Epic Gardening: Daily Growing Tips And Advice

With water becoming a scarce resource this season for many areas of the USA, Kevin and Rebecca share some drought-tolerant plant choices to consider. Connect With Rebecca Sears: Rebecca Sears is the Chief Gardening Guru at Ferry-Morse, where she’s responsible for making sure Ferry-Morse gardeners are more successful. Ferry-Morse Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you succ

Kevin and Rebecca riff on some of their favorite tomato varieties both for taste as well as appearance. Connect With Rebecca Sears: Rebecca Sears is the Chief Gardening Guru at Ferry-Morse, where she’s responsible for making sure Ferry-Morse gardeners are more successful. Ferry-Morse Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed

It’s hard to get gifts for a gardener, but there are a few awesome things almost every grower would appreciate, which Kevin and Rebecca share in today’s show. Connect With Rebecca Sears: Rebecca Sears is the Chief Gardening Guru at Ferry-Morse, where she’s responsible for making sure Ferry-Morse gardeners are more successful. Ferry-Morse Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring

With the world in a precarious state, being budget-conscious in the garden is ever important. Rebecca and Kevin share some of their best money-saving tips in today’s episode. Connect With Rebecca Sears: Rebecca Sears is the Chief Gardening Guru at Ferry-Morse, where she’s responsible for making sure Ferry-Morse gardeners are more successful. Ferry-Morse Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledg

When you first move into a property, assessing the soil is crucial to success. Rebecca Sears is on the show discussing testing and amending soil. Connect With Rebecca Sears: Rebecca Sears is the Chief Gardening Guru at Ferry-Morse, where she’s responsible for making sure Ferry-Morse gardeners are more successful. Ferry-Morse Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success

  Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Garde

  Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Garde

  Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Garde

What are the essential things you should do, and what mistakes should you avoid at all costs when composting? Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, es

The formula and ingredients for composting can be confusing, but Alyssa has a simple way to break down the ingredients to add for successful compost. Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide t

If you’re in a small space, suburban home, rural acreage…what method of composting should you choose? Alyssa Brodsky shares her thoughts. Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gard

Alyssa Brodsky from Food2Soil is here this week to talk about compost, including how you could even make some money composting for other people. Connect With Alyssa Brodsky: I am the web builder, creating a compost network at Food2Soil. Our farm Ranchito Milkyway is in Bonita, California. We are no-till, organic veggie farming and dabble in Korean natural farming, vermicomposting, etc. We also have a DIY nursery set up! Our CSA box is sold weekly with farm pick up and we included gleaned fruit from the area. Food2Soil Instagram Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urb

Ever wonder how pothos got its name? Marion Whitehead tells all in this exciting episode on Latin plant names. Connect With Marion Whitehead: Marion Whitehead is the Supervisor of Ornamental Gardens at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden in Mount Tomah, Australia. She has an extensive background in cool climate plant species, with a specific interest in ephemeral and heathland plants.  Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote

There's a type of orchid you may have never heard of - terrestrial orchids. They're one of Marion's absolute favorite plants to spot in the wild - learn all about them in today's show. Connect With Marion Whitehead: Marion Whitehead is the Supervisor of Ornamental Gardens at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden in Mount Tomah, Australia. She has an extensive background in cool climate plant species, with a specific interest in ephemeral and heathland plants.  Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential informatio

Where Marion lives in Australia is one of the few places you get a true cool climate in the country - the Blue Mountains. Learn how she adapts and grows cooler climate gardens year-round. Connect With Marion Whitehead: Marion Whitehead is the Supervisor of Ornamental Gardens at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden in Mount Tomah, Australia. She has an extensive background in cool climate plant species, with a specific interest in ephemeral and heathland plants.  Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential informa

Marion Whitehead joins us to share how to grow her favorite plant, sweet peas. Connect With Marion Whitehead: Marion Whitehead is the Supervisor of Ornamental Gardens at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden in Mount Tomah, Australia. She has an extensive background in cool climate plant species, with a specific interest in ephemeral and heathland plants.  Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide

Native gardens are lower maintenance because you don’t have to do a ton of enhancement to your soil as most natives thrive and adapt really well. Native plantings will spread and provide their own mulch and green cover as they age. Native plants are often tall and different than a more structured ornamental garden, so artwork or structure in the space helps people understand it is a purposefully designed area. Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raise

Right now as we move into our 50th year of garden for wildlife, we have a goal to move into a million new gardens that we can track through our DIY combinations of plants that perform really well with really high numbers for wildlife. We have tracked pollinator garden hotspots that create stepping stones of habitat across urban and suburban areas. Two of the areas that we saw where bee species numbers reached a real pinnacle were in the desert southwest and east within the smokey mountain region. Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCA

We have two ways of looking at the most popular plants. The native plant finder is at nwf.org/nativeplantfinder is visited by hundreds of thousands of people a year. Then at gardenforwildlife.com we provide native plants for people to start DIY gardens with. Right now our top four flowers are sunflowers, milkweed, asters, and wild geranium. Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x l

One out of three people purchasing plants last year actually purchased native plants. We can be empowered and make a difference by what we choose to plant by impacting the climate and ecosystem. Native plants can generate oxygen, sequester carbon, filter pollutants from water, and improve the soil. The California Native Plant Society is a great resource for California plant lists which you can find at https://www.cnps.org/helpful-tools Connect with Mary Phillips: Mary Phillips is the head of Garden for Wildlife™ at National Wildlife Federation. Mary will share about why it’s vital to grow native species, reveal the perfect plants for every region, and provide tips on how to cultivate the optimal home for local pollinators. Garden For Wildlife National Wildlife Federation Code GARDEN22 - 20% off wildlife sign and certification Code EPIC22 - 20% off plants and pollinator packages Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring