Podcasts

This week, we’re continuing our “growing inside” themed episodes of Down the Garden Path. In Seed Starting 101, Matthew Dressing and Joanne Shaw discuss starting seeds for beginners. In Seed Starting 101, Matt and Joanne review your steps for success: Start with a plan Choosing seeds Seed packages Equipment Growing media Planting Troubleshooting Hardening off …Read more About “Seed Starting 101”

with Gardening Girl Julia Dimakos We’re kicking off the month of February with our first “growing indoors” episode of Down the Garden Path. In this podcast, we discuss growing indoors and with grow lights with Gardening Girl Julia Dimakos. Julia started growing food after having children and fell in love with it!  She gardens organically and …Read more About “Growing Indoors”

Happy New Year! We’re closing out the month of January with our first Down the Garden Path podcast of the year. Join us as we take a look forward to 2021. In this week’s podcast, learn more about: What Joanne and Matthew have been doing over the past few months The hot topics that were …Read more About “Looking Forward to 2021”

We’re just a few days away from putting 2020 behind us! As bizarre and challenging as this past year has been, Matt and I are happy to have been able to bring you weekly advice and guidance for your garden in the Down the Garden Path podcast. Starting in February 2020, we introduced monthly themes. …Read more About “Down the Garden Path: 2020 Podcasts at a Glance”

In this week’s episode of Down the Garden Path, we present an encore presentation of our popular Christmas podcast, All About Christmas! ‘Tis the season to give and receive holiday plants. But how do you care for them? In this podcast, we provide an in-depth overview of some of the most popular plants of the …Read more About “All About Christmas”

Can you believe it’s December already? Another year has gone by and what a year it has been! A new month means a new topic here on Down the Garden Path. however, this month, we’ll only be recording one live show. This month’s theme and this episode’s topic is Lessons from 2020. But before we …Read more About “A Look Back: Lessons from 2020”

( Original Air date Dec 2018 )  Have you ever thought about joining a Garden Club or Horticultural Society? Curious about what they do? Think you need to be more of an expert in order to join? Think again! Joanne Rachfalowski, Vice President of the Ontario Horticultural Association joins us on Down the Garden Path …Read more About “Garden Clubs”

with Ray Jarvis from Solar Direct Canada We’ve reached the end of November here on Down the Garden Path. And although we’ve been talking with Garden Authors all month, we took a step back into October’s Our Environmental Impact theme. In this episode, we discuss solar power with Ray Jarvis of Solar Direct Canada. Ray …Read more About “Our Environmental Impact: Solar Power”

We are more than halfway through November on Down the Garden Path, and this month we’re speaking with gardening authors. In this episode, we head to our bookshelves to take a closer look at The New Gardener’s Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Grow a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden by author Daryl Beyers. Daryl …Read more About “The New Gardener’s Handbook: Interview with Author Daryl Beyers”

We are halfway through November on Down the Garden Path, and this month we’re speaking with gardening authors. In this episode, we head to our bookshelves to take a closer look at Garden Alchemy by author, blogger and www.gardentherapy.ca’s Stephanie Rose. Stephanie Rose is an award-winning author, freelance writer, instructor, and international speaker who aims …Read more About “Garden Alchemy: Interview with Author Stephanie Rose”