Latest Garden based education Podcast Episodes

Intro to School Gardening

Garden Punk - September 11, 2019 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. A brief and realistic introduction to starting a school garden. There will be alot more from me on this topic, but for now I just wanted to give some quick “getting started” advice to educators and administrators interested in starting or restarting a school garden. Thes...

Introduction to Gardening with Children

Garden Punk - September 10, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. A very basic introduction to gardening with children. This is a topic I’m somewhat passionate about, as I’ve already mentioned it is actually my day job. This episode focuses on tips for how to get children engaged in gardening, and how to ensure basic safety. If you hav...

What is Tea Jay's Garden

Garden Punk - September 09, 2019 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode is really just a statement of intent. Tea jay’s Garden is going to focus primarily on garden education for community and school gardening. I will be covering lots of general gardening content, but I’m really interested in helping out Community and School gardens and I’m going to kee...

Bermuda Grass Woes.

Garden Punk - September 06, 2019 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Call it Razor Grass, Wire Grass, or Bermuda Grass, it can be a pain. I had just spent the last week ripping up Bermuda Grass from my garden beds. In this episode I cover why its so hard to deal with, and why the only way tends to involve quite a bit of elbow grease.  Support the show

Bermuda Grass Woes.

Garden Punk - September 06, 2019 09:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Call it Razor Grass, Wire Grass, or Bermuda Grass, it can be a pain. I had just spent the last week ripping up Bermuda Grass from my garden beds. In this episode I cover why its so hard to deal with, and why the only way tends to involve quite a bit of elbow grease.  Su...

A whole lot more about Corn

Garden Punk - September 05, 2019 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Another episode on corn, this one covering the complicated world of Hybrid Corn. This should be the end of my info dump on corn for a while. I’m sure as time goes on I’ll have more to say on the topic… hope your all ears :)  Resources Landrace Gardening F1 Hybrid, Wha...

A whole lot about corn.

Garden Punk - September 04, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. All about corn! Ok, that is an exaggeration, quite a bit about corn. I’m no expert, but I am fascinated by just how much we’ve managed to do with this insanely versatile plant. Resources Corn: It's Not for Cocktails kind of poo poos my favorite theory, but a good overv...

Basic Soil Science

Garden Punk - September 03, 2019 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. Getting down with some soil science basics in week 1 of the podcast. Hopefully this lets you understand the material we grow in a bit better. This is definitely a topic I will revisit as things go forward.  Resources Soil Layers What Clay Looks Like Support the Show.

Watering Basics

Garden Punk - September 02, 2019 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Send us a Text Message. First Episode Decided to talk about water since it seems to be a question everyone has. Knowing when to water can literally be as complicated or as easy as you'd like. Links Evapotranspiration  Water Holding Capacity Crassulacean Acid Metabolism  Native Seed Search...