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This podcast is devoted to all things gardening. National gardening television host, Joe Lamp'l, guides you through each episode with practical tips and information to help you become a better, smarter gardener, no matter where you are on your journey. This series has a strong emphasis on organic gardening and growing food, but covers a diverse range of topics from one of the country's most informed and leading gardening personalities today.
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493-November Gardening Checklist | 10 Tasks to Prioritize
There are dozens of tasks that can be done in November to make our gardens more productive and ecologically friendly, but I have drilled down on 10 that will reap the greatest rewards for your efforts. This week, I'm sharing these garden pr
492-What Science Says About Leaving the Leaves
Raking, blowing and removing fallen leaves is a familiar ritual for many homeowners, but the practice is more harmful than many realize. This week, I'm joined by Dr. Max Ferlauto, a state entomologist with the Maryland Department of Natural
491-Exploring Bogland, with the Queen of Peat, Dr. Merritt Turetsky
Peat moss is a staple in many gardeners' potting mixes, but harvesting it comes at a cost to the ecosystems where it forms. This week, I sit down with Dr. Merritt Turetsky, an ecosystem ecologist known as the "Queen of Peat," to explore the
490-How Leaves Conjure Up Our World
Leaves are so familiar that it's easy to overlook just how remarkable they are. But beneath their simple appearance is an extraordinary array of adaptations that help plants capture sunlight, move water, regulate temperature, defend themsel
489-October Gardening Checklist | 10 Things to Do Now
October is the time to prepare your garden for winter while taking advantage of the cool weather and warm soil to plant, divide and protect. This week, I'm sharing 10 essential gardening tasks to tackle this month, from shielding young tree
488-What a Market Gardener Can Teach Home Gardeners, with Jean-Martin Fortier
Someone who is growing food at a scale larger than a home garden, but not as large as an industrial or commercialized food farm, is often called a market farmer or a market gardener. For home gardeners looking to make their vegetable garden
487-Butterfly Farming & Native Plant Restoration, with Jane Breckinridge of Euchee Butterfly Farm
Whether you have acres of farmland to work with, like my guest this week, Jane Breckinridge of Euchee Butterfly Farm, or just a balcony garden, you can do your part to reverse butterfly decline. Jane joins me to share the amazing things the
486-Modern Home Canning and Homesteading, with Melissa K. Norris
Whether you are a seasoned gardener looking to stretch the shelf-stability of your harvest into the winter or a beginner taking your first steps toward self-sufficiency, food preservation can feel both empowering and a bit intimidating, but
485-Home Greenhouse Revival, with Leslie Halleck
Greenhouses are having a moment. They have gone in and out of style for home gardeners, but right now, they are decidedly in, which is why my returning guest this week, Leslie Halleck, wrote her new book, "Home Greenhouse Revival: Growing Y
484-Tomato Season Wrap-Up, with Craig LeHoullier
Here in the South, tomato season is just about done for the year, so tomato breeder and tomato-growing expert Craig LeHoullier is back as my guest on the podcast so we can discuss what we learned this year and check in on the progress of Cr
483-Take Control of Your Salad Bowl: Grow Your Own Fall Greens
Food gardening doesn't have to stop when summer's over. In fact, the biggest missed opportunity for most food growers is the fall garden. To help you take advantage of the cooler months, this week I'm sharing my top 10 fall greens. Podcast
482-Insect Safari: The Wondrous World of Everyday Bugs
We spend a lot of time on this show talking about what we plant — the natives, the pollinator favorites, the plants that do the heavy lifting in a healthy garden. But today, I want to flip that around and talk about who's actually using all
481-A Year of Cut Flowers, with Sarah Raven
Flowers have the power to transform both our gardens and our homes, but creating a steady supply of beautiful blooms throughout the year takes more than simply planting whatever catches your eye. Few people understand that better than Sarah
480-Designing a Fruit Tree Garden, with Susan Poizner
Adding fruit trees to your landscape opens up new gardening possibilities. But to set your fruit tree garden up for success, you need to have a solid plan. Urban orchardist Susan Poizner returns to the podcast this week to explain the plann
479-Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything, with Kate Bradbury
Wildlife gardening doesn't require a sprawling landscape to work with. As my returning guest Kate Bradbury explains, anyone can support wildlife through gardening, even if they only have the space for a pot of herbs. Podcast Links for Show
478-Wildr Places App Offers Ecological Gardeners Guidance and Motivation
There's a lot of information out there on planting native and practicing ecological gardening, but drilling down to what's best for your own yard and its unique potential is challenging — until now, at least. Wildr Places CEO Joanna Hall an
477-Preventing Weed Overwhelm, Practically and Organically, with Margaret Roach-Encore Presentation
Weed overwhelm can befall even the most experienced gardeners. In this week's encore presentation, New York Times gardening columnist and "A Way to Garden" podcast host Margaret Roach joins me to explore how to keep weeds from taking over w
476-Controlling Nuisance Wildlife in the Garden-Encore Presentation
Nuisance wildlife — from deer and rabbits to raccoons, moles and voles — pose major headaches for gardeners. In this week's encore presentation, I am revisiting my conversation with wildlife damage management specialist Marne Titchenell on
475-The Continuous Vegetable Garden, with Charlie Nardozzi
A continuous vegetable garden is about more than succession planting for a longer growing season and a greater harvest. As my returning guest Charlie Nardozzi explains, when a gardener applies certain techniques, a vegetable garden can reso
474-What to Know About Ticks, with 'The TickGuy' Dr. Thomas Mather
In many parts of the United States, ticks and tick-borne diseases are a growing concern for gardeners and others who enjoy spending time outdoors. To explain what's important to understand about these blood-sucking arachnids and the threat
473-Fostering Forest Renewal and Resilience, with Dr. Suzanne Simard
When forests are treated purely as commodities, with no regard for preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, we all suffer for it, humans and wildlife alike. But my returning guest, forestry scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard, explai
472-Herbalism for Gardeners, with Rosemary Gladstar-Encore Presentation
Rosemary Gladstar is one of the most influential voices in modern herbalism, having educated generations of herbal enthusiasts through her teaching, books and lectures around the world. This week, she joins me to explore the rich history an
471-Caring for Wildlife in Home Habitats, with David Mizejewski
Our gardens are more than just places to grow plants — they are home habitats, where gardeners can provide a refuge for struggling wildlife to thrive. To explain how we can care for wildlife in our own yards, National Wildlife Federation na
470-How Insect Allies Shape Human Culture
Gardeners often have a love-hate relationship with insects — loving the bees and ladybugs and hating the aphids and flea beetles, for example — but all insects have value, even if it isn't always apparent to us. To discuss how insect allies
469-Playing 'Ketchup' With Tomato Expert Craig LeHoullier
Craig LeHoullier is the gardener who gave the beloved Cherokee Purple tomato its name and the author of "Epic Tomatoes" and "Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales." He's also my fellow instructor in the Online Gardening Academy™ Growing Epic To
468-Edimentals: Beautiful Perennial Plants That You Can Eat
If you want a garden that looks great, feeds you and requires less upkeep, edimentals — edible ornamentals — provide just what you're looking for. Joining me to discuss the benefits of these perennials that pull double-duty is garden design
467-Gardener Scott's Tips for Gardening in Raised Beds-Encore Presentation
Gardening in raised beds can simplify and improve the growing experience, offering greater control over soil quality while reducing the need to bend for planting, weeding and watering. In this week's encore, Master Gardener Scott Wilson exp
466-Mimicking Natural Habitats to Support Wildlife in Gardens
If you want to truly support wildlife in your garden, it takes more than planting a few natives and pollinator favorites — it requires thinking like an ecosystem. My guest this week, landscape ecologist Dr. Shaun McCoshum, explains how mimi
465-Gardening with Chickens, Revisited
If you've ever considered raising chickens alongside your garden, there's a good chance that my guest this week helped shape how you think about it. Lisa Steele is the author of the bestselling book "Gardening with Chickens," which she rece
464-How Flowers Made Our World
When biologist David George Haskell titled his latest book "How Flowers Made Our World," he knew the idea might sound preposterous at first blush. David joins me this week to explain how flowers really did transform the Earth and shape how
