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Gardening Out Loud
by Jen Knoch
Gardening Out Loud is a series of weekly audio love letters to, and conversations with, a little patch of soil. This isn’t an instructional podcast, but an experiential one: listen in for my reflections and observations as I experiment with sonic chronicles of the 2023 growing season. Grow along with me, in your imagination or in your own space, as I cultivate food and flowers, and soak up the beauty of this tiny urban refuge. Gardening Out Loud is restorative radio to help us all slow down, get grounded, and make a bit of space for connection and natural wonder. gardeningoutloud.substack.com
Episodes
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It's in the cards
I’m not a horoscope person. I’m not into psychic readings or auras or crystals. I loathe dreams. (If you are into these things, all good!) I bring it up, because until very recently, I would say I wasn’t a tarot person. That changed when I went to Ingrid’s wonderful guided forest immersion, and...
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The first snow
Is this thing on? Popping in to your feed with feelings about fall snow and the onset of winter. 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
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To be (a) tender
This week: on tending and being tender, signs from a snowdrop, early spring progress. For full episode guide, check out Gardening Out Loud on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Snowdrops, robins, and Bob Marley
Hello dear plant people, I don’t want to commit to making a whole new season of the podcast, but spring has stirred up so many of my garden feelings, I thought I’d send out a little missive, and this essay recorded in audio, because the garden is waking and so am I. Winter felt especially hard…
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Episode 24: Beauty in transitions
In this episode . . . A frost narrowly avoided. Changing leaves, and beautiful Boston ivy. The local woodchip and leaf economy. Some cutting back (but mostly not). Surprise radishes. Cold frames and improvised low tunnels. Native seed sitting. Bulb planting tips. And a goodbye, or maybe a see you...
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Episode 23: The Call to Rest
In this episode . . . Return of the juncos. Winter’s call to rest. Harvesting bean seeds. Late season harvests. The beauty of stolen yard waste. My compost cycle. Starting new beds. Specific plant varieties mentioned: Coyote tomato, Gem marigold series, Silver Years dahlia, Lakeview Peach Fuzz...
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Guest Episode #5: Botanicals for Skincare with Mikael Walter-Campbell
Welcome back to another guest episode. This time I headed northwest on my bike up to the home of Mikael Walter-Campbell, the owner and maker at Sage & Thistle Handmade Goods, where she makes all kinds of wonderful soaps, infused oils, masks, soaks, and more. I wanted to see the garden that…
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Episode 22: Grounding into fall
In this episode . . . Retreat recovery. The beauty (and practicality) of asters and goldenrod. Time to label dahlias and move or divide perennials. Specific plant varieties mentioned: White snakeroot, large-leaved aster, wood aster, cardinal flower, boneset Be a part of Gardening Out Loud! It’s…
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Episode 21: Ripen the fruits you have
In this episode . . . Shift in the seasons. Time to top tomatoes. A minor squash victory. Focus on ripening he fruits you have. Compost bin fungi and other surprises. Gardening as act of faith. Specific plant varieties mentioned: Blue Kuri squash, Cosmos Apricot Lemonade Be a part of Gardening…
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Episode 20: Slowing down
In this episode . . . A tree full of birds. Tuning in by slowing down. The delights (and practicality) of the New England aster. Guest appearance by a marauding squirrel. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Episode 19: Savouring summer
In this episode . . . In praise of Canada goldenrod. Strategies for savouring summer. A magical harvest dinner. Saving cosmos, nasturtium, and calendula seeds. My squirrels love honeynut squash. A taste of the tropics with ground cherries. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss…
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Guest Episode #4: Urban Flower Farming with Sylvia Cheng
Most of Gardening Out Loud focuses on gardeners, but in Toronto there are a few ingenious folks farming in people’s gardens. Sylvia Cheng of Growing Tkaronto Floristry is one of those people growing gorgeous blooms on borrowed land, creating little pockets of abundance beside busy city streets. I...
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Episode 18: A Cut Flower Cornucopia
In this episode . . . On embracing creativity as an adult and finding flow state. A tour of all the plants and flowers I use in arrangements. Basic tips for bouquets and arrangements. The benefits of growing your own cut flowers. The book that taught me so much about arranging seasonal flowers: A...
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Episode 17: Container check-in
In this episode . . . A passionfruit-scented rose. Tomatoes, beans, cukes. The squash plants persevere. Sprouting broccoli lessons. Planters are not litterboxes (and yet . . .) Surprise cucamelons continue. Attack of the 11-foot tomato plant. Some container successes. Specific seed varieties...
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Episode 16: Garden time
In this episode . . . Cultivating awe. Visits from cardinals and teen robins. Updates from the zinnia and the dahlia patch. Garden time moves differently. Specific seed varieties from this episode: dahlia Hollyhill Black Beauty. Queen Lime zinnia series. If you want to learn more about awe, check...
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Episode 15: Late summer bounty begins
In this episode . . . A calla lily experiment. The resilience of mouse melons. All hail the 2023 garlic harvest. First tomato. Dahlias and tomatoes are here. Plus: zinnias! Beans! Cucumbers! Specific seed varieties from this episode: dragon’s tongue bush beans, Cosmonaut Volkov tomatoes, Piccolo...
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Guest Episode #3: Permaculture in the City with Maria Solakofski
Another guest episode! Last year, as part of Urban Agriculture Week in Toronto, I visited Maria Solakofski’s garden in East York, and I found myself signing up for a workshop just so I could return days later. Listen in and I think you’ll get a sense of why. Maria is an herbalist and educator...
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Episode 14: Comfrey tea is not for me
In this episode . . . After the rain (cue Jim Cuddy). Why I’m done with comfrey tea even if it’s not done with me. Milkweed multiplies. Collecting kale seed. Surprise mouse melons. More edible “weeds” and surprise appearances. A special guest monarch. First zinnia (Queen Lime Blush). Leaf…
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Episode 13: Good fences make bad neighbours
In this episode . . . The great fence drama of 2023, and why a chain-link fence can be a wonderful thing. First strawflowers and blueberries. Borage abounds. Pinching dahlias. A return to broccoli. Gardens I visited last weekend: Artemesia Daylilies and Fiddlehead Nursery — they’re just down the...
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Episode 12: A berry good season
In this episode . . . Snapdragons and poppies in their prime. Serviceberry mystery solved? Revelling in raspberries. On growing friendship. Mulberries as economy of abundance. If you’re in Toronto and have a fruit tree you’d like harvested, or would like to help harvest other people’s trees, sign...
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Guest Episode #2: Front yard gardening with Sarah Joy Bennett
It’s time for another guest episode, this time with Butterfly Ranger and passionate front yard food grower Sarah Joy Bennett. SJ tends a farm in the front and a forest in the back (the horticultural mullet?). The lovely front yard features two raised beds and a nifty terraced side pollinator…
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Episode 11: There's always room for one more plant
In this episode . . . Garden, farm, or . . . ? Savouring scape season. Elegant cerinthe. The gift of a peony. The carrots’ loss is the beans’ gain. Pinching tomato suckers. Lavender haze. Strawberries are for sharing. What happened to my serviceberry? This is a public episode. If you would like…
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Episode 10: A new point of view
In this episode . . . Climate retreat and grounding in the grass. Tomatoes love heat. A moment for scented geranium leaves. (And too many streetcars — words hardly ever uttered in Toronto. Sorry about the sonic intrusion!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...
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Episode 9: Stop and smell the roses
In this episode . . . A brief history of the garden’s roses (Boscobel, Desdemona, Munstead Wood, and James Galway — all David Austin Roses). Obsessed with my clematis. Dahlias emerging. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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Episode 8: Patches for pollinators
In this episode . . . Visit from a baby raccoon. Flowering raspberries. Purple season continues. Planting for pollinators on a dry, shady, neglected “lawn” and the value of native plants. To find the native plants right for your region, try Pollinator Partnerships’s Find Your Roots tool. Toronto...
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Episode 7: The Generous Gardener
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...
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Guest Episode #1: Spring joy with Ateqah Khaki
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…
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Episode 6: Pink flower season
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...
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Episode 5: A tender season
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....
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Episode 4: Robins and rain
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…
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Episode 3: Hungry season salad
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...
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Episode 2: Snow white violet
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...
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Episode 1: Welcome to the garden
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…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Gardening Out Loud is a series of weekly audio love letters to, and conversations with, a little patch of soil. This isn’t an instructional podcast, but an experiential one: listen in for my reflections and observations as I experiment with sonic chronicles of the 2023 growing season. Grow along with me, in your imagination or in your own space, as I cultivate food and flowers, and soak up the beauty of this tiny urban refuge. Gardening Out Loud is restorative radio to help us all slow down, get grounded, and make a bit of space for connection and natural wonder.
gardeningoutloud.substack.com
HOSTED BY
Jen Knoch
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Gardening Out Loud is a series of weekly audio love letters to, and conversations with, a little patch of soil. This isn’t an instructional podcast, but an experiential one: listen in for my reflections and observations as I experiment with sonic chronicles of the 2023 growing season. Grow along...
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Gardening Out Loud is created and hosted by Jen Knoch.
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