Rooting for You | Beginner Edible Gardening

Rooting for You | Beginner Edible Gardening

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Rooting for You | Beginner Edible Gardening episodes

  • WINTER - a mid-season check in with Alyce and Tess' gardens - what's keeping them busy in the garden this season

    S6E5 Tess and Alyce discuss what's keeping them busy in the garden plus what they're eating from their gardens. A lot of people are warmer month gardeners (nothing wrong with that!) but this episode will hopefully give everyone a taste and some inspiration for gardening in the cooler months.  A few of the topics covered and where to find more info: 

    - Sophie Thomson (Sophie's Patch) TEDxAdelaide talk 'Saving the world with gardening' youtube.com/watch?v=M7gB1OxksUM

    - Jerusalem artichokes (Season 3, Episode 4) 

    - Pruning berries (Season 5, Episode 5) 

    - Crop rotation (Season 6, Episode 3) 

    NB - we reference an episode on hot composting, this will be out next week, stay tuned! 

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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 

    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.


    24 min
  • WINTER - cold frames - all the benefits of using cold frames in your garden

    S6E4 Tess and Alyce discuss cold frames, frames to use in the cold weather, not frames that are cold! They chat about what the benefits are to using cold frames, ideas for how to create a cold frame and also tips for plant care while they're under the frame.  

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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 

    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

    24 min
  • ANYTIME - crop rotation - a relatively simple explanation of a kinda tricky topic

    S6E3 Tess and Alyce tackle a tricky topic, crop rotation! The reasons why you should be rotating your crops, how to do it plus Alyce's cheat guide for simplifying this kinda complex topic! 

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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 
    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

    24 min
  • WINTER - growing rhubarb - everything you need to know about growing rhubarb
    S6E2 Tess and Alyce discuss growing rhubarb, a great crop for beginners! Getting started, splitting an existing plant or buying a crown from a nursery, how to plant the crown, ongoing maintenance and harvesting.  PLUS a bunch of ideas for what to do with this plentiful crop. 
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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 
    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.
    37 min
  • WINTER - Why aren't my Brussels sprouts sprouting? - a troubleshooting episode
    S6E1 Help! My Brussels sprouts aren’t sprouting!! Today’s episode is a little different because we’re trouble shooting. Are you growing Brussels sprouts this season and don’t have sprouting heads yet?? This episode is for you! Or even if you’re not growing them this season (because they are not actually a beginner crop!) then listen in before you put them in next summer. Alyce runs through all the things that might have gone wrong and options for things you can do to try and fix it.
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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 
    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.
    18 min
  • BONUS - Rooting for You Guest - a conversation with Compostable Kate (part 2)

    Part 2 of our conversation with @compostable.kate - Tess, Alyce and Kate get into the nitty gritty of a bunch of different composting systems.  Kate gives us her recommendations for beginners making their composting system choice. We discuss Kate's composting fails and Kate gives us her easy advice for overcoming these. Plus tips for worm farms, tips for tumblers and an introduction to hot composting - what it is, how to do it and the benefits (spoiler alert - it's super speedy composting). 

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    In Part 1 of our conversation with @compostable.kate - Tess, Alyce and Kate discuss how Kate first became interested in composting, how composting fits within the fight against climate change and how empowering and exciting that is! Kate tells us all about her experience with Share Waste when living in Sydney, tips for getting involved with composting if you are a city-dweller, all of Kate’s advice for getting started and finally, bokashi, what’s that you ask? Find out in this episode!

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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 
    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

    38 min
  • BONUS - Rooting for You Guest - a conversation with Compostable Kate (part 1)
    In Part 1 of our interview with @compostable.kate - Tess, Alyce and Kate discuss how Kate first became interested in composting, how composting fits within the fight against climate change and how empowering and exciting that is! Kate tells us all about her experience with Share Waste when living in Sydney, tips for getting involved with composting if you are a city-dweller, all of Kate’s advice for getting started and finally, bokashi, what’s that you ask? Find out in this episode!
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    Rooting for You is hosted by Tess and Alyce, artwork by @lorynjanene You can find us at https://www.alycealexandra.com/rooting-for-you-pod or email us at [email protected] 
    Tess and Alyce acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we live and grow our gardens, the Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.
    27 min
  • WINTER - Winter in the garden - all the things that will be keeping you busy in the garden this season
    S2E1 Tess and Alyce discuss all the activities that might be keeping you busy in the garden this winter - from easy tasks like planting bare rooted fruit trees to the more advanced activities like pruning. Spotted a good looking plant and want to know how to grow genetically identical plants?  We discuss growing from cuttings and dividing plants.  As Alyce says, there is heaps to plant in Winter so no excuse for an empty garden bed!
    31 min
  • AUTUMN - last chances - what isn't it too late to get in the ground?

    S5E12 Tess and Alyce discuss Autumn ‘last chances’, what is it not too late to get into the ground to have food to eat through Winter. It isn’t too late!! Plus a quick tip to get an empty bed ready for Spring, a fabulous suggestion on flowering bulbs and a friendly reminder to go get those Autumn leaves before someone else does.

    Alyce mentioned a bunch of crops that it isn’t too late to plant: 

    Mustards - Season 5, Episode 7  

    Peas - Season 5, Episode 9  

    Radishes - Season 2, Episode 2  

    Parsley - Season 3, Episode 10

    Silverbeet - Season 4, Episode 6 

    Rocket - Season 1, Episode 5  

    18 min

About Rooting for You | Beginner Edible Gardening

From the publisher's feed

A seasonal gardening podcast for non-experts. Hosted by Tess (who knows nothing) and Alyce (who knows some things), each episode Tess and Alyce will pick a topic to discuss and finish up looking at the effort-reward ratio of the topic by asking, is the juice worth the squeeze?