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Jonathan and Jeannette

Hosted by Jonathan and Jeannette, longtime friends of 25 years and unapologetic botany degenerates. They’re not here to tell you what to plant or how to grow it, but to banter, gossip, and lovingly complain about all things green. Jonathan gardens from Montreal, Quebec (USDA zone 6A) while Jeannette tends her plants in Salem, Oregon (USDA zone 8B). Whether those numbers mean everything to you or absolutely nothing, you’re in the right place.

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  1. 12.11.2025

    Cranberry Bogs & Buzz

    Episode Notes In this episode we learn about Jonathan’s secret life as an oil baron. Jeannette will leave the leaves, so everyone please just shut up about it. We find a new community garden character trope and ask big questions like: are you a Thanksgiving marshmallow family? In our plant spotlight we talk about the original cranberry sauce and how the American colonists capitalized on indigenous knowledge and slavery to create their yummy cranberry desserts. We explain why cranberries need our vibrators and ask, “Did our favorite 90s HBO series cause the downfall of US wetlands?” Listen 'til the end for Jeannette’s famous cranberry sauce recipe! We’ll be going dormant for the winter but keep subscribed for Winter Cuttings! If you have any Garden Tea, send us an email to plantslutspod@gmail.com See you in February! Jeannette’s sources for her cranberry dissertation: ** https://www.npr.org/2006/11/23/6529449/a-cranberry-story-from-the-home-of-the-pilgrims https://westernfinancialgroup.ca/Cranberries-Grown-Harvested The Larry Meiller Show from Wisconsin Public Radio 10/21/25 https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Cranberries.aspx https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2017/11/14/native-fruit-cranberry-seasons/ https://foodprint.org/blog/cranberries-bogged-down-in-water-and-pollution/ https://horticulture.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2014/04/Cranberry-cold-hardiness1.pdf https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/cranberries https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/agr/A118-10-6-2008E.pdf https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/docs/cranberries/#:~:text=To%20release%20pollen%2C%20they%20either,legs%20(e.g.%20Megachile%20and%20Osmia) https://plentifulearth.com/magickal-correspondences-of-cranberries/ https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/21/archives/the-cranberrry-ruby-of-the-barrens-new-picking-method-taken-on-a.html **

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Hosted by Jonathan and Jeannette, longtime friends of 25 years and unapologetic botany degenerates. They’re not here to tell you what to plant or how to grow it, but to banter, gossip, and lovingly complain about all things green. Jonathan gardens from Montreal, Quebec (USDA zone 6A) while Jeannette tends her plants in Salem, Oregon (USDA zone 8B). Whether those numbers mean everything to you or absolutely nothing, you’re in the right place.