The Keep Growing Podcast

Join us for the second half of Season 2 of the Keep Growing Podcast.

Join us this Fall as we continue season 2 and Keep Growing!

Compost is one of the essential skills that all gardeners should add to their tool belt. While composting is pretty easy, there are some things to consider that will give you an optimal result. Let’s go green with our browns and wet our plants!

Our guest in this episode describes it “as a site with more plants and/or land than one person can care for sanely. A gardener and garden gone wild, out of control.” With many families embracing the philosophy of modern homesteading and self-sufficiency, I think many people have farmdens, but just didn’t have a word for it.

Once relegated to your grandmother’s windowsill, succulents have seen a resurgence in popularity over the last few years as houseplants, in general, have seen a boost in popularity.

Straw bale gardening is one of the simplest and most intuitive gardening methods I've come across. In this episode we meet Joel Karsten, inventor of straw bale gardening.

Brie has fine-tuned her signature design technique of Foodscaping, a sustainable landscape practice that embraces beauty and bounty. Aiming to change the way landscapes are designed and managed, Brie encourages everyone to "think outside of the box." Learn how pairing edibles in a traditional ornamental landscape increases bio-diversity and adds purpose to everyday spaces.

In this episode I preview the upcoming season and take a look at current gardening trends. I also explore meadow gardens as I share my own attempt at building a pollinator paradise.

The smell of freshly tilled soil as much as the smell of freshly baked cookies brings to my mind a flood of memories.

Like Luke in the swamps of Dagobah, in this episode we get a crash course in prepping your garden.