Season Two

This episode from Season One was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Two. As gardeners, weekend warriors and even commercial growers are turning to more eco-friendly practices, one solution for pest control has been with us since the beginning of time. Just as nature intended, biological control, using natural predators and insects to [...]

That old expression; “great walls make great neighbors” is more true today thanks to a much more “neighborly” twist. The great, living walls of today are lush with plants and vines to dazzle the senses. With an abundance of wall space yet shortage of open land, gardeners are looking UP. Living walls are not only [...]

One of the most important trends of food and environmental security today is to eat local, eat seasonal, and grow your own in an earth-friendly way. And while some people want to grow their own food on the land they have, they don’t always know how. Others know how, but don’t always have the land [...]

We talk a lot about food miles, organics, and sustainable practices with food choices, our homes, and our gardens… what about the flowers we put on the table next to the meal? And the ones we send to loved ones in times of celebration, congratulations, or condolences? How were they grown, what were they sprayed [...]

Have a small yard or garden? Less  - maybe a patio or balcony? Driveway? No space is too small or oddly-shaped for a bit of garden, and you’d be surprised how with a few design tricks you’ll see you have more growing space than you imagined. Professional garden designers Rebecca Sweet and Susan Morrison give [...]

These days, people are really getting closer to their food source – whether for fun, community, food safety, or environmental impact – and that means lots of homegrown veggies, herbs in the kitchen windowsill, CSA’s and farmer’s markets. The next step for many people right now is… raising chickens! That’s right, chickens – from rural [...]

We all learned in school that water covers 75% of our vast blue planet, but in truth 97% of that is salt water, and another 2% is frozen or inaccessible! There’s a lot of demand on that remaining 1% of water – for drinking, bathing, cooking, washing clothes, dishes, not to mention watering our lawns [...]

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in nutrient-rich water without the use of soil. From a high-tech urban farmer growing fresh, organic greens year-round in shipping containers, to an online community crowd-sourcing continuous improvement of a do-it-yourself Windowfarm™, in this episode we see that hydroponics is no longer an idea only for space-age gardening [...]

On average, the food we eat today travels an average of 1500 miles from farm to fork! This can be reduced dramatically a number of ways, including making informed choices at the grocery store, growing some of our own food, joining a CSA, or going to the farmer’s market. Hey, why not all of the [...]

After highlighting some of the most intriguing people of season one, that we share with you some of the most interesting places we visited during that  time. And just as it was difficult to feature only four people, the same challenges applied to the places we visited as well.  But here it goes. We hope [...]