Aug 28, 2025
Later summer is a test for any gardener. Heat, humidity and relentless pests push both plants and gardeners to their limits. In my garden, some crops flourish despite the challenges, while others demand constant attention — from cherry tomatoes still producing in late August to squash battling bugs on vertical...
Aug 21, 2025
Flowers can bring beauty, healing and economic opportunity. But what does it take to build a livelihood around flowers? In this episode, I’m joined by Debra Prinzing, the founder of the Slow Flowers Society and co-author of “The Flower Farmers,” and Xenia D’Ambrosi, a flower farmer and the founder of Sweet Earth...
Aug 14, 2025
Landscape designer Darrel Morrison is a vanguard of the land ethic promoted by early conservation hero Aldo Leopold. He joins me on the podcast this week with Curt Meine, a senior fellow of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, to share how a landscape can be both aesthetically pleasing and ecologically restorative.
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Aug 7, 2025
A garden is a powerful thing. My guest this week, Kate Bradbury, the author of “One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate,” is here to share how small actions can make a difference to conserve wildlife.
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