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The KISS Method for Houseplant Care

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - November 07, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Keep it simple, silly! Start with one houseplant that fits the conditions inside your home. Once you feel ready to branch out, go for it. The KISS method is the best foundation for a healthy houseplant collection. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3StRlrl Botanical Interests ...

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Revisiting the 2020 Houseplant Craze

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - November 06, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
How did Krystal Duran get into houseplants? It started way before the houseplant craze of 2020, but her collection exploded along with everyone else’s. Today she has more than 150 houseplants, and tons of knowledge about how to give them their best life. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://g...

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Lazy Veggie Gardening

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - November 03, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
From carrots to peppers, and even perennials, Kevin and Rachael Tancock discuss the best ways to be a lazy gardener. Listen in to find out which tips are the topic of this Beet! Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3SkyhMd Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4...

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Episode 146: Best of LAAP: Our Top 4 Plants

Let's Argue About Plants - November 03, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 374 ratings
While searching through our archive of episodes we discovered something: There are a few specific plants we just can’t stop talking about. As the years have progressed here at Let’s Argue About Plants, we find ourselves experimenting with more and more varieties, so we have something new to repo...

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The Importance of Wildlife Trees

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - November 02, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Despite the fact that trees die, they get a second life as they decompose. In this stage, the tree hosts tons of critters, from fungi to birds. Those with a dead tree on their land can help by topping it, and leaving it for wildlife.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3FACMKW ...

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Are You “Plant Blind?”

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - November 01, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Plant blindness is more common than you’d think. It’s a condition that arises when people aren’t exposed to a diversity of plants. Rachael Tancock has a cure: getting curious and out into nature to look at some plants! Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3QkjC16 Botanical Inter...

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How Technology and Nature Intersect

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 31, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
There are so many new ways to engage with nature through technology these days. From bird apps, to sky viewing apps, you don’t have to disconnect on camping trips anymore. In fact, you may find yourself even more locked in with your natural surroundings. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://g...

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How to Become a Naturalist?

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 30, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
How does one become a naturalist? It starts with a love of nature, and investment in what nature has to offer to humanity. Rachael Tancock is one such naturalist based in Canada, and her affinity with the natural world has allowed her to witness some amazing sights.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepa...

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Getting Creative in the Garden

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 27, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
There are so many ways to get into gardening. Josh put his hands in soil when he wanted to cultivate local food sustainably. Through the local community garden, he gets a sense of what it’s like to grow in small spaces. He also has a testing ground for multiple gardening techniques. Epic Gardenin...

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How to Learn to Garden FAST

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 26, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Josh started growing his own food as a busy chef with two small kids in 2010. Through cycles of trial and error, he managed to find the best ways and plants to grow in his garden. Through a lens of steady growth, he set deep roots that help him expand with stability.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepage...

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Which Watering Technique is Best

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 25, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
The answer to which watering technique is best really depends on the context in which a garden grows. The types of plants and the stage of their life cycle matters too. Regardless of which method you choose, understanding the act of watering is essential to understanding the garden as a whole. Ep...

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The Biggest Problems With Our Food System

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 24, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
What makes local food better? Josh McWilliams asked this question as he pondered the food system in light of his job as a chef. Turns out the benefits are substantial. Local food is not only cheaper, but it has a higher nutrient content and tastes vastly better. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: http...

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The Olla Story

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 23, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Josh is a chef by trade, but got into gardening while growing food for his business. He saw water conservation as a problem for the longevity of the local food system. Everything changed when he learned about the olla, and today he is the cofounder of Grow Oya, one of a handful of businesses that...

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Episode 145: Great Plants for Grouping

Let's Argue About Plants - October 20, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 374 ratings
Isn’t every plant great in a group? Well, the answer is no. Some plants are too vigorous in their growth habits to share the stage, while others are better if put on a pedestal all their own (i.e. the focal point plants of the landscape). Today’s episode we talk about plants that are great in ma...

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Essential Compost Equipment

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 19, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
The two crucial elements, water and oxygen are present in every balanced compost pile. Adding water is easy, but how do composters add oxygen? Kate and Kevin have a conversation about the best ways to do this, how to maintain the compost, and which methods are their favorites.  Epic Gardening Sho...

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The 4 Universal Compost Ingredients

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 18, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Balancing nitrogen-rich elements with carbon, oxygen, and water produces the most lush, nutritious food for soil. But there are some important things to consider in the process of building healthy compost. Kate teaches us how compost creators can gather and combine the right varieties of these el...

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It’s Not “Waste” Until It’s Wasted

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 17, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
What are the differences between hot and cold compost, and indoor and outdoor compost? Are there set rules for what food waste you can compost, and what should be left out? Here, Kate Flood, the Compost Coach, discusses her favorite composting methods, and the 4 universal components all compost s...

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What Does Compost DO?

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 16, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Kate, the Compost Queen, has been obsessed with compost since she was a kid. She loves learning and teaching this process that results in one of the best soil conditioners a gardener can have. Find out how compost adds value to the garden bed, and the garden ecosystem. Epic Gardening Shop Homepag...

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Hosting Garden Parties for Friends

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 13, 2023 23:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Coming from a family of good hosts, Becky has been hosting parties long before she started gardening. The onus for her is to enjoy the company of her friends and family. Here, she shares ways hosts can make the process less intimidating, and more relaxing. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://gr...

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How Becky Gardens For Her Family

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 12, 2023 23:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
100% of the produce Becky grows in her garden is eaten by her family. After trying several methods, today she focuses on food production in her raised beds. With goals to plant an orchard, a vineyard, and concentrating more on perennial gardening, there is much to look forward to. Epic Gardening ...

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Freezer Meals from Scratch

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 11, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Delicious scratch made meals without the pressure of prepping and cleaning up is just what makes freezer meals simply amazing! Becky has mastered the art of preparing freezer meals, and she’s learned having a good variety is the key to being successful with them.  Epic Homesteading Book, Signed C...

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Canning With Becky

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 10, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Canning can be an intimidating task for those new to it. However, Becky says that once you get a handle on it, there’s nothing to worry about. Her love of canning was born from necessity to some extent, and to a greater extent, from her love of cooking. In this episode, she shares tips and tricks...

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Living off of Locally-Sourced Food

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 09, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Inspired by other homesteaders on YouTube, Becky went from a career in Dental Hygiene to homesteading roughly 3 years ago. She loves to teach people how to grow food and what to do with it. With her garden and her chickens, she teaches her viewers the art of homesteading. Epic Gardening Shop Home...

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Beginner Foraging Tips

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 06, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Alessandro grew up foraging plants in Italy. More recently, he took a foraging class and learned there are so many edible things in the natural spaces that surrounded him. There is free food everywhere, and knowing which ones to eat can expand and delight the palate. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage:...

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Episode 144: Plant This with That-Fall Edition

Let's Argue About Plants - October 06, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 374 ratings
Danielle combo #1 'Limelight' panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight', Zones 3-9) 'Sun King' aralia (Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Zones 3-9)   Danielle combo #2 'Worcester Gold' blue mist shrub (Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold', Zones 5-9) 'Goldsturm' black-eyed ...

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Repurposing Household Items to Garden

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 05, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
There are so many ways to repurpose old materials for use in the garden. In this paradigm, anything can have a second life in the growing space. Plastic bottles, boxes, and more have a new purpose that doesn’t involve waste. This is how Alessandro keeps his cultivation no to low-waste. Epic Garde...

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Creative Ways to Compost

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 04, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
The wide world of composting is the topic of today’s podcast with Alessandro Vitale. At his home in London, he doesn’t stick to just one method. Instead, he vermicomposts, bokashi composts, and several methods in-between. He even buries some of his scraps directly in the garden.  Epic Gardening S...

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How to Use Every Part of a Squash

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 03, 2023 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Growing up in Italy, Alessandro was accustomed to using most of the plant in cooking. When he got to the UK, he found this was not typical. Here he discusses the ways gardeners can get more out of their veggies. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3RIcg9L Botanical Interests Shop Ho...

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The Italian God of Gardening

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - October 02, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Alessandro Vitale didn’t set out to become the Italian God of Gardening. He practically fell into it when he made his first video about growing beetroot. Today, when he’s not focused on using every part of his vegetables, he’s looking for larger spaces to grow into. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: ...

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How to Grow Flowering Sweet Peas

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers - September 29, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
The soft, supple petals of sweet peas are perfect in flower arrangements, and Rachel knows just how to grow them. Here she outlines tips and tricks related to cultivating these lovely flowers. Included is everything from day length to growing maintenance.  Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://gr...