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Flower Power Garden Hour

Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous liste... Read more

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Flower Power Garden Hour 32: Roses Deep-Dive, Part 1

Flower Power Garden Hour 32: Roses Deep-Dive, Part 1

This is part 1 of 2 that comprises a comprehensive breakdown of anything and everything about roses, with a focus on bar... Read more

11 Jan 2019

55mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 19: Begonias – properties and growing/propagating techniques

Flower Power Garden Hour 19: Begonias – properties and growing/propagating techniques

All things Begonia this week. Paul Tsamtsis (lifetime Begonia gardener & expert) & Mike Tentis (lifetime gardene... Read more

6 Jul 2018

53mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 60: Roses Deep-Dive, Part 2

Flower Power Garden Hour 60: Roses Deep-Dive, Part 2

https://www.goldcountryrose.org/ Judy Frederick http://sierrafoothillsrosesociety.org/ Charlotte Owendyk https://www.ros... Read more

1 Mar 2020

1hr 50mins

Ranked #4

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Flower Power Garden Hour 37: Lavender, with Tina Reikes of Bear Flag Farm

Flower Power Garden Hour 37: Lavender, with Tina Reikes of Bear Flag Farm

Tina Reikes was not always a farmer. 9/11 caused Tina to reevaluate her life, leading her to deviate from her corporate ... Read more

31 Mar 2019

57mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 8: Tomato Gardening Deep Dive

Flower Power Garden Hour 8: Tomato Gardening Deep Dive

This episode is a deep dive into tomato planting – how to set your spring/summer vegetable garden up for success.  The ... Read more

1 Apr 2018

1hr 5mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 35: Vermiculture – How to raise Composting Worms

Flower Power Garden Hour 35: Vermiculture – How to raise Composting Worms

Kate Waldo owns Worm Fancy, a business focused on diverting food waste going into our landfills. She began by working wi... Read more

24 Feb 2019

1hr 4mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 39: Plant Cuttings

Flower Power Garden Hour 39: Plant Cuttings

In this episode Marlene delves into making softwood cuttings in order to propagate clones of parent plants. Taking cutti... Read more

17 May 2019

54mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 52: Plant Defenses

Flower Power Garden Hour 52: Plant Defenses

Poisons, spines and secondary metabolites….plants have numerous ways of ensuring they are protected and dispersed. I sit... Read more

1 Dec 2019

1hr 39mins

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Vegetable Gardening – Common Problems, Symptoms & Solutions

Vegetable Gardening – Common Problems, Symptoms & Solutions

This episode covers many of the common vegetable garden problems Marlene gets asked about. She covers tomatoes, peppers,... Read more

16 Jun 2018

58mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 15: Horticulture Fake News -- Gardening Myths Debunked

Flower Power Garden Hour 15: Horticulture Fake News -- Gardening Myths Debunked

We all know of common gardening hints and tips. Sometimes these are passed on through family generations, and sometimes ... Read more

27 May 2018

57mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 11: Vegetable & Flower Gardening Q&A

Flower Power Garden Hour 11: Vegetable & Flower Gardening Q&A

A round of listener questions fills this week’s episode, with a mixed focus on vegetables, pest control & flowers. S... Read more

26 Apr 2018

44mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 53: Listener Q&A…grab bag

Flower Power Garden Hour 53: Listener Q&A…grab bag

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week -- grab bag of questions.  Persimmon tree. Best tim... Read more

8 Dec 2019

48mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 33: Bees – How to start and maintain a colony

Flower Power Garden Hour 33: Bees – How to start and maintain a colony

This is a much requested and anticipated episode with a deep dive on bees. Bee expert Dave Watson joins the show to shar... Read more

23 Jan 2019

1hr 53mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 42: Pollinators for fruits and vegetables

Flower Power Garden Hour 42: Pollinators for fruits and vegetables

Bees, butterflies, beetles, oh my. These are just some of the important pollinators needed to achieve great fruit and ve... Read more

25 Jun 2019

1hr 5mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 7: Gardening Q&A

Flower Power Garden Hour 7: Gardening Q&A

You say potato…Horticulturalists say Solanum tuberosum. This week Marlene delves into vegetable gardening discussing pot... Read more

24 Mar 2018

1hr

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Flower Power Garden Hour 14: Gardening Q&A….Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers

Flower Power Garden Hour 14: Gardening Q&A….Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers

Loads of listener questions this week, with topics ranging from fruit trees, vegetables, soil amendments and prep, to fl... Read more

18 May 2018

59mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 50: Listener Q&A…potpourri

Flower Power Garden Hour 50: Listener Q&A…potpourri

Marlene answers a variety of listener submitted questions this week -- grab bag of questions.  Fall planting – what can... Read more

19 Oct 2019

53mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 46: Oaks, with Emily Griswold

Flower Power Garden Hour 46: Oaks, with Emily Griswold

Mighty, majestic… these are words often used to describe Oaks. For Emily Griswold, Oaks are so much more.. they are her ... Read more

25 Aug 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #19

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Flower Power Garden Hour 54: Hoyas, with Jonathan Robbins of Flori-Culture

Flower Power Garden Hour 54: Hoyas, with Jonathan Robbins of Flori-Culture

Hoyas produce some of the most beautiful flowers, and the fact they can do so as a houseplant is a win-win. I sit down w... Read more

23 Dec 2019

1hr 8mins

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Flower Power Garden Hour 3: Gardening Q&A

Flower Power Garden Hour 3: Gardening Q&A

Q&A with listener submitted questions. Topics include: Challenges of growing ficus Help with starting tulips Tips f... Read more

21 Feb 2018

48mins

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