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Harvest Fall Success with Kevin and Jacques | The Beet Dec 01, 2025

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This week on The Beet Podcast, Kevin and Jacques dive into the perks of fall gardening and celebrate hearty autumn harvests. Kevin dishes on his recent UK adventures, where he gleaned top-notch tips from the legendary Gerald Stratford. They also discuss GrowVeg teaming up with Epic Gardening and misconceptions about no-till gardening. To cap it off, they share what’s got them fired up for the rest of the year.

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Revive Your Love of Gardening with James and Joe | The Beet Nov 24, 2025

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This week on The Beet, garden pros James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift bring their trademark blend of wisdom and wit to the mic. With more than 40 years of shared stories and a friendship built on good-natured ribbing, they show how gardening is at its best when it’s practical, joyful, and curious. In their conversation with Jacques, they remind us that the garden is a place to play as much as it is to work.

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James Alexander-Sinclair and Joe Swift are two of Britain’s best-known garden designers, and they make horticulture seriously fun. James is a sharp-witted, legendary garden designer and writer whose work spans top magazines from Country Living to House & Garden. Joe has been a fixture on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World since 1998, fronting major RHS flower shows and co-founding the design firm Modular Garden. Together, they bring big personality, deep expertise, and a love of great gardens to their podcast, The James & Joe Garden Show.

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Grow Smarter with Brian from Never Enough Dirt | The Beet Nov 17, 2025

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This week, Kevin digs in with Brian from Never Enough Dirt to talk ducks, dirt, and a dash of history. From the perks of keeping ducks in the garden to mastering small-scale succession planting, Brian shares how to grow smarter and keep it fun for the whole family. They wander through edible landscapes, explore California’s citrus roots, and even time-travel with heirloom plants. Tune in for a lively chat on permaculture, parenting, and planting with purpose, California-style!

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Brian is a nature enthusiast, photographer, tinkerer, and stay-at-home dad who traded IT management for mud under his nails. With a background in economics and a lifelong drive for purpose and growth, he also knows when to toss the rulebook aside in the name of fun. His blog, Never Enough Dirt, chronicled his deep dive into the wonders of gardening and the natural world. Today, the blog has evolved into a hands-on hub for garden lovers everywhere.

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Weather Gardens with Style with Pam Penick | The Beet Nov 10, 2025

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Gardeners love to gripe about the weather, and in Texas, there’s plenty to talk about! In this episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques chats with Pam Penick, creator of the Digging blog and author of Gardens of Texas. Together they explore the state’s wildly varied climates and geology, exploring how gardeners in all states can design spaces that are both sustainable and perfectly tuned to their local conditions.

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With the release of her new book, Gardens of Texas, Pam Penick loves to share visionary Texas gardens and their creators, who cultivate resilience along with beauty, habitat, and a distinct sense of place. She invites readers of her blog to be inspired as they learn practical strategies for making their own gardens a little hardier in the beautiful but weather-challenged state.

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Grow a Garden in the Desert with Martha Retallick | The Beet Nov 03, 2025

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In this episode of The Beet Podcast, Jacques sits down with Martha Retallick to discuss all things water harvesting. From catching rain to shaping your landscape so every drop goes to your crops (not the storm drain), they dig into practical, creative ways to make the most of precious rainfall. Tune in to learn how to harvest water and grow a thriving garden, even in the heart of the desert.

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Based in Tucson, Arizona – where only 12 inches of rain fall each year – Martha Retallick has turned desert living into an art form. She’s transformed her home into a water-efficient urban oasis filled with shady ironwoods, colorful native blooms, and homegrown produce. Blending beauty with sustainability, Martha inspires others to create harmony between nature and the built environment. She shares her expertise in her books Water Harvesting 101, and City Nature.

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Grow Super Hot Peppers with Jason Tate | The Beet Oct 27, 2025

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On this episode of The Beet, we turn up the heat with pepper pro Jason Tate of Bohica Pepper Hut. Jason walks us through everything you need to know about growing peppers – from seed starting, soil prep, and care tips, to tackling common pepper problems. Jason shares his go-to methods for harvesting, overwintering, and even growing peppers indoors, plus his expert advice on handling superhots safely.

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Jason Tate is the owner, founder, and farmer behind Bohica Pepper Hut. About six years ago, he started growing his first super-hot pepper plants, and his passion for peppers has only grown since. Today, Jason cultivates more than 250 varieties across his garden and property. In the fall of 2016, he launched “The Bohica Hut”, offering a wide range of pepper seeds, fresh and dried pods, and hot sauces to customers all across the U.S.

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Grow Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier | The Beet Oct 20, 2025

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In this episode of the Beet Podcast, we’re joined by Craig LeHoullier, for a deep dive into all things tomato. Craig shares his tips for growing epic tomatoes and how straw bales and containers can transform your tomato garden. We explore the groundbreaking Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project and how tomato color can actually hint at flavor. This juicy conversation is packed with wisdom from the Godfather of Tomato Growing.

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Craig LeHoullier, also known as the NC Tomatoman, is the breeder who named Cherokee Purple and authored Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales. He’s co-led the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project and replaced his driveway with a thriving garden. With a vast collection of heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, Craig has spent decades championing the colorful world of homegrown veggies.

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Design Resilient Gardens with Wendy Proud | The Beet Oct 13, 2025

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Episode Description: In this episode, Jacques sits down with horticulturist Wendy Proud to explore the beauty and resilience of arid-climate plants and to discuss the philosophy and practice of landscape stewardship. Drawing on more than three decades in horticulture, Wendy discusses plant maintenance, overplanting in commercial landscapes, crew training, and the cultural mindset around control versus working with nature. They dive into native plant care, pruning strategy, irrigation awareness, and Wendy’s new educational initiative, the Kinship League.

Connect with Wendy Proud: Wendy Proud is a horticulturist with over 30 years of experience in plant growing, research, and landscape stewardship. Her work centers on maintenance philosophy, plant literacy, and improving long-term landscape performance. She is the founder of the Kinship League, an educational initiative dedicated to crew training, practical pruning techniques, and fostering a culture of plant stewardship in commercial and civic landscapes.

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