The Messed Up Gardener
By Esther Aitken
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Episodes: 149
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Hello and Welcome to The Messed Up Gardener. This podcast covers all areas of gardening from a beginner, intermediate to advanced level. It covers gardening on any budget, any space, any place. There are no rules when it comes to me, and my gardens and I do it messy. There is nothing more fun than getting your hands dirty and creating that space that gives you joy and abundance. This podcast will give tips, tricks, hacks and methodology’s to make any space work from the tiny indoor garden to the rolling meadows with even a dash of bees and hydroponics thrown in. I have been a horticulturist for as long as I can remember and in the industry since I was 15 so that’s nearly 30 years of hands on gardening experience. I am really looking forward to being on this journey & doing it messy with you.
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Ep 134: What if I told you your garden could grow your soap?
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Ep 133: Bug Off Naturally: Growing Insect-Repelling Plants & Safe Bug Bite Herbal Remedies
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Ep 132: The Garden Centre Secrets: What They Don’t Want You to Know!
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Ep 131: Allergies in the Garden: What’s Making You Sneeze & How to Naturally Soothe It
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep 130: The Juicy Truth About Antioxidant-Rich Fruits & Veggies You Can Grow at Home
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Ep 129: Growing Younger – Anti-Aging Plants & DIY Remedies You Can Grow at Home
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May 31, 2025 |
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Ep 128 Planting with Purpose: The Magic of Intention Gardens
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May 24, 2025 |
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Ep 127 “Sparkly Rocks and Stressed-Out Lettuce: Gardening with Crystals”
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May 17, 2025 |
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Ep 126 Weird, Wild & Wealthy: The Mystical Side of Plant Placement
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May 10, 2025 |
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Ep 125 Peace Gardens: Cultivating Calm in a Chaotic World
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep 124: Preparing Gardens for Winter – Essential Autumn Tasks
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Ep 123: Grow Your Own Smoothie Garden – The Ultimate Guide to Fresh, Homegrown Ingredients
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Ep 122 “Grow Your Own Garden Snack Bar: From Soil to Snack Time!”
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Ep 121: Stop Wasting Space! Smart Layout Tips for a Thriving Veggie Garden
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Ep 120: Before You Plant: Must-Know Veggie Garden Tips.
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep 119 Keyhole Gardens what are they and why they work.
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Ep 118 Fertilizers 101: Feeding Your Plants Indoors and Out
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Ep 117 "Gardening in the Wind: Thriving Despite the Breeze"
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Ep 116 Dried Floral Arrangements – Grow, Create, and Profit
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Ep 115: Mini Masterclass Organic Gardening Uncovered: Natural Practices for a Healthier Garden
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep 114 "Lawn Love: The Grass is Greener When You Know the Basics"
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Ep 113 "Garden Irrigation - Tips, Tricks, and Common Mistakes"
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Ep 112 "Garden Pest and Rodent Control: Tips for Keeping Your Garden Thriving"
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Ep 111 Planting the Seed: Easy Ways to Introduce Kids to Gardening
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Ep 110 Succulent Success: A Beginner’s Guide to Thriving Plants
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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Ep 109 Gardening Goals Made Simple: Plan, Grow, and Thrive in 2025!
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Ep 108 Planter Perfection: Answers to Your Top 5 Outdoor Container Gardening Questions
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Ep 107 Subtropical Gardening Made Easy: Tips for Thriving Plants and a Lush Backyard Paradise
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Ep 106 Planting a Medicinal Garden with a Bonus Soothing Herbal Tea Recipe
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Ep 105 "No Dig, No Stress: The Ultimate Hack for Effortless Gardening Success"
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Ep 104 "Revive, Restore, Reimagine: The Power of Riparian Planting!"
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Ep 103 "The Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for Gardeners: Practical & Personal DIY Ideas!"
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Ep 102 "Sustainable Garden Projects: Pallet Furniture, Planters, and Storage for Eco-Conscious Gardeners"
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Ep 101: From Blossom to Bounty: Essential Tips for Thriving Fruit Trees All Year Round
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Ep 100 "Spookify Your Garden: Halloween Gardening Tips for a Hauntingly Beautiful Landscape"
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Ep 99 Ornamental Gardens: Your Guide to a Beautiful Landscape
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Ep 98 Scented Gardens for All: Growing Fragrance in Rural & Urban Spaces”
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Ep 97 Easy Spring Bulb Care
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Ep 96 Easy to Grow & Cook with Spring Vegetables
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Ep 95 Stump Be Gone: Effective Strategies for Tree Stump Elimination
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Ep 94 Spring Planter Upgrades + A new Freebie
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Ep 93 The art of decluttering your garden.
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Ep 92 The composting fundamentals - anyone can compost at home Urban or rural
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Ep 91 What is the true cost of creating a vegetable garden.
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Ep 90 Never go hungry with these Top 10 vegetable garden staples.
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Ep 89 Heading into Spring at full throttle – Priority list.
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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EP 88 Oh dear the in-laws are coming - 5 quick garden colour up hacks that will turn your garden from bla to wow!
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Ep 87 Hanging baskets for all seasons
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Ep 86 Growing in & mastering Planter Boxes for all spaces.
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Ep 85: 4 Low Maintenance Gardening Methods I use personally with Fantastic Results.
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Ep 84: Mastering germination and seedling growth.
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Ep 83: 5 Pro tips for managing your seeds from seed set to pre germination.
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Ep 82 Preserving your harvests & food storage
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Organic gardening 101.
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Ep 80 Edible landscaping & how you can apply it into your garden.
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Ep 79 Regenerative gardening. What is it & how to apply it.
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Ep 78 Common Mistakes Made when Small Space Gardening.
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May 25, 2024 |
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Ep 77 Creating Climate-Resilient Gardens
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May 18, 2024 |
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Ep 76 The ongoing struggle with weeds - is it worth it?
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May 11, 2024 |
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Ep 75 Cultivating Cash from Your Garden
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May 04, 2024 |
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Ep 74 Getting winter ready with Secrets to a Flourishing Cold-Season Garden
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Ep 73 Mastering Indoor Winter Plant Care
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Ep 72 Rose care from planting to pruning.
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Ep 71 Garden structures that successfully enhance plant growth.
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Ep 70 Tired Gardens? No problem! here are a few easy ways to revive it.
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Ep 69 Passive gardening secrets revealed.
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Ep 68 Effective ways to maximize garden harvests using recycled materials.
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Ep 67 The top 10 plants to grow in your garden for home remedy utilization.
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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EP 66 Thinking of Planting Subtropical’s in your garden? Then ask yourself these questions first.
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Ep 65 Creating the right privacy screen in your garden.
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Ep 64 Parks & Garden Tree Maintenance with or without Herbicides?
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Ep 63 Diabetic Friendly Gardening - What Vegetables to avoid & What to grow more of.
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Ep 62 The Hype Behind Edible Flowers.
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Ep 61 Reflecting back over the last 4 Seasons and the lessons learned.
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Ep 60 Dry, Hot Garden? – Here are some Easy ways to conserve water while still maximizing your garden health.
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Ep 59 Growing Garden Plants Ideal for Arts & Crafts.
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Ep 58 A simple approach to growing climbers in the garden.
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Avoiding Gardening Burnout, Overwhelm & Stress
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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EP 56 Growing Citrus without Drama
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Ep 55 Simple Vegetables for all year-round harvests.
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Ep 54 Tips for Cultivating Acid-Loving Plants
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Ep 53 Let’s Talk all things Sexual & Asexual Plant Propagation.
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Chat 10 Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Prickles in the Lawn and how to treat them.
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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EP 52 Must Do’s to Grow a Bumper Crop of Potatoes - Ready for Christmas.
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Chat 10 Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Cover crops what are they & are they just for over wintering?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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EP 51 -Developing low maintenance systems to enable gardening with an injury while still remaining staunchly self-sufficient.
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Mealybug what they are & how to eradicate them.
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ep 50 Growing Your Best Cucumbers and Courgettes and how to preserve & store the excess.
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Roses and Colour Reversion
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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EP 49 Growing Your Best Capsicums & Tomatoes and how to Preserve & Store the excess
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Why plants, Why this career path? A Up close & Personal Answer.
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ep48 - From Gusts to Growth: How to Protect Your Plants from Windy Weather
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: How do you know if your garden environment is healthy?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Ep 47 - Supermarket Fruit & Veggies Verses Growing Your Own.
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: What kind of soil is best for growing plants in the garden?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Ep 46 - Sustainable Roots: Cultivating a Greener Future with Permaculture.
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: What are some Indoor plants for low light or shaded areas?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ep 45 - Are you Spring ready? No? This Spring Garden Task List May Help.
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Easy To Grow & Hard to Kill Indoor Plants.
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Ep 44 – A Cheats Guide To Successful Composting.
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Hot Tips To Keeping Planters Hydrated
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep 43 - Ways to Improve your Garden Biodiversity & Why it’s important.
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Planting as per the instructions on the label.
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Ep 42 - Beating Garden Droughts with these Hot Tips.
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Tips to cost effectively maximize your current landscape.
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Ep 41- Garden Events Pro’s Cons & How To Do’s
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10 min or less Garden Chat: Hot Garden Money Saving Tips Using Cold Frames
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Ep 40 - Weeding 101 - Tips and Tricks for a Beautiful Garden
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Quick & Messy 10min or Less Garden Chat: 3 hot tips a new gardener needs to know to start a garden.
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Ep 39 - Key Steps in Planning & Designing a New Garden
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Ep 38 – From Spores to Harvest: A Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Ep 37 - Growing Without Soil: An Introduction to Hydroponic Gardening.
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Ep 36 - Let’s Talk All Things Potting & Re-Potting Plants - Your Q’s & My A’s.
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Ep 35 - A Behind the Scenes Look at Kiwifruit $$$ Growing. From Pollination to Picking & Everything In Between.
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Ep 34 - Let’s Talk All Things Cuttings & Propagation.
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Ep 33 – Garden Fertilizers What, How, When & Why.
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Ep 32 - Slugs, Snails, Ants & All things Garden Creepy Crawlies.
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Ep 31 - Can Hedging & Shelterbelts Be Key to a New Form of Urban Forestation? I Think So & Here’s Why.
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Ep 30 - From Frosty to Flourishing: Overcoming the Challenges of Cold Weather Gardening.
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May 27, 2023 |
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Ep 29 - Proven Tips to Mastering the Art of Self - Sustainable Gardening.
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May 20, 2023 |
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Ep 28 - A Few Gardening Questions Answered – Algae, Garlic, Watering, fertilizers, & Repotting
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May 13, 2023 |
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Ep 27 - The Sound of Water How & Why to Add & Maintain Water Features in Your Indoor or Outdoor Garden Space
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May 06, 2023 |
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Ep 26 - Mastering the Art of Worm Farming – It’s so simple any one can have one.
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Ep 25 – From Seed to Sprout: Secrets to Growing Healthy Seedlings
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Ep 24 – The Garden of Lies: Uncovering the Truth behind Organic Gardening Myths
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Ep 23 – Bulb Boosters: Tips for Growing Beautiful Bulb Blooms No Matter the Season
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Ep 22 – The Ultimate Autumn Gardening Checklist:10 Key Chores You Can’t Skip.
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Ep 21 – Green Thumbs Up for these 6 Tips to Maximize Your Garden's Growing Potential
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Ep20 -Exploring The Fascinating World of Beekeeping in an Interview with Judy Knipmeijer
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Ep19 – 10 Highly Effective Ways to Grow Plants on a Budget.
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Ep18 – A 12 Step Guide to Creating Healthy Soils in your garden.
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ep17 – The Mental health benefits from working in your garden will blow you away.
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Ep16 – Understanding Your Gardens Love Language.
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Ep15 – 3 Sexy flowers to grow for your valentine’s dried floral bouquet that they can treasure for a really long time.
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Ep14 – Top 5 herbs with healthy superpowers that should be an essential in all households.
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Ep13 - Wet weather garden fails & how to combat it.
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Ep12 - Simple planting methods & techniques for pots, planters & in the garden.
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Ep11 – 8 Companion plants that are Rockstar's in the garden.
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Ep10 – 5 Steps to Creating an Abundant Sustainable Garden
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Ep9 - The Secret to Small Space Continuous Harvests on a Budget.
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Ep8 – Maximise your indoor growth by utilizing any of these 6 planting vessels.
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Ep7 – All things Christmas tree, Living decorations, Pine sap clean-up & Pet deterrent during the silly season.
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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Ep6 – To Mulch or not to Mulch that is the question. What? When? Why and How.
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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Ep5 – The Secret (Warfare) Life of your Garden.
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Ep4 – Back to gardening basics for newbies and a refresher for the more advanced.
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Ep3 – The importance of layering your gardens and no we are not talking about soils.
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Ep2 – If you have these 7 key garden tools then your set to manage any garden.
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Ep1 – Take the time to get to know your gardening spaces regardless of if its outside or inside.
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Nov 01, 2022 |