Growing your own food is one of the benefits of gardening. In this episode we take a fresh look at what a vegetable garden looks like. We also talk about the history of the Wild Ones organization and how they have been promoting native gardening since the late 1970’s.
Featured in this Episode
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The layered edible garden
Vegetable gardens don’t have to be long straight rows of plants. We look at a new way to design, plant, and tend a self-sustaining, high-yielding food garden that saves space by growing plants the way nature intended—in layers. Learn more about the book here.
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Wild Ones
Appreciation for landscaping with native plants has been around for a long time in Wisconsin. We talk about one of the first groups to recognize the benefits of this kind of gardening, the Wild Ones.
Episode Credits
- Larry Meiller Host
- Jill Nadeau Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
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