Latest Crazyplantlady Podcast Episodes
Stop Killing Ferns! How to Care for Ferns
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - June 25, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsI have always been a fan of ferns, but for some reason, I could never manage to keep them alive. But those days are over, and I have done a complete 180 on ferns! If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you've probably heard me say how I don't like ferns and how they're just not my...
Why You Should Care About the Summer Solstice
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - June 18, 2024 06:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsCan you feel that summer energy in the air? The summer solstice is upon us—the longest day of the year and the official start of the summer season. For us plant parents, this transition is everything. All our patient tending in the spring is paying off as our gardens burst into full bloom. The ...
Small Space Cut Flower Gardening for Beginners
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - June 11, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsSome of my happiest childhood memories are of my mom's garden bursting with homegrown flower bouquets. Whenever we had visitors, she'd snip whatever was in bloom, bundle it up with herbs from her kitchen garden, wrap it in a wet paper towel and tinfoil, and gift it to our guests. I just thought ...
How to Move with Houseplants
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - June 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsMoving is such a pain in the neck. Packing boxes, saying goodbye to familiar surroundings, and navigating new neighborhoods—it's enough to make anyone break a sweat. But you know what can be worse than that, plant friends? Moving with houseplants! If you know, you know, and if you haven't moved...
Bird-Friendly Gardening
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - May 28, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsWhile we are stewards of the land, we are also stewards of the native animals that call it home. And birds, with their declining population, need our help to keep them flying high in our shared environment. Our responsibility is to protect their home, provide them with food, and minimize the thr...
Hydrangea Care
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - May 21, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHydrangeas are beautiful flowers, and they represent a wide range of emotions in different cultures. Yes, they can be tricky to grow, but they are relatively low-maintenance with the right care! In this episode, you will learn everything you need to know about hydrangeas from Ryan McEnaney aka @...
How to Water Your Houseplants: Everything You Need to Know About Watering
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - May 14, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsDid you know that watering is one of the most common causes of houseplant death? You saw a gorgeous new plant baby from a store, and then you brought it home full of excitement and good intentions. In fact, you wanted to do your best, so you read the watering instructions in the packet and tried...
How to Use Nature to Improve Your Mindset
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - May 07, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHow can you use plants to promote more mindful thinking? In this episode, I had the most amazing chat with my longtime plant friend Brittany Gowan (@brittanygowan). Brittany and I go way back to our NYC plant mom days when we used to have plant swaps and brunches together. It is pretty wild how ...
How to Care for A Lot of Plants (AKA Have a Large Plant Collection)
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - April 30, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIf you have 250 plants in your home, what would you do? That seems like WAY too many plants to care for, right? But for Samantha Hermann, better known as @houseplusplant on Instagram, this is her second nature. She’s my newest plant friend, and I’m so excited to have a casual conversation with h...
Eco Anxiety
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - April 23, 2024 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHave you ever felt a sense of worry, fear, or anger when you think about climate change and the state of our planet? If so, you may be experiencing what's called "eco-anxiety." As plant lovers who are so connected to nature through our gardens and houseplants, it makes total sense that eco-anxie...
Composting Basics
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - April 16, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsYou may have heard that compost is the key to a healthy garden, and feeding the soil is more important than feeding your plants. And if you don't garden, you've probably heard about composting as an eco-friendly way to live more sustainably and support the planet. That is why I dedicate an entir...
Everything You Need to Know About Philodendron
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - April 09, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIf you're a houseplant lover like me, chances are you already have a philodendron or two in your collection. These awesome tropical plants are some of the most popular and beloved houseplants for good reason—they come in tons of different shapes, colors and sizes, and they're relatively easy to ...
How She Grew The Sill: Plantrepreneur Eliza Blank
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - April 02, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIf you interact with the houseplant community online at all, you've definitely felt the impact of The Sill on our plant niche. I honestly can't believe that it took me a whopping 230 episodes to finally have Eliza Blank, founder of The Sill, grace the Growing Joy with Plants podcast! Her female ...
Climate Proof Your Garden
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - March 26, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsClimate change is real, plant friends—and it’s impacting our world too fast! Because of that, it’s becoming extremely important for us plant parents/gardeners to adapt our practices to ensure our gardens can withstand the challenges that lie ahead. In fact, it’s already impacting our gardens in ...
Why You Should Care About the Spring Equinox
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - March 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsWhat are your plans this Spring Equinox? Spring equinox is like a special day when light and dark are balanced just right. As it draws closer, it comes with a reminder that nature has its own patterns that repeat over and over, and this particular event shows us that winter is ending and spring ...
Everything You Need to Know About Calathea
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - March 12, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsCalatheas have a bit of a reputation among plant parents for being dramatic "divas." And I'm not going to lie—they can be particular about their care. But don't let that scare you off! If you try to understand their preferences, you can totally grow lush, vibrant prayer plants at home. That’s wh...
Homesteading Basics
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - March 05, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIs homesteading your ultimate dream? Because mine too, plant friends! Like most gardeners, I've always dreamed of someday creating a homestead and being more self-sufficient. I very much enjoy growing my own fruits, veggies, and herbs, but starting homesteading seemed a little scary. That’s why ...
How to Repot Houseplants
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - February 27, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsDo you know that repotting and potting up mean different things? As our houseplants grow happily under our care, eventually they will outgrow their current pots. Determining whether your plant needs to simply have its soil refreshed (repotting) or be shifted to a larger container (potting up) ca...
Indoor Plant Projects for Stress Relief
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - February 20, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsDo you feel a little sad or bored being stuck inside this winter (at least those in the northern hemisphere)? I hope the winter months haven’t got you down too much because I know we’re all feeling a bit cooped up lately. That’s why I brought on a new plant friend, Perla Sofía Curbelo-Santiago, ...
Everything You Need to Know About Ficus Care
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - February 13, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsI am completely obsessed with ficus! Over the last few months, I've been slowly collecting different ficus varieties and learning how to help them thrive. There's just something about the colorful leaves, sculptural shapes, and tree-like growth that makes me love this plant genus. I love my ficu...
Cultivating Intuition with Nature
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - February 06, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHow can we use plants to connect with intuitive energy? If you're anything like me, simply being around plants makes you feel happier, calmer, and more like your true self. I've always felt plants have some extra special magic that goes beyond their pretty leaves. That's why I was so excited to ...
Humidity and Houseplants
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - January 30, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsDo I really need a humidifier? Why do my plants get crispy leaves when I crank the heat? When it comes to houseplant care, humidity is right up there with water and light as one of the most important factors. I’ve spent years stressing about humidity levels. Fortunately, I invited my dear plant ...
Top 5 Seed Starting Mistakes with Joe Gardener
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - January 23, 2024 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIt’s almost that glorious time of year again...seed starting season! I don’t know about you, but this is hands-down one of my favorite times in the garden. There’s just something touching about growing those tiny pieces of potential life into healthy plants and vegetables. However, I’d be lying ...
Attract Pollinators with a Tiny Meadow in Your Yard
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - January 16, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsWhen I think of the word “meadow,” I imagine a glorious landscape filled with grasses and wildflowers swaying in the breeze. While beautiful, these meadows also seem completely out of reach for most home gardeners. But in this episode, meadow expert Graham Laird Gardner, author of ‘Tiny and Wild...
Everything You Need to Know about Alocasia
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - January 09, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsIf there is one genus of plants that has captured my imagination for years but repeatedly evaded me, it’s Alocasia. These tropical plants with their large, alien-esque leaves and jewel-toned undersides have long obsessed me. I’d often pick them up from the garden center, only to watch them rapid...
2024 Goals for My Houseplants and Garden
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - January 02, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHappy New Year, plant friends! And you know what that means—time for some serious reflection about the previous year and thinking about how we want to step into 2024! I'm all about assessing what worked and what didn't across all areas of life. But today, let's talk about plants and how you and ...
I killed a bunch of plants this year, here's what happened: How to Do a Plant Audit
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - December 26, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHappy almost New Year, plant friends! For my last episode of 2023, I wanted to get a little reflective about the joy and growing parts of “Growing Joy.” This year, I bravely held a funeral for many of my houseplants that were no longer bringing me joy. Yes—I lost a LOT of houseplants this year. ...
Being Organic Before Organic Was Cool: The Story of Espoma Organic
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - December 19, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsI still clearly remember the first time I used an Espoma product—their liquid indoor plant food to be exact. I had struggled so much with trying to find the right fertilizer for my houseplant collection, leading to a huge mess all over my kitchen from failed mixing attempts. But when I tried the...
4 Things You Need to Know about Winter and Houseplants
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - December 12, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsThe winter can be challenging for indoor tropical houseplants that thrive in hot, humid environments. While our houseplants do not experience the true dormancy of outdoor deciduous plants (plants that drop all their leaves at some point in the year), they can enter a period of slowed growth know...
9 Jobs in Horticulture
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care - December 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 689 ratingsHave you ever wondered, “Could working with plants really be my full-time job?” Well, dear plant friend, the answer is a resounding yes! There is a whole world of opportunities waiting for you in the horticulture industry should you decide to turn your plant passion into a career. In this episod...
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