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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Our toll free number is eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. Good morning. I am Ron Wilson,
your personal yard boy talking about yardening and man, I
have found a book that I guarantee you will. First
of all, you'll just love going through and looking at
all the pictures. It's probably one of the most colorful
books that I've ever seen when it comes to a
gardening book, and rightfully so, because that's what it's all about.
(00:24):
It's called Vibrant Harvest, Cultivating a kaleidoscope of colors in
your vegetable garden with heirlooms, modern ibrid's and a whole
lot more. It's written by Sandra Mile and you can
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
guess what she is with us this morning from the
West Coast.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good morning, Good morning, Ron, Thank you so much. I'm
so honored to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, it's an honor to have you on and getting
up so early out there. How's the weather on the
West Coast this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
The weather the past week we got a lot of rain,
cold and all my wisht Toby in the garden. I'm
so happy right now.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
So they like the cooler weather, liking the rain so
good for you. I want to tell you something before
we talk this book. As soon as I saw the
cover of this book and the title, I was attracted
to it because if anybody's listening to my show over
all these years, my favorite thing to go look at
are folks vegetable gardens. I'd rather look at at a
cool vegetable garden than a flower garden or a landscape garden,
(01:28):
or whatever it may be. I love vegetable gardens. And
when I saw this and the way you have approached
this making your vegetable garden more colorful, I just I
fell in love with a book. It's absolutely outstanding.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Oh thank you so much, John. That meant so much
to me to hear that.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I tell you what it is phenomenal. I think after
somebody reads this book and sees all the great things
that you're doing in your garden, which, by the way,
most of which is container gardening, which is my other
favorite way to garden. Container garden and raise beds, I
think you'll start to rethink how you garden and look
more at the colorful things that you can put in
your garden versus just your regular vegetable. So let folks
(02:10):
know a little bit about you. You're You're actually a
business and design or decorator major. You're not really really
into the gardening.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That much, right, No, not at all. I grew up
with my mom and my grandmother, and we had the
garden in our backyard and I just love, you know,
to see all. I remember, I like to pick jasmin
for my grandmother every morning. And then when I moved
(02:42):
to the state, I started to garden a little bit.
And then I start off with fruit tree first, and
the vegetable garden here and there, just growing like kitchen herbs.
And then I start a real like big garden. When
during the twenty twenty, during the quaren in that when
we all at home, stuck at home. So I started
(03:03):
with with container at first, and then expanded to rais beads.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Well, and now the pictures that I'm looking at, is
this the same garden that you started with at that time?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes? Yes, I first when I started, I started with
like simple, you know, like a red tomato, and then
I explored into different colors of red tomatoes and peppers.
And because as a kid, I just I just love
things colorful, So that is when I started the garden.
(03:37):
I just want to explore some different colors because when
I grow bind titifying variety of broccoli, for example, usually
I see green broccoli or white cauliflowers. But I want
to grow something that add colors through the garden.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well, and of course that's what you have done, and
they've done a wonderful job letting us know which ones
are and how to do that. And you pick abe
about forty two or so different vegetables, colorful vegetables to
walk us through for planting in our g and most
some are the what we would most of us would
normally grow anyway.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yes, and also like you know, like the one of
the main divisions that I wrote wybrant harvests, because I
just want to show everyone that growing vegetable doesn't have
to be playing green or boring. I feel like our
garden can be busting the color. And there are so
many beautiful, colorful vegetable out there, and I just want
(04:36):
to inspire her. And it's you know, for them to
explore more varieties and have fun in the process.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Sandra mal is with us this morning. You can follow
her on Instagram. It's at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
be sure and check it out, because it's a Once
you start following her, you will continue to follow her.
The book is called Vibrant Harvest. It is absolutely outstanding.
It's one of the most colorful gardening books I think
I have ever read and enjoyed. Fantastic. You know, after
(05:06):
I finished reading your book, I thought back, and I've
been doing this for a long time, and I love
container guarding, but I thought back, even as simple as
the peppers, Back when I was a kid and my
grandparents were having gardens or whatever, you know, colorful things
in the garden besides a tomato turning, right was about it.
Even peppers, you know, we grew green peppers, and of
(05:27):
course my grandparents called those mangoes, but green peppers. But
you know, maybe some yellow bananas or yellow Hungarian wax,
but that was about it as far as the color.
And today look at just the peppers alone, all the
different colors that are available out there. It's crazy. And
of course many of them are grown now rightfully so
(05:49):
as an ornamental pepper. Just because of what you're doing
here with the color, Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I thought to grow discover that we have purple peppers
even though black color peppers, and when I start growing
it and hoves it, it's just so much joy. And
when I shared on my Instagram, there's a lot of
people also that never seen purple peppers before.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, yep, and again phenomenal. And I noticed as you
plant in these in your containers and by the way,
uh and we can say this on as far as
a plug there that those are veg that's the uh
Vegio planners, right.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Do Vego? Yeah, yeah, Vego Uh A race bed, yes you.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And I mean there's so many out there that are
available today and I have seen those. Those seem to
be a really nice for folks that have never done
this before. Uh, something to take a look at. That's
obviously what you've used throughout yours as far as most
of your raised beds, and obviously you're using other containers
as well, but that's your kind of your stable. As
I look on the side of the those containers, I
(07:01):
see a little unit that looks like a solar pail
or whatever.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
What is that that is actually a solar light. So
I've been using Vego Garden race beds since the beginning
of my journey and I love them. They are really
uh durable and it's easy to install, and I think
it's like it's perfect race bed for beginner. And then
(07:29):
they go start to design some more product. So in
my garden, even though I have different shape or different
type or container, but all from Vigo, they have the
rolling race bed that is easy for you that grow
in the covision that want to bring your garden indoor.
(07:50):
And then they have the solar light because I love
lighting in the garden at night time. Even though people
say that you know, lighting in the garden at nighttime
maybe attract you know, rodent or other in the mall
or insight, but I feel like adding light in the
garden at nighttime is such a joy. So when we
go have the solar LII, it's so convenient that it
(08:13):
had the magnet to the base bed that you don't
have to reduce any two.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
I think that's oft. I kept looking at that going
what in the heck is that I couldn't tell was
something a moisture and it looked like it was some
kind of a solar lighting system. What a great idea.
I think it's a great idea. Talking with Sandra Mouth,
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
you're gonna absolutely love it. The name of the book
is called Vibrant Harvest. Let's take a quick break. We
come back. We'll learn more from Sandra Mout and this
(08:41):
great book Vibrant Harvest. Cultivating a kaleidoscope of colors in
your vegetable garden with heirlooms, modern hybrids and more. Here
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Speaker 1 (11:14):
Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson and
I have a book to make you rethink how you
are planting your vegetable garden to make it more colorful
and good for you as well. It's called Vibrant Harvest
Cultivating a Kaleidoscope of colors in your vegetable garden with heirlooms,
modern hybrids, and more. Written by Sandra Mau. You can
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden. And
(11:36):
she is talking with us this morning from the West Coast.
And we really do appreciate you getting up early and
spending time with us.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
I got it.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I have to admit. When I read started reading the book,
you talked about if you ever heard somebody say eat
the rainbow, we always said eat your vegetables, but eat
the rainbow. I loved it.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah, that's what I told my kids, and I started
to you know, I sin before I have my garden.
I just love buying different colors of whichetaball cook for
my kids. So I usually go to the farmer's market
and pick up different colors of cauliflowers and you know,
cook it and then always tell them that hey, it's
(12:18):
the rainbow.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, and what a great way and what a great
way to get the kids involved eating the vegetables as
well when they're very careful. So let me ask you this.
With those kids as they've been growing up, do they
help you in the garden as well?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Yes, I do. Before I started my Instagram page, I
have a small patch that I put their initials name
on there and then I let them grow carret, sweet pea,
and they really enjoy it. They excited with the garden.
And even though right now they don't really do garden much,
(12:53):
but they enjoy harvestings. So and then they run out
there and harvest tomato or green onion and cook. It
just makes me so happy.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Oh absolutely, And I think, you know, down the road,
after they get through school and everything, in college. Don't
you think that'll come back to them and the next
thing you know, they'll be gardening as well.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yes, absolutely, just like when I was a kid. I remember, yeah,
that gardening with my grandmother. But then I kind of
like not guarding fall a while until now I feel
like everything he's come back.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Absolutely. Talking with Sandra Mount again, the name of a
book is Vibrant Harvest. Now, you know, and growing these
not only makes your vegetable garden more colorful, makes your
harvest more colorful, makes your canning more colorful. But a
lot of these aren't they even better for you because
of the different colors.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yes, I think different colors vegetable also have different flavors
and also different health benefits.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Yeah, so as you're you know, so again you know,
as you're eating these, research has shown a lot of
those are much higher in the vitamins and the calcium
and iron and all of that versus some of the
regular vegetables, and again, colorful at the same time, better
for you at the same time phenomenal, and she has
done the homework for you. As a matter of fact,
as you work through these common very common stem plants,
(14:20):
root crops, fruiting crops. You know the varieties that you
listen Here are all varieties that typically are locally available
at most of the many garden centers that are out
there today. And if they aren't, I always tell folks
go to your local garden center, take this book with
you and ask them to grow them for next year
for you to plant. I gotta ask you. I got
(14:42):
a picture from you off the instagram of you holding
a Swiss chard and I swear that thing is four
feet tall with those maroon red stems and those green leaves. Wow,
how did you grow that thing?
Speaker 2 (15:00):
So I think I feel like all vegetable because I
got a lot of people say that, you know, organic gardening,
we cannot growth in big and I just want to
show them that each vegetable they need, you know, a
certain nutrient and a certain you know, a thing that
they need. If you give them all of them at
the same time, the right thing and grow them the
(15:22):
right way, they can grow so big. And that's sweet
short even though it's shumongous, but it's still edible.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
The stem steel tender and I like to do steel
fry with the fish shirts.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Uh, which one do you? Which one? Is that the
Ford Hook giant, the one that I'm looking at here, Yes.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
The Swish shirt, the pin one that knew that knew, Yeah,
that I hold.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yes, unbelievable. And again you can see this picture at
Sandra dot Urban Garden. That thing is unbelievable. So as
I do you have a secret recipe as far as
the planting mix that you use in your in your
vego gardens, Yes, I do.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
I also listit uh in in the book to my
preserent recipe for soil. But men, uh, I like to
do things simple, you know, uh, and it costs less
as well. I only use for Bigo garden. It's the
metal raisbad with the open bottom, so I usually I
set it on the ground and also I have some
(16:28):
space that I uh said it directly on the concrete. Uh.
So I use the potting makes organic compost and kitchen
scrap wormcasting that I made it in the garden. And uh,
I just all proposfertilizer. I love well balanced fertilizer for
(16:49):
the start for all of my vegetable and then I
add some other fertilizer that each individual crop meat for
example like tomato, they need more calcium and at the
same time while the figuring they need more nitrogen.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I noticed that with you, when you talk about the
rainbow tomatoes, you do address blossom minrot, which is a
common problem for all gardeners, tomato growers across the United States. Yes,
so you've got that as well. And of course you
address all of these. You list the varieties that are
available out there for you, You talk about how to
plant them, whether it's from seed or from transplant. She
(17:32):
walks you through the entire process. And then at the
end of the book, you talk about harvesting, You talk
about how to do the the container garden, you talk
about even canning and even doing some kim chi.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Yes, those recipes that I added in the book is
the recipe that when viral on my Instagram, it is
so easy and simple. So the way I I construct
the book is first part is the you know, show
people how to grow a certain crop. Because when I
(18:09):
got I receive a lot of questions in the past
when people ask about you know, exactly you know how
to grow tomato, how you grow peppers. So I feel
like when they get the book, they can go exactly
you know, if they want to go grow tomato everything
just in that to say which the wall profile right,
(18:31):
and then after growing, I also a part to show
people how to start the garden. So when people at
the beginner, they want to know how to start the garden.
And then the third part to take care of the garden.
And then the last part is to enjoy all the
hard work.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I'll tell you what you have done an outstanding
job here. I highly recommend this book. Read it this
winter when you're playing in your vegetable garden. For next year,
you will change the way you look at it. It's
called Vibrant Harvest by Sandra Mao. Follow her on Instagram
at Sandra dot Urban Garden. Thank you so much for
getting up early. Now you can go back to bed.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Oh, thank you so much Ron for having me.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
All right, Thank you very much, Sandra mau again at
Sandra dot Urbangarden. The name of the book is called
Vibrant Harvest. Outstanding quick break, we come back. We'll continue
on here in the garden with Ron Wilson.
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Our toll free number is eight hundred eight two three
eight two five five. Good morning. I am Ron Wilson,
your personal yard boy talking about yardening and man, I
have found a book that I guarantee you will. First
of all, you'll just love going through and looking at
all the pictures. It's probably one of the most colorful
books that I've ever seen when it comes to a
gardening book, and rightfully so, because that's what it's all about.
(00:24):
It's called Vibrant Harvest, Cultivating a kaleidoscope of colors in
your vegetable garden with heirlooms, modern ibrid's and a whole
lot more. It's written by Sandra Mile and you can
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
guess what she is with us this morning from the
West Coast.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good morning, Good morning, Ron, Thank you so much. I'm
so honored to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Well, it's an honor to have you on and getting
up so early out there. How's the weather on the
West Coast this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:56):
The weather the past week we got a lot of rain,
cold and all my wisht Toby in the garden. I'm
so happy right now.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
So they like the cooler weather, liking the rain so
good for you. I want to tell you something before
we talk this book. As soon as I saw the
cover of this book and the title, I was attracted
to it because if anybody's listening to my show over
all these years, my favorite thing to go look at
are folks vegetable gardens. I'd rather look at at a
cool vegetable garden than a flower garden or a landscape garden,
(01:28):
or whatever it may be. I love vegetable gardens. And
when I saw this and the way you have approached
this making your vegetable garden more colorful, I just I
fell in love with a book. It's absolutely outstanding.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Oh thank you so much, John. That meant so much
to me to hear that.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I tell you what it is phenomenal. I think after
somebody reads this book and sees all the great things
that you're doing in your garden, which, by the way,
most of which is container gardening, which is my other
favorite way to garden. Container garden and raise beds, I
think you'll start to rethink how you garden and look
more at the colorful things that you can put in
your garden versus just your regular vegetable. So let folks
(02:10):
know a little bit about you. You're You're actually a
business and design or decorator major. You're not really really
into the gardening.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That much, right, No, not at all. I grew up
with my mom and my grandmother, and we had the
garden in our backyard and I just love, you know,
to see all. I remember, I like to pick jasmin
for my grandmother every morning. And then when I moved
(02:42):
to the state, I started to garden a little bit.
And then I start off with fruit tree first, and
the vegetable garden here and there, just growing like kitchen herbs.
And then I start a real like big garden. When
during the twenty twenty, during the quaren in that when
we all at home, stuck at home. So I started
(03:03):
with with container at first, and then expanded to rais beads.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Well, and now the pictures that I'm looking at, is
this the same garden that you started with at that time?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yes? Yes, I first when I started, I started with
like simple, you know, like a red tomato, and then
I explored into different colors of red tomatoes and peppers.
And because as a kid, I just I just love
things colorful, So that is when I started the garden.
(03:37):
I just want to explore some different colors because when
I grow bind titifying variety of broccoli, for example, usually
I see green broccoli or white cauliflowers. But I want
to grow something that add colors through the garden.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well, and of course that's what you have done, and
they've done a wonderful job letting us know which ones
are and how to do that. And you pick abe
about forty two or so different vegetables, colorful vegetables to
walk us through for planting in our g and most
some are the what we would most of us would
normally grow anyway.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yes, and also like you know, like the one of
the main divisions that I wrote wybrant harvests, because I
just want to show everyone that growing vegetable doesn't have
to be playing green or boring. I feel like our
garden can be busting the color. And there are so
many beautiful, colorful vegetable out there, and I just want
(04:36):
to inspire her. And it's you know, for them to
explore more varieties and have fun in the process.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Sandra mal is with us this morning. You can follow
her on Instagram. It's at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
be sure and check it out, because it's a Once
you start following her, you will continue to follow her.
The book is called Vibrant Harvest. It is absolutely outstanding.
It's one of the most colorful gardening books I think
I have ever read and enjoyed. Fantastic. You know, after
(05:06):
I finished reading your book, I thought back, and I've
been doing this for a long time, and I love
container guarding, but I thought back, even as simple as
the peppers, Back when I was a kid and my
grandparents were having gardens or whatever, you know, colorful things
in the garden besides a tomato turning, right was about it.
Even peppers, you know, we grew green peppers, and of
(05:27):
course my grandparents called those mangoes, but green peppers. But
you know, maybe some yellow bananas or yellow Hungarian wax,
but that was about it as far as the color.
And today look at just the peppers alone, all the
different colors that are available out there. It's crazy. And
of course many of them are grown now rightfully so
(05:49):
as an ornamental pepper. Just because of what you're doing
here with the color, Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
I thought to grow discover that we have purple peppers
even though black color peppers, and when I start growing
it and hoves it, it's just so much joy. And
when I shared on my Instagram, there's a lot of
people also that never seen purple peppers before.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, yep, and again phenomenal. And I noticed as you
plant in these in your containers and by the way,
uh and we can say this on as far as
a plug there that those are veg that's the uh
Vegio planners, right.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Do Vego? Yeah, yeah, Vego Uh A race bed, yes you.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And I mean there's so many out there that are
available today and I have seen those. Those seem to
be a really nice for folks that have never done
this before. Uh, something to take a look at. That's
obviously what you've used throughout yours as far as most
of your raised beds, and obviously you're using other containers
as well, but that's your kind of your stable. As
I look on the side of the those containers, I
(07:01):
see a little unit that looks like a solar pail
or whatever.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
What is that that is actually a solar light. So
I've been using Vego Garden race beds since the beginning
of my journey and I love them. They are really
uh durable and it's easy to install, and I think
it's like it's perfect race bed for beginner. And then
(07:29):
they go start to design some more product. So in
my garden, even though I have different shape or different
type or container, but all from Vigo, they have the
rolling race bed that is easy for you that grow
in the covision that want to bring your garden indoor.
(07:50):
And then they have the solar light because I love
lighting in the garden at night time. Even though people
say that you know, lighting in the garden at nighttime
maybe attract you know, rodent or other in the mall
or insight, but I feel like adding light in the
garden at nighttime is such a joy. So when we
go have the solar LII, it's so convenient that it
(08:13):
had the magnet to the base bed that you don't
have to reduce any two.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
I think that's oft. I kept looking at that going
what in the heck is that I couldn't tell was
something a moisture and it looked like it was some
kind of a solar lighting system. What a great idea.
I think it's a great idea. Talking with Sandra Mouth,
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden and
you're gonna absolutely love it. The name of the book
is called Vibrant Harvest. Let's take a quick break. We
come back. We'll learn more from Sandra Mout and this
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Speaker 1 (11:14):
Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson and
I have a book to make you rethink how you
are planting your vegetable garden to make it more colorful
and good for you as well. It's called Vibrant Harvest
Cultivating a Kaleidoscope of colors in your vegetable garden with heirlooms,
modern hybrids, and more. Written by Sandra Mau. You can
follow her on Instagram at Sandra dot Urban Garden. And
(11:36):
she is talking with us this morning from the West Coast.
And we really do appreciate you getting up early and
spending time with us.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
I got it.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I have to admit. When I read started reading the book,
you talked about if you ever heard somebody say eat
the rainbow, we always said eat your vegetables, but eat
the rainbow. I loved it.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah, that's what I told my kids, and I started
to you know, I sin before I have my garden.
I just love buying different colors of whichetaball cook for
my kids. So I usually go to the farmer's market
and pick up different colors of cauliflowers and you know,
cook it and then always tell them that hey, it's
(12:18):
the rainbow.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, and what a great way and what a great
way to get the kids involved eating the vegetables as
well when they're very careful. So let me ask you this.
With those kids as they've been growing up, do they
help you in the garden as well?
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Yes, I do. Before I started my Instagram page, I
have a small patch that I put their initials name
on there and then I let them grow carret, sweet pea,
and they really enjoy it. They excited with the garden.
And even though right now they don't really do garden much,
(12:53):
but they enjoy harvestings. So and then they run out
there and harvest tomato or green onion and cook. It
just makes me so happy.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Oh absolutely, And I think, you know, down the road,
after they get through school and everything, in college. Don't
you think that'll come back to them and the next
thing you know, they'll be gardening as well.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yes, absolutely, just like when I was a kid. I remember, yeah,
that gardening with my grandmother. But then I kind of
like not guarding fall a while until now I feel
like everything he's come back.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Absolutely. Talking with Sandra Mount again, the name of a
book is Vibrant Harvest. Now, you know, and growing these
not only makes your vegetable garden more colorful, makes your
harvest more colorful, makes your canning more colorful. But a
lot of these aren't they even better for you because
of the different colors.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Yes, I think different colors vegetable also have different flavors
and also different health benefits.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Yeah, so as you're you know, so again you know,
as you're eating these, research has shown a lot of
those are much higher in the vitamins and the calcium
and iron and all of that versus some of the
regular vegetables, and again, colorful at the same time, better
for you at the same time phenomenal, and she has
done the homework for you. As a matter of fact,
as you work through these common very common stem plants,
(14:20):
root crops, fruiting crops. You know the varieties that you
listen Here are all varieties that typically are locally available
at most of the many garden centers that are out
there today. And if they aren't, I always tell folks
go to your local garden center, take this book with
you and ask them to grow them for next year
for you to plant. I gotta ask you. I got
(14:42):
a picture from you off the instagram of you holding
a Swiss chard and I swear that thing is four
feet tall with those maroon red stems and those green leaves. Wow,
how did you grow that thing?
Speaker 2 (15:00):
So I think I feel like all vegetable because I
got a lot of people say that, you know, organic gardening,
we cannot growth in big and I just want to
show them that each vegetable they need, you know, a
certain nutrient and a certain you know, a thing that
they need. If you give them all of them at
the same time, the right thing and grow them the
(15:22):
right way, they can grow so big. And that's sweet
short even though it's shumongous, but it's still edible.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
The stem steel tender and I like to do steel
fry with the fish shirts.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Uh, which one do you? Which one? Is that the
Ford Hook giant, the one that I'm looking at here, Yes.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
The Swish shirt, the pin one that knew that knew, Yeah,
that I hold.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Yes, unbelievable. And again you can see this picture at
Sandra dot Urban Garden. That thing is unbelievable. So as
I do you have a secret recipe as far as
the planting mix that you use in your in your
vego gardens, Yes, I do.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
I also listit uh in in the book to my
preserent recipe for soil. But men, uh, I like to
do things simple, you know, uh, and it costs less
as well. I only use for Bigo garden. It's the
metal raisbad with the open bottom, so I usually I
set it on the ground and also I have some
(16:28):
space that I uh said it directly on the concrete. Uh.
So I use the potting makes organic compost and kitchen
scrap wormcasting that I made it in the garden. And uh,
I just all proposfertilizer. I love well balanced fertilizer for
(16:49):
the start for all of my vegetable and then I
add some other fertilizer that each individual crop meat for
example like tomato, they need more calcium and at the
same time while the figuring they need more nitrogen.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I noticed that with you, when you talk about the
rainbow tomatoes, you do address blossom minrot, which is a
common problem for all gardeners, tomato growers across the United States. Yes,
so you've got that as well. And of course you
address all of these. You list the varieties that are
available out there for you, You talk about how to
plant them, whether it's from seed or from transplant. She
(17:32):
walks you through the entire process. And then at the
end of the book, you talk about harvesting, You talk
about how to do the the container garden, you talk
about even canning and even doing some kim chi.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Yes, those recipes that I added in the book is
the recipe that when viral on my Instagram, it is
so easy and simple. So the way I I construct
the book is first part is the you know, show
people how to grow a certain crop. Because when I
(18:09):
got I receive a lot of questions in the past
when people ask about you know, exactly you know how
to grow tomato, how you grow peppers. So I feel
like when they get the book, they can go exactly
you know, if they want to go grow tomato everything
just in that to say which the wall profile right,
(18:31):
and then after growing, I also a part to show
people how to start the garden. So when people at
the beginner, they want to know how to start the garden.
And then the third part to take care of the garden.
And then the last part is to enjoy all the
hard work.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I'll tell you what you have done an outstanding
job here. I highly recommend this book. Read it this
winter when you're playing in your vegetable garden. For next year,
you will change the way you look at it. It's
called Vibrant Harvest by Sandra Mao. Follow her on Instagram
at Sandra dot Urban Garden. Thank you so much for
getting up early. Now you can go back to bed.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Oh, thank you so much Ron for having me.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
All right, Thank you very much, Sandra mau again at
Sandra dot Urbangarden. The name of the book is called
Vibrant Harvest. Outstanding quick break, we come back. We'll continue
on here in the garden with Ron Wilson.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
Help.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
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