Flower Power Garden Hour

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Here is the list of varieties I mention in the show that I have planted this season. Tomatoes (I purchase these varieties from Wild Boar Farms ): Cosmic Eclipse Indigo Apple Black Beauty Pineapple Pig Brad's Atomic Grape Green Zebra Cherry Candy Sweet Icicle Barry's Crazy Cherry Pink Berkley Tie Dye Porkchop Big Sungold Select   Peppers : Ajvarski Shishito Lesya Sugar Rush Cream Aji Charapita Mini...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

https://www.goldcountryrose.org/ Judy Frederick http://sierrafoothillsrosesociety.org/ Charlotte Owendyk https://www.rose.org/    American Rose Society   Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars t...

Visit our show sponsor – Wild Foods Co – at wildfoods.co . Wild Foods is a nutrition company with a strict mission on utilizing real foods sourced globally from small growers. They have a vast range of products – including my favorite Keto bars to a variety of mushroom extracts to extremely clean protein powders (including plant based options ). Use code ADHD12 at checkout to get 12% off your enti...

I sit down with Mike Allarea (VP Cultivation) of Fireworx Farms to discuss their methodology for growing Cannabis. Having been in the industry for years, Mike has a formula that works to provide top quality product to their dispensaries. Amongst other things, we discuss beneficial insects, grow lights and what container method he has experienced most success with. Lights: Gavita HID Rooting Hormon...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week. Topics this week include: Dwarf Lime tree – growing indoors, but not fruiting Birds of Paradise – best way to prune/control growth Hibiscus – method to prune to ensure fuller growth next season Amaryllis – how to treat after blooms disappear Peach Leaf curl – timing of liquid copper spray application Dragon fruit – what are the l...

What do you do when you inherit several decades-old bonsai? For my guest it was easy… become a bonsai grower yourself. Now over 10 years in, those inherited bonsai (some as old as 50) are thriving…in addition to many more Jimmy Jet Black has added. In this episode I talk to Jimmy about the fundamentals of bonsai and what his tips and tricks are including: What are the easiest plants to start with...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week. It's a grab bag of topics this time, including: Hydrangea – did not flower…why? Lemon tree – plant producing fruit, but appears sick…is it? Tomatoes – late season, still producing, but not ripening Irises – time of year to transfer? Christmas Cactus – care during winter months Oranges – splitting and molding….why? To ask question...

Hoyas produce some of the most beautiful flowers, and the fact they can do so as a houseplant is a win-win. I sit down with the owner of Flori-Culture nursery, Jonathan Robbins, and we discuss the care and cultivation of Hoyas and other not-as-common houseplants. Included in this are the epiphytic cacti Rhipsalis, Dischidias and even the much sought after Selenicereus wittii. Learn Jonathan's prop...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week -- grab bag of questions.  Persimmon tree. Best time of year to buy/plant? Seed or bare root? African Daisies – starting to die….advice? Purple potatoes – can you let them grow over the winter? Lemon tree. How to propagate….seed or cutting? Jade plant. Severe damage due to freezing…can it be saved? Gnats &/or chewing insects – how...

Poisons, spines and secondary metabolites….plants have numerous ways of ensuring they are protected and dispersed. I sit down with botanist Jonathon Holguin and we discuss some of our favorite ways plants protect/disperse themselves. Why does Stevia taste sweet, what are the compounds in stinging nettle and what happens when you get Euphorbia sap in your eye? Some of these defenses we encounter of...

This is a review show of what worked and didn't work in my vegetable garden this summer. I go over both the varieties of plant and techniques I used with a critical perspective. Tomatoes. Florida weave versus cages. My pruning process in the future. Straw as weed block. Success of varieties including Sungold, Black Beauty, Berkley Tie Dye Peppers. MANY successes, including ghost peppers, shishito,...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week -- grab bag of questions.  Fall planting – what can still be planted for Fall in the San Joaquin Valley Rose bushes – yellow spots on leaves….what to do to prevent Ficus – losing leaves on only a certain portion of the plant Comfrey – can it be planted in raised beds for winter? How to break through hard pan in order to plant Supe...

Terrariums are a great way to grow a landscape on a miniature scale. I sit down with expert terrarium builders Kyle Shankle and Eric Cendejas to discuss building a terrarium from container up. Learn what soil is best, water-proofing techniques, drainage, how to build features, which lighting system to choose and of course all the plants that will reward you with your own mini-jungle. Eric can be f...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week. The focus is on flowers this week, with a smattering of vegetables thrown in. Black tulip magnolia – not blooming, unhealthy looking Mums – growing tall, but not flowering Bougainvillea – growing out of control, how to train Christmas cactus – half growing well, half not Butterfly bushes – how to prep for winter Japanese maples –...

Marlene sits down with Nathan Gonzales, instructional assistant of biology at American River College and talks about his favorite plants to use medicinally and while on the trail. Learn what California native can be used as an antimicrobial band-aid in a pinch, what plants make the best fire starting material and what uncommon plant can be snacked on to get you a bit giddy! This ethnobotany centri...

Mighty, majestic… these are words often used to describe Oaks. For Emily Griswold, Oaks are so much more.. they are her passion. She has turned this passion into collecting and disseminating different Oak species to various collections across the world, as well as curating the 300-species-strong Shields Oak Grove on the UC Davis campus. I sit down with Emily and tap into her knowledge on all thing...

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week. It's a grab bag of topics this time, including: Hibiscus leaves dropping – causation? Orchids – root location Watermelons with a black spot on bottom – fungus or? Passion Fruit viability – Central Valley CA Dwarf lemon not producing Watermelons – white inside….why? Roses – tiny holes in flowers To ask questions for future shows,...