Latest Trees Home & Garden Podcast Episodes
Cheap Tricks Gardening with The Midwest Garden Gal
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - May 02, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutesSteve, one of our loyal listeners introduced Mike & I to Lisa Hinzman Howard, aka The Midwest Garden Gal after he attended one of her garden show lectures. That gave us a chance to invite Lisa on the show to discuss her recent book, Cheap Tricks Gardening. Listen in as we talk about the western...
Ep. 221 - Blossom season is upon us, and what a season we're having. Orchards are heaving with flower, so Lucy and Saul discuss the impacts of having an Orchard and visiting the National Fruit collection at Brogdale.
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - April 27, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Lawn Fertilization: The Fertilization Steps + More
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutesLet’s talk lawns, subscribers. If you fertilize your own or have a lawn service company push the spreader, you should know the basics. And seeing that the first-round application is close to closing as this article prints, it’s time to get spreading. But the biggest advice is this; if you’re goi...
Lawn Care: The Fertilization Steps + More
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutesLet’s talk lawns, subscribers. If you fertilize your own or have a lawn service company push the spreader, you should know the basics. And seeing that the first-round application is close to closing as this article prints, it’s time to get spreading. But the biggest advice is this; if you’re goi...
Ep.201 Ornamental permaculture: Revisiting the 12 principles - Daniel Fuller
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - April 20, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutesMost people wouldn't consider a permaculture mindset for a public park or an ornamental garden. But that's a missed opportunity, because it could help individuals, organisations and councils reduce their maintenance budgets while increasing plant health and positive biodiversity outcomes. The 1...
Ep. 220 - It's the greenhouse special! Lucy gives you a guided tour of her beloved greenhouse, explaining how she manages light, temperature, location, space and cropping cycles to gain optimum performance from this precious under cover area
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - April 17, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Ep.200 Podcasters pick: 10 "best" episodes - Daniel Fuller (Plants Grow Here)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - April 14, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourThis week, we're celebrating 200 episodes! My mentor, Karen Smith, editor of Hort Journal Australia, interviews me about my picks for the "best" 10 episodes. To pick only 10 episodes was an impossible task, but I've narrowed it down to a few essential chats that I believe all my listeners shoul...
Ep. 219 - This week, we discuss the 3 Ps: Precipitation, Propagation and Pests - all three of them are in full swing in Devon and Essex! Pls accept our apologies for expletives...
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - April 13, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Ep 219 - This week, we discuss the 3 Ps: Precipitation, Propagation and Pests - all three of them are in full swing in Devon and Essex! Pls accept our apologies for expletives...
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - April 13, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Goldenrod's Bad Rap
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - April 11, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutesThe guys get into the nitty gritty of the Goldenrod, which gets a bad rap as a ragweed. A native North American perennial wildflower that's tall, slim with fluffy golden flower spikes in various shades of yellow. Once an invasive species, we discuss the change in direction for this easy to grow ...
Ep. 218 - With more rain scheduled in Devon, most of Saul's gardening at the moment is under cover, and that's when his Houseplant collection keeps his plant addiction thriving, so join him for some Houseplant chat.
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - April 07, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Ep.199 MIFGS 2024 Pt.3: A Moment In Time - Peter Donegan (Irish landscape architect)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - April 07, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourDid you get a chance to see Peter Donegan's phenomenal garden design A Moment In Time at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) this year? We spoke about it in Ep.181 A Daydream Supported By A Series of Equations, but I wanted to touch in after the event finished to get his ...
Ep.198 MIFGS 2024 pt.2: Mother Ocean, Through The Looking Glass, & New Nordic Notes
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 31, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutesThe Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has wrapped for another year! In this episode, I interview the designers behind three show garden highlights from this year's Show. We'll get to hear the inspiration behind the story and message behind each of their gardens, and we'll chat about...
Ep. 217 - When will the rain stop? Who knows, but until then the Talking Heads pair bring you more Horticultural waffle looking at grow lights, where to get a good Garden job and Alpine plants.
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - March 30, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
When a Rose is Not A Rose-The Lenten Rose
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - March 27, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutesOne of the first spring bloomers, even popping up through the snow... the Hellebore. Associated with the Easter holiday, the Hellebore or Lenten Rose has an interesting association with the rising of Christ, the first bloomer of spring and of interesting note is actually an evergreen? Tune in as...
Ep.197 MIFGS 2024 pt.1: Boutique, achievable, and more gardens - Dr Ian Smith
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 24, 2024 23:00 - 50 minutesThe Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show has wrapped for another year! Each year, we like to interview some of the garden designers to get an insight into what ideas, philosophies, trends, and plants are floating in the cultural zeitgeist. Friend of the show, Dr Ian Smith interviews som...
Ep. 216 - Join Lucy and Saul in their Essex and Devon gardens as Spring unfolds, the gardening pair bring you along as they bask in the glory of the season's blossom and check their precious vegetable seedlings.
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - March 23, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
ABC's of Clematis
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - March 20, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutesMany think the Clematis Vine is a fragile, delicate flower. That it's a hard plant to keep going. But Scott thinks it's a great tropical looking climber and would look great in a sunny area. So we dive into the ABCs of the queen of the climbers... from A to Z! Listen in to hear what we discover...
Ep.196 Permaculture syntropics - Erik van Zuilekom (United Natures)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 17, 2024 06:00 - 2 hoursA garden is never finished. It's going to change throughout the year, and the seasons. It should be getting better over time instead of worse. And it should also provide you with multiple yields, whether that's a food crop, supporting biodiversity, reducing soil salinity, providing shade, maki...
Ep. 215 - Is it Spring, is it not spring - that's the question as Lucy and Saul continue to wrestle their wet gardens into fit shape, and one of the projects you can do is creating Raised Beds, the subject of this weeks guest David Hurrion's new book.
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - March 16, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSpring is the time of the gardening year where all gardeners sigh with relief, it's really time to get out and about and enjoy the wonderful world of horticulture. A garden waking up and showing its early colour and form is a wonderful space to live and work in, an it's no exception that Lucy a...
Don't squirm, compost with worms!
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - March 13, 2024 11:00 - 45 minutesMultiple chances of recycling occur with worm composting... from garbage to garden. Saving the landfills, food scraps that feed the worms, worms recycling that into compost, compost giving nutrients to veggies/herbs, veggies coming back onto our plates. The garden circle of life, all with the h...
Ep. 214 - Lack of gardening, the Eden Project and perennial vegetables - thats the kind of Horticultural waffle the Talking Heads pair like as they finally return to their usual format (oh and don't forget the weather!)
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - March 10, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWinter in the UK is either mild and damp, or cold and windy - and who would want to be outside as a gardener at this time of year - well Saul and Lucy for one, as these months are some of the busiest in all of the 12. While the garden may be slumbering, Head Gardeners and their teams are beaveri...
Ep.195 Insect Taxonomy: Classifying good, bad & neutral insects into groups - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 10, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourHave you ever considered that plants can be broken into groups, just like plants? By classifying plants into their taxonomic order, we can automatically understand a few things about them. For example, what type of mouth-part do they have, and what does that mean for the type of plant damage or...
Ep.195 Insect taxonomy: Classifying good, bad & neutral insects into groups - Dr Ian Smith (Bug Bites)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 10, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourSydney. Or, click the AIH events link below. Diptera (flys) The Good Hoverfly Robber flies The bad Leaf miners Fruit flies (not vinegar flies) The inbetween Blowflies, bottle flies and house flies Fungus gnats Coleoptera (Beetles) Beneficials Ladybird (Coccinellidae) Ground beetles (Cara...
Prepping for Spring
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - March 06, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutesAnd we're back... season number five has officially begun! To keep everyone from getting frostbite, I know... the warmer weather has hit us early but lets keep the itch to garden in the planning stages. Until the temps are consistently warm, all the critters are still in their winter naps. Dis...
Ep194 Plant communication according to science - Katia Hougaard (Katia Plant Scientist)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - March 03, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourHave you ever wondered whether plants can communicate? And if they can, how do they do so? Katia Hougaard is back, and this time we explore the science behind plant communication. We discuss VOCs, plant blood tests, visual signs, sounds, Venus fly traps, predators, pests, and much more. We ev...
Ep. 213 - Join Lucy at the Garden Press Event - the starting herald to the gardening season where the horticultural media meet exhibitors with new products and new media campaigns, plus a small cameo from Saul!
Talking Heads - a Gardening Podcast - March 02, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWinter in the UK is either mild and damp, or cold and windy - and who would want to be outside as a gardener at this time of year - well Saul and Lucy for one, as these months are some of the busiest in all of the 12. While the garden may be slumbering, Head Gardeners and their teams are beaveri...
Ep.193 Hort Journal highlights: Editor's pick 2023 - Karen Smith (sponsored by Hort Journal Australia)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - February 25, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, we go over more than a dozen topics quickly, based around the Hort Journal's editor's best article picks for 2023. Karen Smith is my mentor and also the editor for our Australian horticulture industry's best magazine, and she has her finger on the pulse when it comes to amenity...
ENCORE EPISODE: Advantages of Rain Water
Your Midwest Garden Podcast - February 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hourGETTING THAT ITCH TO GET BACK INTO THE GARDEN? WELL NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PREP. AND THAT MEANS GIVING YOUR PLANTS THE BEST WATER AVAILABLE... LISTEN IN TO THIS RECENT, BUT IMPORTANT EPISODE! We were in search of why rain water perks up our lawns and gardens more than tap water. Not a scien...
Ep.192 Nursery wholesale insights for the whole industry - Paul Plant (Nursery Manager, 4BC Garden Talkback Presenter)
Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology - February 18, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, I interview Paul Plant about what we're getting wrong as a whole industry when working with wholesale nurseries in particular, and how we can tighten up our game. I wanted to know stuff like, how are miscommunications and poor choices costing landscapers, arborists and horticul...
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