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.
Jul 31, 2019
Did you know that poppies were Christopher Lloyd's his
favorite flower?
In his short essay about poppies, he introduces 'Goliath' poppies
which grow to 4 feet tall and offer the largest blooms of any
poppy.
Lloyd wrote about the blooms saying,
"They are rich crimson, which is as exciting as scarlet. In
choosing...
Jul 30, 2019
Have you tried growing Castor Bean?
It's one of Michael Pollen's favorite plants.
Check out the way he starts his article on the plant called,
"Consider the Castor Bean" :
"Pretty they are not, but a garden can labor under a surfeit
"sur·fuht" of prettiness, be too sweet or cheerful for its own
good. Sometimes...
Jul 29, 2019
Do you have children or grandchildren?
A Peter Rabbit Garden is a lovely idea for you to consider.
Of course, Peter Rabbit is the creation of Beatrix Potter, who was
a noted botanist and mycologist. (A mycologist studies fungi).
Potter's garden was located at Hill Top Farm.
In making your Peter Rabbit garden, you...
Jul 26, 2019
Have you tried to propagate roses through
cutting?
Maybe you want to pass along an old rose from a friend or simply
make more of your own.
You can take a cutting of your rose, which is also called a
slip.
When it comes to selecting the right stem, I look for a long, young
shoot.
These new shoots are about the...
Jul 25, 2019
Are you growing Cleome?
My daughter just had her senior pictures taken and I took some
cuttings from the garden for her to hold during her photo shoot.
For one of the pictures, I had her hold just one large white
blossom in her hands. It looked like a giant puffball and it had a
very etherial quality about it
Cleome...