Flower Power Garden Hour
Summary: Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.
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Vegetable gardening 101 w/ Matt Amicucci. Matt is an Ag/Environmental chemistry PhD candidate, currently working w/the Foods For Health Institute. Their focus today is vegetable gardens & spring planting. Marlene/Matt highlight their experiences w/ DIY raised beds, crops including tomato & pepper varieties, organic gardening, fertilizing how-to, soil amending, seed starting, farm to fork, urban & sustainable gardening, & Matt's unique reclaimed planters Matt can be found on Instagram @farmforageferment
Marlene "The Plant Lady" talks to Joel Ledford, PhD arachnologist at UC Davis...that makes him a spider researcher to lay people. Marlene & Joel discuss his varied pathway to becoming a leading expert, including stops in the Marine Corp, time as an elementary school teacher and a post-doc fellowship at the California Academy of Sciences. Evolutionary mechanisms, unique habitats and survival strategies, arachnophobia, spider myths, spelunking caves & Joel’s adventures/travels as a researcher -- all discuss
Marlene "The Plant Lady" sits down with Bob Starnes, owner of Shale Peak Horticulture. Bob is a leading expert in chemical-free pest management, utilizing a multitude of predatory insects to control (hunt & kill) crop damaging pest populations. His IPM & consulting are targeted towards the burgeoning cannabis (marijuana) cultivator community in California. Focusing on maximizing efficacy, Bob utilizes bleeding edge drone & imaging technology to deploy beneficial insects & collect data on their impact.
Marlene "The Plant Lady" does Q&A with listener submitted questions. Topics include: Challenges of growing ficus, help with tulips, tips for increasing citrus crop yield, hydrangeas, yucca, when to plant in the western US due to unseasonally early warmth & the top blockbuster horticulture movie of 2017. And Bitcoin. Ask future Q&A question about: general gardening, specific tree care/health, specific flower/plant recommendations or issues, vegetable and fruits
Barry Rice is an astrobiologist, carnivorous plant and succulent researcher, 4th degree Kempo karate black belt and self-proclaimed agnostic Trekkie/Trekker. He is an astronomy professor at Sierra College, and is world renown for his work with Carnivorous plants.
Intro to podcast and Marlene Simon "The Plant Lady" answers questions submitted by listeners.
