The Garden Path Podcast

Putting the Podcast Into the Compost Heap – A Heartfelt Goodbye!

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:09:00 +0000

Since starting to produce this podcast in November 2015 all the way through May 2023, it’s been a wonderful ride to learn about gardening from so many great people. I’ve truly enjoyed interviewing and getting to know so many folks through this podcast, but all good things must end. And it is time to put […]

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A Pause for the Podcast

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:12:33 +0000

Hello Gardeners! The podcast is going dormant for most of the rest of 2023! There is a rich archive of podcast episodes you can listen to in the meantime! I thank you all for listening to the podcast over these last few years but I’ll be taking a break to regroup and come up with […]

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Wildscape | Nancy Lawson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 12 May 2023 18:40:18 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nancy Lawson (@humanegardener) A few announcements: I’m going to take an extended break from the podcast, which you’ve probably already thought was going on based on how sporadic episodes have been lately. I’ve lost my zest for the podcast and thought I might power through but […]

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Ned Fritz’s Texas Environmental Legacy | Amy Martin

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:33:05 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Texas Land Conservancy (@texaslandconservancy) My guest today is Amy Martin, a writer and researcher from Dallas who is currently compiling a biography on Texas environmentalist Ned Fritz. Now, you may be asking, who the heck is Ned Fritz? And I was right there with you up […]

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Get Your Prairie On: Native Plant Garden Design with Benjamin Vogt

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:28:56 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Monarch Gardens, Benjamin Vogt (@monarchgardensbenjaminvogt) Way back in 2018 I had today’s guest on to talk about his book, A New Garden Ethic. Today Benjamin Vogt is back on the podcast to talk about his latest book, Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design. A […]

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Native Plant Gardening in Austin, Texas | Michelle Lay

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:27:12 +0000

Photos courtesy and copyright of Michelle Lay Today’s guest is Michelle Lay, a native plant gardener in Austin, Texas. Michelle and I have been Instagram acquaintances and friends over the last few years and I’ve enjoyed seeing her central Texas native plant garden evolve. Michelle has the same passion for conversation and protection of the […]

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Herbariums, Botanizing New Jersey, and Ecosystems as Backdrops | Bonnie Semmling

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:54:49 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bonnie (@bonntany) Happy 2023 everyone! Spring is trying to spring here but like every year in Texas we brace ourselves for a surprise freeze in February, so I’m not getting too antsy about the growing season yet. But almost! Today’s episode is a fun one and […]

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My Top 2 Garden & Nature Books for 2022!

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 17:26:45 +0000

I’m a voracious reader and read anything from paper books to kindle books and listen to my share of audiobooks. Rather than list the abundant garden and natural history books I read this year I summarized my two favorites in this podcast: Saving the Wild South by Georgann Eubanks and The Natural Habitat Garden by […]

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Just Give Us Some Native Milkweed! Native Plants vs the Horticulture Industry

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:00:46 +0000

This episode is more or less a recording of a blog post I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the stark divide in native plant media versus what is available for sale in the nursery industry. A summary of the issues… The Issues at Hand A diverse and locally native plant landscape for the home […]

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The Horticulturati | Colleen Dieter & Leah Churner

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:59:54 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Horticulturati (@thehorticulturati) Today’s episode is one I have been wanting to make for quite a while and I’m glad it finally happened—an interview with Leah Churner and Colleen Dieter from The Horticulturati, a garden and horticulture podcast based out of Austin, Texas. Leah and Colleen […]

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Native Backyards | Haeley Giambalvo

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 01:47:00 +0000

Today’s guest is Haeley Giambalvo from San Antonio, Texas. You may know her on Instagram as the person behind Native Backyards, the highly informative account that features native plants and native plant gardening advice focused on Texas. I have loved what Haeley has been doing since the very start of her account and have admired […]

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Nature Journaling Basics for Gardeners and Budding Naturalists

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:24:19 +0000

Episode Transcript (more or less) Welcome to the Garden Path Podcast, Life Lessons and Conversations from the natural world. I’m your host Misti Little. Back in the 6th grade I was introduced to the world of art via an elective in middle school. I had played the oboe in the band for my first semester […]

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Welcome Back to a New Season of The Garden Path Podcast

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:40:05 +0000

Show Notes: +Subscribe to the Newsletter or Subscribe on Substack

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Volunteering with the Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:38:48 +0000

Ti-Ti, Cyrilla racemiflora, blooming in its appropriate habitat location. A treefrog found a temporary place to rest on Lisa’s leg! Calopogon tuberosus Show Notes: Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Facebook Group

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Wild Edible Botanicals of North America | Jimmy Fike

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:58:39 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jimmy Fike (@jimmyfike) Jimmy Fike, an Arizona based artist who recently spent more than a decade photographing North America’s Edible and Medicinal Plants, produced gorgeous photographic prints of his subjects and turned them into a beautiful coffee table book. The prints are meticulously photographed, designed to […]

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Penstemons, Bog Gardening, and Spring Unfolding | A Garden Catchup Episode!

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 01 May 2022 01:56:14 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Misti Little (@oceanicwilderness) Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: Concrete Beds 1 & Concrete Beds 2

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Introduction to Florida’s Carnivorous Plants | Kenny Coogan

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:39:34 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kenny Coogan (@crittercompanionsbykennycoogan) We’re back in Florida today with my guest Kenny Coogan. Kenny is the author of the soon to be released book FLORIDA’S CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: UNDERSTANDING, IDENTIFYING, AND CULTIVATING THE STATE’S NATIVE SPECIES, Education Director of the International Carnivorous Plant Society, and also sells […]

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Getting to Know the Florida Native Plant Society | Valerie Anderson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:24:50 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Florida Native Plant Society (@floridanativeplantsociety) Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Florida Native Plant Society +FNPS YouTube channel

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Bicycling with Butterflies | Sara Dykman

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:39:28 +0000

Sara Dykman embarked on her Butterbike Tour, leaving Mexico and following the monarch migration to Canada and back to Mexico in 2017. She published Bicycling with Butterflies in 2021 which chronicles her encounters with monarchs, humans, and nature along the way. Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Beyond A Book

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Mini Fruit Gardening & Fiction Garden Writing | Christy Wilhelmi

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:28:58 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gardenerd | Vegetable Gardener (@gardenerd1) Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Gardenerd.com & Gardenerd Podcast +@gardenerd1 on Instagram +Gardenerd on Facebook +Ep. 4-5: Nerding Out on Gardening | Christy Wilhelmi on The Garden Path Podcast +Christy’s Patreon +Christy’s YouTube +Episode 19: Christy Wilhelmi on […]

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Tracking Novel Invasive Species: Green Cliff Brake Fern & the Jorō spider

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:59:11 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Misti Little (@oceanicwilderness) Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! +The Jorō Jungle in North Georgia via Using Georgia Native Plants +Invasive Spiders Don’t Have to Stay via Using Georgia Native Plants +NEW FIND: JORO SPIDER via Southern Meadows +JORO SPIDER UPDATE: CONTROLLING THIS INVASIVE […]

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Sowing Tomato Seeds

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:39:03 +0000

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Winding Down the 2021 Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:15:35 +0000

Salvia madrensis Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE!

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Micro Food Gardening | Jen McGuinness

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:51:08 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jen McGuinness 🌼 Frau Zinnie (@frau_zinnie) Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Frau Zinnie Garden Blog +Micro Food Gardening book via Quarto Knows

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Falling Into Autumn

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:33:47 +0000

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Conservation Compatible Forestry at Wetland Preserve | Ben Williams

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:37:56 +0000

Louann and Ben Williams of Wetland Preserve All photos courtesy of Wetland Preserve, LLC. Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Wetland Preserve, LLC website +Press about Wetland Preserve +@WetlandPreserve on Instagram +@WetlandPreserveFl on Facebook +St. John’s River Keeper +North Florida Prescribed Burn Association +Little Hoover Commission: Wildfire Preparedness and Forest Management […]

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Sourcing Native Plants

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:41:13 +0000

In this episode I talk about how you can source native plants for your home garden! Once you start getting an interest in native plants it can send you down a rabbit hole in growing all-things-native! The downside is a diversity of native plants can be hard to find! I hope this episode gives you […]

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Saving Split Oak Forest | Valerie Anderson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:35:55 +0000

Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Original Podcast Episode at Orange Blaze Podcast +Split Oak Forest WEA +Friends of Split Oak Forest on Facebook +Friends of Split Oak Forest on Instagram +The fight to save Split Oak Forest has evolved into one of Central Florida’s most divisive environmental disputes via The […]

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A Summer 2021 Garden Update & New Season

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:23:09 +0000

Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Butterfly dilemma: The problem with tropical milkweed +The Frankford Prairie via Plano Prairie Garden—an abundance of Camassia scilloides

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A Midsummer Garden Update & Hello

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:47:10 +0000

Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Jason Native Garden on Etsy +Phyllanthus urinaria plant information

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The Pollinator Victory Garden | Kim Eierman

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 13 May 2021 00:17:09 +0000

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A Naturalist’s Book of Wildflowers | Laura C. Martin

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:15:07 +0000

Laura C. Martin is the author of 26 books that span a 40 year career. She paints and writes from Atlanta, Georgia where she’s lived throughout her life. Gardening and art was cultivated in her from a young age with parents who enjoyed both and over the years she adapted writing her books to also […]

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Early Spring Botanical Walk at Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:18:20 +0000

Cardamine bulbosa, bulbous bittercress, a common bottomland cress found in the spring. Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary +Checking in on an old friend at Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary +Spring Wakeup at Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary +Early Spring Lepidopterans at Roy E. Larsen Sandyland […]

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Under Western Skies: Majestic Garden Landscapes of the American West | Caitlin Atkinson & Jennifer Jewell

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:25:15 +0000

Photographer Caitlin Atkinson and writer and garden podcast/radio host Jennifer Jewell teamed up to bring fabulous gardens of the American West to the rest of the garden world. In Under Western Skies: Visionary Gardens from the Rockies to the Pacific Coast, we see the diversity of the western landscape beyond the 100th Meridian. Caitlin and […]

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Kitchen Garden Medicinal Plants | Dr. Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:21:50 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Merriwether's Foraging Texas (@merriwetherforager) Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +Foraging Texas +Download Medicinal Herb Fact Sheet +Episode 3-20 with Dr. Mark Vorderbruggen

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Snowpocalypse 2021: An Audio Journal

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:06:58 +0000

Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +The Edible Garden During and Post Deep Freeze +Read All Past Issues of the Podcast Newsletter

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Favorite Plants I Used To Grow

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:20:14 +0000

Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes Miracle Fruit: Brassavola: Chalice Vine: Ylang Ylang: Passiflora edulis: +How to pollinate a passiflora vine

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No-Waste Organic Gardening | Shawna Coronado

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:33:56 +0000

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shawna Coronado (@shawnacoronado) View this post on Instagram A post shared by QuartoHomes (@quartohomes) Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes +ShawnaCoronado.com – Shawna’s website where you can read about her books and her Wellness University. +Purchase No-Waste Organic Gardening +@shawnacoronado on Instagram […]

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How I Use iNaturalist

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:49:34 +0000

A black vulture seen at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. January 1, 2021. Today I’m walking y’all through how I use the citizen science app, iNaturalist! I hope it inspires you to get out and start logging nature around you! Have questions on what I talk about? Feel free to comment below and I can attempt […]

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2021 Gardening Resolutions and Goals

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:00:54 +0000

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Exploring the Natural History of South Llano River State Park

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:40:31 +0000

Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly Sign up for the podcast newsletter —> HERE! Show Notes: +Trail Camera Animals at Guadalupe and South Llano River State Parks +South Llano River State Park

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Exploring the Natural History of Guadalupe River State Park

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:05:34 +0000

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November In The Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:30:12 +0000

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October in the Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:37:12 +0000

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Back to the Seepage Swamp | Finding Bartonia texana

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:40:49 +0000

View this post on Instagram The very diminutive Bartonia texana, Texas screwstem (G2/S2S3 in Texas, S1 in Louisiana). Chris has been far more into the research of this plant because it’s been on his goal list to find the last several years. B. texana is very habitat specific occurring in the baygall seepage swamps of […]

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September in the Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:09:28 +0000

View this post on Instagram One of my favorite dragonflies, and very common in my yard, the Common Whitetail, Plathemis lydia. This particular one if a male as they are the ones with the distinctive white abdomen in this species. Do you have this one flying in your garden?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #dragonflies #commonwhitetail #plathemislydia #gardening #gardensofinstagram […]

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Nature, Wild Florida, and Taking it Slow on the Florida Trail | Keith Curry-Pochy

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:50:57 +0000

View this post on Instagram First time finding a pine lily in Alachua county and we found a half dozen! This state threatened, fire dependent species is found in flatwoods and prairies in the Southeast US. This is my favorite flower and a treat to find close to home. #pinelily A post shared by Keith […]

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August in the Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 03:31:59 +0000

View this post on Instagram A pest to some, this bird dropping shaped caterpillar of the giant swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes, happily chomping down on one of my citrus trees is a welcome sight for me! Over the years I've shared caterpillars with a friend who had more host plants than I did but often times […]

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Field Guides for the Beginning Naturalist

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 23:31:51 +0000

Show Notes +Texas Mushrooms Field Guide by Susan Metzler and Van Metzler +Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason +Wildflowers of Texas by Geyata Ajilvsgi +Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller +Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America by Seabrooke Leckie +Caterpillars of […]

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A Short Re-Introduction

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:45:57 +0000

View this post on Instagram It took a long time to not be afraid of spiders. A lot of retraining my brain not to freak out the second I got near one or one touched me and instead to invoke a curious spirit. Would I want this golden orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) crawling on me? […]

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Sand Scrub, Dry Prairies, and Cypress Swamps: A Convergence of South Florida Ecosystems | Stephanie Dunn

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:45:14 +0000

View this post on Instagram Here’s another neat looking Polygala species, Drumheads (Polygala cruciata)! Can you see those tiny, tubular shapes? The ones in the middle of those petal-like showy, deep pink bracts? Those are the actual flowers! Keep an eye out for these blooms when exploring open, moist-soil habitats. They grow near the ground […]

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Quick Re-Introduction and Welcome to New Listeners…

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:53:08 +0000

View this post on Instagram Monarch + Green Milkweed⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I miss the lushness of those mid-spring days…⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #monarchsandmilkweed #monarchbutterfly #greenmilkweed #asclepias #pocketsofnature #gardenpodcast #nativeplants #texasnative #lonestarstate #houstongarden A post shared by Misti Little (@thegardenpathpodcast) on Aug 3, 2020 at 5:15am PDT Hello! If you are here from the Garden Blogger’s Fling website, welcome! I’m […]

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A Peek at My Fall Seed Order

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:57:36 +0000

Music: “Heat” by Derek Clegg Seeds talked about in this episode: Sunflower ‘Zohar’ Sweet Pea ‘Perennial Blend’ Celosia ‘ Chief Red Flame’ Ageratum ‘Blue Planet’ Plains Coreopsis Poppy ‘Black Swan’ Mustard ‘Red Giant’ Carrot ‘Atomic Red’ Showy Milkweed Common Milkweed Kale ‘Nero Toscana’ Corn ‘Rio Grande Blue’ Native Seeds Carolina Rockrose Halberd-leaf rosemallow Ludwigia alternifolia […]

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July in the Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:48:52 +0000

Music: “Breathing” by Lee Rosevere

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Botanical Biodiversity in Florida’s Big Bend | Lilly Anderson-Messec

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 01:49:27 +0000

View this post on Instagram One of my favorite milkweed species is having a real banner year. Large-Flowered Milkweed / Asclepias connivens is not easy to miss, despite its muted coloration. The large, 1inch wide blooms are fairly easy to spot, even in the grassy, wet prairies where they are found. The pale green, comically […]

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That’s Not A Pumpkin!

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 22:23:18 +0000

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Old & New Memories in the Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:59:25 +0000

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Problem Birds & Deer, Summer Harvests, and the Return of Humidity

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:25:53 +0000

View this post on Instagram Tomato season! . #ediblegarden #heirloomtomatoes #zone9 #houstongarden #htx #mygarden A post shared by Misti Little (@thegardenpathpodcast) on Jun 18, 2020 at 8:09am PDT

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Garden Catch Up: Weeds, Small Harvests, and a Break from the Heat

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:13:00 +0000

View this post on Instagram Blackberry season is ramping up! . A new podcast episode is out tonight! It’s on the podcast website and Spotify…should be on iTunes soon! Have a listen over the long (US) holiday weekend! . #gardening #blackberries #ediblegarden #houstongarden #gardenpodcast #organicgardening A post shared by Misti Little (@thegardenpathpodcast) on May 22, […]

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Exploring The Big Thicket

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 29 May 2020 18:29:48 +0000

Show Notes: Watson Preserve Geraldine Watson via Texas Legacy Geraldine Watson’s obituary Geraldine Watson article in Texas Parks and Wildife, April 2012 Zebra Swallowtail Caterpillar — my blog post of the one we found

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 6

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sat, 23 May 2020 02:22:25 +0000

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 5

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 14 May 2020 13:51:01 +0000

Aristolochia reticulata flowers. Aristolochia reticulata pollination information via Arkansas Native Plant Society

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 4

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:17:59 +0000

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 3

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 01 May 2020 01:47:40 +0000

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 2

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:16:23 +0000

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Quarantine Garden Chronicles | 1

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:02:49 +0000

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The End of the Path — For Now

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 07:55:37 +0000

Music: “Dusk” by Lee Rosevere It’s been a great 5 seasons of the podcast but I’m hitting pause on producing the podcast for the time being. I hope to be back in the future providing great podcasting content in some way! Until then you can find me at Oceanic Wilderness where I write about my […]

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Ep. 5-7: Phoebes Birding – Birds, Nature, and Native Plants | Eliana Ardila Ardila

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 07:03:56 +0000

Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Phoebes Birding +@phoebesbirding on Instagram +Phoebes Birding on Facebook +@birdingbybus on Instagram +Phoebe Snetsinger write-up via Audubon +World’s Longest Migration Found–2X Longer Than Thought via National Geographic +Birding By Bus on the ABA podcast +Project PetSnip

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Ep. 5-6: Slow Nature, Tiny Explorations, and Ecology as Art | Kate Dolamore

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:25:31 +0000

View this post on Instagram Indian Pipes popping out! I saw them in Maine in July, but now it's the season to see them in Florida. A post shared by Kate Dolamore (@thelittlenuthatch) on Nov 18, 2019 at 3:10pm PST Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Kate Dolamore Art +@thelittlenuthatch on Instagram

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Ep. 5-5: Bushwhacking for Rare Plants

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:16:26 +0000

Burmannia biflora, Northern Bluethread Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Bushwhacking Sam Houston National Forest | Round Two +Bushwhacking in Sam Houston National Forest

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Ep. 5-4: Baetanical | James Barela

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:14:41 +0000

James Barela is a graphic designer by day, potter, artist, and gardener by night and all the spaces in between. James lives and works in Austin, Texas, where he runs his business Baetanical. At Baetanical you can find as he puts it, “…the Best in Botanical Curiosity”—pieces of plant inspired art, and unique, hand-thrown ceramic […]

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Ep. 5-3: The Botanical Hikers

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:00:30 +0000

This is a special episode in which I’m broadcasting a cross over episode from my second podcast, Orange Blaze: A Florida Trail Podcast. My guests for the episode are Heather Housekeeper and Scott Weis, 2019 Florida Trail thru-hikers. Heather is a certified herbalist and Scott is a musician, and together they have hiked several trails […]

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Ep. 5-2: The Urban Prairie – Tandy Hills Natural Area

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:37:39 +0000

Today’s episode features Don and Debora Young, founders of the Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area. Don and Debora have been spreading the word about this amazing remnant prairie in east Fort Worth for several decades and when oil and gas exploration activity came to Fort Worth, they wanted to do something to protect this […]

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Ep. 5-1: Welcome Back – The Summer Garden, Alaska, and a New Season

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 07:00:47 +0000

View this post on Instagram A new addition to the garden this year, wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia). They were propogated from seeds purchased from @prairiemoonnursery and I have been very impressed. I’m on a quest to find natives that the deer won’t touch—which is actually an ordeal because most plants listed as such aren’t actually. I […]

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Summer Encore: Humane Gardening | Nancy Lawson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:09:27 +0000

Writer and gardener Nancy Lawson takes gardening for wildlife to the next level. After first encountering her book via my library system’s digital lending services, I have since fallen for the way Nancy writes about wildlife and their interactions in our garden and in our lives. She frequently touches on points that create those ‘aha’ […]

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Summer Encore: The Common Milkweed Nursery | Jennifer Kleinrichert & Steve Ross

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:30:50 +0000

One of my favorite episodes has been with the owners of The Common Milkweed Nursery, “a 3.5 acre nature preserve, wildlife haven, native plant farm, and land lab in North Central Ohio.” Jennifer and Steve are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to native plants of their region and getting a glimpse of that […]

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Summer Encore: Unconventional Edibles & Whole Harvest Cooking | Linda Ly

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:01:35 +0000

View this post on Instagram Last week, I mentioned that our two-year search for a house to call our own in Central Oregon finally — finally! — has a happy ending (though the adventure is really just beginning). We closed on our dream property this month! It completely caught us by surprise, and we scrambled […]

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Summer Encore: Backyard Butterflies Field Guide | Erin Gettler

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 02:17:04 +0000

Imagine taking an interest in all things lepidoptera to a whole new level—from curious naturalist to field guide author. That’s what my guest for this episode, Erin Gettler, did in 2017 with her book Bird Watcher’s Digest Butterflies Backyard Guide. In this episode from season 2, Erin and I chat about the work involved in […]

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Summer Encore: Bamboo, Plant Obsessions, and Creating Ninth Ward Nursery | Mark Sanders

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 01:33:51 +0000

Kicking off the second episode of the Summer Encore Series is a chat with Mark Sanders of Ninth Ward Nursery. We talk about the organic start to his nursery and how he works to fill niches that are needed in the New Orleans area, including interior-scaping and plant maintenance. Below is an update from Mark […]

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Summer Encore: Urban Forestry and Communicating Ecology Through Art | Leigh Martin

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:28:49 +0000

I’m kicking off a Summer Encore Series from Seasons 1-3 with episodes you may not have heard or dug through the archives to listen to. First off is an episode about Urban Forestry and Ecology with a knitting twist as I talk to Leigh Martin. It’s one of my first episodes and I was still […]

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Ep. 4-19: Season 4 Conclusion

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 22 May 2019 19:12:46 +0000

Just a short episode signing off for the season! See you again in October 2019! View this post on Instagram Foxy foxglove! . #mayblooms #mygarden #digitalis #zone9 #houstongarden #foxglove #texasgarden #rsflowers #flower_perfection #bhgflowers #gardenerslife A post shared by Misti Little (@thegardenpathpodcast) on May 17, 2019 at 6:55am PDT All of Season 4s episodes are here

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Ep. 4-18: Science and Conservation Communication Through Art | David Orr & Blue Aster Studio

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:24:44 +0000

View this post on Instagram It is turtle crossing season, friends! that time of year when turtles make little turtles and sometimes they need to cross the street. So slow your roll and brush up on how you can safely help these little friends with shells!🐢🐢✋🚦 . . . #turtle #turtles #turtlesofinstagram #instaturtle #instaturtles #turtlesofinsta […]

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Ep. 4-17: Urban Commercial Composting in San Antonio | Kate Jaceldo with Compost Queens

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:09:03 +0000

View this post on Instagram Buckets of food waste = buckets of potential. These scraps could be going to the landfill to turn into methane, but instead they are going to local farmers to build more sustainable food systems. It’s kind of a no-brainer! What are you waiting for? We’ll bring the buckets to you […]

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Ep. 4-16: Hiking and Botanizing at Huntsville State Park

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:33:07 +0000

Viburnum rufidulum Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes +Big Thicket National Preserve +loblolly pine +yaupon +Sabal minor +wax myrtle +Cornus florida +Eastern redbud +swamp lily +Caddo Lake +Japanese hawkweed +American holly +Carolina jessamine +Carpinus carolinana +sensitive fern +river birch +black vulture +elderberry +Viola sagittata +Painted lady butterfly +Lone Star Trail +Mayapples +Red admiral […]

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Ep. 4-15: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Education and Advocacy | Texas Butterfly Ranch & Monika Maeckle

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:16:58 +0000

View this post on Instagram Momentary sunshine in an otherwise rainy day. Monarch female on Cowpen Daisy. #monarchbutterfly #pollinators #pollinatorgarden #pollinatorfriendly #butterfly #gardening #butterflygarden A post shared by Texas Butterfly Ranch (@texasbutterflyranch) on Sep 21, 2018 at 12:44pm PDT Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes +Texas Butterfly Ranch +@texasbutterflyranch on Instagram +@monikam on […]

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Ep. 4-14: Urban Flower Farming & Regenerative Agriculture | Cassiopeia Farm

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:17:37 +0000

View this post on Instagram We are in full prep mode over here getting ready for our first market tomorrow! I don’t think I’m gonna sleep a wink tonight! SFC Downtown Market, Saturday 3/9 from 9-1 We will have ranunculus, lots of poppies, mixed bouquets, mason jar arrangements and COMPOST TEA! Can’t wait to meet […]

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Ep. 4-13: The Art of Cultivating Place | Jennifer Jewell

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:54:24 +0000

View this post on Instagram Sunday morning – dancing and praise song at #gardenchurch with the elegant and eloquent dried verticillaster forms of Salvia clevelandii…. #cultivatingplace #salvia #seed #formandfunction …. …. …. …. …. …. #flowersandotherstories #nativeplantsofcalifornia #gardening #gardenlife #gardeningmatters #habitatgarden #slowgardening #gardenwise #blessingsofthegarden #praisesong #gardengathered #johnscanyoncreek A post shared by Jennifer Jewell (@cultivating_place) on […]

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Ep. 4-12: Edible Abundance in the North Country | Meg Cowden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 07:30:40 +0000

View this post on Instagram Textures. I love the textures of a well-planted veggie patch and how the leaf structures and colors create pockets of edible artwork that become as beloved and necessary as visual nourishment as they are actual nutrition. I tend to plant in blocks, usually in a minimum of a 4’x4’ square; […]

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Ep. 4-11: Collard Greens + Mangoes: Merging Southern and Tropical Flavors in Florida | Danielle Rose

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:49:05 +0000

View this post on Instagram My grandma gave me bulbs of her gloriosa lilies and now they’re trailing all over our yard, up the lemon tree, and over the fence. Fine by me. #gloriosalily #floridagarden #grandmasgarden #gloriosa #flamelily A post shared by Suwannee Rose (@suwanneeroses) on Nov 20, 2018 at 10:18pm PST Music: Going Home […]

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Ep. 4-10: A Passion for Plants and Garden Design in Ireland | Peter Donegan

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:11:08 +0000

View this post on Instagram 12 Dec 2018: episode 398 – My guest, David Ward Garden & Nursery Director @bethchattogardens Subscribe in iTunes, Spotify etc or catch it on the website. pic: w/ thx Lee Connelly @skinnyjeangardener A post shared by The Sodshow (@sodshow) on Dec 5, 2018 at 5:44am PST just broke ground at […]

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Ep. 4-9: 2018 Garden Year in Review

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:34:46 +0000

View this post on Instagram I’m loving the texture on this Thompson’s yucca, Yucca thompsoniana, at the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Botanic Garden. We stopped by the gardens for a hike and enjoyed a bit of their gardens before heading for our destination of Davis Mountains State Park over Thanksgiving break. Since I’m finally […]

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Ep. 4-8: Cultivating Resilient Garden Design in Central Texas | Michael Wolfert & Symbiosis Regenerative Systems

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:01:46 +0000

View this post on Instagram This is a swale and berm system we set up to deter water away from the house. Swales and berms are great for under ground aquifers, as low maintence gardens, and are ideal for planted trees! #permacultureatx #atx #austintx #hillcountry #offgrid #greenliving #symbiosistx #permaculture #swales #berms A post shared by […]

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Ep. 4-7: A Passion for Peppers | Kearley Seed and Pepper Co.

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:23:59 +0000

View this post on Instagram This is the second van full of plants we’re loading to bring to the @txhotsaucefestival for this weekend! #peppers #pepperplant #pepperplants #hotsaucefestival #texashotsaucefestival #kspco #kspco2018 A post shared by Kearley Seeds & Pepper Co. (@kspco_) on Sep 21, 2018 at 5:31pm PDT Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: […]

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Ep. 4-6: Nurturing an Urban Gardening Community and Business | Timothy Hammond

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:49:49 +0000

View this post on Instagram Farm Friday 👨🏾‍🌾 On Friday I’m going to be giving an update on what’s going on at the Big City Gardener farm space. Planted 6 rows: 2 cilantro, 2 arugula , and 2 mesclun greens. Still have a lot of work to do and rows to plant. Need to cut […]

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Ep. 4-5: Nerding Out on Gardening | Christy Wilhelmi & Gardenerd

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:24:08 +0000

View this post on Instagram I have a feeling it's going to be a good tomato year. Happy Saturday!! Enjoying my Marvel stripe tomato. 🍅 A post shared by Gardenerd (@gardenerd1) on Jun 30, 2018 at 10:04am PDT Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: +Gardenerd.com & Gardenerd Podcast +@gardenerd1 on Instagram +Gardenerd on […]

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Ep. 4-4: Permaculture, Natural History, & the Urban Garden | Katelyn Reeves

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:10:29 +0000

View this post on Instagram Prepping my ethnobotany presentation today for the Native Arts Day event. It's hosted by the Rio Brazos Master Naturalist this coming Saturday at Big bear Museum in Cleburne. Trying to pick which native plants would be most interesting but also most significant to the tribes who lived here for ages […]

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Ep. 4-3: Wildflowers of Texas | Michael Eason

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:00:46 +0000

Zinnia grandiflora Asclepias asperula Stretpanthus culteri Stenandrium and Physaria All photos above courtesy of Michael Eason. Photo cover from Timber Press. In the spring I previewed and then bought the newly published Wildflowers of Texas field guide which has turned out to be the book I’ve always wanted but had been missing from my field […]

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Ep. 4-2: Gardening, Cooking, & Slow Living in Nova Scotia | Sherrie Graham & Nova Scotia Kitchens

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:58:16 +0000

View this post on Instagram Good morning from the garden, the most wonderful (and weedy 😂) place of all. 💚 A post shared by Sherrie Graham (@grahamsherrie) on Aug 22, 2018 at 4:15am PDT View this post on Instagram The August post is up! The lovely Ash (@turnerfamilyfarm) shares a recipe for fermented buckwheat pancakes […]

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Ep. 4-1: Summer In My Mom’s Garden and Welcome to Season 4

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:02:00 +0000

Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes +Ep. 1-2: A Conversation with my Mom +Amish Friendship Bread +Mark Bittman’s No Knead Bread recipe +Variegated Ajugas: Ajuga ‘Sparkler’ & Ajuga ‘Pink Lightning’ +The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse

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Summer Garden Chat with Julie Rorrer

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:57:15 +0000

Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Previous episodes with Julie: Episode 2-1 Episode 3-4

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Summer 2018 Flower Garden Tour

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:55:35 +0000

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Ep. 3-23: Season 3 Conclusion and Season 4 Brainstorming

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:04:02 +0000

Hello! Thank you for making this season successful! It was my biggest season yet and I hope to make Season 4 even bigger! If you could take a few minutes out of your day to fill out a quick survey here about the podcast season, I would greatly appreciate it! It will give me a […]

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Ep. 3-22: Tropical Aspirations and Edible Gardening in New York State | Sheron McFarlane

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:35:23 +0000

View this post on Instagram BODI aka LONG BEANS aka SNAKE BEANS aka WHATEVER YOU CALL IT! 🤣 Do you grow them? In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 we call them Bodi and truth be told, I hated them as a child…I detested them! Fast forward to my adult years and they’re a staple in my […]

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Ep. 3-21: All About Hoyas | Sara Moore

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:47:02 +0000

This week’s episode is moving indoors—to indoor plants! My friend Sara has become a serious hoya fanatic over the last 10-12 years. I invited her on to the podcast to talk about her love affair with hoyas because houseplants are one aspect that I don’t have a lot of experience with in gardening. While I’ve […]

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Ep. 3-20: Foraging Texas | Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 03:00:11 +0000

If you’re in Texas and have ever wondered whether a wild plant you came across was edible you may have stumbled across Foraging Texas in your research. The website is run by Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen, who by day is a scientist and by nights and weekends, well, he’s still a scientist but he’s also […]

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Ep. 3-19: Why You Garden

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:37:14 +0000

Last fall I asked gardeners to submit a short voice memo about their “why” for gardening. I was hoping to create an episode that showcased you, the listener. While I didn’t quite get the number of recordings as I was hoping for, I was delighted to receive the ones that were sent and I thoroughly […]

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Ep. 3-18: Grow Milkweed Plants | Brad Grimm

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:00:12 +0000

This podcast season I'll be walking you thru the baby steps of growing milkweed for your garden. Step 1 is to collect milk jugs. That your only assignment thru Thanksgiving. A post shared by Grow Milkweed Plants 🐛 (@growmilkweedplants) on Oct 26, 2017 at 2:13am PDT If you’ve ever thought growing milkweed for the monarchs […]

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Ep. 3-17: All The Seeds: Native Plant Edition

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:42:54 +0000

A couple of weeks ago the Native Plant Podcast had Ian Caton of Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery on their show and I found the episode fascinating. I clicked over to Ian’s website and found myself falling down the rabbit hole of the interesting native plants he had for sale and was happy to see […]

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Ep. 3-16: Permaculture in Texas | Talking Tree Farm: Sylvain & Sarah Clavieres

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:39:44 +0000

Last June my husband, son, and I went for a weekend trip to San Antonio. Our last stop before we left town was the Pearl Farmers Market on the north end of the River Walk. A coworker of mine had raved about the Pearl Farmers Market for several years and while we had been able […]

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Ep. 3-15: A New Garden Ethic | Benjamin Vogt

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:00:51 +0000

I can’t recall just how I came across Benjamin Vogt’s original blog, The Deep Middle, but I’ve been an avid reader of his writings for at least five or six years. His posts were always ones that sought to poke the bear, if you will, ones to provoke you into thinking about your own relationship […]

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Ep. 3-14: The Common Milkweed Nursery | Jennifer Kleinrichert & Steve Ross

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:00:25 +0000

Several years ago I started reading a blog called The Common Milkweed. I think I was searching for other nature and garden bloggers and came across Jennifer’s blog—but honestly I can’t remember how I landed on the website—however, I was hooked! Over the years they added in The Common Milkweed Nursery and slowly I began […]

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Ep. 3-13: All The Seeds

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:38:13 +0000

I’m working on getting more guests scheduled for upcoming episodes but until then you’ve got me once again for a solo episode! I recently made a seed purchase from Botanical Interests after I received a gift certificate from my friend Chel. Chel had sent it as a thank you over Christmas for keeping tabs on […]

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Ep. 3-12: Bamboo, Plant Obsessions, and Creating Ninth Ward Nursery | Mark Sanders

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:48:34 +0000

Welcome to the Jungle A post shared by Ninth Ward Nursery (@ninthwardnursery) on Sep 19, 2017 at 12:52pm PDT What if you took that step from selling the extra cuttings and propagated plants from your garden on Craigslist and Ebay to the next level and upped the game to build your own full-fledged nursery? Sounds […]

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Ep. 3-11 : Good Garden Reads

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:12:31 +0000

I love reading and gardening books are one of my favorite non-fiction genres to read! In this episode I talk about the garden/garden adjacent books I read this year and I hope you share books you read! Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere All links go to the author’s website. Books Mentioned: Second Nature by […]

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Ep. 3-10 : Raising Monarch Butterflies

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:19:16 +0000

This episode covers my experience as a newbie keeper of monarch caterpillars. I raised a couple of sets of monarchs this summer and thought it would be worthwhile to pass on some of this information to other people interested in raising monarch butterflies, too. I am by far not an expert in this so if […]

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Ep. 3-9: Fall Flower Garden Tour

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:28:32 +0000

Today’s episode is another garden tour, this time of our flower garden! During the episode I blanked out on a couple of the names but I hope I covered some of them in the plant list below. This is by far not a comprehensive plant list but just a smattering of some of the ones […]

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Ep. 3-7: Fall Edible Garden Tour

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:09:10 +0000

This is the first in a series of solo episodes for late fall/early winter. Back in October I recorded an audio tour of the the edible garden! I think you will enjoy this episode—there’s a chorus of crows to add some ambiance throughout the show! All of the plants I mentioned are in the show […]

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Ep. 3-6: Bromeliads | Joanne Woolsey & Jimbo’s Nursery

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:14:32 +0000

Today’s guest is Joanne Woolsey of Jimbo’s Nursery here in Greater Houston. As you will hear in the episode, Jimbo’s is specialty nursery focusing primarily on a variety of bromeliads as well as other tropicals, including succulents. This kind of nursery is very unique for the area! My first visit to Jimbo’s was back in […]

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Ep. 3-5: Humane Gardening | Nancy Lawson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:29:08 +0000

My first bookstore event tonight was so much fun! Thanks to @curiousiguana and the Frederick Master Naturalists for hosting! A post shared by Nancy Lawson (@humanegardener) on May 3, 2017 at 8:21pm PDT Are you interested in taking your garden to the next level? To branch out, learn a little more about how to take […]

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Ep. 3-4: A Good Garden Conversation | Julie Rorrer

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:31:57 +0000

We ventured out of the garden recently, because it’s September which is when all the prickly pears (tunas) are ripe, and came back with 220 pounds of prickly pears. We peeled them (which takes a long long time as you try to avoid getting any glochids in your hands), juiced them, strained them, strained them […]

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Ep. 3-3: The Beginner’s Garden | Jill McSheehy

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:00:04 +0000

A post shared by Journey with Jill (@thebeginnersgarden) on Sep 30, 2017 at 6:59am PDT Earlier this year I was doing my monthly search for new gardening podcasts on iTunes when I was delighted to find Jill’s podcast The Beginner’s Garden. A relatively new gardener herself, Jill gets down to business on her podcast talking […]

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Ep. 3-2: Gardening Through the Lens of an Extension Agent | Lee Rouse

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:30:12 +0000

Exciting to see more and more natives used in the landscape! Rudbeckia 'Black Eyed Susan' A post shared by Rouse's Nursery (@rouses_horticulture) on May 17, 2017 at 7:17am PDT Today’s episode is a unique one in which I discuss gardening and horticulture through the lens of an extension agent. Lee Rouse is a gardener, horticulturist, […]

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Ep. 3-1: Gardening Resources

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:36:40 +0000

Welcome back for a third season of the podcast! I’m excited to have another season of this podcast to share with y’all! This episode talks about how you can support the podcast (via rating and reviewing the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcatcher!), how you can subscribe to the podcast newsletter, foraging safety, […]

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Ep. 3-0: Why Do You Garden & Season 3 Coming Soon

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:30:14 +0000

Hello there! Just a little note that the first episode of the third season of the podcast is going to air on October 4th. In the meantime I want listeners to help me with something. I want to know why you garden. What I would like is for you to record a minute or two […]

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Ep. 2-14: Season 2 Finale | Garden Happenings & Podcast Brainstorming

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 23 May 2017 15:40:37 +0000

It’s been a wonderful second season of the podcast! Thank you so much for listening and subscribing and especially a thanks to all of my podcast guests who really made this season! Those guests and their episodes are below: Episode 2-1: Julie Rorrer Episode 2-2: Lisa Valinsky Episode 2-3: Chris Little Episode 2-4: Curtis Whitlock […]

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Ep. 2-13: Micro Farming & Small Space Gardening | Amy Stross

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 04 May 2017 02:52:55 +0000

Back in 2013 and 2014 I spent a lot of time searching for gardening podcasts. During that time there weren’t too many general gardening podcasts around but there were several permaculture shows that I listened to. One day I came across one called the Tenth Acre Farm Podcast and listened intently to what the podcaster […]

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Ep. 2-12: The Secret Garden | The Garden Path Podcast Book Discusion

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 03:20:17 +0000

Several months ago I mentioned on the podcast that I was going to do a book club discussion of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and I finally got around to finishing the book and chatting with Elizabeth, who was also a guest on Episode 1-7 last spring. Both of us are avid book readers […]

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Ep. 2-11: Southern Fruit Trees and Easy Edibles | Trey Watson

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:22:32 +0000

A Red Gold nectarine tree blooming here today 😊 – – #nectarinetree #nectarine #fruittree #fruittreeblossoms #blossom #bloomingnow #flowering #orchard #leggcreekfarm A post shared by Legg Creek Farm (@leggcreekfarm) on Feb 24, 2017 at 8:29pm PST Last fall Trey Watson with Legg Creek Farm reached out to me, requesting to be a guest on the podcast. […]

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Ep. 2-10: Unconventional Edibles & Whole Harvest Cooking | Linda Ly

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 02:33:13 +0000

Golden beets and Chioggia beets from this morning's harvest. These beauties are going to turn into pickles! A post shared by Linda Ly (@gardenbetty) on May 12, 2016 at 10:57pm PDT I came across Linda’s blog five or six years ago when I was searching to find out if carrot tops were edible. When I […]

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Ep. 2-9: Backyard Butterflies | Erin Gettler

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:17:46 +0000

When I had Erin on last year for Episode 1-9 she was in the end phase of finishing her first book. That book was Butterflies: Backyard Guide which has recently been published. I knew during our last conversation that I wanted to have Erin back on the podcast to talk not only about putting the […]

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Ep. 2-8: Perennial Edibles And The Garden As Art | Renee Garner

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:50:32 +0000

Perennial onions about to take over! Egyptian walking, potato onions, multipliers, and l'itoi A post shared by Renee Garner (@wolfienthesneak) on Jul 27, 2016 at 11:03am PDT Today’s guest is Renee Garner an artist based out of North Carolina. We ‘met’ online at least a decade ago on Gayla Trail’s You Grow Girl forums, when […]

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Ep. 2-7: A Grassy Obsession | John Markowski

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:21:45 +0000

Winter/Fall contrast with Joe Pye Weed and Panicum 'Northwind'. Me like both. #garden #gardening #gardensofinstagram #wintergarden #joepyeweed #panicum #grass #ornamentalgrasses #nativeplants A photo posted by john markowski (@jmarkowski0) on Dec 15, 2016 at 8:21am PST If you have been reading garden blogs for any length of time you’ve probably come across John Markowski’s The Obsessive […]

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Ep. 2-6: Urban Backyard Edible Gardening | Kara Bova

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:43:50 +0000

A photo posted by Kara (@nourishingpursuits) on Dec 19, 2016 at 5:17am PST Today’s guest is an urban backyard gardener who focuses on growing edibles for her family. Kara Bova is based out of North Texas and gardens in zone 8a and documents her garden at Nourishing Pursuits. In that space she also writes educational […]

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Ep. 2-5: Adapting Where You’re Planted | Nicole Poole

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:12:26 +0000

Last one. Greens, greens & more greens. Sorry for the overgram of the garden today. BUT FALL gardens rock! #backyardgarden #urbangarden #houstongarden A photo posted by Nicole (@offshorewife) on Oct 13, 2016 at 4:00pm PDT This week’s episode is another gardener from the Houston area who has roots in northeast Louisiana. Nicole Poole began gardening […]

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Ep. 2-4: Gardening Year in Review | Curtis Whitlock

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 23:10:17 +0000

I had my brother on the podcast last January for Episode 1-4 and it was a delight to have him back on the podcast for the second season of the show. He’s a gardener based out of Fort Worth, Texas where he grows a lot of edible crops and raises chickens in his suburban backyard. […]

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Ep. 2-3: Building a Bat House | Chris Little

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:40:11 +0000

Today’s guest is my husband Chris who I had on to discuss the bat house he built for our backyard over the course of this last summer. It’s huge—well, at least for a backyard! In this episode he talks about his reasons for building the bat box, methods, and some of the complications he had […]

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Ep. 2-2: Local Food, Farmers Markets, and Simple Living | Lisa Valinsky

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:44:30 +0000

A few years ago I came across Lisa’s blog and was intrigued by her writing about life in New England, from the gorgeous farmers markets she visited, the the wonderful places she was often hiking. Over time we made a connection and have become internet friends and after seeing Lisa post about getting a garden […]

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Ep. 2-1: Planning + Using Your Harvest | Julie Rorrer with Gardenkeepr

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 06:57:21 +0000

Earlier this year I came across Julie’s Instagram feed where she posts as Gardenkeepr, her garden planner business. I was intrigued but not quite ready to bit the bullet with garden planners—I’ve been burned in the past. Recently she updated her planners for 2017 which included a downloadable PDF version in addition to a digital […]

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Introducing Season 2

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:54:53 +0000

Season 2 is debuting November 4th! Stay tuned for upcoming guests, Julie Roerrer with Gardenkeepr.com and

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Minisode 2: 3 Botanical Books + A Few Good Things

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 01:44:18 +0000

Hello! A quick mini-episode where I talk about 3 Botanical & Nature books and a few other good things. Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter over there on the right hand side if you want once a month update with special videos, podcasts, or write-ups about gardening! Also, please check out the survey […]

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Ep. 1-18: Summer Garden Journal 5 | Live from My Backyard + August is Brutal

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:51:40 +0000

It feels like summer should be winding down but in all reality, especially here in Texas, we’ve got until the end of September before thinks start looking to cool off at all. It’s in the high 90s or 100s here with a lot of humidity, which combined puts the afternoons into a situation where gardening […]

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Ep. 1-17: Summer Garden Journal 4 | Cool Plants + Fall Garden Planning

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:55:55 +0000

July is almost over! The evenings are getting shorter and we’re heading for autumn. But summer still has a lot packed into it and I talked today about what’s going on in our Texas vegetable garden and flower garden. We got a little rain today, first decent amount in months! Sit back and have a […]

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Ep. 1-16: Summer Garden Journal 3 | It’s Hot + Good Garden Things

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:44:52 +0000

July is already here! We’re full-on into summer and as always in Texas, it’s hot! In this episode I talk about a variety of random gardening things starting from thanking my first reviewer on iTunes, a gardening bit I noticed on Orange Is The New Black, making and canning my first batch of blackberry jam, […]

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Minisode 1: 3 Of My Favorite Gardening Books

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:24:34 +0000

My first mini episode! This one covers three of my favorite gardening books that were already on my bookshelf! Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf The Heirloom Life Gardener by Jere and Emilee Gettle The Heirloom Tomato by Amy Goldman Music: Adam Selzer “True North”

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Ep. 1-15: Summer Garden Journal 2 | Vegetable Garden Resilience

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 11:30:41 +0000

We’re finally into the swing of summer here in Texas. It’s hot, it’s humid…there’s not much deviation from here until late September. In this episode I cover finally getting the vegetable beds into a good state once again as well as thinking about switching focus to the flower beds for a few weeks. Enjoy! Music: […]

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Ep. 1-14: Summer Garden Journal 1 | Floods + Staying Sane

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:23:01 +0000

For the summer I’m opting for Summer Garden Journals on the podcast. As we all know it can be quite difficult to stay on top of the garden when the growing season is in full swing and I think these summer garden journals will be a great way to chronicle what’s going on here in […]

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Ep. 1-13: The Wonder of Beginning | Mandy Steward

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Tue, 24 May 2016 12:54:16 +0000

It was the fall of 2010 and I was fresh off the Appalachian Trail with my husband and came across Mandy Steward via a mutual friend. I was itching to reinvigorate my creativity after many months of hiking and here was this artist whose words spoke to me. I’ve been a fan of her work […]

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Ep. 1-12: Starting from Scratch | NorCalKatie

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:16:56 +0000

When I finally joined Twitter in mid-2011 it took me awhile to get the hang of it, finding people to chat with. What I eventually discovered was a rich gardening community that I connected with. Katie was one of those people that I found and over the years we’ve chatted about gardening and other random […]

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Ep. 1-11: Landscaping Outside the Box | Leanne Tarleton

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:18:17 +0000

Howdy! In this episode I spoke with a local gardener here in Houston! I’ve been wanting to reach out to some local folks to get their take on gardening in coastal Texas where things can get hot and humid for months at a time. Leanne Tarleton gardens in The Woodlands township, a unique community that […]

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Ep. 1-10: Spring Garden Update | April 2016

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:26:47 +0000

It’s spring! I sat down with my husband Chris to do another garden round up. We last talked together was for Episode 3 where we did a similar round up for our plans heading into spring. Our conversation started with bats (with a banshee cat in the background) and wrapped up on a discussion about […]

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Ep. 1-9: Becoming a Naturalist | Erin Gettler

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:48:13 +0000

In today’s episode I talk to naturalist, artist, gardener, and soon-to-be author, Erin Gettler. Erin is based out of Long Island and writes at The Familiar Wilderness when she’s not having a big year in projects, like she had in 2015! We talked about a variety of topics, ranging from her naturalist beginnings, being a […]

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Ep. 1-7: At Home on the Prairie| Elizabeth

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:25:03 +0000

This podcast was a fun one to do and I’m willing to bet Elizabeth will be on the show again in the future. Elizabeth and I are second cousins but up until 2008 or 2009 we didn’t know each other existed. Maybe in some kind of out there way, but our mother’s had been out […]

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Ep. 1-6: Communicating Ecology through Art| Leigh Martin

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:18:16 +0000

I’m so excited to share this interview with y’all! Leigh and I were able to rerecord the podcast we attempted a few weeks ago and I’m so glad we did! Leigh is an Urban Forester by profession but a passionate knitter who works to communicate her love for the natural world through her craft. She […]

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Ep. 1-5: Adjusting Gardening Expectations & What’s Growing in January

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:30:58 +0000

So. I had a big fail this week! I sat down and recorded a podcast with my internet friend Leigh. Unfortunately I had issues getting both sides of the conversation to record! I thought about trying to make it work but in the end Leigh and I both decided it would be better to just […]

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Ep. 1-4: Suburban Gardening with Curtis

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:29:03 +0000

Over the New Year’s weekend I sat down with my brother, Curtis, to talk about his garden for a little while. He gardens in zone 8a/b in the DFW area of Texas near where we grew up. He’s got a typical suburban lot but has done a lot of great things with it! We covered […]

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Ep. 1-3: Garden Planning for 2016

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:59:04 +0000

In today’s episode I sat down with my husband Chris to talk about our garden plans for 2016! We ran through topics such as composting, beekeeping, pruning fruit trees, managing native habitats, the vegetable garden, and being friendly with snakes. Show notes are below with some more detailed information on what we talked about! Don’t […]

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Ep. 1-2: A Conversation with my Mom

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:06:37 +0000

In this podcast I sat down with my mom to talk a little bit about my grandmother and her relationship to gardening. My grandmother passed away in August 2013 and as I recorded this episode I was kicking myself for not doing something similar with my grandmother while she was still alive. Mom and I […]

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Ep. 1-1: Introductions

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:35:45 +0000

Hello! Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Garden Path Podcast! This episode details a little bit about why I started this podcast as well as my gardening background. I hope you’ll have a listen! Twitter: @owilderness & @gpathpodcast Music: Harvest Time by Silent Partner You can subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher, or through an RSS […]

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Coming Soon!

thegardenpathpodcast@gmail.com (Misti Little) — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:41:50 +0000

In case you are clever enough to have found this page, I’m just getting things up and running. Look for final updates and a launch in early 2016!

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