Growing A Greener World with Joe Lamp'l

Growing A Greener World with Joe Lamp'l

This weekly podcast series is for people who love to garden and spend time outdoors and who really care about environmental stewardship. Hosted by Joe Lamp?l, national gardening television personality and author of The Green Gardener's Guide, Joe shares his unique, insiders perspective with NPR style stories, interviews with nationally acclaimed experts, answers listener's questions and offers useful tips, all in a fresh, insightful and entertaining way.

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October 27, 2015

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With so much interest in taking care of the health of our planet and our bodies, the term organic has more meaning today than ever before. And, rightly so…chemicals and pesticides are so widely used in farming and home gardening almost every person in the US has pesticide residue in their system.

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Organic labeling is becoming more common on the food and products we buy these days. While "Certified Organic" has become well know when it comes to selecting chemical-free edibles, there's another label that matters just as much when it comes to identifying the products that go into making those edibles certified. In thi...

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As an avid reader of gardening magazines, there's one author I've been following for a number of years. And it's hard not too since he's in just about every magazine I read. I'm referring to author, professor, and horticulturist Lee Reich, Ph.D. He's all about the art and science of building the garden from the ground up,...

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With so much talk around GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms) in the news these days, this podcast is a discussion with Jeffrey M. Smith, the leading consumer advocate promoting healthier non-GMO choices. He’s also the author of the world's bestselling and #1 rated book on the health dangers of genetically m...

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If you love the topics surrounding this podcast series, you’ll love this conversation with National Wildlife Federation’s David Mizejewski. He’s the host and co-producer of Animal Planet’s Backyard Habitat and he is everywhere in the media. Today, he’s ours for not one but two conversations t...

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If you love the topics surrounding this podcast series, you’ll love this conversation with National Wildlife Federation’s David Mizejewski. He’s the host and co-producer of Animal Planet’s Backyard Habitat and he is everywhere in the media. Today, he’s ours for not one but two conversations t...

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No matter where you live, water conservation is key to being a more sustainable gardener. Waterwise gardening expert, Nan Sterman and award winning author, television and radio host, shares important insights and practical tips for using this precious resouce more responsibly. Her books, The California Gardener's Guide an...

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In Part 2 of this popular discussion, horticultural myth buster, Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott presents more research-based, eye-opening insights in this fun and insightful dialogue. Drawing from her award winning book; The Informed Gardener and its sequal, The Informed Gardener Blooms Again, Dr. Chalker-Scott sheds light on so...

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Horticultural myth buster, Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott presents plenty of research-based, eye-opening insights in this fun and insightful dialogue. Drawing from her award winning book; The Informed Gardener and its sequal, The Informed Gardener Blooms Again, Dr. Chalker-Scott sheds light on some of the less than sound practic...

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After reading Jeff Lowenfel's book, co-authored with Wayne Lewis; Teaming with Microbes-The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, I've never looked at soil the same way again. What we do to it either fosters the life below the surface that sustains our plants, or destroys it. For years, I was doing the latter. Li...

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Finally, the book we’ve all been waiting for is here. What's Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?) provides an easy system for visually diagnosing any problem, and matching it to the right cure. This podcast interview with the authors provides a delightful overview of the book, as well as valuable insights int...

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She's baaaack. Ornamental plant entomologist, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans is back for an unprecedented third time. And this time she's telling us eveything we need to know to keep the pests outdoors when the plants come inside. She has an update on the biggest pest problems this time of year, along with tips on using the mo...

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This show is an interview with Paul Tukey. You might know Paul as the founder of SafeLawns.org or as host of People, Places and Plants on HGTV, or perhaps, author of The Organic Lawncare manual. Today he’s back to fill us in on his biggest and most exciting project yet. It’s a documentary movie, called A Chemi...

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Co-host and Chef Nathan Lyon of Growing a Greener World, has a lot more to say then time (or producers) allow during each episode. But Nathan has never been at a loss for words, and this podcast is a testament to that. Find out how he became interested in food and cooking to begin with, and why using fresh local ingredien...

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Over the last few years, canning and preserving has grown in popularity in a big way. More people are looking for ways to preserve fresh-from-the-garden-flavors to stretch the meal dollar and know what it is in their food.

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This week Joe Lamp’l fills you in on his latest project, The Twenty-five Dollar Organic Victory Garden Challenge and tells you how you can read and SEE what he’s doing all along the way. Plus, and interview with Fern Marshall Bradley, author of Reader’s Digest’s All-New Illustrated Guide to Gar...

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Well, not since the early forties has there been so much talk about Victory Gardens. But with a downturn in the economy, the responsibility to feed our families healthier, chemical free food, and our desire to live more sustainable lives, growing our own groceries is back in the spotlight. In fact, 7 million more peop...

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This is a special edition of the podcast. In light of breaking news regarding the possible purchase of the SF Flower Show, Joe Lamp’l sits down with Tim O’Shea, Steering Committee Chair of the newly appointed transition team tapped to lead the SF Flower & Garden Show into a new era. When this interview...

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This week Joe Lamp’l takes on the issue of dealing with deer, and other four-legged pests. Joe interviews Neil Soderstrom, author of Deer-Resistant Landscaping and talks with James Messina of Messina Wildlife on the subject of deer repellents. All that and more…

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This week Joe Lamp’l picks right back up where he left off last time the “Bug Lady”, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans was on. Back by popular demand, Suzanne gets on a roll again as she shares her passion and wisdom on great ways for us all to manage insect pests in a more eco-friendly way, and the latest on...

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