The Garden Journal

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with ethnobotanist, agroecologist and author Gary Paul Nabhan about the impact of climate change on food and growing practices in the American Southwest.

Jannine explores the concept of Terroir, a French term used to describe the complete natural environment in which particular wines are produced. She discusses adapting the concept to local vegetable gardening.

Tom Dominguez, Director of the Santa Fe County Extension Service, and colleague Michelle Stizza, The Family and Consumer Science Agent, discuss winter garden care and Extension Service plans for 2024.

Carrie Core shares the Best Of 2023 from Food, Farms, and Friends.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Master Gardeners and avid readers Christine Salem, Marika Pineda, and Laurie McGrath, about gardening and nature books they love that make excellent holiday gifts.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Nicole Ammerman, Operations Director of the Santa Fe School of Cooking about its long history and what's cooking for the holidays.

Jannine Cabossel, The Tomato Lady, talks with The Garden Journal host Alexa Bradford about her favorite vegetable varieties from the 2023 growing season and the story behind her new nickname “The Bean Queen”. Follow Jannine at Giant Veggie Gardener .

Food, Farms & Friends edition

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Athena Beshur and Alex Schroeder, Master Gardener Project Co-Leads for the Santa Fe Public Spaces Tree Inventory, and Betsy Garside of the City of Santa Fe Municipal Tree Board. Santa Fe Public Spaces Tree Inventory Project Society for Ecological Restoration SW Conference

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Juliana and Tejinder Ciano, Director of Programming and Executive Director respectively, of Reunity Resources Farm here in Santa Fe.

Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal weather patterns, wrapping up in the garden, and a to-do list for November. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Alexa Bradford talks with Carl Beal, Center Manager for the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary, and Master Gardener Project Lead Colleen Madrid, about Santa Fe’s historic bird sanctuary and the unique 20 year Audubon Center / Master Gardener partnership to maintain the Sanctuary’s beautiful native plant gardens designed for birds and other wildlife. https://randalldavey.audubon.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Chef Lois Ellen Frank about her new book, Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: modern plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal monsoon, insight on insects, and a to-do list for September. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com

The following is a rebroadcast of the SFEMG Garden Journal program that aired on 11/12/2022 . This week host Alexa Bradford is in conversation with volunteer Catherine Williamson of The Cactus Rescue Project of Santa Fe, covering the history and evolution of the organization, its demonstration gardens, and current projects.

Guest host Kayleigh Warren invites listeners to sit in on a conversation about Pueblo seed sovereignty and seed rematriation with  Clayton Brascoupe (Mohawk), Program Director of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (Mohawk) and Aaron Lowden (Pueblo of Acoma), Program Coordinator of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance's Indigenous Seedkeepers Network. To learn more, visit...

The following is a rebroadcast of the SFEMG Garden Journal program that aired on 07/09/2022. Host Christine Salem in conversation with Charlie Shultz, lead faculty in the SFCC Controlled Environment Agriculture program.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview farmer Mat Ladegaard, Ground Stone Farm, and seed grower Jared Hagood, Lineage Seeds, two participants in Slow Food's upcoming Sept 6th annual farm tour.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal monsoon, insight on insects, and a to-do list for September. Follow Jannine at giantveggiegardener.com

Guest host Kayleigh Warren welcomes Pilar Trujillo and Carmella Quam to the conversation in the first of a series of episodes centered on the work of local organization Tewa Women United.

This week Alexa talks with Andrew Erdmann, the manager of water planning at the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission about the future of New Mexico's water.

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg, Slow Food Santa Fe, interview Chef Fernando Ruiz about his life story and the upcoming new Santa Fe Restaurant Escondido.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening and a to-do list for August. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Santa Fe County Extension Office Director Tom Dominguez and Family and Consumer Science Agent Michelle Stizza talk with Host Alexa Bradford about upcoming events and new initiatives. See more at: https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/index.html

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Steve Cary, known locally as “The Butterfly Guy”. Steve worked for 35 years in natural resource management in New Mexico and has had a lifelong passion for butterflies. He is the author of “Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico.” His newest online directory of New Mexico butterflies can be found at: Butterflies of New Mexico