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Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari help you discover the amazing world of plants: in the garden, in the wild, and on your plate. They show you how to grow plants successfully, how to enjoy your natural sur... Read more

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014 - Herbs on the Deck, Hardiness Zones and Tips for the Planting Season - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

014 - Herbs on the Deck, Hardiness Zones and Tips for the Planting Season - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

Ellen and C.L. start celebrating the planting season by talking about herbs in containers. Next they answer the question... Read more

5 Jun 2017

43mins

Ranked #2

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Windowboxes, Easy Vegetables from Seed, and Bad Garden Advice

Windowboxes, Easy Vegetables from Seed, and Bad Garden Advice

Ellen and C.L. provide the 1-2-3 steps to planting window boxes, discuss some really bad plant advice seen online, talk ... Read more

13 Feb 2020

24mins

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Blueberries, Hydrangeas, and a Magic Wand For Weeds

Blueberries, Hydrangeas, and a Magic Wand For Weeds

:40 What’s for dinner: Blueberries 6:54 Insider Information: Soil pH. In other words, how acid or alkaline your ground i... Read more

3 Aug 2018

30mins

Ranked #4

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022 - Winter Squash, Fall Cleanup and Saving Summer Annuals - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

022 - Winter Squash, Fall Cleanup and Saving Summer Annuals - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

In this episode we talk about how to tell if winter squash is ripe and how to preserve it. We discuss saving annuals fro... Read more

28 Sep 2017

35mins

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Carrots, Repotting Houseplants, and Halloween Pumpkin Seeds

Carrots, Repotting Houseplants, and Halloween Pumpkin Seeds

 Today we’re talking about carrots, wild and domestic. We explain that before a plant has fruit it comes into flower, an... Read more

11 Oct 2018

23mins

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Coffee Grounds, Plant Emergencies, and Sweet or Savory Cooking

Coffee Grounds, Plant Emergencies, and Sweet or Savory Cooking

Ellen and C.L. discuss garden or foraged ingredients that can swing both ways (sweet or savory), we discuss how to respo... Read more

27 Jun 2019

24mins

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003 - Wow Factor Plants, Rain Gauges and Acorns - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

003 - Wow Factor Plants, Rain Gauges and Acorns - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

Looking for a plant that will impress everyone who comes to your yard or garden? Do you wonder why your plants have drie... Read more

28 Apr 2017

34mins

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018 - Growing Garnishes, Deadheading and Irrigation - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

018 - Growing Garnishes, Deadheading and Irrigation - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

In this episode C.L. and Ellen celebrate plants in summer. They begin by suggesting ways you can add color, flavor and f... Read more

3 Aug 2017

35mins

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004 - Dinner, Diversity & Dahlias - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

004 - Dinner, Diversity & Dahlias - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

Like you, Ellen and C.L. love good food. So part of today's program is about what's for dinner. We also look at why dive... Read more

28 Apr 2017

35mins

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Twice Baked Potatoes, Norfolk Pines, and the Plantrama Gift List

Twice Baked Potatoes, Norfolk Pines, and the Plantrama Gift List

Learn about an easy, vegetable comfort dish and the Norfolk Island Pine houseplant. Discover great holiday gifts and fin... Read more

5 Dec 2019

25mins

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Fall Cocktails, Winter Protection and Growing Fig Trees

Fall Cocktails, Winter Protection and Growing Fig Trees

We start off this podcast with a toast to fall as Ellen presents an autumnal cocktail…a frozen persimmon margarita! We d... Read more

26 Sep 2019

31mins

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Ornamental Fun With Fall Grasses, Leaving the Leaves, and Wild Grapes

Ornamental Fun With Fall Grasses, Leaving the Leaves, and Wild Grapes

C.L. and Ellen explain how you can make your ornamental grasses look amusing and fun for the fall into the winter holida... Read more

24 Oct 2019

23mins

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Straw Bale Gardens, Overwintering a Bay Tree and An Acorn Myth

Straw Bale Gardens, Overwintering a Bay Tree and An Acorn Myth

In this autumnal episode Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari talk about the pros and cons of straw bale gardens…fantastic or a... Read more

31 Oct 2019

25mins

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Taming Overgrown or Too Large Gardens and Garden Design Tips

Taming Overgrown or Too Large Gardens and Garden Design Tips

We begin this episode with the importance of planting something new “at ground level.” Next Ellen and C.L. discuss what ... Read more

19 Dec 2019

25mins

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Radishes, Duct Tape, and Marauding Mint

Radishes, Duct Tape, and Marauding Mint

C.L. and Ellen debate whether duct tape can be used to fix broken branches, discuss radishes, help a listener deal with ... Read more

13 Jun 2019

23mins

Ranked #16

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Transplanting, End of Summer Plant Sales, and Cinnamon Fungicide

Transplanting, End of Summer Plant Sales, and Cinnamon Fungicide

Can you move plants now, in the summer? Is it smart to buy end of summer sale plants? Would you like the Earthkind Mosqu... Read more

15 Aug 2019

25mins

Ranked #17

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Fireworks, Pesto and Harvesting Garlic

Fireworks, Pesto and Harvesting Garlic

Ellen and C.L. ignite the plant equivalent of fireworks in today’s episode. We revisit how pesto doesn’t have to be made... Read more

4 Jul 2019

20mins

Ranked #18

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Painted Rocks, Powdery Mildew and Cannabis Flowering

Painted Rocks, Powdery Mildew and Cannabis Flowering

Ellen and C.L. start this episode out by discussing painted rocks. Are you painting them this summer? Are your kids pain... Read more

1 Aug 2019

23mins

Ranked #19

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023 - Insider Information on Garden Tourism, New Plants and Garden Products, and What on Earth is GWA? - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

023 - Insider Information on Garden Tourism, New Plants and Garden Products, and What on Earth is GWA? - Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

We're pleased to take you into the world of garden communicators and garden tourism in this episode. Fresh out of the GW... Read more

12 Oct 2017

33mins

Ranked #20

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Edible Flowers, April Showers, and Skunk Cabbage

Edible Flowers, April Showers, and Skunk Cabbage

:32 What’s For Dinner? Edible Flowers   Whether you plant them or pick them in the wild, there are many spring flowers t... Read more

26 Apr 2018

30mins

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