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Garden Dilemmas, Delights & Discoveries — 252 episodes
Ep 252 - Edible vs. Ornamental Rhubarb — Kindness Helps Heal
Ep 251 - A Changing Gardens Teaches What Belongs
Ep 250 - Weeping Cherry Dilemmas: Trees Tell a Story
Ep 249 - Living Mulch: Layering with Native Plants
Ep 248 - Healing After Winter: In the Garden—and in Life
Ep 247 - Nothing Is Wasted: Leaf Mold, Mulch & Letting Go
Ep 246 - Early Spring Tending: What to Keep, What to Clear
Ep 245 - What the Roadside Reveals: Lesson of Belief
Ep 244 - A Late Winter Walk to Remember
Ep 243 - Native vs. Invasive: Who Decides?
Ep 242 - Inviting Beneficial Garden Guests
Ep 241 - Reflections in the Garden of Life
Ep 240 - Nature’s Shadows, Outlines of Love
Ep 239 - What Yellow Leaves Teach Us
Ep 238 - Hope Takes the Form of a Tree
Ep 237 - Roofs to Roots: Reviving Houseplants
Ep 236 - What We Release, What We Grow
Ep 235. What Nature and Gardens Gifted Us
Ep 234. Stillness Teaches Growth Through Nature
Ep 233. When the Garden Teaches Letting Go
Ep 232. Late Season Tasks into Décor and Healing
Ep 231. Three Seasons Tribute to Ongoing Growth
Ep 230. Lessons from a Late No-Till Garden
Ep 229. Flocking Together - Wisdom from Grackles
Ep 228. Promises That Live on Beyond Seasons
Ep 227. Sequence of Fall Leaves Brings New Life
Ep 226. Reader Sagas of Shagbark Hickories
Ep 225. Acorns and a Ruckus of Blue Jays
Ep 224. A Sunflower Maze of Healing
Ep 223. The Phenomenon of Fairy Rings
Ep 222. Fascinating Fungi and Wood Wide Web
Ep 221. Curious Copperhead Encounters
Ep 220. Sweet Autumn Clematis Native Alternative
Ep 219. Curiosity about Cardinals Brings Wisdom
Ep 218. Nature Teaches Endings Bring Beginnings
Ep 217. Moth Surveying in a NJ Mountain Meadow
Ep 216. Mile-a-Minute Remedies- Native Butterfly Plants
Ep 215. The Tiny Wonder of Duckweed
Ep 214. Nature Sounds from My Porch Camp
Ep 213. The Gift of Carol Decker's Wildlife Art
Ep 212. Beavers vs. Woodchucks - Barberry Alternatives
Ep 211. Truth and Tale of Two Country Gardens
Ep 210. Hope Beyond Declining Native Trees
Ep 209. Frenchy's Field and Tidying Daffodil Foliage
Ep 208. Spongy Moths vs. Tent Caterpillars
Ep 207. Labyrinths Provide Paths of Healing
Ep 206. Soil Temperatures and Sowing Seeds
Ep 205. Lotus Effect and Lady's Mantle
Ep 204. Dividing Iris and Multiplying Gifts
Ep 203. Violet and Pansy Season of Happiness
Ep 202. Pansies Bring Vicki Johnson's Garden Start
Ep 201. Dividing Perennials and Sharing Growth
Ep 200. A Milestone in Our Journey Together
Ep 199. Wood Frogs Sing For Spring
Ep 198. Pruning Lavender and Rejuvenating Shrubs
Ep 197. Favorite Spring Planted Bulbs - Koleen’s Corncob Robber
Ep 196. Encouraging Indoor Spring Blooms of Hope
Ep 195. Healing from Hyper-Humus Peat Mining
Ep 194. Salt Impact on Plants and Remedies
Ep 193. Myths Truths and Protecting Roots
Ep 192. Groundhog Day- Ancient Origin and Accuracy
Ep 191. Welcoming Winter Sights and Silence
Ep 190. Encouraging Self-Seeding and Seeding Love
Ep 189. African Violet Care - Frozen in Time
Ep 188. Benefits and Folklore of Dragonflies
Ep 187. Paperwhites the Miracle of the Unseen
Ep 186. Merry Season of Memories
Ep 185. Preservation of the Paulinskill - Overcoming Hardships
Ep 184. Praying Mantises - Faith Testimony
Ep 183. Honorable Harvest - Downsize and Do Over
Ep 182. Silver Maples - Pushing Hands of Peace
Ep 181. Don't Be a Fig Pig - Give a Fig
Ep 180. Overview of The Lesson of the Leaf
Ep 179. A Butterfly Garden of Growth
Ep 178. Remember-Learn-Grow and Love
Ep 177. Nighttime Chorus of Garden Insects
Ep 176. Revisiting Cicadas and How Gardens Glow
Ep 175. Koleen’s Dagnabbit Rabbit Dilemma
Ep 174. Bowing Blossoms of Limelights
Ep 173. Oakleaf Hydrangea for All Seasons
Ep 172. When to Prune Hydrangea, Deer!
Ep 171. Fistfuls of Pinecones Bring Happiness
Ep 170. Early Acorn Drop - Lessons of Letting Go
Ep 169. Safe Alternatives to Harmful Weed Killers
Ep 168. Pollinators Love No-Mow Clover Lawns
Ep 167. The Gift of a Giant Umbrella Pine
Ep 166. Revisiting Turtle Island & Slug Remedies
Ep 165. Lessons from Braiding Sweetgrass
Ep 164. Song Sparrow Meets Robin
Ep 163. Holy Moly Rose Remedies
Ep 162. The Irresistible John Cabot Rose
Ep 161. Wonders of Willowwood with Bruce Crawford
Ep 160. Comical Sagas plus Solutions for Carpenter Ants
Ep 159. Fixing Funky Fungi in Mulch
Ep 158. Making Friends with Companion Plants
Ep 157. Benefits of Plantain & Dandelion 'Weeds'
Ep 156. Castor Beans & Jefferson's Monticello Lab for Plants
Ep 155. Spacing Plants and Splendid Smokebush
Ep 154. Root Pruning and a Journey of Growth
Ep 153. Early Spring Transplants and Honey-Dos
Ep 152. Relocating Bees – Being Kind to Pollinators
Ep 151. Rockin Alpine Gardens of Acceptance
Ep 150. St. Patrick and the Legend of Clover
Ep 149. Straw Bale Gardening Builds Community
Ep 148. Anatomy & Array of Beautiful Bark
Ep 147. Meaning of Roses - Valentine's Traditions
Ep 146. Money Tree of Abundance-Happier Houseplants
Ep 145. Special Sedum and Succulent Gardens
Ep 144. Festive Partridge Berry-Terrarium Basics
Ep 143. Sowing the Treasures of Buckeye Seeds
Ep 142. Berries for Winter Beauty and Wildlife
Ep 141. Essential Nutrients for Gardens and Life
Ep 140. Long Winter's Nap and Gift of Contentment
Ep 139. Legends of Holly and Christmas Trees
Ep 138. Honey Locust the Porcupine of Trees
Ep 137. Overwintering Potted Perennials
Ep 136. Giving Thanks for the Gifts of Nature
Ep 135. Significance of Poppies on Veterans Day
Ep 134. Avis Campbell Gardens Wheel of Life
Ep 133. Ripening Fall Tomato Hand-me-Downs
Ep 132. Shagbark Hickories and Nutty Mast Years
Ep 131. Ponds vs. Lakes and Vernal Pools
Ep 130. A Pet Painted Turtle, Beech Leaf Disease
Ep 129. Saving Snapping Turtles Lifts Spirits
Ep 128. Women & Their Woods with Native Plants
Ep 127. Why Some Trees Remain Evergreen
Ep 126. A Sunflower Maze Brings Happiness
Ep 125. Late-Season Bloomers-Glorious Goldenrod
Ep 124. Moths and Bats are Beautiful Too
Ep 123. Keeping Lighting Pollinator-Friendly
Ep 122. Rescuing Aloe Plants Helps Heal
Ep 121. Admiration for Ants & Safe Remedies
Ep 120. Blessing Moth & Bottle Trees
Ep 119. Bachelor Buttons vs. Chicory Look-alike
Ep 118. Bottlebrush Buckeyes Hide Tree Knees
Ep 117. Deer Remedies & Rat Snakes
Ep.116 - Great Horned Owl meets Hawk
Ep 115. Oxymoron of Seedless Watermelon
Ep 114.We are all Seeds Rooted in Love
Ep 113. Funky Vegetables - Non-GMO or Organic
Ep 112. Seal Pup Surprise & Growing Forward
Ep 111. Fawn's Cry & Perennial Pilfering
Ep 110. Flowers and Meaning of Memorial Day
Ep 109. Wisteria Reflections on Invasiveness
Ep 108. Value of Virginia Creeper vs. Poison Ivy
Ep 107. Mile-a-Minute Weed and Butterfly Plants
Ep 106. Rejuvenation Pruning Lifts Hearts
Ep 105. Living in Nature's Cadence
Ep 104. Spring Unfolding is Happiness
Ep 103. No Mow May & Marvelous Moss
Ep 102. A Successional Forest of Growth
Ep 101. Woodcock Dance-Making a Meadow
Ep 100. Antics of Meadow Wildlife
Ep 99. Wonders of Witch Hazel
Ep 98. Winter Flowers and Folklore
Ep 97. Etiquette of Pilfering Rocks
Ep 96. Mending Fences with Forsythia
Ep 95. Colors in Gardens and Our Lives
Ep 94. Starting an Organic Garden & DIY Soil Testing
Ep 93. Cycles in Our Garden of Life
Ep 92. The Secret Life of Pinecones
Ep 91. Snow Geese Teach Acceptance
Ep 90. Woodpeckers, Healing Sounds of Nature
Ep 89. Wisdom in the Rhythm of Water
Ep 88. Insights from the Interdependence of Trees
Ep 87. Gentle Strength of Umbrella Pine
Ep 86. The Revival of an American Holly
Ep 85. Enduring Hope of Ginkgo Trees
Ep 84. Winter Season of Growth
Ep 83. The Fall of the Leaf
Ep 82. Gift of Pawpaw Trees
Ep 81. Bulbs Extending Blooms & Deterring Squirrels
Ep 80. Halloween History & Sycamore Ghosts
Ep 79. Fall Needle Drop of Renewal
Ep 78. Boxwood Dilemmas & Connie’s Garden Delights
Ep 77. Edible Fungi and Fairy Rings
Ep 76. Mary Reynolds and Nurturing Nature
Ep 75. Designing Seasonal Garden Layers
Ep 74. Native Plants for Native Pollinators
Ep 73. Delights in my Dry Summer Garden
Ep 72. Beauty and Beast of Roses
Ep 71. Diehard Campers - Tent & Webworms
Ep 70. Planting a Steep Woodland Garden
Ep 69. Origin of Dog Days of Summer
Ep 68. Gift of Meadows & Mountain Mint
Ep 67. Garden Blessings with Rosemary De Trolio
Ep 66. Chipmunk Remedies and Legends
Ep 65. It's a Small World, Japanese Beetles
Ep 64. Visions of the Red-Shouldered Hawk
Ep 63. Magical Trail of Renewal
Ep 62. Rethinking Weeds & Invasive Plants
Ep 61. A Story of Treasured Tuliptrees
Ep 60. Watering New Plant Babies
Ep 59. Memorial Parade & Significance of Poppies
Ep 58. Flora & Reflections from Blue Mountain Lake
Ep 57. Mystery of Mutating Alberta Spruce
Ep 56. Repurposing Pots & Bags into Benches
Ep 55. Why Weeping Cherry Weep
Ep 54. Sharing Comfort & Dividing Perennials
Ep 53. Shaping Up With Forsythia
Ep 52. Pussy Willows Bring New Beginnings
Ep 51. Plants for Nooks & Crannies
Ep 50. Sure-footed Spring Gardening Tips
Ep 49. A Soft Spot for Lichen & Moss
Ep 48. Gardens Inspire Love - Lessons from Louise Hay
Ep 47. Personal Growth with Houseplants
Ep 46. The Gift of Cut Flowers
Ep 45. Beloved Mr. Beech
Ep 44. Nature‘s Inspiration in The Book of Hope
Ep 43. Birch Tree's Strength in Flexibility
Ep 42. Encouraging the Seasons of Growth
Ep 41. Inventorying Gardens and our Lives
Ep 40. The Coretta Scott King Forest
Ep 39. The Magic of Sprouting Avocado Seeds
Ep 38. Plants Inspire Turning Over a New Leaf
Ep 37. Merry Season of Love Over Fear
Ep 36. Sow Good Services, Woman With Flower
Ep 35. Leaf Therapy, Essential Oaks
Ep 34. Forest Bathing, Willowwood Champion Trees
Ep 33. Hot Peppers Into Cool Jelly, DIY Worm Castings
Ep 32. Juglone Companions, Fascinating Fasciation
Ep 31. Comedy of Crickets, Mayapple of my Eye
Ep 30. Attracting Toads, Frog Watch USA
Ep 29. Aphid Invasion, Beneficial Ladybugs
Ep 28. Three Sisters, No-Till Gardening
Ep 27. Skunk Cabbage Appeal, Rhubarb Review
Ep 26. Folklore of Hope - Planting Following Nature
Ep 25. Baobab Tree of Life, Growing Kindness
Ep 24. Better than 2020 Vision, Garden Foxes
Ep 23. Season of Love, All About Poinsettias
Ep 22. Lessons from Frosty, Thanks for Giving Thanks
Ep 21. Lessons from Spruce, Forest Pansy of Hope
Ep 20. Unexpected Furry Messenger, Father John's Memorial Garden
Ep 19. Turtle Island, Ugly Slug Remedies
Ep18. Walking & Plalking, Queens & Bachelors
Ep 17. Butterfly Release Celebration, Focus of Faith
Ep 16. One World, Robins of Renewal
Ep15. Litter of Tree Tips, Mother’s Day History & Traditions
Ep14. Nature’s Songs of Hope & New Beginnings
Ep 13 - The Lesson of the Leaf
Ep12. Garden Magic, Magnificent Moss
Ep11. The Promise of Seeds
Ep 10 - Beauty in Dreariness, Furry Invaders
Ep 09. Clearing Spaces, Bottle Trees
Ep 08. Late Fall To-Dos, Holiday Decorating with "Roadkill"
Ep 07. Swarming Blackbirds, Winter Folklore, Thankfulness
Ep 06. Chasing Rainbows, Why Leaves Change 101
Ep 05. NY Botanical Garden, Fall Leaf Confetti
Ep 04. Sweet Autumn Clematis, Rainwater Rejuvenation
Ep 03. Cicadas Back to School, Gardens Glow
Ep 02. Field of Clover - The Birds and Bees of Zucchini
Ep 01. About Marigolds, About Mary Stone