By Misti Little
Life Lessons and Conversations from the Garden
Since starting to produce this podcast in November 2015 all the way through May 2023, it’s been a wonderful ride to learn about gardening from so many great people. I’ve truly enjoyed interviewing and getting to know so many folks...
Today’s episode features a return guest, Nancy Lawson! Nancy was first on the podcast in November of 2017 to talk about her book The Humane Gardener. Nancy’s book said so much of what I was already thinking and really pushed...
I am excited to bring this episode to y’all, an interview with Amy Martin, a writer and researcher from Dallas who is currently compiling a biography on Texas environmentalist Ned Fritz. Now, you may be asking, who the heck is...
Way back in 2018 I had today’s guest on to talk about his book, A New Garden Ethic. Today Benjamin Vogt is back on the podcast to talk about his latest book, Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design....
Today’s guest is Michelle Lay, a native plant gardener in Austin, Texas. Michelle and I have been Instagram acquaintances and friends over the last few years and I’ve enjoyed seeing her central Texas native plant garden evolve. Michelle has the...
Happy 2023 everyone! Spring is trying to spring here but like every year in Texas we brace ourselves for a surprise freeze in February, so I’m not getting too antsy about the growing season yet. But almost! Today’s episode is...
I’m a voracious reader and read anything from paper books to kindle books and listen to my share of audiobooks. Rather than list the abundant garden and natural history books I read this year I summarized my two favorites in...
This episode is more or less a recording of a blog post I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the stark divide in native plant media versus what is available for sale in the nursery industry. A summary of the...
Today’s episode is one I have been wanting to make for quite a while and I’m glad it finally happened, an interview with Leah Churner and Colleen Dieter from The Horticulturati, a garden and horticulture podcast based out of Austin,...
Today's guest is Haeley Giambalvo from San Antonio, Texas. You may know her on Instagram as the person behind Native Backyards, the highly informative account that features native plants and native plant gardening advice focused on Texas. I have loved...
So, what is nature journaling you ask? It sounds simple, and it is—but there are many variations, but the most important part is to make it your own. In a blog post from the International Nature Journaling Week, also created...
Welcome back to a new season of the podcast!
A few weekends ago I trekked to the Big Thicket to volunteer with the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. It was an excellent experience and I share some thoughts on my drive and from East Texas in this episode.
Jimmy Fike, an Arizona based artist who recently spent more than a decade photographing North America’s Edible and Medicinal Plants, produced gorgeous photographic prints of his subjects and turned them into a beautiful coffee table book. The prints are meticulously...
A lot is going on in the spring garden: penstemons, pitcher plants, and more flower gardening! A short update on the garden is in this episode!
We're back in Florida today with my guest Kenny Coogan. Kenny is the author of the soon to be released book FLORIDA’S CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: UNDERSTANDING, IDENTIFYING, AND CULTIVATING THE STATE’S NATIVE SPECIES, Education Director of the International Carnivorous Plant Society...
To get a sense of Florida and to begin that topic, today’s episode with Valerie Anderson, Director of Communications and Programming with the Florida Native Plant Society. You may have heard Valerie on a previous episode I’ve released on the...
Sara Dykman embarked on her Butterbike Tour, leaving Mexico and following the monarch migration to Canada and back to Mexico in 2017.
Alright, we are finally back with some interviews for the next several episodes and I'm kicking off with a previous guest who is returning to the podcast, Christy Wilhelmi! You may know her from her Gardennerd podcast, or her Gardenerd...
Green Cliff Brake fern, Cheilanthes viridis, is becoming a problem in the Houston area, or likely became a problem several years ago and folks are just now noticing. And the Jorō spider is a novel species to Georgia and several...
Join me as I sow tomato seeds for 2022 and talk about our first freeze and planting some native trees around our yard.
The 2021 Garden is winding down, despite a first freeze for my region of Texas looking to appear in January and not December this year!
Today's guest is Jen McGuinness, gardening, blogger and garden writer, who's recent book Micro Food Gardening debuted earlier this year. If you've been around the garden blogging world over the last decade you are probably already familiar with Jen who's...
A short autumn update on the podcast...catching up on autumn gardening, the concrete beds, and the edible gardening!
Ben and Louann Williams are Floridians with a deep connection to the land and water in North Florida. After decades in the fisheries industry on the St. Johns River, they began purchasing and conserving land in North Florida with the...
In this episode I talk about how you can source native plants for your home garden! Once you start getting interest in native plants it can send you down a rabbit hole in growing all-things-native! The downside is a diversity...
Valerie Anderson created Friends of Split Oak Forest to work to protect the mitigation bank and FWC property in Central Florida from development. The property boasts amazing central Florida habitats and rare plants.
Season 7 begins now! I wrap up the summer garden and talk about everything from native plants to monarch butterflies.
Hello! It's been a few months and here's a midsummer update for you about what's growing (or not!) in my garden!
My guest for today is Kim Eierman, author of the new book The Pollinator Victory Garden. And if you've been listening to podcasts for a few years you've probably seen her Ecobeneficial Podcast. Kim is an environmental horticulturist and ecological...
Laura C. Martin is the author of 26 books that span a 40 year career. She paints and writes from Atlanta, Georgia where she's lived throughout her life. Gardening and art was cultivated in her from a young age with...
At the end of February we took an early spring hike at the Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary in Silsbee, Texas. Butterflies, violets, and lots of spring blooms abounded!
Photographer Caitlin Atkinson and writer and garden podcast/radio host Jennifer Jewell teamed up to bring fabulous gardens of the American West to the rest of the garden world. In Under Western Skies: Visionary Gardens from the Rockies to the Pacific...
Dr. Mark Vorderbruggen returns to the podcast to talk about medicinal herbs commonly found in your kitchen gardens.
Last week in Texas we received historical low temperatures and snowfall across the state. This is an audio journal of my experience.
We all have plants that we loved to grow but no longer have. In this episode I wax poetic about five of my favorite plants I used to grow.
Shawna Coronado joins the podcast today to talk about her latest book No-Waste Organic Gardening, tips and tricks to help the home gardener.
Today I'm sharing my love of iNaturalist and hope to inspire you to join in and share your observations on this citizen science app!
My 2021 Gardening Goals and Resolutions: from raised beds, to compost bins, and beyond..what I'd like to tackle in the New Year.
Exploring the natural history of South Llano River State Park.
An audio journal of the natural history sightings seen at Guadalupe River State Park over Thanksgiving.
A walking tour of the garden in late November and a bit about the freeze damage we had this week!
Zinnias, sweetpeas, ground orchids and more! A wrap-up of the October 2020 garden here in Houston! Lots to talk about, have a cup and sit a while!
This episode covers chapters 4-6 of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Gathering Moss! We talk about water and how much it is tied into the natural history of mosses.
Our search for the Bartonia texana, Texas screwstem, came to frution a few weekends ago! This episode chronicles our find and the habitat the plant is found.
Updates from the September garden here in Houston!
Keith Curry-Pochy is a naturalist and hiker who explores Florida's wild space solo and with his family. We talk all things Florida natural history!
Listen as I read along and discuss Robin Wall Kimmerer's Gathering Moss over the course of the next few months! Chapter 1-3 is covered in this episode.
Saddleback caterpillars, giant swallowtails, heat, humidity, and a lack of rain--that's what August in the garden was all about!
I talk about my favorite field guides, from butterflies to mushrooms, rare plants and native grasses. There's something for everyone!