All Episodes
The Messed Up Gardener — 191 episodes
EP 176: The Hidden Weeks That Make or Break a Garden
Ep 175: How to grow more without more space (or effort)
Ep 174: Stop Growing the Wrong Crops (This Is What Actually Saves Money)
Ep 173: Why Most Gardens Fail in the First 90 Days (And How to Avoid It)
Ep 172: What a $100 Garden REALLY Looks Like (And Why Most People Get It Wrong)
Ep 171: Why Your Garden Isn’t Saving You Money… (And How to Fix It)
Ep 170: The Hidden Reason Many People Give Up Gardening
Ep 169: Why Knowing How to Grow Food Changes the Way You See the World
Ep 168: If Supermarkets Closed Tomorrow, Could Your Garden Feed You?
Ep 167: Why Sustainable Gardens Get Easier Every Year (And Why Some Get Harder)
Ep 166: The Hidden Mistake Most Gardeners Don’t Even Realize They’re Making
Ep 165: Autumn Is Where Smart Gardens Win - What to Do Before It Gets Cold
EP 164: Transplant Shock Isn’t About Transplanting — Here’s A low-stress system for seedlings that flop after planting out
Ep 163: Slugs & Snails Are Back — Here’s the Calm Plan That Actually Works
Episode 162: Tabletop Veg Is the 2026 Trend — Here’s How to Actually Make It Work - Tiny pots, real harvests, and the few things that matter
Ep 161: Most Gardening Advice Sounds Helpful — Here’s What Actually Is 5 myths, 5 truths, and the things that make a real difference
Ep 160: What to Plant in January: Back to Basics — The Most Reliable Plants for This Month, Wherever You Live
Ep 159: The 3-List Garden Permission Slip. What you’re allowed to quit, ignore, and do badly
Ep 158: When the Weather Cries Wolf
Ep 157: The 3-Goal Garden Rule (Because You’re Not a Garden Employee)
Ep 156: Outsource to Nature — Plants That Do the Work While You’re at Work
Ep 155: "Batch Gardening — Do the Work Once, Coast All Week”
Ep 154: The Bare-Minimum Watering Plan — Keeping Plants Alive When You’re Running on Fumes
Ep 153: “The ‘Someday Garden’ Trap — How to Start with the Garden You Actually Have”
Ep 152: Lazy Mulching — How to Protect Your Soil Even When You’re Too Busy to Garden
Ep 151: The 3-Bucket System — Never Waste a Weed, Leaf, or Kitchen Scrap Again
Ep 150: “The Odd Rule — Why Uneven Planting Looks So Darn Good”
Ep 149: “Beehind Closed Doors: What Really Happens When You Grow Under Cover”
Ep 148: “Chaos Gardening: Why Letting Go Might Grow More Than You Think.”
Ep 147: “Barrel Dreams: The Pros and Cons of Growing Nursery Trees in Big Pots While You Wait for Your Land”
Ep 146 Hot House Secrets — How to Grow Smarter in Pots & Soil
Ep 145: The Harvest Hustle - 6 Things to Pick Now Before They Go to Waste (Save your crops and your sanity with timely harvesting)
Ep 144: The Garden Mood Boost: 4 Simple Changes to Lift Your Space (and Your Spirits)
Ep 143: The Weekend Wonderlist – 6 Mini Garden Projects That Look Huge
Ep 142: “The Garden Goldmine: 7 Things in Your Backyard You Didn’t Know Were Valuable”
Ep 141: “The 5×5 Garden Glow-Up: 5 Tiny Tweaks for Big Growth in 5 Days”
Ep 140: The Doomsday Garden Kit – Listener Q&A Special (Part 3)
Ep 139: The Doomsday Garden Kit – Listener Questions Answered (Part 2)
Ep 138: The Doomsday Garden Kit: What to Pack When the World Goes Sideways
Ep 137: “The 3×3 Garden Reset: 3 Things to Stop, 3 Things to Start, 3 Things to Celebrate”
Ep 136: “Before Spring Smacks You in the Seedlings: August Garden To-Do’s”
Ep 135: "Minimalist Gardening: Less Stuff, More Style"
Ep 134: What if I told you your garden could grow your soap?
Ep 133: Bug Off Naturally: Growing Insect-Repelling Plants & Safe Bug Bite Herbal Remedies
Ep 132: The Garden Centre Secrets: What They Don’t Want You to Know!
Ep 131: Allergies in the Garden: What’s Making You Sneeze & How to Naturally Soothe It
Ep 130: The Juicy Truth About Antioxidant-Rich Fruits & Veggies You Can Grow at Home
Ep 129: Growing Younger – Anti-Aging Plants & DIY Remedies You Can Grow at Home
Ep 128 Planting with Purpose: The Magic of Intention Gardens
Ep 127 “Sparkly Rocks and Stressed-Out Lettuce: Gardening with Crystals”
Ep 126 Weird, Wild & Wealthy: The Mystical Side of Plant Placement
Ep 125 Peace Gardens: Cultivating Calm in a Chaotic World
Ep 124: Preparing Gardens for Winter – Essential Autumn Tasks
Ep 123: Grow Your Own Smoothie Garden – The Ultimate Guide to Fresh, Homegrown Ingredients
Ep 122 “Grow Your Own Garden Snack Bar: From Soil to Snack Time!”
Ep 121: Stop Wasting Space! Smart Layout Tips for a Thriving Veggie Garden
Ep 120: Before You Plant: Must-Know Veggie Garden Tips.
Ep 119 Keyhole Gardens what are they and why they work.
Ep 118 Fertilizers 101: Feeding Your Plants Indoors and Out
Ep 117 "Gardening in the Wind: Thriving Despite the Breeze"
Ep 116 Dried Floral Arrangements – Grow, Create, and Profit
Ep 115: Mini Masterclass Organic Gardening Uncovered: Natural Practices for a Healthier Garden
Ep 114 "Lawn Love: The Grass is Greener When You Know the Basics"
Ep 113 "Garden Irrigation - Tips, Tricks, and Common Mistakes"
Ep 112 "Garden Pest and Rodent Control: Tips for Keeping Your Garden Thriving"
Ep 111 Planting the Seed: Easy Ways to Introduce Kids to Gardening
Ep 110 Succulent Success: A Beginner’s Guide to Thriving Plants
Ep 109 Gardening Goals Made Simple: Plan, Grow, and Thrive in 2025!
Ep 108 Planter Perfection: Answers to Your Top 5 Outdoor Container Gardening Questions
Ep 107 Subtropical Gardening Made Easy: Tips for Thriving Plants and a Lush Backyard Paradise
Ep 106 Planting a Medicinal Garden with a Bonus Soothing Herbal Tea Recipe
Ep 105 "No Dig, No Stress: The Ultimate Hack for Effortless Gardening Success"
Ep 104 "Revive, Restore, Reimagine: The Power of Riparian Planting!"
Ep 103 "The Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for Gardeners: Practical & Personal DIY Ideas!"
Ep 102 "Sustainable Garden Projects: Pallet Furniture, Planters, and Storage for Eco-Conscious Gardeners"
Ep 101: From Blossom to Bounty: Essential Tips for Thriving Fruit Trees All Year Round
Ep 100 "Spookify Your Garden: Halloween Gardening Tips for a Hauntingly Beautiful Landscape"
Ep 99 Ornamental Gardens: Your Guide to a Beautiful Landscape
Ep 98 Scented Gardens for All: Growing Fragrance in Rural & Urban Spaces”
Ep 97 Easy Spring Bulb Care
Ep 96 Easy to Grow & Cook with Spring Vegetables
Ep 95 Stump Be Gone: Effective Strategies for Tree Stump Elimination
Ep 94 Spring Planter Upgrades + A new Freebie
Ep 93 The art of decluttering your garden.
Ep 92 The composting fundamentals - anyone can compost at home Urban or rural
Ep 91 What is the true cost of creating a vegetable garden.
Ep 90 Never go hungry with these Top 10 vegetable garden staples.
Ep 89 Heading into Spring at full throttle – Priority list.
EP 88 Oh dear the in-laws are coming - 5 quick garden colour up hacks that will turn your garden from bla to wow!
Ep 87 Hanging baskets for all seasons
Ep 86 Growing in & mastering Planter Boxes for all spaces.
Ep 85: 4 Low Maintenance Gardening Methods I use personally with Fantastic Results.
Ep 84: Mastering germination and seedling growth.
Ep 83: 5 Pro tips for managing your seeds from seed set to pre germination.
Ep 82 Preserving your harvests & food storage
Organic gardening 101.
Ep 80 Edible landscaping & how you can apply it into your garden.
Ep 79 Regenerative gardening. What is it & how to apply it.
Ep 78 Common Mistakes Made when Small Space Gardening.
Ep 77 Creating Climate-Resilient Gardens
Ep 76 The ongoing struggle with weeds - is it worth it?
Ep 75 Cultivating Cash from Your Garden
Ep 74 Getting winter ready with Secrets to a Flourishing Cold-Season Garden
Ep 73 Mastering Indoor Winter Plant Care
Ep 72 Rose care from planting to pruning.
Ep 71 Garden structures that successfully enhance plant growth.
Ep 70 Tired Gardens? No problem! here are a few easy ways to revive it.
Ep 69 Passive gardening secrets revealed.
Ep 68 Effective ways to maximize garden harvests using recycled materials.
Ep 67 The top 10 plants to grow in your garden for home remedy utilization.
EP 66 Thinking of Planting Subtropical’s in your garden? Then ask yourself these questions first.
Ep 65 Creating the right privacy screen in your garden.
Ep 64 Parks & Garden Tree Maintenance with or without Herbicides?
Ep 63 Diabetic Friendly Gardening - What Vegetables to avoid & What to grow more of.
Ep 62 The Hype Behind Edible Flowers.
Ep 61 Reflecting back over the last 4 Seasons and the lessons learned.
Ep 60 Dry, Hot Garden? – Here are some Easy ways to conserve water while still maximizing your garden health.
Ep 59 Growing Garden Plants Ideal for Arts & Crafts.
Ep 58 A simple approach to growing climbers in the garden.
Ep 57 Avoiding Gardening Burnout, Overwhelm & Stress
EP 56 Growing Citrus without Drama
Ep 55 Simple Vegetables for all year-round harvests.
Ep 54 Tips for Cultivating Acid-Loving Plants
Ep 53 Let’s Talk all things Sexual & Asexual Plant Propagation.
Chat 10 Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Prickles in the Lawn and how to treat them.
EP 52 Must Do’s to Grow a Bumper Crop of Potatoes - Ready for Christmas.
Chat 10 Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Cover crops what are they & are they just for over wintering?
EP 51 -Developing low maintenance systems to enable gardening with an injury while still remaining staunchly self-sufficient.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Mealybug what they are & how to eradicate them.
Ep 50 Growing Your Best Cucumbers and Courgettes and how to preserve & store the excess.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Roses and Colour Reversion
EP 49 Growing Your Best Capsicums & Tomatoes and how to Preserve & Store the excess
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Why plants, Why this career path? A Up close & Personal Answer.
Ep48 - From Gusts to Growth: How to Protect Your Plants from Windy Weather
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: How do you know if your garden environment is healthy?
Ep 47 - Supermarket Fruit & Veggies Verses Growing Your Own.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: What kind of soil is best for growing plants in the garden?
Ep 46 - Sustainable Roots: Cultivating a Greener Future with Permaculture.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: What are some Indoor plants for low light or shaded areas?
Ep 45 - Are you Spring ready? No? This Spring Garden Task List May Help.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Easy To Grow & Hard to Kill Indoor Plants.
Ep 44 – A Cheats Guide To Successful Composting.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Hot Tips To Keeping Planters Hydrated
Ep 43 - Ways to Improve your Garden Biodiversity & Why it’s important.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Planting as per the instructions on the label.
Ep 42 - Beating Garden Droughts with these Hot Tips.
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Tips to cost effectively maximize your current landscape.
Ep 41- Garden Events Pro’s Cons & How To Do’s
Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Hot Garden Money Saving Tips Using Cold Frames
Ep 40 - Weeding 101 - Tips and Tricks for a Beautiful Garden
Quick & Messy 10min or Less Garden Chat: 3 hot tips a new gardener needs to know to start a garden.
Ep 39 - Key Steps in Planning & Designing a New Garden
Ep 38 – From Spores to Harvest: A Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home
Ep 37 - Growing Without Soil: An Introduction to Hydroponic Gardening.
Ep 36 - Let’s Talk All Things Potting & Re-Potting Plants - Your Q’s & My A’s.
Ep 35 - A Behind the Scenes Look at Kiwifruit $$$ Growing. From Pollination to Picking & Everything In Between.
Ep 34 - Let’s Talk All Things Cuttings & Propagation.
Ep 33 – Garden Fertilizers What, How, When & Why.
Ep 32 - Slugs, Snails, Ants & All things Garden Creepy Crawlies.
Ep 31 - Can Hedging & Shelterbelts Be Key to a New Form of Urban Forestation? I Think So & Here’s Why.
Ep 30 - From Frosty to Flourishing: Overcoming the Challenges of Cold Weather Gardening.
Ep 29 - Proven Tips to Mastering the Art of Self - Sustainable Gardening.
Ep 28 - A Few Gardening Questions Answered – Algae, Garlic, Watering, fertilizers, & Repotting
Ep 27 - The Sound of Water How & Why to Add & Maintain Water Features in Your Indoor or Outdoor Garden Space
Ep 26 - Mastering the Art of Worm Farming – It’s so simple any one can have one.
Ep 25 – From Seed to Sprout: Secrets to Growing Healthy Seedlings
Ep 24 – The Garden of Lies: Uncovering the Truth behind Organic Gardening Myths
Ep 23 – Bulb Boosters: Tips for Growing Beautiful Bulb Blooms No Matter the Season
Ep 22 – The Ultimate Autumn Gardening Checklist:10 Key Chores You Can’t Skip.
Ep 21 – Green Thumbs Up for these 6 Tips to Maximize Your Garden's Growing Potential
Ep20 -Exploring The Fascinating World of Beekeeping in an Interview with Judy Knipmeijer
Ep19 – 10 Highly Effective Ways to Grow Plants on a Budget.
Ep18 – A 12 Step Guide to Creating Healthy Soils in your garden.
Ep17 – The Mental health benefits from working in your garden will blow you away.
Ep16 – Understanding Your Gardens Love Language.
Ep15 – 3 Sexy flowers to grow for your valentine’s dried floral bouquet that they can treasure for a really long time.
Ep14 – Top 5 herbs with healthy superpowers that should be an essential in all households.
Ep13 - Wet weather garden fails & how to combat it.
Ep12 - Simple planting methods & techniques for pots, planters & in the garden.
Ep11 – 8 Companion plants that are Rockstar's in the garden.
Ep10 – 5 Steps to Creating an Abundant Sustainable Garden
Ep9 - The Secret to Small Space Continuous Harvests on a Budget.
Ep8 – Maximise your indoor growth by utilizing any of these 6 planting vessels.
Ep7 – All things Christmas tree, Living decorations, Pine sap clean-up & Pet deterrent during the silly season.
Ep6 – To Mulch or not to Mulch that is the question. What? When? Why and How.
Ep5 – The Secret (Warfare) Life of your Garden.
Ep4 – Back to gardening basics for newbies and a refresher for the more advanced.
Ep3 – The importance of layering your gardens and no we are not talking about soils.
Ep2 – If you have these 7 key garden tools then your set to manage any garden.
Ep1 – Take the time to get to know your gardening spaces regardless of if its outside or inside.
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