Gardening Your Front Yard

Vegetables
Written By Steven Biggs
Tara Nolan, Author of Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces.

Tara Nolan, Author of Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces.

Author and gardening expert Tara Nolan joins us to talk about front yard gardens and share ideas from her new book, Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces.

  • Front yard veggie gardens

  • Rain and pollinator gardens

  • Salad side table

  • Tips for making a new garden

  • Her front-yard pollinator palace

Tom Ashley and Trish Crapo of Dancing Bear Farm

Tom Ashley and Trish Crapo of Dancing Bear Farm

Tomato-Talk Segment

Emma chats with Trish Crapo and Tom Ashely at Dancing Bear Farm in MA.

Trish and Tom joined us on the show in April 2019 to talk about figs…but they are tomato-crazy too!

Biggs-on-Figs Segment

Steven chates with Bill Lauris from Off the Beaten Path Nursery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Bill is a chemistry teacher by day who spends his spare time educating people and challenging them to grow unusual fruit.

Bill Lauris of Off the Beaten Path Nursery

Bill Lauris of Off the Beaten Path Nursery

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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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