Julie Slezak encourages all gardeners to embrace heirloom seeds.  The flavors that come out of her garden are unique and incredible.  Julie and her husband Scott run Annie’s Heirloom Seeds, a non-GMO heirloom seed company.  They grow some of the rarest, hard to find varieties on an island in Lake Michigan as well as with a team of partners across the US and Europe.  AnniesHeirloomSeeds.com
 

In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* The beginners garden — the big 5 collection
* 55-day cherry tomatoes from Russia
* how to grow heirloom tomatoes
* pest control through companion planting
* the challenges of acid island soil
* Why heirlooms taste better- – Science!

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Resources & Books:
You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
Annie’s Heirloom Seeds
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 

 
 
Transcript:
Coming Soon!
 
More Gardening Ideas:

* rare varieties of heirlooms
* how to garden in extreme drought
* tips for growing gargantuan vegetables
* urban farming concepts with Noah Herron
* 19 things I love about gardening

 
Listen to Julie tell us about organic heirloom seeds Below:

Rare Heirloom Seeds with Julie Slezak

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Jane Perrone loves being outside, experiencing first hand the infinite intricacies and fascinations.  She loves growing her own delicious, fresh food.  She blogs about gardening at www.Perone.blogs.com  Jane is a journalist and gardening editor at The Guardian, one of the biggest newspapers in England.
 

In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* Water conservation in the UK
* Mint:  rat repellent, tea and 99 other powerful uses
* Technology and the future of gardening – robots, automation and sensors

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* How healthy are you really? Take the test at  http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
* Discover weedless gardening – Straw Bale Gardens by Joel Karsten
* Need an aquaponics equipment list?  Fish-powered gardening is powerful!

 

 
Resources & Books
The Well-Tempered Garden by Christopher Lloyd
Plants for a Future  —  PFAF.org
Royal Horticultural Society
Tropical Britain
 
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 

 
 
Transcript:
 
Dave:  Well good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on where you are in the world when you listen to this.  I’m Dave Ledoux, and welcome to another episode of Back To My Garden.  Today we get to go across the pond over to England and we’re talking with Jane.  Jane loves being outside, experiencing first-hand the infinite intricacies and fascinations with nature.  She loves growing her own delicious, fresh food.  She blogs about gardening at Perrone.blogs.com and we’re going to talk about that.  And she’s also a journalist, and a gardening editor at The Guardian, one of the biggest newspapers in England.  Joining us from London, England, please welcome to the show Jane Perrone.  Hi Jane!
Jane: Hi!
Dave:  How was my introduction?  Did I get it mostly right?
Jane:  You got it completely spot on.
Dave:  Fantastic!  I want to hear your stories, and the listeners want to get to know you better.  Take a minute or two and share with us a little bit about your background, and how did you fall in love with gardening.
Jane:  Okay, as you said I’m the gardening editor at The Guardian newspaper, and I always say to people who say “how did you get your job or how did you get into gardening?”  I always say I used to be a “real” journalist, which is a bit of a joke really.  My professional training is in journalism, so I did an English literature degree which was fun, but not very much practical use for journalism.  Then I went to the States and I studied a masters of mass communication at Louisiana State University, then I came back to the UK and I did a year doing research into the internet and journalism.  And then I did a journalism course to do local newspaper in the UK, and then I finally got my job at The Guardian, so I’ve come from a very traditional journalism background.  The flip side of that is that I’ve always been fascinated by plants, and from a very young age been growing stuff.  Started off really with houseplants,

Gardening in the UK with Jane Perrone

Kirsten Lints loves growing veggies, starting seeds, and cooking with fresh, delicious ingredients from her garden.  She is a talented designer and loves the connection between her satisfied clients and their new landscapes.  Kirsten is a certified Professional Horticulturist and a Master Gardener.  www.GardensAliveDesign.com
 
 
In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* Starting seeds indoors in January
* easy landscaping design ideas for flower and vegetable gardens
* Is watering your garden an optional choice?
* Large leaf basil – indispensable in the garden

 
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* How healthy are you really?  Take the test at  http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
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* Learn how to grow a strawbale garden to eliminate weeds and a sore back

 
Resources & Books
Gardens Alive Design
Year Round Gardener by Niki Jabbour
The Year in Bloom: Gardening for All Seasons in the Pacific Northwest by Ann Lovejoy
Gardening Month by Month
 
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 
 

 
 
Transcript:
Coming Soon!
 
 

 
 
 
Listen to Kirsten Lints sharing her best garden landscaping ideas:
 

Garden Landscaping Ideas with Kirsten Lints

Ruth Kassinger loves the way her conservatory garden lifts her spirits during the cold winter months.  She is a celebrated author of ten books for both kids and grownups on science, history and gardening.  Ruth’s brand new book is called A Garden of Marvels and explores the untold history of the first botanists and extraordinary plants.  www.GardenofMarvels.com
 
 
In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* The therapeutic value of growing and caring for plants
* Paradise under glass — test your gardening abilities
* The pleasure of citrus trees in your home
* Knockout roses
* Why pruning works — or doesn’t

Sponsors:

* How healthy are you really?  Take the test at  http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
* Learn how to save a pot bound tree 
* Did you know there are many gardening celebrities that love to dig in the soil?

 
 

 
 
Resources & Books
TropicalBritain.com
DavesGarden.com
Logees.com
Once Upon a Windowsill by Tovah Martin
 
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:


 
 

 
 
Transcript:
Coming Soon!
 
 
 
Listen to Ruth Kassinger share her best gardening tips here:

A Garden of Marvels with Ruth Kassinger

Tracy Fredrychowski loves that through gardening she knows exactly where her food comes from.  She and her family left the rat race in the big city and moved to their own little slice of paradise where they grow fresh food, raise chickens, bees and enjoy the fresh air of homesteading life.   www.OurSimpleHomestead.com
 

In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* How canning for the first time builds character
* Simplify!  the magic secret of homesteading success
* Soil testing and why every gardener needs to do it
* Can you have too many watermelons?

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* How healthy are you really?  Take the test at  http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
* Need replacement parts like handles and tires for your Gorilla Garden cart?
* The new aquaponics for beginners resource you need to see!
* Love canning and home cooking?  Click here for our guide to pressure cookers/canners.

Resources & Books:
Farmers’ Almanac
Clemson University Horticulture
The New Southern Living Garden Book: The Ultimate  Guide to Gardening
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 

Transcript:
Coming Soon!
Listen to Tracy Fredrychowski reveal homesteading tips here:

From the Big City to a Simple Homestead with Tracy Fredrychowski


 

Todd Haiman believes that a garden should make you feel you’ve entered into privileged space. A place not just set apart, but reverberant. He is a landscape and garden designer, as well as a former instructor of landscape design at Columbia University. He blogs at www.ToddHaimanLandscapeDesign.com
 
 

In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* The culture and respect of gardens in England
* Yards versus Gardens in America
* garden landscaping ideas for problem spaces and small patios
* What to start with when designing your garden

 
Sponsors:

* How healthy are you really? Take the test at http://NutritionWeCanTrust.com
* Don’t Panic, it’s Organic! Are you a serious student of organic gardening? CLICK HERE for one of my favorite resources loaded with tips for building your own organic garden.

 
 

 
 
Resources and Books:
Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallman
Heaven is a Garden by Jan Johnsen
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Royal Horticultural Society
 
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 
 

 
 
Transcript:
Dave:  Well good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where you are in the world when you listen to this.  I’m Dave Ledoux, and welcome to another episode of Back to My Garden.  We have a very unique guest today, folks.  Todd believes that a garden should make you feel like you’ve entered into privileged space.  a place not just set apart, but reverberant.  He’s a landscape and garden designer as well as a former instructor of landscape design at Columbia University, and he has a brilliant garden blog at www.toddhaimanlandscapedesign.com   We have a ton to discuss.  Please welcome, from I believe it’s Lower Manhattan in New York City, Mr. Todd Haiman.
Todd:  Thank you so much for having me.  I’m flattered, it’s an honour.  I listen to your posts quite often, so thank you again.
Dave: I’m excited that you’re here Todd, and I want to get to know you better, and our listeners want to hear your stories.  So sit back and relax and take a couple of minutes, and share with us a little bit about your background, and how did you get into gardening?
Todd:  Well, I grew up in Brooklyn, New York.  I didn’t spend any time gardening as a child, although my mother probably had 500 houseplants, my mother can make anything grow.  But as an adult I was a photographer, that was my first career, and I loved that career.  And at a certain point I decided it was time to take on new challenges and it began from creating a roof garden on a building which I co-owned with some other people.  It started with basically not having any irrigation whatsoever, putting a planter up on top of the building, and growing tomatoes and basil and walking up stairs with 5 gallons of water every day.  And eventually it came to building this roof garden out even more in detail, putting up plants, realizing I don’t know that much of what I’m doing so I started to take classes, and one thing led to another and I studied at the New York Botani...

Rare Heirloom Seeds with Julie Slezak

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