Four-Season Food Gardening

Vegetables
Written By Steven Biggs

Misilla dela Llana, author of Four-Season Food Gardening, joins us to talk about growing vegetables year-round.

Year-Round Food Gardening

In this episode we visit Misilla dela Llana in Washington State to talk about growing food year-round.

She is the host of the YouTube channel Learn to Grow, where she shares her passion for growing food.

In this episode we chat about:

  • Extending the growing season

  • Crops for season extension

  • Perennial food crops

  • Some of her top crops

Her new book is Four-Season Food Gardening: How to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs year-round.

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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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