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.
Jun 28, 2019
Today is National Paul Bunyan Day.
In Minnesota, most folks fondly remember the tales of Paul and Babe
- his big blue ox.
Speaking of big, Many gardeners have a fondness for giant plants.
They are perfect if you have lots of space, or if you just prefer
the look of tall or giant plants.
You can Celebrate Paul Bunyan Day...
Jun 27, 2019
Today is the very first National Onion Day.
It was founded by the National Onion Association which represents
almost 500 growers from across the United States.
The association celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013. Onions
are a member of the bulb family. There are twenty-seven different
types of onion. They all...
Jun 26, 2019
Have you ever needed to move a bumblebee
nest?
We discovered a nest under the basketball hoop on the driveway when
the guys came to sealcoat.
To move it, I waited until dusk. Then I grabbed a terra cotta pot
that was a little bigger than the nest... and my pizza peel
from kitchen.
I placed the pot over the nest...
Jun 25, 2019
Did you know that the most popular giant hosta is Empress
Wu?
At maturity the plan is 5 feet tall with an 8 foot spread.
Pictures don't really do the Empress Wu hosta justice. Because of
its size and fast rate of growth, Empress Wu demands soil that is
consistently moist but not soggy.
Empress Wu was bred by...
Jun 24, 2019
Did you know that lilies enjoy being planted in part
shade?
They don't really like to be baked in full sun.
If you plant them in a little bit of shade, it will allow your
plant to experience less stress and thus it will elongate its
stem.
Lilies that are grown in full sun tend to be shorter and more
stout.
In...