Gardening Out Loud

In this episode . . . Purple season kicks off. Planting out tomatoes and avoiding cutworm losses. David Austin roses. Cultivating generosity. Comfrey potions and mulches. (The sterile version of comfrey is called Bocking 14.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gardeningoutloud.substack.com

Welcome to the very first Gardening Out Loud guest episode! While I wanted GOL to offer a close look at the evolution of the space I tend over the course of a growing year, there are so many other incredible gardens and gardeners I’d love to share with you. And so I’ll drop periodic guest episodes into the feed, giving you a glimpse into some more amazing spaces, stories, and ways of being in the...

In this episode . . . The beauty of microseasons , especially this one. Lilacs and pink trees. (Relative) newcomers to the garden: firebugs and jumping worms . Uproot that garlic mustard . Eating shoots. Blueberry blooms. Tomato planting time. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gardeningoutloud.substack.com

In this episode . . . A meeting of the magnolia appreciation society. Tender plants and tender moments. The challenges of growing in pots. Robins in stereo. Cutting your flowers. Is No Mow May a helpful British import? ( Fuller consideration of this by Sheila Colla here .) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gard...

In this episode . . . Rainy day reflections on water and the virtues of a rain barrel. Bird noticing. Asparagus arrives. Tulip time. *A note to clarify the combined sewer system, which is in place in the oldest parts of Toronto: our own sewage goes into the sewer, not into the grates of course, but what I meant was rainwater + household grey & black water are all going to the same system, and a de...

In this episode . . . Gathering a hungry season salad. The beauty of biennials. The honourable harvest. (N.B. I said, “Never take more than one-third,” but Kimmerer actually specifies half. Read all the guidelines here . My memory, like my gardening, is imperfect.) Pea planting and salad-fiend sparrows. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

In this episode . . . A snow white violet. Sniffing daffodils. Compost full o’ worms (and crustaceans!). Perennials poking through. Trees making “leaf bouquets.” A sighting of the only royals I care about. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gardeningoutloud.substack.com

Welcome to the first episode of Gardening Out Loud , a short and sweet audio exploration of what is curious and compelling in the garden each week. So much garden content is based on the way things look, or what can be produced or extracted, but I wanted to try to capture a bit about what it’s like to be here, in the moment, in this little scrap of urban jungle. I want to broadcast a little of the...