Synopsis
The Epic Gardening podcast is a daily gardening tips and advice show brought to you by Kevin Espiritu, an urban gardener, hydroponics enthusiast, and all-around plant lover. Every day, a gardening question from YOU will be answered in a fun and informative way in under 10 minutes!
Episodes
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Crows vs. Ravens
17/07/2023 Duration: 20minBoth Crows and Ravens are from the Corvid family of birds, which are actually songbirds. But how do you tell the difference between them? The answer will 100% surprise you. EG shop homepage: https://growepic.co/3pGsC7w EG books: https://growepic.co/44FZyf2 EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/43rFYSC Connect With Kaeli Swift: Dr. Swift earned her PhD in avian behavioral ecology from the University of Washington. While there, she studied American crows, with a special emphasis on behaviors around death. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington, where she is studying the breeding ecology of the Tinian monarch. Video, audio, and print reports of her research have been featured by: National Geographic, PBS, the New York Times, The Atlantic, Ologies podcast, Science Friday and many others. Blog Twitter Instagram TikTok Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world.
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Weird Veggies in the USA That Are Popular Worldwide
14/07/2023 Duration: 13minThere are many parts of common plants that aren’t as common to see in American stores and markets that you can use in your cuisine such as pepper leaves, Squash leaves, and tomato leaves. Connect With Linda Ly: Author and blogger Linda Ly started writing about gardening, garden-to-table recipes, and outdoor adventures on Garden Betty in 2010. Since then, her stories, tutorials, and free resources have attracted 5 million visitors per year from around the world. Linda has written several cookbooks, including The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, and has appeared in Time, Food & Wine, HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook Instagram Facebook Email List YouTube Lazy Gardening Academy Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Cl
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Unusual Seeds You Can Eat
13/07/2023 Duration: 11minLinda shares her unconventional use of seeds in the kitchen. Pickled radish seed pod bloody marys anyone? Check out Botanical Interests Rat’s Tail Radish Connect With Linda Ly: Author and blogger Linda Ly started writing about gardening, garden-to-table recipes, and outdoor adventures on Garden Betty in 2010. Since then, her stories, tutorials, and free resources have attracted 5 million visitors per year from around the world. Linda has written several cookbooks, including The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, and has appeared in Time, Food & Wine, HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook Instagram Facebook Email List YouTube Lazy Gardening Academy Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Be
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Unconventional Salad Greens
12/07/2023 Duration: 11minMix it up by adding some unconventional greens to your salads. Try fava bean leaves or pea shoots. Check out Linda’s new cookbook for some unique salad recipes The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook. Connect With Linda Ly: Author and blogger Linda Ly started writing about gardening, garden-to-table recipes, and outdoor adventures on Garden Betty in 2010. Since then, her stories, tutorials, and free resources have attracted 5 million visitors per year from around the world. Linda has written several cookbooks, including The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, and has appeared in Time, Food & Wine, HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook Instagram Facebook Email List YouTube Lazy Gardening Academy Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing
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How to Maximize Your Brassicas
11/07/2023 Duration: 12min3-in-1 plants anyone? You don’t need to wait for your Brassicas to fully mature before harvesting pieces of the plant to enjoy. Connect With Linda Ly: Author and blogger Linda Ly started writing about gardening, garden-to-table recipes, and outdoor adventures on Garden Betty in 2010. Since then, her stories, tutorials, and free resources have attracted 5 million visitors per year from around the world. Linda has written several cookbooks, including The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, and has appeared in Time, Food & Wine, HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook Instagram Facebook Email List YouTube Lazy Gardening Academy Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, F
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Are Carrot Tops Poisonous
10/07/2023 Duration: 12minStop right there! Before you toss your carrot tops into the compost, try using those greens in some of your favorite recipes. This week, we welcome Linda Ly of Garden Betty on the show to talk all about using all parts of the plant from the garden. Connect With Linda Ly: Author and blogger Linda Ly started writing about gardening, garden-to-table recipes, and outdoor adventures on Garden Betty in 2010. Since then, her stories, tutorials, and free resources have attracted 5 million visitors per year from around the world. Linda has written several cookbooks, including The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, and has appeared in Time, Food & Wine, HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook Instagram Facebook Email List YouTube Lazy Gardening Academy Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multi
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Sustainable Garden Practices
07/07/2023 Duration: 13minErin Berkyto and I talk about what sustainable practices we implemented at the start of our home gardens to set ourselves up for success and what we wish we had done. Connect With Erin Berkyto: Erin has had her hands in a garden from early childhood and she has tended to her own garden for over 13 years. Erin is passionate about seed-to-plate food and urban wildlife gardening. She grows food for her family year-round in her Zone 8 urban garden which is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Instagram Blog Pinterest Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Ord
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How to Guarantee Wildlife Comes Back Next Year
06/07/2023 Duration: 10minIf you want to continue to see your wildlife populations come back to your garden year after year there are a couple of things you will want to do to make sure the shelter you have provided and food and water sources you have cultivated are up to par. Connect With Erin Berkyto: Erin has had her hands in a garden from early childhood and she has tended to her own garden for over 13 years. Erin is passionate about seed-to-plate food and urban wildlife gardening. She grows food for her family year-round in her Zone 8 urban garden which is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Instagram Blog Pinterest Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, cov
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Providing Shelter for Garden Wildlife
05/07/2023 Duration: 10minIf you are aiming to make your garden a Certified Wildlife Habitat, you will need to provide shelter for wildlife. Erin and I talk about our favorite plants for cover and shelter. Connect With Erin Berkyto: Erin has had her hands in a garden from early childhood and she has tended to her own garden for over 13 years. Erin is passionate about seed-to-plate food and urban wildlife gardening. She grows food for her family year-round in her Zone 8 urban garden which is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Instagram Blog Pinterest Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening kn
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Adding Water Sources To Your Garden
04/07/2023 Duration: 12minAre you thinking about adding a water feature to your garden to help attract and support wildlife? Erin Berkyto spills all the details of all the things to consider and how to get started with adding water sources to your garden! Connect With Erin Berkyto: Erin has had her hands in a garden from early childhood and she has tended to her own garden for over 13 years. Erin is passionate about seed-to-plate food and urban wildlife gardening. She grows food for her family year-round in her Zone 8 urban garden which is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Instagram Blog Pinterest Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different method
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Growing Food for Wildlife
03/07/2023 Duration: 12minErin Berkyto, @theknottygarden, joins us this week on the podcast to share all about her Certified Wildlife Habitat garden. Today we talk about how she grows food for wildlife and what her techniques are for strategically saving some of her harvest for herself as well. Connect With Erin Berkyto: Erin has had her hands in a garden from early childhood and she has tended to her own garden for over 13 years. Erin is passionate about seed-to-plate food and urban wildlife gardening. She grows food for her family year-round in her Zone 8 urban garden which is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. Instagram Blog Pinterest Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in
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Baking Sourdough Pizza
30/06/2023 Duration: 15minWe love pizza around here. We talk about what’s so magical about pizza making, where the inspiration for Mike’s proofing basket and bread mat came from and what’s on the horizon for Rosehill Sourdough. Comment your favorite part of this week's episodes on @rosehillsourdough’s instagram post about being on this podcast for a chance to win a Rosehill Sourdough BreadMat, an rhsd wood pulp proofing basket AND a number 10 Dutch oven! Entries valid from Monday, June 26,2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023. Winner will be announced on @rosehillsourdough Instagram! Connect With Mike Vaona: Rosehill Sourdough started as a way to document my sourdough process for my own benefit. It quickly turned into an opportunity to share my knowledge with the world. Baking with Rosehill Sourdough has sold thousands of copies and I am excited to provide the baking community with the best tools, tips, and techniques so they can feed themselves, their families, and their communities. Website Instagram YouTube Buy Birdies Garden Bed
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Common Sourdough Problems
29/06/2023 Duration: 15minThis episode is packed full of Sourdough gems.We answer questions about proofing, why your bread is tunneling, flour questions, why the shape of your bread is flat, and what you could be doing wrong while folding. Comment your favorite part of this week's episodes on @rosehillsourdough’s instagram post about being on this podcast for a chance to win a Rosehill Sourdough BreadMat, an rhsd wood pulp proofing basket AND a number 10 Dutch oven! Entries valid from Monday, June 26,2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023. Winner will be announced on @rosehillsourdough Instagram! Connect With Mike Vaona: Rosehill Sourdough started as a way to document my sourdough process for my own benefit. It quickly turned into an opportunity to share my knowledge with the world. Baking with Rosehill Sourdough has sold thousands of copies and I am excited to provide the baking community with the best tools, tips, and techniques so they can feed themselves, their families, and their communities. Website Instagram YouTube Buy Birdie
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Baking Sourdough 101
28/06/2023 Duration: 13minMike Vaona demystifies sourdough for us. Sourdough making can be intimidating but as long as you are committed to failing at first and learning from your mistakes. Comment your favorite part of this week's episodes on @rosehillsourdough’s instagram post about being on this podcast for a chance to win a Rosehill Sourdough BreadMat, an rhsd wood pulp proofing basket AND a number 10 Dutch oven! Entries valid from Monday, June 26,2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023. Winner will be announced on @rosehillsourdough Instagram! Connect With Mike Vaona: Rosehill Sourdough started as a way to document my sourdough process for my own benefit. It quickly turned into an opportunity to share my knowledge with the world. Baking with Rosehill Sourdough has sold thousands of copies and I am excited to provide the baking community with the best tools, tips, and techniques so they can feed themselves, their families, and their communities. Website Instagram YouTube Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off you
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How I Got Into Sourdough
27/06/2023 Duration: 11minGo big or go home! We talk about the unique way I got into sourdough making and how Mike’s trip to Italy inspired him to recreate the prolific italian flavors at home. Comment your favorite part of this week's episodes on @rosehillsourdough’s instagram post about being on this podcast for a chance to win a Rosehill Sourdough BreadMat, an rhsd wood pulp proofing basket AND a number 10 Dutch oven! Entries valid from Monday, June 26,2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023. Winner will be announced on @rosehillsourdough Instagram! Connect With Mike Vaona: Rosehill Sourdough started as a way to document my sourdough process for my own benefit. It quickly turned into an opportunity to share my knowledge with the world. Baking with Rosehill Sourdough has sold thousands of copies and I am excited to provide the baking community with the best tools, tips, and techniques so they can feed themselves, their families, and their communities. Website Instagram YouTube Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off
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Gardening & Baking: A Match Made In Heaven
26/06/2023 Duration: 11minI’m excited to catch up with a friend of mine this week, Mike Vaona of Rosehill Sourdough. We talk about intentionally slowing down by gardening and baking and why Sourdough could be the answer to some folks' health issues. Comment your favorite part of this week's episodes on @rosehillsourdough’s instagram post about being on this podcast for a chance to win a Rosehill Sourdough BreadMat, an rhsd wood pulp proofing basket AND a number 10 Dutch oven! Entries valid from Monday, June 26,2023 - Monday, July 3, 2023. Winner will be announced on @rosehillsourdough Instagram! Connect With Mike Vaona: Rosehill Sourdough started as a way to document my sourdough process for my own benefit. It quickly turned into an opportunity to share my knowledge with the world. Baking with Rosehill Sourdough has sold thousands of copies and I am excited to provide the baking community with the best tools, tips, and techniques so they can feed themselves, their families, and their communities. Website Instagram YouTube
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Common Bat Myths and Misconceptions
23/06/2023 Duration: 12minYou may have heard that bats drink blood, carry diseases, and get caught in human hair, but the truth is much more interesting! Connect With Merlin Tuttle: Dr. Merlin Tuttle is widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation; he is an ecologist, wildlife photographer, and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for over 60 years; widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation. He's the founder of Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, home to his legacy and devoted to research, education, and the conservation of bats, where he is currently and solely active. Through MTBC he provides the world's finest bat photo gallery, the most up-to-date responses to exaggerated disease speculation, and it is the only place to access his more than 60 years of unique experience or support his continuing efforts. Joined by Teresa Nichta ("nikta"), Outreach and Collection Manager at Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Teresa manages Merlin’s extensive photographic collection as we
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Pollination
22/06/2023 Duration: 16minBelieve it or not, bats are pollinators who transfer pollen from plant to plant, feeding on flower nectar. You can include certain plants in your garden to attract them. Connect With Merlin Tuttle: Dr. Merlin Tuttle is widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation; he is an ecologist, wildlife photographer, and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for over 60 years; widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation. He's the founder of Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, home to his legacy and devoted to research, education, and the conservation of bats, where he is currently and solely active. Through MTBC he provides the world's finest bat photo gallery, the most up-to-date responses to exaggerated disease speculation, and it is the only place to access his more than 60 years of unique experience or support his continuing efforts. Joined by Teresa Nichta ("nikta"), Outreach and Collection Manager at Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Teresa manages Merli
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Quality Bat Houses
21/06/2023 Duration: 13minInstalling a bat house with and locating it appropriately is an easy way to bring bats in, and it’s a great way to encourage them to stay. Connect With Merlin Tuttle: Dr. Merlin Tuttle is widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation; he is an ecologist, wildlife photographer, and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for over 60 years; widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation. He's the founder of Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, home to his legacy and devoted to research, education, and the conservation of bats, where he is currently and solely active. Through MTBC he provides the world's finest bat photo gallery, the most up-to-date responses to exaggerated disease speculation, and it is the only place to access his more than 60 years of unique experience or support his continuing efforts. Joined by Teresa Nichta ("nikta"), Outreach and Collection Manager at Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Teresa manages Merlin’s extensive photographic coll
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Biodiversity & Bats
20/06/2023 Duration: 13minWith many species on the decline, maintaining biodiversity in native bat habitats is of the utmost importance. Connect With Merlin Tuttle: Dr. Merlin Tuttle is widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation; he is an ecologist, wildlife photographer, and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for over 60 years; widely recognized as the father of modern bat conservation. He's the founder of Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation, home to his legacy and devoted to research, education, and the conservation of bats, where he is currently and solely active. Through MTBC he provides the world's finest bat photo gallery, the most up-to-date responses to exaggerated disease speculation, and it is the only place to access his more than 60 years of unique experience or support his continuing efforts. Joined by Teresa Nichta ("nikta"), Outreach and Collection Manager at Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation. Teresa manages Merlin’s extensive photographic collection as well as social medi