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EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 25 MIN

Hot Flashes in the Garden! (actually, microclimates)

from The Garden Mixer · host Leslie Harris and Marianne Willburn

Before “microclimates” became a gardening buzzword, Leslie and Marianne were already having hot flashes in the garden. 🔥🌿In this vintage One More Sip episode of The Garden Mixer, we talk about:• hot vs cool pockets in the garden• why some plants fry in summer and freeze in spring• raised beds, slopes, walls, and heat traps• tropicals, hostas, wisteria heartbreak, and elephant ears• Thomas Jefferson’s surprisingly clever vegetable garden design• and how understanding your own garden is the real gardening superpowerAlso included:🍸 Marianne’s legendary goddess dress🍸 Leslie comparing gardening to golf bunker shots🍸 Hot Girl Summer Gardening™🍸 More botanical pronunciation adventures than anyone asked forThis episode originally aired for paid One More Sip subscribers and is now being released publicly one year later.#gardening #gardenpodcast #microclimates #gardeningtips #plants #thegardenmixer #horticulture #gardendesign

Before “microclimates” became a gardening buzzword, Leslie and Marianne were already having hot flashes in the garden. 🔥🌿In this vintage One More Sip episode of The Garden Mixer, we talk about:• hot vs cool pockets in the garden• why some plants fry in summer and freeze in spring• raised beds, slopes, walls, and heat traps• tropicals, hostas, wisteria heartbreak, and elephant ears• Thomas Jefferson’s surprisingly clever vegetable garden design• and how understanding your own garden is the real gardening superpowerAlso included:🍸 Marianne’s legendary goddess dress🍸 Leslie comparing gardening to golf bunker shots🍸 Hot Girl Summer Gardening™🍸 More botanical pronunciation adventures than anyone asked forThis episode originally aired for paid One More Sip subscribers and is now being released publicly one year later.#gardening #gardenpodcast #microclimates #gardeningtips #plants #thegardenmixer #horticulture #gardendesign

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