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.
Aug 30, 2019
Now is the perfect time to play doctor in the
garden.
Look for the sick or injured. Look for plants that haven't thrived,
plants with disease, and plants riddled with pests.
You don't want to leave any diseased plants in your garden over the
winter. If you are able to do only one fall garden chore, taking
out the sick...
August 30, 2019 Removing Sick or Injured Plants, Lancelot Brown or Capability, Agoston Haraszthy, Deer-Resistant Design by Karen Chapman, Installing more Paths, and the First Tulips
Aug 30, 2019
Now is the perfect time to play doctor in the
garden.
Look for the sick or injured. Look for plants that haven't thrived,
plants with disease, and plants riddled with pests.
You don't want to leave any diseased plants in your garden over the
winter. If you are able to do only one fall garden chore, taking
out the sick...
Aug 29, 2019
Well, it's time to get serious about remaking our
containers – especially on the front porch and around the front
door.
Editing containers from time to time is essential to keep them
looking great.
Sometimes combinations don’t work well, other times plants can grow
in unexpected ways – too tall, too bushy, or...
Aug 28, 2019
This past week, I started looking for perennials I want to divide. After the hail storm and siding installation we had earlier this month, I don't feel too bad about digging up the plants. The garden looks tough. Might as well dig up old plants.
I always start with my hostas - in part, because they recover so quickly....
Aug 27, 2019
Today is National Banana Lovers Day.
Botanically speaking, the banana is a berry - a many seeded fruit.
And, banana trees are not trees. The banana plant is a giant herb. Inside the guts of the banana tree trunk is a white tube. It may be cooked, and tastes like bamboo shoots.
Under a black light (ultraviolet or UV),...