The Growing Season

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I'm sorry, it grows WHERE?

The Growing Season trio dives into some of harshest environments on earth that boast some of the most unique growing conditions.

The International Space Station, Mt. Everest and deep below the earth's surface are all places that, on the outside, seem to be least hospitable for plant growth yet are flying in the face of those assertions. 

The city of Sudbury comes into focus as one of the most cutting edge in horticultural thinking. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt highlight plants that grow in salt and shade.

Matt makes a joke that works its way though the episode and caps off the affairs in style. 

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The Growing Season's McFarland trio step into the shade and deliver the names of some of the plants that they use routinely for shadier environments.

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The Growing Season trio spend 53 seconds outlining salt tolerant plants - rapid fire. Buckle up!

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That's right, you can use molasses to fertilize your plant materials!   

We're not kidding!   Let Jack, Lynne and Matt explain the how-to's!

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"You light up my life!"

There's something to that age old expression.  In  honour of Daylight Savings Time returning to our circadian rhythms, Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss all things light.

How much time does the sun have left?   What would happen if it just shut off?

The McFarland Query System insults the trio...

The sun's effects on plant materials is heavily discussed and the condensed version of an explanation of photosynthesis is tackled.   Don't worry, we keep it digestible!

Fertilizer, water splitting, nuclear fusion and solar panels are all brushed up against on this science-heavy talk about that yellow orb in the sky.

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The Growing Season trio attempt to take the PTSD out of the process by which plants make food.

Hopefully this helps make the process clear.

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Sometimes you just gotta wear it.

In what has become an annual tradition, The McFarlands spend some time focusing on the plant materials that go into making textiles.

Cotton, flax, bamboo, oranges, apples and grapes are all revealed to be highly used to create clothing and even leather products. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt discuss sustainability and how the "green-washing" of materials is making it harder to eliminate badness from the clothes we wear.

Enter the cow.  You're not going to believe how this creature figures into the creation of textiles.  Its a MOO-tiful situation.

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So what about the big ones?

The Growing Season spends much of its time chatting about the newest varieties of plant materials to grace the aisles of nurseries.

But how about the monolithic entities that have dotted our skies for hundreds of years?

Bristlecone pines, giant sequoias and dawn redwoods have co-existed with humans for centuries and Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat about them.

300 year old cedars and ancient cacti are also focused on.

Kori Kody joins the trio from California to chat about the horticultural elders that grace the grounds at Berkeley.

The elders, the Jedi council - that’s what the McFarland’s focus on today.

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"Ohhh the weather outside is frightful..."

Actually, for residents of Southern Ontario, this years weather has been anything but that.   

Despite the wimpy winter Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland dive into the science behind  winters wonders -snow and ice.

Do we need snow?  What happens in a winter such as this years when we have little snow.  Will the plants vitality be affected as a result?

The differences between snow and ice are discussed as well as the geometry of snowflakes AND the weight of all that ice on various materials. 

We talk science but we also talk igloos, quinzees and hypothermia.  Its an interesting 54 minutes!   Grab your woolies and join us.

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RISE and shine!

It's that time of year again... Roses, chocolate, wine, sun flowers, devils walking stick... wait.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into sexy plants just in time for Valentines Day.

Heath, watermelon, lavender, ginseng and many more plants with an aphrodisiacal bent feature prominently on what has proven to be a popular series on the show.

Windy meat... you'll want to tune in to hear how beans may be just the thing to put a tilt in your kilt.

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