The Manic Gardener – Kate Gardner

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The Manic Gardener – Kate Gardner

The Manic Gardener – Energy and Landscaping: Surprising Connections

We’ve all heard this one: to shade your house in summer (and save the energy used to run fans or...

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The Manic Gardener – The Weed-Free Garden

A weed-free garden sounds too good to be true, and near the end of our interview, Lee Reich,...

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The Manic Gardener – The Seven-Fold Way of Xeriscape Gardening

If you think “stones and cactus” when you hear the term “xeriscape,” then Andrea Cummins would...

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The Manic Gardener – Hidden Waters

My guest this week is Duncan Patten, an ecologist with whom I discuss agricultural pollution, the...

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The Manic Gardener – Thrifty Gardening with Marjorie Harris

If you’re a Canadian Gardener, chances are that you’ve heard of Marjorie Harris, but we below the...

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The Manic Gardener – Greener than Grass

“Greener” here doesn’t refer to color, but to being environmentally friendly. Yup, it’s a...

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The Manic Gardener – So—What’s wrong with lawns?

Lawns are practically an American institution, but they’re increasingly under attack. The amounts...

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The Manic Gardener – A Farmer’s story

When they try to make a movie of Atina Diffley’s story, some producer is going to reject it as...

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The Manic Gardener – How to Buy a Plant

On one level it can’t really get much simpler: you give them the money, they give you the plant,...

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The Manic Gardener – Composting 101: Bite the Silver Bullet

Spring has sprung just about everywhere in North America, and certainly across the pond, and in...

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The Manic Gardener – Turning the Tables, Again

When this show first ran under the title Turning the Tables: Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto, in...

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The Manic Gardener – Mixing It Up in the Veggie Garden

Here’s a riddle: how do you grow vegetables without a vegetable garden? Answer: polyculture....

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The Manic Gardener – Minding Your Manure

Some organic gardeners swear by manure. Others swear they’ll never touch it. To the first group,...

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The Manic Gardener – Landscaping for Wildlife

Doug Tallamy is not an idiot, so when he talks about a new national park that extends across the...

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The Manic Gardener – From Seed to Seedling

People in northern climes, with their short growing seasons, often try to get a jump on the...

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The Manic Gardener – Potless Plants: Starting seeds with Soil Blocks

When you first see them, soil blocks are both unremarkable and fantastic. They’re just cubes of...

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The Manic Gardener – Where it All Comes Together—Or Falls Apart

Most of us are familiar with the term “food security,” meaning simply that people should have...

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The Manic Gardener – Seeds for the Season

It’s not yet spring, but with days growing perceptibly longer, the season of the seed catalogue...

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The Manic Gardener – Water-wise gardening

We all know that Texas is in the midst of a terrible drought with no end in sight, so it makes...

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