In The Garden

Our Guest this morning on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem was Matt Mattus, director of Horticulture for the American Horticultural Society .  The Society has been publishing a series of "The Essential Guide" books, and this morning Edie is clutching a new (but soon to be tattered) copy of The Essential Guide to Plant Propagation .  Edie likes this book, and we had a fun interview...

Our guest on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem this morning is Saxon Holt, renowned garden photographer and subject expert on "summer dry" gardening, e.g., the type we have around the San Francisco Bay Area, for the most part.  Saxon has a lot to say, and his pictures are pretty grand too!  Saxon Holt's book, Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush Water Conscious Lands...

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening...! Our format was taking calls from the audience this morning (no guest).  We got a variety of calls, solving problems around the Bay Area for folks seeking to grow their gardens; Edie Tanem (and Ambrose the cat, too!) are on the air! This podcast is a re-play of the live show,...

Good morning and welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; the best little garden show this side of the high Sierra!  Our phone lines were open for your gardening questions, and the calls did come in; you can learn about diagnosing sick junipers, or you could hear about how -- and why -- you would want to force some bulbs this coming winter.  Among other musings by our host and...

The Bay Area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening is Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, heard locally on KSFO 810 and online worldwide on KSFO.com.  We air live every Sunday at 9:00 am Pacific Time, and this Podcast is a reproduction of that broadcast -- with the musical bits and most ads edited out. We took garden related calls and mused about a number of gardening books,...

Our guest on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem this morning is Frank Hyman, author of the recently published Ripe Tomato Revolution: Planting and Growing Every Type of Tomato: Beefsteaks, Cherries, Plums, Dwarfs, and Heirlooms . Frank makes a wonderful guest on radio because he is quite passionate and animated about his favorite topic -- growing tomatoes -- though he also has a book on safel...

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening!  Heard live on 810 KSFO San Francisco at 9:00 local time, and worldwide on KSFO.com, this is the podcast edition for playback on demand! This mornings' show was a live call-in program and some calls did in fact come in; those listeners talked to Edie, who is a Certified Nursery Person a...

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the bay area's premiere radio talkshow about organic gardening! Our guest this morning is Cal Orey, author of the newly revised book, The Healing Powers of Honey: a Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar - and many others previously featured on this program, including The Healing Power of Olive Oil, and the Healing Power of Vinegar. The new...

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is the Bay Area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening, and todays' guest continues in that theme: organic pest control by providing habitat for raptors, especially barn owls!  John Schuster runs Wild Wing Company, and has extensive expertise in building and placing owl boxes, bluebird boxes, and more.  John has been a favorite guest ove...

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the Bay Area's premier radio talk show about organic gardening!  This is a call in talk show in which our host -- Certified nursery person and Master Gardener, Edie Tanem -- responds to listener queries on the phone, as well as presents the occasional expert guest on relevant subject matter.  Today we took a few calls, and Edie talked a...

Welcome to our little gardening show; tucked away at 810 on your AM dial on Sunday mornings, we take calls and discuss the world of organic gardening around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.  This mornings' show was dedicated to callers, and an informal theme developed when multiple callers presented with powdery mildew issues on pumpkins and chard, among other things. This podcast editi...

Our show did air live today at 9:00 Pacific time on KSFO; Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is the premiere radio talk show about organic gardening, for the whole Bay Area.  We took calls, and Edie played a pre-recorded interview she did with Bonsai expert George Haas about the upcoming Redwood Empire Bonsai Society Bonsai Show, which will be in Rohnert Park in August 22 and 23. This po...

KSFO presented a "best of" broadcast for this mornings' weekly garden show, Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem.  From 2014, we are presenting two Bob Tanem Interviews, both about trees; this continues a theme started last week. First, Bob Tanem interviews Nick Crawford from Davey Tree company.  A Certified Arborist, Nick answers Bobs' questions and those of callers to the show. &nbs...

Our guest on Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem this morning was perennial favorite Cal Agrifolia from the Davey Tree Company .  Davey is an employee-owned certified tree care company with local offices all around the Bay, and Cal is one of those employees: a "sales arborist," Cal is one of the guys that could be dispatched to your property to diagnose your tree issues, and prescribe one...

This mornings' edition of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem was a live call-in show; old-fashioned live no net radio.  We took calls about gardening stuff, we talked about next weeks' big orchid show, we talked about the weather.  Folks called in with their issues and Edie Tanem -- a certified Master Gardener and a former nursery staff person -- weighed in with options and ideas to...

This mornings' edition of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem was pre-recorded for broadcast on 810 KSFO.  Edie interviewed Jeff Harris from the San Francisco Orchid Society, and Tom Perlite with Golden Gate Orchids, the main topic of course was the big show, Orchids In The Park , coming up July 25 and 26 at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park (1199 9th Ave). This podcast edition...

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is on the radio; 810 KSFO to be precise, 9 to 10 am each Sunday morning Pacific time (and streaming live on KSFO.com).  Meanwhile, this here is the podcast "on demand" version, which has the music and most of the ads edited out for your convenience. We took calls from around the bay this summery weekend as people recover from their fireworks displays la...

Happy Sunday from the cast and crew of Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; our show plays live on KSFO.com worldwide and on the radio at 810 KSFO across Northern California, each Sunday at 9:00 local time.  This here is the podcast edition, which is just like the original minus the musical segments and most of the ads.  This week we took calls from our summer gardening audience, and...

Welcome and Happy Fathers' Day from all of us here at the Tanem show and at KSFO!  This is the podcast edition of the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening, heard Sundays at 9:00 am local time on 810 KSFO San Francisco, and worldwide on KSFO.com. Edie did a bit of a tribute to her dad, Bob Tanem, remembering him and fondly recollecting the preparations they would do for...

Good morning on this summery June Sunday as we broadcast to  you the Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem show!  We took calls, discussed events and opportunities around the bay area, and generally talked up organic gardening for a whole hour on 810 KSFO. This podcast edition represents the full hours' broadcast, minus the musical bits and most of the ads.  Our show is live and u...

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the bay area's radio talk show about organic gardening.  It's a beautiful summery day here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and there are gardening events to talk about, as well as people calling in with their own gardening puzzles.  The hour is over before you know!  For this podcast edition, all the musical interludes and most of t...

Welcome to the SF Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening; In The Garden with Edie Tanem is on the air! Our guest this morning was Lance Walheim, a perennial favorite expert that Bob first had on over 20 years ago.  That because Lance is one of Northern California's premiere experts on Citrus planting, including both commercial and back yard oranges, lemons and other citru...

Welcome to Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the Bay Area's premiere radio talk show about organic gardening!  Our show is live on the air at 810 KSFO each Sunday morning at 9:00 local time; the show streams live on KSFO.com as well. This here is the Podcast edition, which reflects the original program minus musical interludes and most of the ads. This mornings' show featured a lot of...

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem is on the air; Sundays 9am to 10 Pacific time on 810 KSFO, and on KSFO.com.  This then is the podcast edition, played back on demand any time. Our guest this week is Joe Skibbie of Beats Beds and Browns -- an interesting enterprise that puts out a video podcast focussing on music (specifically hip-hop, e.g., 'Beats'), beds (e.g., organic local gardening...

Happy Mothers' Day from all of us here at 810 KSFO and at Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem; our humble Sunday morning gardening talk show on the radio.  This podcast is a reproduction of that original broadcast, minus all the music and the bulk of the ads, but inclusive of all the good gardening advice and stories. This morning we talked about gardening events around the bay, and took...