Category: Small Space Gardening

748: Small Space Gardening, A Garden Chat

A Garden Chat with Enoch Graham. If you only have a little space to grow food, let’s chat about how to make the most of that space. This month we chatted with Enoch Graham, of the YouTube channel The Urban Gardener, about some of the best ways to maximize a harvest out of a minimal space.

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734: Seed and Plant Selection for Challenging Gardens

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – Join Farmer Greg and Bill McDorman as they explore all the magical places to grow your garden. Restricted by where you can plant your garden? How do you optimize difficult spaces to plant your favorite vegetables? We will help you navigate challenges with…

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706: Indoor Gardening Of Salads

A Garden Chat with Peter Burke. – It makes sense to keep our herb gardens close to our kitchens for easy access, and for some people that means gardening indoors. There are a variety of culinary options to our inside gardens and this month Janis stepped in to chat with Peter Burke to get some useful and inspiration tips for practical…

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694: Lizzy Shapiro on Discovering Music in a Container Garden

Making a connection between jazz and gardening. – Like many people during the pandemic, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shapiro suddenly found herself at home staring at an empty calendar. To fill the time, she turned her attention to decorating the unattractive cement spaces outside her home. One potted plant led to…

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669: Christy Wilhelmi on Garden Variety – a Novel

There’s More to Gardening Than Merely Keeping Pests at Bay. – Christy Wilhelmi returns to tell us about her latest book, Garden Variety, a novel set in a community garden. She explains why she wrote the book and shares a little bit about the process, then she introduces us to the characters and even…

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649: Jennifer McGuinness on Micro Food Gardening

Growing compact and bountiful gardens in the smallest of spaces. – Jennifer McGuinness’ contagious enthusiasm for gardening will have you pining to grow something. No space? No problem! Jen has found creative ways to grow food in small spaces. She gives us a taste of the small space gardening projects we’ll find…

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632: Growing Fruit in Small Spaces

Don’t Let Yard Size Determine Your Harvests. – Are your fruit trees an experiment or an investment? Christy Wilhelmi talks about the steps needed to ensure that the fruit trees you plant in your yard are an investment that bears fruit. She covers every stage of the process, including planning your…

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630: Small Space – Big Potential

A Garden Chat with Niki Jabbour. – Great things come in small packages, even in gardening! Niki Jabbour’s enthusiasm for corners, windowsills, and balconies will have you reconsidering the growing potential of your tiniest spaces. Niki tells us what makes a good space, giving examples of some …

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626: Kevin Espiritu on Epic Gardening Growth

Getting Excited About Sharing Gardening Stories. — Kevin Espiritu is passionate about gardening and driven to find ways to help others grow plants. We are excited to have him return, this time to give us updates about both his personal and professional gardening endeavors. Kevin shares stories of new digs, new…

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623: How to Grow Potatoes

A Farmer Friday Interview with Kevin Espiritu: Greg dishes with Kevin Espiritu about potatoes. Bake them, mash them, or boil them in a stew…. There are many ways to eat the versatile potato and, as Kevin discovered, there are several ways to grow them as well! He gives us the steps for two…

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