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Regenerative Gardening with Stephanie Rose Mar 18, 2025

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In this episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast, host Brad Tabke speaks with Stephanie Rose, author of 'Regenerative Garden.' They discuss Stephanie's journey into gardening as a form of self-healing, the principles of regenerative gardening, and the importance of community involvement in gardening. Stephanie shares insights on understanding soil health, the role of weeds, and how gardens can foster connections among neighbors. The conversation emphasizes accessible gardening practices for everyone, regardless of physical ability, and the joy that comes from nurturing both plants and community relationships.
Grab Regenerative Garden by Stephanie Rose on Bookshop.

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Fruit Trees with U of M's Madeline Wimmer Mar 11, 2025

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Madeline Wimmer is a guru of Upper Midwest fruit tree in the UMN Hort Department specializing in grapes and apples.

Lucky to have Madeline with us to talk care for midwest fruit trees.

Show notes, links, and transcript for members at MinnesotaGardening.com.

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Lawns to Meadows with Owen Wormser Mar 04, 2025

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Owen Wormser is the author of a wonderful book called Lawns Into Meadows a "how-to book on growing your own wildflowers and native grasses is also about sustainability, regeneration, and beauty."

Show Notes, Links, and Transcript at MinnesotaGardening.com

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Seed Starting Supplies and Planning Feb 11, 2025

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Show notes available to members at MinnesotaGardening.com.

Minnesota Gardening's 2025 Seed Starting Cohort is NOW OPEN!

The Seed Starting Cohort is FREE to Minnesota Gardening members and $197 for the cohort alone.

Check it all out including the Seed Starting Course, one-on-one Q&A, and the 2025 Seed Starting Cohort kickoff on Feb 16, 2025 at 8 pm. Learn more at MinnesotaGardening.com.

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Renewed Minnesota Gardening Dec 31, 2024

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Unveiling the renewed Minnesota Gardening focused on sustainability and helping Upper Midwest homeowners switch to more environmentally-friendly landscape and lawn care practices.
Right now, you can get an annual membership for only $127! That is 71% off the regular price.
Join today at MinnesotaGardening.com.

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Using Winter Design to Reduce Salt Use Dec 05, 2024

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Connie Fortin and Kyra Oliver join me for a BONUS episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast to talk all about Winter Design and efforts to reduce salt use and water pollution.
Connie Fortin has been working for 20 years with winter maintenance professionals trying to reduce salt by integrating science into winter maintenance. Now she finds herself in an engineering firm, Bolton & Menk, working to integrate low salt concepts into infrastructure design. Improved winter design is the most cost-effective way to get on top of the chloride problem and she is energized to share this new strategy.

Kyra Oliver is a Water Resources Design Engineer at Bolton & Menk with a background in Landscape Architecture. She began her career at a landscape design and build firm, with a focus in native plantings and rain garden design, construction, and maintenance. In 2019, she earned a master degree in water resources engineering and now works to improve the health of the environment in urban areas by bringing water resources, landscape architecture, and natural resources together to create quality solutions. She has gained experience in stormwater management in rain gardens, grading, vegetation, GIS mapping, site assessment, design, and construction documents.

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Winter Tasks Dec 03, 2024

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Native Pollinators with Heather Holm Jul 02, 2024

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Heather Holm is an amazing author on native pollinators and has an incredible Instagram Page sharing her love of native pollinators, bees, and wasps.
In this episode, we talk about the need for protecting native pollinators, competition from non-native bees, and what we can do for our local ecosystems.

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Succession Planting with Meg Cowden of Seed to Fork Jun 25, 2024

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Meg Cowden is the author of Plant, Grow, Harvest, Repeat - an incredible resource for all gardeners.
We are replaying this episode with Med all about succession planting from our Spring 2022 season. Right now is a great time to be thinking about succession planting and how you can make the most of your food gardens.
You can find Meg at SeedtoFork.com where she has a lot of information and join her gardening club Modern Gardening Guild.
You can check out her book - along with all other books we've featured on Minnesota Gardening Podcast - at our Bookshop.org book store.

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Urban Foraging with Tim Clemens of Ironwood Foraging Jun 18, 2024

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Tim Clemens of Ironwood Foraging joins me for this week's episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast. Tim was awesome to talk with about foraging in an urban setting .
Tim and I talk about the ethics of foraging, what people need to know getting started, and why foraging is a critical part of our culture.
Learn more at MinnesotaGardening.com.

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