Growing great oregano, and ways to earn income on a homestead beyond crops and livestock.
Edible Garden Artistry with Potager Gardens + School Gardens that Survive Summer
Garden designer Linda Vater talks about how to make a potager garden. Sunday Harrison from Green Thumbs Growing Kids talks about setting up school gardens for summertime success.
Great Herbs for Indoor Growing (Ditch the Scorched Rosemary!)
Dave Hanson from Sage Garden Greenhouses talks about growing herbs indoors over winter: The easiest herbs to grow indoors, potting, feeding, and care.
Learning to be a Home Herbalist
Raspberry-Leaf Tea and other uses of the Genus Rubus
It’s an astringent. And it might already be growing in your yard or nearby. Today we take you beyond eating raspberry fruit to explore the herbal and medicinal properties of the plant itself—along with its relatives in the genus Rubus. Ever heard of raspberry-leaf tea? Tune in, and find out about the many uses of this plant.
Grow Herbs in Containers
Herbs in Pots
In a broadcast that originally aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with herb expert Sue Goetz about growing herbs in containers.
Goetz is an award-winning garden designer, writer, and speaker. Her motto is “Inspiring gardeners to create.” She gives us creative ideas for growing herbs in containers and for using herbs.
Goetz also shares ideas from her new book, Container Herb Garden Complete: Design and Grow Beautiful, Bountiful Herb-Filled Pots.
She is also the author of The Herb Lover’s Spa Book and A Taste for Herbs.
Emma’s Tomato-Talk Segment
In Emma’s tomato segment, we talk about some of Emma’s top tomato-variety recommendations for 2021.
Biggs-on-Figs Segment
In the Biggs-on-Figs segment, we head to the Toronto suburb of Vaughan to get the scoop on the fig tree at Angelo’s Garden Centre.
Over the years Steven has had lots of people ask whether he knows of the tree. He sure does—he’s long admired it.
He finds out about the history of the 19-foot-high fig tree from Carlo Amendolia, owner of Angelo’s Garden Centre.
Connect with Sue Goetz
Website: suegoetz.com
Blog: herbloversgarden.com
Facebook: herbloversgarden
Twitter: gardenersue
Instagram: creativegardener