPISODE LINKS
FELCO is distributed by Heiniger in Australia. Check out the FELCO Australia website: https://www.felco.com/au_en/
Find a FELCO dealer in Australia: https://www.felco.com/au_en/dealers/find/
View the catalogue: https://www.felco.com/au_en/our-products.html
Service: https://www.felco.com/au_en/service/index/maintenance
Spare parts: https://www.felco.com/au_en/service/index/spareparts
Check out FELCO's YouTube playlists for maintenance and other videos in English and many other languages: https://youtube.com/user/FELCOtools

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including How To Prune For Natural Shape, What Relationships Do Plants Have With Other Organisms?, and What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?.

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

That's right! This is a killer FELCO swag bag, and because it's Australia-only your chances are pretty awesome (unless you're not in Australia, of course!)

Enter on our 3 social media accounts by following us and commenting on our Giveaway post - just tag 2 friends, family members or work colleagues -

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fuller-180908208

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plantsgrowherepodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlantsGrowHere

Good luck!!!

Mark Valencia is someone you'll probably recognise from his excellent organic backyard veggie gardening YouTube channel called Self Sufficient Me, or maybe you've read some of his blog posts - he's been doing it for over a decade! We had planned to speak about backyard gardening, but we ended up having a personal chat where we speak about his journey in the online world, how long it took him before he was able to start earning real coin, and the importance of bringing real value to listeners rather than simply trying to be famous.

EPISODE LINKS
The Self Sufficient Me YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZTjBlrnDHYmf0F-eYXA3Q
The Self Sufficient Me website: https://selfsufficientme.com/
About Self Sufficient Me: https://selfsufficientme.com/about-us/
The Self Sufficient Me podcast: https://selfsufficientme.com/podcast/
The Self Sufficient Me Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SelfSufficientMe-260782203958500/

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?, How To Encourage Soil Biodiversity In The Garden & 8 Types Of Soil-Dwelling Organisms, and Organic vs Artificial Fertilisers & The Best Options To Keep Your Plants Satisfied.

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Dr Samantha Grover is back! This time she teaches us about soil carbon including how it gets out of the air and into the ground, and why we want it there in the first place. It turns out carbon isn't evil, in fact it forms the basis of life on earth for all of us carbon-based life forms!

EPISODE LINKS
Here's a link to that carbon cycle diagram that I mentioned in the episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink
Check out a Youtube video where Sam speaks about soil carbon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHV-xUo0JiA
Soil Science Australia: https://www.soilscienceaustralia.org.au/
RMIT: https://www.rmit.edu.au/
Sam mentioned she's learnt a lot from Gardening Australia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzzsltdnAgTMSlPOvjko_Dw

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?, How To Encourage Soil Biodiversity In The Garden & 8 Types Of Soil-Dwelling Organisms, and Organic vs Artificial Fertilisers & The Best Options To Keep Your Plants Satisfied.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Randal Breen is a farmer that raises beef, chickens and pigs on the same farm for a number of reasons which we discuss during our interview, as well as the importance of biodiversity, native vegetation not only to the overall ecosystem but also to an animal's health and the nutritional density of its meat.

EPISODE LINKS
The Echo Valley Farm website: https://www.echovalley.com.au/
Contact Echo Valley Farm: https://www.echovalley.com.au/contact
Echo Valley Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): https://www.echovalley.com.au/csa 
Check out a Twitter friend of mine that also does CSA farming at Lakey Farm: https://twitter.com/RayMondeDeux
Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): https://afsa.org.au/csa/
AFSA's Food Democracy book: https://afsa.org.au/afsa-merch/farming-democracy-2/
AFSA's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ausfoodsov
White Oak Pastures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whiteoakpastures
Sylvanaqua Farms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sylvanaquafarms

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including our biology section, Plant Scientific Names: A Guide To Start Learning, and our 25-part series on native and exotic plant families, subfamilies and genera that are commonly seen in Aussie gardens.

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Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Ros Gleadow is a professor of plant sciences at Monash University, President of the Global Plant Council and a board member at Eucalypt Australia, and in this episode she walks us through some of the basics of plant biology, including the 4 different types of plants, where the meristematic tissue (a.k.a. stem cells) are located,  and plant reproductive strategies. This episode is a must-listen for anybody that's serious about working with plants.

EPISODE LINKS
Monash Uni: https://www.monash.edu/
Global Plant Council: https://globalplantcouncil.org/
Eucalypt Australia: https://www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au/
Ros's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosGleadow
Check out the following support materials with diagrams!
Vascular systems: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/introduction-to-vascular-systems
Monocot vs. dicots: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/monocots-vs-dicots-with-diagrams
Meristems: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/meristematic-tissue-how-a-plant-grows-larger
Identifying plants with leaves and flowers (including flower diagrams): https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/identifying-plants-with-leaves-flowers-and-beyond
Plant buds: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/what-are-plant-buds
Nodes/internodes: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/nodes-and-internodes

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including our biology section, Plant Scientific Names: A Guide To Start Learning, and our 25-part series on native and exotic plant families, subfamilies and genera that are commonly seen in Aussie gardens.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Thomas J. Elpel is a personal hero of mine - I've learnt so much from his resources, both before I began my formal training and then again during my plant identification unit during Tafe. In this episode, I'm so excited to introduce all of you to the work he's best known for, which is identifying plant families using flower patterns. Make sure you check out his links so that you can experience what I've experienced!

EPISODE LINKS
Start with the Botany In A Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1DePlU15z4
Go through his Plant Families Gallery on the Wildflowers & Weeds website: http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Plant_Families_Index.html
Buy the Botany In A Day book, as both Ben and I have long before we recorded this episode, as well as his other books: http://www.hopspress.com/Books/Botany_in_a_Day.htm
Check out the Green University: http://www.greenuniversity.com/
Watch another of Tom's videos before committing to attending his Green University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAGbhdqWIk

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You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including Identifying Plants With Leaves, Flowers And Beyond, Plant Scientific Names: A Guide To Start Learning, and our 25-part series on native and exotic plant families, subfamilies and genera that are commonly seen in Aussie gardens.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Andre Pedroli is the managing director for Perth Materials Blowing (PMB), which is a company that moves mulch with a giant reverse-cycle vacuum on a truck, but make no mistake: he's done his hard yards when it comes to moving mulch by hand. In this episode he walks us through some of the benefits of mulch, some of the different types, and how to move it easily with a mulch fork and wheelbarrow or bucket. He also explains when it might be worth your while to bring in a company like PMB or their sister company We Blow in Melbourne to get the job done more efficiently.

EPISODE LINKS
Perth Materials Blowing website: https://www.pmb.com.au/
Contact Andre and the gang: https://www.pmb.com.au/contact/
Check out some of their projects: https://www.pmb.com.au/projects/
PMB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pmb.com.au/
PMB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perthmaterialsblowing/
PMB Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perth-materials-blowing/
PMB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GGAeo5-Ddo
We Blow in Melbourne's website: http://www.weblow.com.au/

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www.PlantsGrowHere.com
You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including How To Encourage Soil Biodiversity In The Garden & 8 Types Of Soil-Dwelling Organisms, Organic vs Artificial Fertilisers & The Best Options To Keep Your Plants Satisfied, and What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Kevin Folta is the host of the Talking Biotech Podcast and a professor of the Horticulture and Sciences department at Florida University. In this episode, he takes us through some of the pros and cons of monoculture crops, which get a bit of a beating in many circles, but there might be more to the story than you've heard.

EPISODE LINKS
Check out the Talking Biotech Podcast website: https://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/
Listen to Talking Biotech on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5KTZzetuvnWMbrMakdqSSS?si=V919E4VPQV-fNH8P_SMrXw
Listen to Talking Biotech on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-biotech-podcast/id1006329802
Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinfolta
University of Florida: http://www.ufl.edu/

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.PlantsGrowHere.com
You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including Organic vs Artificial Fertilisers & The Best Options To Keep Your Plants Satisfied, How To Encourage Soil Biodiversity In The Garden & 8 Types Of Soil-Dwelling Organisms, and What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].

Gary Moran is back for a second episode! You guys loved him in Episode 22. Trees, Etc. and this time he's here to speak about some of the signs of a risky tree. Is the tree in your backyard safe for children to play beneath? What is the likelihood of being crushed by a branch while you're sleeping in your bed? Are all eucalypts "widow makers"? Find out in this episode!

EPISODE LINKS
If you aren't following Gary on Twitter, go and do so now: https://twitter.com/arborsmarty
Gary is a consulting arborist for Adelaide Arb Consultants: http://adelaidearb.com.au/
Last time we talked, Gary mentioned the Trees for Life charity, which you can find here: https://treesforlife.org.au/
Check out Plant Amnesty, which is where I learnt to prune: https://www.plantamnesty.org/
Browse Eucalypt Australia events for National Eucalypt Day 2021: https://www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au/events/

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.PlantsGrowHere.com
You’ll find heaps of educational blog articles, including How To Prune For Natural Shape, What Relationships Do Plants Have With Other Organisms?, and What Is Healthy Soil, And How Can We Build It?.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER
Are you in the industry or an enthusiast with something of value to share? We're always on the hunt for interesting people, doing interesting things. If you'd like to work with us send a message via our online form or a direct email to [email protected].