Growing Season Finale: The Old Fort at Hesperus
This week (our final weekly show for the 2023 growing season) we travel to The Old Fort at Hesperus to see what’s up with the dynamic ‘Farmers In Training’ program (FIT). We are guided by interviews w...
30 Syys 202329min
Bunch o' Banter
We follow our show with the esteemed Jim Dyer with one full of banter of "crisp vs. cobbler", how do we get the job of naming vegetable varieties, and season extension techniques (winter is coming...)...
23 Syys 202329min
Interview with Jim Dyer
This week we have an in-depth conversation with Jim Dyer and his decades of work with Healthy Community Food Systems. We dive into some core issues regarding future sustainability in the ‘Greater San ...
16 Syys 202329min
Channeling the Inner Homesteader
Yup. Tom and I create hypothetical stress situations, pretending we are gardeners on the prairie in the 1800s. Not sure if I want to be Charles Ingalls or Almonzo, but either way, we're nervous that w...
9 Syys 202329min
From A to Z (or really, 'W')
From Apricots to Wasps - and everything in-between - Darrin and Tom catch up on what’s happening in their gardens, what’s getting harvested, and what they’ll do differently next year (including the re...
26 Elo 202329min
Sneak Peak in Tom's Garden!
Probably my favorite show so far! Tom tries to calm me down after our office's efforts at the County Fair. Then we cover some of the decisions involved in deciding what to plant in smaller garden spac...
19 Elo 202329min
County Fair Time!
It's Fair Time! County Fair is back for its 75th year here in La Plata County, and boy those squash...! This week we delve into the mystery of Cryptobiosis, the fascinating process of‘pausing’ a livin...
12 Elo 202329min
The Hodge Podge
With all this heat (and little to no rain in the area), Darrin and Tom do a mid-season garden check-in. Can you plant citrus in the four corners? What can you still plant now? And also some background...
5 Elo 202329min
