Category: Podcast

By Jeff Gillman

I love stories, and my favorite stories, as you might guess, are true stories about plants. One of the things that I’m best known for here at the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens is telling random stories about some odd tidbit or another to students trapped in my classes or visitors locked into garden tours, but recently I found a new way to share my collection of those eclectic plant stories: Podcasting. Not only do I get to talk about all the things that I love to talk about, only those people who really want to hear about them have to listen.… Continue reading this article “My New Project — The Plants We Eat”

Last Sunday Jeff Gillman and I were guests on Mike Nowak’s Chicago-based gardening show.  It’s now linked up, so check it out if you feel so inclined!

There’s been discussion on Facebook as well, primarily about (you guessed it) compost tea.  (You’ll need to find the #gardenchat group and scroll down to Mike’s posting to see the lively discussion.)

This week’s podcast is all about insects. If you’ve thought about buying bagged ladybugs, you might want to think again! And if you’ve never heard of Shrilk…well, you’ll just have to listen to find out what that is. Enjoy!

Just in time for summer…a new podcast with dos and don’ts for growing and enjoying flowers. Be sure to check out the podcast archive (on the right hand menu) if you like this educational format. They’re also available on Stitcher and iTunes.

As always…feel free to leave feedback, or make suggestions for upcoming podcasts.

Earlier this spring I spoke to the Alaska Master Gardeners at their annual meeting in Anchorage.  I’d not been to Alaska before this, so I was on a steep learning curve most of the time.  It was fantastic.

In any case, I thought it would be fun to do a podcast on gardens and landscapes at high latitudes.  And if you’ve ever wondered what, exactly, you can grow at 51N latitude, you’ll find out

One of the coolest things about plants is their unlimited ability to manufacture some of the most amazing biochemicals.  This week’s podcast will brief you on some of these phytochemicals in the news – they’re good for you as well as for plants!  We’ll also explore whether natural organic compounds are really all that much safer than synthetic chemicals.  (You can probably already guess the answer to that one.)

Enjoy!

Those of you who’ve been following the podcasts remember Riz Reyes as one of my recurring guests.  He’s back this week, discussing ways you can shop for plants effectively at the big box stores.  It all fits into the theme “Getting Your Money’s Worth.” You won’t want to miss it!

It’s spring…flowers are emerging and so are the podcasts. Here’s the first of our eight episodes for the season.  The theme this week is “Spring Cleaning” and it’s the wide world of weeds.  The podcasts are now hosted on i-Tunes, so I can follow you anywhere you go.  Just sayin’.

I’m trying to get some listener questions “on air” as it were, so if you have a burning desire to be on a podcast with me, just drop an email to lindacs@wsu.edu… Continue reading this article “Podcasting returns! Season 3 begins”

I’ve been AWOL this week with a massive research project (more on that next week).  But I want to usher 2011 out with my last podcast, appropriately entitled “Resolutions.”

Hope you enjoy it – have a safe and happy new year!