The Keep Growing Podcast

In this episode of the Keep Growing Podcast, we’re going to defrost, venture outside, and get to work in the garden.

In this episode we’re going to take a look at hydroponic gardening. We’ll consider the basic concepts of hydroponic gardening, its benefits, and how to get started.

In this episode we’re going to change things up because we just had a special week in our industry. It was Green Career Week, an event sponsored by Seed Your Future.

In this episode, I want to start thinking about planning for spring. At the time of recording, it is early February, and now is the time to start looking ahead to warmer days, doodling garden plans, and ordering seed.  Organizing your gardening plans and keeping track of your garden's progress is important.  That's where garden journals come in.

Over the last couple years we saw a huge influx of new gardeners that wanted to grow veggies, preserve their harvest, and turn their backyards into a little paradise.  2023 is going to take those new-found gardening skills and attitude of self-reliance to a whole new level. Basically, the training wheels are off, and your imagination is the limit.

In this episode we address the elephant in the room.  What happened to The Keep Growing Podcast after it disappeared in 2020.  From covid to hackers, it's been an exciting couple of years at Bob's Market & Greenhouses.  Now that things have somewhat returned to normal, it's time to roll up our sleeves, break ground on some new episodes, and ... keep growing!

In our last episode, we covered planting our Victory Garden.  Now it's time to nurture it into a productive space that will produce an abundance of healthy food.  Way back at the beginning of the lockdown, I had the pleasure of chatting with Stephanie Rose about her newest book, Garden Alchemy.  It is an awesome book because all of the techniques in the book use items readily available at home.

In this episode it is time to plant your Victory Garden.  In this episode we'll look at the basics of planting seeds and transplants. ... Also, achoo!  We talk about gardening with allergies.

Planning is perhaps one of the most important aspects of gardening.  Whether your planning a veggie garden or the landscaping around your house, it all starts with a plan.  A good place to start is with a manual.  In 1943, the founder of the National Garden Bureau, James H. Burdett, published The Victory Garden Manual.  In this episode of the podcast, we meet Diane Blazek, Executive Director of NGB.