The animals we share the planet with ? wildlife, livestock and pets alike ? have more depth and personality than they are often given credit for. Joining me this week to speak about what he?s learned about animal intelligence is Brandon Keim, the author of ?Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World.?

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The National Forests and federal wilderness areas that are often taken for granted today only exist because of the efforts of some dedicated conservationists and foresters with the foresight to realize that if these lands were not protected, they would be logged and developed into oblivion. To share the history of how U.S. public lands were rescued, joining me on the podcast this week is Jeffrey Ryan, a well-traveled hiker and the author of ?This Land Was Saved for You and Me.?

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An area smaller than a parking space can be transformed into an ecologically powerful, carbon-sequestering, biodiverse native mini-forest in a few short years using a dense planting technique known as the Miyawaki method. To share why and how to plant a Miyawaki forest, joining me on the podcast this week is Andrew Lampl, a sustainability consultant and educator.

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Taking on an environmental stewardship project as a hobbyist is a rewarding task but it can also feel like learning how to swim by being kicked off the dock. My guest this week, author Paula Whyman, made a splash and went on to write about it in her recently released book ?Bad Naturalist: One Woman?s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop.?

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Wildlife crossings save animals? lives by enabling them to cross roads in search of food, water and nesting sites safely, while also protecting biodiversity and reducing costly motor vehicle accidents. Without a safe place to cross the roads cutting through their habitat, animals suffer many negative consequences, explains my guest this week, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, the author of the book ?Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.?

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Organic gardeners know the mantra ?feed the soil, let the soil feed the plants.? Healthy soil leads to plants that are not only more vigorous and resilient but also more nutrient-dense. My guests this week, ?What Your Food Ate? authors David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, explain that when we take care of the land, the land takes care of us.

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The Old Farmer?s Almanac has been a resource for growers for more than two centuries, published annually with information on the best times to sow seeds and harvest fruits and vegetables, and recipes for enjoying all that produce, plus much, much more. To share the history of the Almanac and explain why so many readers still enjoy it today, joining me on the podcast this week is the publication?s editor-in-chief, Carol Connare.

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Ferns aren?t quite as showy as flowering plants, but they are beautiful and their biology is fascinating, according to my guest this week, evolutionary biologist Dr. Emily Sessa of the New York Botanical Garden. She is here to teach us all about ferns, from their history to their unique properties.

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One of the most fun and satisfying aspects of raising houseplants is being able to propagate them to get more. But some houseplants are easier to propagate than others. To share the need-to-knows of houseplant propagation, Lindsay Sisti, the author of ?The Ultimate Guide to Houseplant Propagation,? joins me on the podcast this week.

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Winter tree care isn?t just about aesthetics ? it reduces the risk that a tree drops a limb or topples, which can both doom the tree and cause property damage and injury. To share important winter tree care tips and warnings, arborist and tree preservationist Basil Camu returns to the podcast this week.

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Gardeners trying to do right by the ecosystem often run into antiquated bylaws, covenants and restrictions that prohibit natural yards. This frustration led to the creation of Bylaws for Biodiversity, an initiative to encourage lawmakers and homeowners associations to adopt rules that protect and promote biodiversity on private and public lands. Joining me on the podcast this week to discuss the motivation behind Bylaws for Biodiversity are two of the program?s advocates: Nina-Marie Lister and Lorraine Johnson.

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Yard maintenance rules and laws created decades ago, before people and governments were attuned to the ecological damage wrought by climate change and habitat loss, continue to be blindly enforced in suburban and urban neighborhoods. My guest this week, Ontario gardener Wolf Ruck, has fought hard to defend his right to use his yard to sequester carbon and reduce biodiversity loss, a battle that is ongoing.

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Rewilding a home landscape to support wildlife and increase biodiversity is a noble and worthwhile effort and should be every property owner?s right. However, ill-advised local ordinances that favor tidiness over ecology can make a native garden a target for fines and prosecution. On this week?s podcast, native gardener Craig Sinclair explains how he went to bat for his garden and overcame the forces that would see it plowed under and sodded over.

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Preparing for seed starting season well ahead of time and becoming better organized will save you headaches and money in the months to come. This week, I?m sharing how I prepare and the new efficient seed organization system that I have adopted.

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Farmer and author Ben Hartman proves it doesn?t take a ton of space to grow enough food to sustain a business. Ben joins me on the podcast to explain how he maximized efficiency on his lean micro farm to grow enough crops to satisfy his most loyal customers while reducing the effort and resources required to be successful.

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Margaret Roach, the New York Times gardening columnist and host of the podcast ?A Way to Garden,? is back with me again to discuss what?s new in her garden and what she?s planning for in 2025. Margaret is a repeat guest many times over and a listener favorite who always has interesting observations to share.

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The end of the year is always a good time to reflect and take stock of the lessons we?ve learned. On this week?s podcast, we look back on 2024 in the garden to make note of the experiences and knowledge we will take with us going forward on our gardening journeys. Joining me in recapping 2024 is my right-hand person ? and left-hand too ? Amy Prentice, the Director of Marketing and Communications here at Agrivana Media®. Amy is a gardener herself as well as a talented photographer who documents the interesting visitors to her yard.

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Starting a native, organic garden is a big step on the ecological gardening journey, and once you?ve made it that far, you?ll have even more questions than you did before. Garden designer Kelly Norris joins me to shed light on what comes next and discuss his new book, ?Your Natural Garden.?

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Germinating native flower seeds is more involved than the seed starting you may be used to, but it?s not hard and it will scratch your gardening itch in winter. Wild Seed Project founder Heather McCargo joins me to explain how to start native flower seeds and the biodiversity benefits that it provides.

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In the soil under our feet, amazing things go on that we don?t get to see. The more we learn about the hidden life of roots, the greater our understanding of how plants obtain the water and nutrients they need to grow. Landscape designer and author Robert Kourik joins me on the podcast to explain what roots and other organisms are up to beneath the soil?s surface.

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Eye injuries in the garden may not be top of mind when weeding and harvesting, but gardeners should be in the habit of taking precautions. To identify the risks to our eyes that gardening poses and ways to prevent injuries, joining me on the podcast this week is retinal surgeon Dr. C. Kiersten Pollard.

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Spring?s flower garden starts with fall bulb planting. To share everything you need to know to plant and grow flowering bulbs successfully, Brent Heath of Brent and Becky?s Bulbs, the celebrated mail-order bulb company, joins me on the podcast. 

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Even in an urban environment, nature is all around, if you know where to look. This week, writer Joanna Brichetto joins me to discuss her essay collection, ?This Is How a Robin Drinks: Essays on Urban Nature,? and the benefits of becoming attuned to wildlife.

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Poisonous plants like poison ivy and giant hogweed can cause irritation, pain and scarring, but there are other plants ? wicked plants ? that are downright deadly. Joining me this week to discuss the stories behind the world?s most dangerous plants is New York Times bestselling author Amy Stewart.

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A naturalized bulb lawn provides beautiful blooms each spring continuously with no need for additional plantings. In this week?s encore, I?m joined by horticulturist Peggy Anne Montgomery to discuss the history and techniques behind bulb lawns and to share how to start your own.

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?Leave the leaves? is a slogan you must have heard by now. Each fall, conservationists encourage homeowners to keep leaves on their property rather than sending them off to landfills. There are a number of reasons to do so, chiefly to support wildlife and reduce contributions to climate change. For a deep dive into why leaving the leaves is such a game-changer, returning to the podcast this week is National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski.

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When we pause to observe the natural world more closely and record those observations and the way they make us feel, we gain a greater understanding of nature and ourselves. Writer Margaret Renkl, who has a new prompt journal out now as a companion to her best-selling book ?The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year,? joins me this week to discuss the benefits of a nature journal.

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There are around 4,000 species of wild, native bees in North America, though imported, domesticated honeybees seem to be the bees that get all the attention when it comes to conservation. To help us learn about native bees and their value, joining me on the podcast this week is entomologist and wild bee expert Dr. Jessica Forrest.

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Citizen scientists are key to tracking bird populations in North America and identifying which birds are growing in numbers and range ? and which are on the decline. To explain the value of bird counts, what can be learned from the data and how anyone can get involved, joining me on the podcast this week is Project FeederWatch project leader Dr. Emma Greig.

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Gardening burnout happens when a garden becomes so much more work than you can keep up with and a source of disappointment ? one disaster after another ? rather than a source of joy. It?s the feeling of not just being overwhelmed but wanting to give up gardening altogether (at least for now). This week, I identify the sources of gardening burnout and the adjustments gardeners can make so they never get to that point.

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Tree collectors come in many different fashions, as author Amy Stewart explores in her new book, ?The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession.? Amy joins me on the podcast this week to discuss tree collecting, what inspired her to write this book, and 10 of the 50 tree collectors she featured in the book.

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Margaret Roach is one of those heroes in horticulture and gardening media who I really admire. She excels at communicating her fundamental understanding of the natural world and reminds her readers and listeners to keep on digging, in more ways than one. She has been a guest on this podcast many times, and this week I am revisiting her first appearance, from back in 2017, where Margaret joined me to share simple yet timeless garden design lessons.

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The annual monarch butterfly migration south starts this month, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit my conversation with ecologist and evolutionary scientist Dr. Anurag Agrawal, an expert on monarch butterflies and milkweed ? the only type of plant that monarchs lay their eggs on.

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Periodically, rather than recording a podcast from my studio, I like to get out into my garden and record an audio journal on-site, so I can talk in real time about what I?m seeing, the wins and challenges of the season, what?s worked, what hasn?t and what I plan to change. In this edition, I touch on many things you may have noticed in your own garden this year, and I share how I make the transition from the summer growing season to fall.

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Soil bacteria perform many essential tasks to enable plant growth, including cycling nutrients and fixing nitrogen. To explain the fascinating things that researchers have discovered about soil bacteria in recent years, my guest on this encore presentation is gardening columnist and author Jeff Lowenfels.

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Fumigation film and drip tape inaugurated changes in agriculture that made it easier and far more efficient to grow food crops in difficult climates, and now artificial intelligence is bringing about advancements in weed and pest control, among other promising developments. To discuss innovations in agriculture and how they could also benefit home gardeners, joining me on the podcast this week is Dr. Nathan Boyd, a professor of horticulture and weed science at the University of Florida. 

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Plants can do some marvelous things ? in addition to being ?light eaters? they have their own ways of seeing, hearing and feeling. My guest this week, environmental reporter and author Zöe Schlanger, is here to discuss her new book, The Light Eaters, on the concept of plant intelligence and how it changes our understanding of plant life.

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Many apple varieties that have not been commercially available for decades have been lost to history, but there are people called ?apple hunters? who go in search of once-popular apples to save them from extinction. My guest this week, Jude Schuenemeyer is an apple hunter who is here to share a success story: the rediscovery of the Colorado Orange apple.

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The insect crisis is one leg of the biodiversity loss problem that has cascading effects on the ecosystem and threatens human survival. To share the causes of and the solutions to insect decline, joining me this week is Oliver Milman, author of ?The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World.?

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Aldo Leopold is considered to be one of the most consequential conservationists of the 20th century. In his posthumously published book ?A Sand County Almanac,? he put forward the ?land ethic? ? the idea that the fates of humans and land are intertwined. To talk about Leopold?s influence on the conservation movement, joining me on the podcast this week is Aldo Leopold Foundation senior fellow Dr. Curt Meine.

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Groundcover plants require far less maintenance than a turfgrass lawn and can also offer erosion control and ecological services, among many other benefits. To discuss groundcover solutions to lawn troubles, joining me this week is Kathy Jentz, author of ?Groundcover Revolution.?

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Extreme temperatures, drought and flooding are all becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, creating new challenges for gardeners. To explain how to gird a garden for the effects of a warming planet, joining me on the podcast this week is Kim Stoddart, who literally wrote the book ? two books, in fact ? on climate change-resilient gardening.

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Of the many reasons to garden, the presence of beautiful and interesting birds is among the most delightful. To explain how to make your garden bird-friendly, joining me on the podcast this week is Jen McGuinness, aka Frau Zinnie, the author of ?Bird-Friendly Gardening: Guidance and Projects for Supporting Birds in Your Landscape.?

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About 80% of the population is allergic to the oily resin urushiol, the compound found in poison ivy that causes dermatitis ? a burning, itching rash. Reactions to poison ivy range from mild to life-threatening, and I am among those who have ended up in the ER due to poison ivy exposure. As this three-leaved menace is in its peak season, I am revisiting my conversation with Dr. Susan Pell, a botanist with a deep expertise on the family of plants that poison ivy belongs to.

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Controlling deer is a challenge for many gardeners, whether they have ornamental gardens or are raising vegetables, not to mention rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons, moles and voles. To explore the most effective ways to control nuisance wildlife, I spoke with wildlife damage management specialist Marne Titchenell, who shared her advice on which deterrents work and which are just wishful thinking.

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Of all the tools you use in the garden, your body is the most important, and maintaining it is pivotal. To explain how gardeners can make small changes in their gardening routines to protect and strengthen their bodies, movement expert Katy Bowman joins me on the podcast this week.

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Climate change has forced food growers to adjust how they garden, and as trends toward more extreme weather continue, this will only become more true. My guest this week, organic gardener and environmental studies professor Toni Farmer, explains the steps gardeners can take to mitigate the effects that climate change has on their crops.

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Converting lawn to meadow is not as hard as it may seem, and my guest this week demonstrates as much in his book ?Tiny + Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere.? Graham Laird Gardner works to get the word out about the simplicity and benefits of creating a native meadow.

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Getting more people to participate in healing the ecosystem takes spreading awareness of both the problems and the solutions. My guest this week, Basil Camu, does just that in his new book ?From Wasteland to Wonder: Easy Ways We Can Help Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape.? 

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The Ecological Gardening Summit begins Wednesday, May 8, online, at noon Eastern time, and to prepare, I am sharing some of the principles that inspired this inaugural event. This week, I am revisiting my past podcasts with Rebecca McMackin, who will present ?Adventures in Ecological Horticulture? during the summit.

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