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September Activities
We discuss autumn activities, successes, and planning for winter. It’s not too late to plant fall crops!
Season 1 episodes (6)
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Episode 5 - Native Plants, Street Trees, August Gardening
Pam, Marilyn, and Malakay discuss August gardening and gardening with nature. Pam has joined the Washington Native Plant Society WNPS.org , a wonderful resource for people who want to work with nature. Pam also suggests we check with the City of Tacoma for advice on selecting street trees. and Marilyn reminds us that this is the best time to plant cold weather crops..
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Gardening from the Ground Up Episode 4
Today we discuss, soil testing, perennial favorites, what vegetables to plant mid-summer, and gardening mistakes. Information on soil testing in Tacoma, and the smelter plume, may be found here: https://ecology.wa.gov/spills-cleanup/contamination-cleanup/cleanup-sites/tacoma-smelter
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Episode 3 of Gardening from the Ground Up
Marilyn, Pam, and Rodney discuss the Tacoma Gardening Show, the benefits of native plants, and favorite plants. See Washington Garden Clubs, Washington Native Plant Society, and Tacoma’s Open Spaces program.
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Gardening with Steve and Kristi Nebel
Marilyn is joined by Steve and Kristi Nebel to discuss fighting weeds and slugs and other joys of gardening.
S01:E01
Inaugural Episode of Gardening from the Ground Up
We share stories about the reasons we love gardening, and Pam talks about a book by Jaret C. Daniels Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies in the Pacific Northwest. You can also listen to an episode of Nature’s Archive with Jaret C. Daniels about creating habitat for butterflies.