The Daily Gardener is a weekday show.
It will air every day Monday - Friday
(I’m taking weekends off for rest, family, fun, & gardening!)
The show will debut April 1, 2019. The tagline for the show is thoughts & brevities to inspire growth.
Shows are between 5 - 10 minutes in length.
The format for the show begins with a brief monologue followed by brevities.
The Brevities segment is made up of 5 main topic areas.
1. Commemoration: Here, I dig up fascinating people, places, and events in horticulture and share them with you. This is the “On This Day” #OTD portion of the show helping you feel more grounded and versed o n the most enchanting stories from the history of gardening.
2. Unearthing Written Work: This is made up of poems, quotes, journal entries, and other inspiring works pertaining to gardening
3. Book Recommendations: These are the literary treasures that will help you build a garden library, strengthen your gardening know-how and inspire you.
4. Garden Chores: A Daily Garden To-Do; improve your garden one actionable tip at a time
5. Something Sweet: This segment is dedicated to “reviving the little botanic spark” in your heart - to paraphrase botanist Alexander Garden; to add more joy to the pursuit of gardening.
The show sign-off is: "For a happy, healthy life: garden every day"
There are a few easter eggs in the show for Still Growing listeners. I still start the show with - "Hi there, everyone" and I end the show by saying the show is "produced in lovely, Maple Grove, Minnesota”.
The music for the show is called “The Daily Gardener Theme Song” originally dubbed “Bach’s Garden". I wrote it on Garageband. It will be available as a ringtone for your smartphone through the show’s Patreon page.
If you enjoy the show, please share it with your garden friends. I would so appreciate that.
Sep 10, 2019
Right about now is the perfect time to get out the power
washer.
Clean your water features, edging, rocks, fountains, and your
outdoor entertaining spaces. The reality is that once you start up
that power washer, the list of things that you can clean with it
goes on and on. As you're working, you invariably find more things
to wash. When it comes to our maintenance free decking, I'll add a
little Dawn dish soap to help release the dirt out of the
grooves.
And, this week and next is the exact best time of year to get your
ponds netted so you can catch those falling leaves and save
yourself some major cleanup.
My neighbor has a huge maple tree that hangs over part of our yard.
When that tree starts to let go the helicopter seeds, I'll cover
some of the raised beds and planters with wedding tulle to minimize
the number of baby maples growing in the garden.