Episode 10 - Reading Seed Catalogs

21 02 2007

It’s that time of year to put in your seed orders.  Back in December I reminded you to place your requests with a few seed companies so you’d have some information to help you make your decisions. Hopefully you did that and now have 4 or 5 catalogs on your kitchen counter. In this episode we’ll cover the things you should be looking for when selecting your seeds.
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Found a new garden podcast

21 02 2007

I was surfing iTunes looking to see if any new gardening podcasts had started and I found one that is actually really good! 

It’s the Alternative Kitchen Garden.  The associated blog is fluffymuppet.blogspot.com

The author’s name is Emma, and she lives in the UK. She basically talks about whatever topic she’s interested that day. Much like MyChicagoGarden but less structured and more sociable :)

I highly recommend you check it out and give it a listen.

Episode 10 for MyChicagoGarden should be posted tonight…sorry for the delay.




Episode 9 - Science Fairs, Whole Foods Market, Peat Moss and a garden update

8 02 2007

In this episode I’ll talk about spending the morning judging an elementary school science fair, then a little about Whole Food markets, a cool new website for vegetable growers and then I’ll ramble on about the controversy around using peat moss in your garden. Then at the end I’ll catch you up on how the house hunting, and ultimately the garden building is going.
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