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Bugs

Garden Punk - June 16, 2022 17:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Howdy, I'm back! I've finally gotten myself back to doing this podcast, and I decided to start with bugs. "True" bugs. All those pesky sap suckers that plague our plants. The new Podcast art is a AI Neural Net's cyberpunk "Retro-wave" interpretation of a bumblebee on a ...

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Bugs!!! June 2022

Garden Punk - June 16, 2022 17:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Howdy, I'm back! I've finally gotten myself back to doing this podcast, and I decided to start with bugs. "True" bugs. All those pesky sap suckers that plague our plants. The new Podcast art is a AI Neural Net's cyberpunk "Retro-wave" interpretation of a bumblebee on a Hollyhock. This was gener...

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Composting!!

Garden Punk - February 16, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes If you have any specific questions about getting started with Compost (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Instagram if you must) Its time to...

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Composting

Garden Punk - February 16, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes If you have any specific questions about getting started with Compost (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Instagram ...

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Stepping Up

Garden Punk - January 25, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes Update: An explanation of the change I made to the show notes of my Seed Starting Special episode (https://www.buzzsprout.com/501553/6925235 ) after seeing a tweet by Dr. Sarah Taber (https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/13...

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A bit much about Nitrogen

Garden Punk - January 11, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes If you have any specific questions about starting seeds (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Instagram if you must) ...

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Seed Starting Special!

Garden Punk - December 19, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes Joyous HumanLight! If you have any specific questions about starting seeds (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Instagram if you must) I mis...

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Seed Starting Special

Garden Punk - December 19, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Website: http://TeaJaysGarden.com/ Notes Joyous HumanLight! If you have any specific questions about starting seeds (or anything else) you can contact me through the website or Direct Message me on the Fediverse http://mastodon.sdf.org/@capheind (or on Twitter or Inst...

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Mysterious Seeds From China

Garden Punk - August 13, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
========== Call the Show 661-368-5177 Review on Podchaser https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tea-jays-garden-940560 Hello Gardeners! Sorry I didn’t get an episode out to you last week, I have an infant who’s usual bed time has been a thing of contention between us. Since she hasn’t been sleepi...

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How to Beat Bitter Cucumbers

Garden Punk - July 29, 2020 23:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Review on Podchaser https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tea-jays-garden-940560 Hello Gardeners! This week I thought I’d talk about Bitterness in Cucumbers. Cucumbers can become bitter as a response to literally any stressors of the plant. In this episode I talk about the...

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Heatwaves

Garden Punk - July 22, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Its 102 Degrees here today (Pics), which is pretty typical of my summers here in Bakersfield. It got me thinking about gardening in extreme heat. In this episode I’ll explain why amaranth does just fine in high heat, why your wilting plants are probably fine, a bit about...

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Late Starts

Garden Punk - July 15, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Leave a Review on Podchaser https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/tea-jays-garden-940560 Welcome back for episode 25. Not episode 52 as i say on the show. Sorry I’ve been away for so long, alot has happened. I mean aside from the obvious things we’ve all been going throug...

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Wisconsin Fast Plants with Hedi Lauffer

Garden Punk - January 28, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. An interview with Hedi Baxter Lauffer Director of Teaching & Learning with the Wisconsin Fast Plants Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We talk about Fast Plants and their educational applications. Specifically using them to teach plant biology, and differen...

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Wisconsin Fast Plants with Hedi Lauffer

Garden Punk - January 28, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
An interview with Hedi Baxter Lauffer Director of Teaching & Learning with the Wisconsin Fast Plants Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We talk about Fast Plants and their educational applications. Specifically using them to teach plant biology, and different projects and activities...

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Little Crops for Little Hands

Garden Punk - December 31, 2019 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Small crops for small spaces and kids. Dwarf Tomatoes My Interview with Craig LeHoullier and Patrina Small Micro-dwarf Tomatoes Gold Nugget Squash Gold Nugget Squash  Support the Show.

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Open Source Gardening

Garden Punk - November 26, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Hey folks,  This is just a short episode I felt that I needed to put out after the Tomato episode and my talk with Sebastian Cocioba. I wanted to do an introduction to the Open Source methodology/philosophy for gardeners. I’ll cover what “Open Source”‌ is, as well as my...

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Backyard Market Gardening Review

Garden Punk - November 12, 2019 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. In this episode I review Backyard Market Gardening: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow by Andy W Lee and Patricia L Foreman. It is a primer and basic instruction manual to small scale market gardening. Its, yet another, used book I’m reviewing, this is the...

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Gardening Failures

Garden Punk - November 06, 2019 20:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Sorry folks, I came down with a stomach bug this week and wasn't able to get out a decent episode Setbacks, no matter how unavoidable, do tend to make you feel as if you've failed though, so I thought I could talk about that a bit. So here is a short discussion on the role of failure in gardenin...

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Interview with Sebastian Cocioba of New York Botanics LLC

Garden Punk - October 29, 2019 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. For week 44 of the gardening year I’m interviewing a longtime friend of mine Sebastian Cocioba owner of New York Botanics LLC and atinygreencell on Instagram. Sebastian is a “bio hacker” who’s goal is to increase the general level of education about Genetics technologies...

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Craig LeHoullier and Patrina Small, The Tomato Episode, Introduction, Dwarfs, and Epic Tomatoes

Garden Punk - October 15, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. I apologize in advance for the audio quality of this episode. I‌ was dealing with a dodgy microphone and some parts of my audio has static, but this is only here and there during the interview and its otherwise acceptable. I have it fixed, it won't continue into future e...

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Suzy Buttress Interview, The Learning Garden, Straw Bale Gardening

Garden Punk - October 07, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. This week I get into my year at the Learning Garden, have a great chat with Suzy Buttress of The Casual Birder Podcast, and I review a couple of books on Straw Bale Gardening. I have to apologize, near the end of the Podcast accidentally called Patrina Small by the name ...

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Week 41 - Suzy Buttress Interview, The Learning Garden, Straw Bale Gardening

Garden Punk - October 07, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week I get into my year at the Learning Garden, have a great chat with Suzy Buttress of The Casual Birder Podcast, and I review a couple of books on Straw Bale Gardening. I have to apologize, near the end of the Podcast accidentally called Patrina Small by the name Patricia.  After speakin...

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Reboot

Garden Punk - September 22, 2019 22:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Sorry guys, now podcast this week. Things got chaotic. I'm going to regroup and reboot the podcast for the better next week. Keep an eye out. Support the show (https://liberapay.com/capheind/)

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Breaking the Rules

Garden Punk - September 20, 2019 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Wrapping up Seed Saving Week we are talking about plant breeding experiments you can do provided you have the space and time. And I Cover the University of Wisconsin's Fast Plants, which don’t require much time or space. Resources Saving Sun Gold Pg. 151 Epic Tomatoes ...

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Self Fertile Crops

Garden Punk - September 19, 2019 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get into the realm of Self Fertile Fruits and Vegetables. Self Fertile crops rarely deviate from the mother plant since it is often usually the father crop as well. Crosses of self fertile crops often have to be done manually  and as such they are grea...

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Landrace Gardening

Garden Punk - September 18, 2019 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Landrace Gardening is gaining some traction. As part of Seed Saving Week we’ll dive into the world of landrace breeding and seed saving, and why it might be the easiest way to save seed.  Resources Landrace Gardening: Survival of the Fittest SECTION B. LANDRACES B.1. ...

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Heirlooms

Garden Punk - September 17, 2019 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. In this episode I’m going to shed some light on the world of Heirloom Fruit and Vegetable cultivars. I will also stumble excessively on the distinction between a Variety and a Cultivar. Heirloom and open pollinated varieties are perhaps the best choices for saving seed a...

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Intro to Genetics

Garden Punk - September 16, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. This week I’m going to tackle plant breeding and seed saving. I’m sure in future episodes I’ll dig into these topics alot more, but for now I wanted to dive into the basics. This episode covers some preliminary plant genetics to serve as a primer for what I’ll be talking...

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Lasagna Gardening

Garden Punk - September 13, 2019 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. A review of the 1998 edition of Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza. Lasagna gardening is essentially a sheet mulching/composting method designed to turn a patch of turf into a garden bed nearly instantly. Because these gardens don’t require building raised beds, do not ...

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The All New Square Foot Garden

Garden Punk - September 12, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. A review of the 2005 edition of The All New Square Foot Garden by Mel Bartholomew with a particular focus on using it to start community and school gardens. You can find more at his Square Foot Gardening Website. The Truth About Peat at In Defense of Plants breaks down t...

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