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The Grow Guide The Grow Guide
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4.9 • 296 Ratings
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The Grow Guide is Canada's #1 gardening podcast co-hosted by rookie grower, Maggie Wysocki and master grower, Dave Hanson. Listen in to honest conversations about seasonal gardening topics, including the trials, tribulations and successes of growing in climates where it can feel...kind of impossible.
Join the community of fellow Grow Guiders in our Facebook group. Have an idea for a guest or upcoming episode topic? Send us an email — thegrowguidepod@gmail.com
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June Minisode: Creating A Climate Resilient Garden + 5 Questions With Maggie & Dave + A Farm To Table Chocolatier!
Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to our full-length episodes with guest interviews and more. This month we interview UK gardening author & journalist, Kim Stoddart about her new book The Climate Change–Resilient Vegetable Garden: How to Grow Food in a Changing Climate. Learn more about our listener call-in, Ursula by visiting Disset Chocolate.
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May Minisode: Celebrating Pride Month Through A Horticultural Lens + Growing Pineapple In Zone 3 (?!)
Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to our May full-length episode with two guest interviews, covering the topic of Pride and the paralells between our 2SLGBTQI+ community and the garden. Full episode show notes are available here on our website.
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We’re Moving To Patreon (!) + Maggie & Dave Life Updates + What’s Trending In Gardening
Hi Grow Guiders, we’re back at last and have missed you dearly!
To subscribe to our next full-length episode head over to our new Patreon page linked here. The first 100 subscribers will be sent a free pack of organic seeds.
You can find the full episode show notes with time stamps on topics discussed here on our website
To keep up with Dave and his business, head over to the Sage Garden Greenhouses website linked here.
To keep up with Maggie and her blog, head over to the From Soil to Soul website linked here. -
Honouring Earth Day, with Melanie Mercier
With Maggie's baby due date literally days away, this is the last episode of our official spring season... and we've packed this week's pod full of awesome Earth-honouring gardening info! First up, we get a glimpse under the mulch in Dave and Maggie's gardens after our start-and-stop spring. Then we get to hear about a little season-extending experiment in Maggie's greenhouse and a mini potato planting tutorial from Dave, as part of our favourite things segment. Our listener question of the week addresses timing when it comes to transplanting community-sown seedlings, a topic that a number of people have been asking about. Then, our guest Melanie Mercier from Araucaria Gardening Services shares a deep dive into how she tackles transforming manicured urban lawns into flourishing gardens that are not only gorgeous but specifically designed to host and support the diverse organisms that make up a healthy ecosystem.
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Gardening on a Budget
Gardening can be a big investment of both time and money, so this week Dave and Maggie brainstorm practical ideas to extend the gardening budget, while also making planting simpler and easier-care. Before the thrift-minded back and forth, your hosts note what they see in their zone 3 gardens now that the snow has melted, Maggie gets real about the imminent arrival of her baby and we learn about when to pull back mulch as Dave and Maggie answer this week’s listener question.
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Growing Backyard Grains, with Dan and Fran DeRuyck
Ever wonder if you could grow grains in your home garden? This week we are joined by certified organic grain farmers Dan and Fran DeRuyck who walk us through the many questions that come up as we contemplate a world full of backyard micro-farms. The conversation takes us to many interesting places, with lessons on cover cropping, the value of regionally adapted seeds and heirlooms, companion planting, the strengths of an organic approach and ultimately the challenge of yields and processing of grains.
Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Maggie and Dave are awesome. This podcast also makes me appreciate my mild coastal B.C. climate :)
Tree hugger
Life happens, baby, Covid, unexpected personal things…but where are you? Nothing for a year. Hope all is well. Take care. Grateful for the work you’ve done. Relisten often
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