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- I Bought a Home... How do I Tackle a Garden?
Are you a moving into a new home and not sure how to approach the garden? One of the helpful gardeners just bought a home and is not sure how to approach their new garden! Learn how to tackle lawn, existing structures/plants, and where to begin.
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Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!
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41 min - Enjoying Nature in your Own Backyard W/ Myrna Pearman
If you build it, nature will come. No matter what type of garden you have, whether it's in an established neighbourhood or newly built in the suburbs, you can enjoy nature from your very own backyard. Learn how to attract birds, including hummingbirds, to your garden!
Myrna is a biologist, author and nature photographer living on the south shore of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. She was born in Rymbey, Alberta and developed a love of nature at a young age.
Myrna is the editor of the Red Deer River Naturalist, writes a magazine column for The Gardener and writes a monthly nature photo essay in the Red Deer Advocate (Red Deer Advocate). She is also the resident naturalist for Mother Nature's Bird Seed.
51 min - Gardening from Seed: Flower PowerRounding out our Seed Starting Mini Series is a look into growing flowers from seed! In many ways, this will be a total 180 degree shift from growing veggies and fruit. Flowers aren’t targeted as much by bugs and disease, they benefit from deadheading, and they’re grown more for aesthetic purposes rather than consumption.Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!*************************CONNECT WITH USThank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!Subscribe to our show on Spotify, Apple, and GoogleLeave an anonymous voicemail and be featured on the show!Instagram / FacebookEmail us [email protected] (SUBJECT: PODCAST)45 min
- Gardening from Seed: Ground Dwellers - Squash, strawberries, and more.This week, we're crouching down to explore all those fruits and veggies that grow close to the ground. These ground dwellers include Broccoli, squash, kohlrabi, and even strawberries! Learn more about how use the entire squash plant in cooking, a hack to protect pumpkins from pests, and we have a surprise melon taste test!Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!TIMECODES08:20 Seed Varieties24:20 Importance of Spacing26:46 Start inside?32:37 Soil and Amendments36:22 Fertilizer37:40 Cold Hardy?38:53 Equipment Requirements41:32 Bugs, Disease, Predators43:02 Harvest Options45:00 Surprise Melon Taste Test!*************************CONNECT WITH USThank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!Subscribe to our show on Spotify, Apple, and GoogleInstagram / FacebookEmail us [email protected] (SUBJECT: PODCAST)50 min
- Gardening from Seed: Leafy Greens and Herbs
This week, we're exploring fresh leafy greens and flavourful herbs. Learn more about flexibility of growing lettuce and why you should livehead your herbs when they go to flower.
Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!TIMECODES01:55 Herb or 'erb?05:34 Seed Varieties
11:34 Leafy Greens & Herbs - General Care
13:35 Growing Mint
14:18 Companion Planting and Themed Planters
17:00 Starting from Seed
18:40 Spacing requirements
21:30 Succession planting
22:20 Why we "live-head" Herbs
27:30 Soil Preferences
29:00 Propagation
32:03 Bugs, Diseases, Predators
35:00 Harvesting Tips & Drying Herbs
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42 min - Gardening from Seed: Root VegetablesThis week, we 'rooting' around the subject of root vegetables! How do we start them from seed, maintain them, and harvest them!Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!TIMECODES00:00 Introduction04:00 Sweet like a Beet05:08 Seed Varieties11:00 Growing Veggie Flowers13:44 Companion PlantingCONNECT WITH USThank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!Subscribe to our show on Spotify, Apple, and GoogleLeave an anonymous voicemail and be featured on the show!Instagram / FacebookEmail us [email protected] (SUBJECT: PODCAST48 min
- Gardening from Seed: Tomatoes, Peppers, Corn, Peas and Beans
What will your garden grow in 2024? This week, the gardeners explore how to cultivate the juiciest tomatoes, the spicy kick of peppers, the sweet crunch of corn, and the wholesome goodness of peas and beans.
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TIMECODES
00:00 Introduction03:50 Seed Varieties
06:30 Seed Starting Methods
07:00 Companion Planting - The Three Sisters
11:11 Environment Requirements
13:11 Start Inside or Outside?
15:17 Vessel Options
18:04 Soil Amending - Options, Soil Activator, Inoculant
20:30 The Last Frost
22:19 Structures and Equipment Check List
25:45 Garden Care Instructions
31:00 Diseases: Prevention, Treatment, Blossom End Rot
40:00 Bugs: Prevention and Treatment
45:25 Predators: Birds, Deer, etc
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53 min - Before you Buy Seeds, Listen to This
What's the one thing we're seeing in every basket and cart at the greenhouse this week? SEEDS! We are buzzing with excitement! Before you settle on your seed haul, listen to this weeks episode outlining what you should be thinking about this time of year.
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TIMECODES
00:00 Introduction04:00 Look back - what changed in your life?
06:30 Calgary Horticultural Society
09:18 What you should grow and how much
13:55 Prepare for bugs and disease now?
19:52 Consider the vessel and consider starting seeds in that
23:58 Is crop rotation feasible?
26:03 Hypothetical Question of the Week
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Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!
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31 min - Floral Symbology – Flowers to Celebrate LIFE
This week, we celebrated Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day which got us thinking about all the ways flowers help up mark life’s big moments. Colours and varieties play into floral symbology, and we're even going to find out which flower represents Colin's soul!
Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!
TIMECODES
00:00 Introduction01:53 Colour Language
15:41 Floral Language
26:45 Hypothetical Question of the Week
CONNECT WITH US
Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!
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38 min - Garden Crime - What you Need to Know
The gardeners unearth some interesting, and perhaps shocking, garden laws that you should be aware of as we head into the 2024 growing season.
Garden Crime Radio Play
In the world of botanical crime, every leaf tells a story and every petal hides a clue. Detectives Bloom and Basil uncover the culprit behind the destruction of a prized rose garden ahead of the famous Flower Power Festival.
A few members of the Golden Acre team lent their voices to this special show. Huge shoutout to Brian, Diane, Dan, and Sydney. Of course, you may have recognized the voices of Brandi and Colin, hosts of the Helpful Gardeners podcast.Visit the shownotes for links from today's episode, and other fun extras!
TIMECODES
00:00 Garden Crime Radio Play03:55 Trees & Shrubs & the Neighbours
14:45 Lemonade Stands?!
16:01 Cutting Grass Curfew
17:17 Clothesline Drama
18:19 Park out front
20:15 Backyard Chickens
21:45 Calgary Bylaws - Price is Right
32:00 Hypothetical Question of the Week
CONNECT WITH US
Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and for making the world a more planty place. Please subscribe, leave a rating or review and listen in for new gardening discussions every week!
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About The Helpful Gardeners
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to the Helpful Gardeners, a weekly podcast diving into the home and garden topics you want to learn more about. Colin is a certified horticulturist with decades of experience working in landscaping, gardening and houseplants in various climactic zones. Brandi is a beginner with a passion to ask questions.
Subscribe to catch new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!