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Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari

Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari help you discover the amazing world of plants: in the garden, in the wild, and on your plate. They show you how to grow plants successfully, how to enjoy your natural surroundings, and how to make the most of your harvest, whether it"s cultivated or foraged. (Spoiler alert: they don"t always agree!) You"ll find three different topics in each episode, plus email questions from listeners.

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All Episodes

30:30

Blueberries, Hydrangeas, and a Magic Wand For Weeds

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/08/03

:40 What’s for dinner: Blueberries 6:54 Insider Information: Soil pH. In other words, how acid or alkaline your ground is, and why you should care. 14:58 Eat/Drink/Grow: Panicle Hydrangeas. Large or small, there is a dependable and beautiful plant for your landscape. 24:58 Did You Know: Is it helpful to water the leaves of a plant in hot weather? 28:35 Love Letters and Questions: Wouldn’t we all like a magic wand for getting rid of weeds!

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28:50

Fertilizing, Carnivorous Plants, and Dealing With Deer

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/07/19

:30 What’s for dinner: Throw it on the Barbie! Grilling, farmed and foraged. 5:52 Plant noob: How often do I have to fertilize annuals, perennials and containers? 12:58 Eat/Drink/Grow: “Feed Me!” Carnivorous plants… grow your own bug traps…just don’t try and feed them hamburger. Carnivorous plants can be ordered online from Predatory Plants, Grow Carnivorous Plants, and Logees. 19:43 Insider Information: Battling Bambi – a few quick tips about deer control. 25:49 Love Letters and Questions

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26:38

The Golden Gnome Awards 2018

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/07/05

1:20 What’s For Dinner: Best Edibles Ellen and I award a Golden Gnome to edible plants with surprising flavors. 3:56 Insider Information: Best desk bouquet Flowers What a treat it is to gather flowers and foliage for small bouquets. And the Gnome goes to… 6:59 Eat, Drink, Grow: Science, Art and Dinner! And the Gnome goes to… Best Gathering of The Plant Tribe, Wild Category: Wild Harvest Festival Best Gathering of The Plant Tribe, Cultivated Category: Perennial Plant Association Best Art Made

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30:52

Continual Harvest, Houseplants to Summer Camp, and...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/06/21

In late June it’s time to talk about repeat sowings of salad greens, foraging for lamb’s quarters, sending houseplants to summer camp, and all about Rosa rugosa. Ellen and C.L. end the episode with advice about how to keep a hanging basket looking good all summer. 0:35 What’s For Dinner? Planting and foraging for a continual harvest. 6:25 For the Plant Noob Sending houseplants to “summer camp.” 13:00 Eat/Drink/Grow We talk about Rosa rugosa, aka the beach rose or wild rose. Why Ellen loves it, why

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31:58

Drying the Harvest, Perennial Garden Maintenance and...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/06/07

:35 What’s For Dinner? How you can preserve the plants you forage for or grow by dehydrating. 6:07 Insider Information: Herbs: The Delightful Dozen – Ellen and C.L. talk about their must-grow herbs. Chives, Fennel, Thyme, Mint, Dill, French Tarragon, Lemon Verbena, Lavender, Sage, Rosemary, Basil, Cilantro. 18:42 Eat/Drink/Grow: Early summer perennial maintenance. 25:03 Did You Know: “Understudy Plants” Raising a few things as backup, because the show must go on! 30:40 Love Letters and

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30:21

Asparagus, Marigolds for Insect Control, and Mixed...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/05/24

:33 What’s For Dinner? Asparagus! What types to buy and how to grow this spring treat. 7:42 True or False? Marigolds We’ve all heard about it: “Plant marigolds to keep insects away from your vegetables.” But does it work? 11:32 Eat/Drink/Grow 28:07 Questions or Love Letters Lane asks, “Is it too late to plant?”

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30:12

Questions From NWFGS Seattle

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2018/05/10

:40 What’s for dinner: Questions about wild-crafted cocktails and raised bed vegetables. 4:40 Plant noob: Can you have too much compost? 7:31 Eat/Drink/Grow: We answer questions about deer, smart pots, dahlias, Rhododendron mulch, and under-planting Japanese maples. 23:11 Insider Information: Emptying a Gardener’s Supply cart, our favorite gardening books and plants, yellow jackets in pots, and why Linda hasn’t heard of us before. We end with a follow-up email from Ryan, who attended the show

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30:08

Edible Flowers, April Showers, and Skunk Cabbage

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/04/26

:32 What’s For Dinner? Edible Flowers Whether you plant them or pick them in the wild, there are many spring flowers that will make your dinner table tastier and more attractive. 6:58 Insider Information: Skunk Cabbage If you’ve gone for a walk in a boggy area this spring, you might have caught sight of this strange and fascinating plant. 11:47 Eat/Drink/Grow: April Showers From rain chains to rain barrels, rain gauges and rain gardens...we’re all about drizzle and downpour. 23:29 Did You

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40:01

036 Plantrama Live In Seattle NWFGS

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/04/12

Including the typical segments you’ll hear in every episode of the Plantrama podcast :15 Introduction by Janet Endsley, NWFGS Program Director 2:14 Ellen and C.L. introduce each other. (One of us is a cat person, and another a dog person…) 4:04 What’s For Dinner? The Merry Woodsman Cocktail In a cocktail shaker full of ice, combine two ounces of spruce tip infused vodka with 3/4 ounces of elderflower liqueur, and 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger syrup. Shake for 30 seconds, then strain and pour into a martini

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29:20

035 Rhubarb, Curb Appeal and The Invasion of the...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/03/29

:40 What’s for dinner: Rhubarb & Knotweed Fresh stems and shoots are on the menu today – from cultivated rhubarb to the wild Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica). Early spring crops are what's for dinner. 5:16 Insider Information: Curb Appeal What, specifically, is curb appeal? How can we all get more, and does it mean a total landscape makeover? 11:30 Eat/Drink/Grow: The Invasion of The Garden Gnomes (aka Garden Ornaments) The gnomes are taking some good-natured heat today as we talk

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31:03

034 - Edible Landscaping, Houseplants From...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/03/15

:35 What’s For Dinner: Edible Landscaping We discuss some of the plants that do double duty in the landscape: these are attractive and edible! The plants mentioned are: Roses, crabapple trees, plum trees, blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) old-fashioned quince (Chaenomeles japonica 'Toyo-Nishiki’), bee balm, ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium), potato-bean vine (Apios americana), doyle's thornless blackberry, rainbow chard, salad greens, and nasturtiums. 10:05

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30:20

033 - Cymbidiums, Shamrocks, Spring Edibles, Cold Frames

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2018/03/01

30 What’s for dinner: Mustards, Cresses, and Peas Spring greens and Peas What to forage for in early spring, and should you really plant peas on Saint Patrick’s Day? 5:18 Insider Information: Cymbidiums How to grow Cymbidium orchids, keep them alive through summer and bring them back into flower. 9:15 Eat/Drink/Grow: Cold Frames and Other Ways of “Pushing Spring” Ellen and C.L. explore the ways we can jumpstart our spring growing with cold frames and other means of protection. See the lyrics for

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31:40

032 - Jellies, Lemon Cypress, and Scale

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/02/15

:33 What’s For Dinner: Jams Ellen is a big jam maker. Here how she saves fruit for cooking up jams later. She advises that people new to jams and jellies get the Ball Blue Book or So Easy To Preserve. 8:11 The Plant Noob: Lemon Cypress This lime colored small tree is often sold at Christmas time as a holiday plant. Ellen and C.L. talk about how to keep it alive as a houseplant indoors, and where it can be planted outside. 14:10 Eat/Drink/Grow: Scale One of the hardest insect pests to

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30:09

031 - Micro-greens, Pruning and Birds in the Landscape

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/02/01

:35 – 6:10 What’s For Dinner: Microgreens – you can grow these tasty, nutritious greens yourself, indoors, even in the winter time. 6:12 – 12:00 Insider Information: Spider mites – at this time of year you might find spider mites on your indoor plants. 12:05 – 23:23 Eat/Drink/Grow: Pruning – why we prune plants and a basic recipe for approaching most trees and shrubs. 23:26 – 27:56 Did You Know: Birds in your landscape – how to attract birds and provide for them in the coldest months of

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29:25

030 - Seeds, Snake Plant and Plantrama in Seattle

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/01/18

0:34 What’s for dinner: Advance planning? Ordering veggie seeds for growing this spring and winter foraging. 6:37 Plant noob: Why you should know about Sansevieria, the Swiss Army Knife of Plants. 11:37 Eat/Drink/Grow: The Art, Science and Dinner of Seeds 23:12 Insider Information: Methusela…the story of the 2000 year old palm seed that sprouted. 26:58 Love Letters and Questions Reese wants to know how we record Plantrama if we’re not in the same location.

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31:26

029 - Amaryllis, Breathing Room, and the Art, Science...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2018/01/04

0:37 – 4:33 What’s for dinner: Foraged Pesto and Winter Squash Soup 4:37 – 10:56 Insider Information: “Breathing Room” 11:03 – 25:15 Eat/Drink/Grow: The Art, Science and Dinner of Orchids 25:25 – 30:33 Did You Know: How to keep an Amaryllis from year to year. 30:36 – 35:15 Love Letters and Questions: A love note from Kerry.

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27:49

028 - Paperwhite Narcissus, Cyclamen and The...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2017/12/21

0:30 – 5:37 What’s for Dinner: Calamondin Citrus 5:43 – 11:51 Did You Know: Paperwhite Narcissus 12:02 - 20:08 Eat/Drink/Grow: Cyclamen 20:14 – 24:53 Insider Information: The Franklinia Story 24:56 – 27:28 Love Letters and Questions: Addison asks about weeds to eat from the lawn.

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30:27

027 - Winter Cocktails, Poinsettias, Preventing Mouse...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2017/12/07

What’s For Dinner :40 Winter cocktails are on the menu in this episode. Ellen gives a recipe for a foraged Carob Horchata and C.L. talks about using the rosemary plant your brought indoors to create a Rosemary Gin Gin. Links to recipes at Plantrama.com Insider Information 4:20 Mice! How to prevent mouse damage on newly planted trees and in other garden situations. Eat/Drink/Grow 10:02 In this section you’ll find out how C.L. feels about poinsettias (pro) and Ellen doesn’t hold back about her opinion

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32:04

026 - Winter (or Thanksgiving) Meals, Christmas...

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2017/11/23

00: What’s For Dinner - we discuss what is on a forager’s Thanksgiving table, and what is on a vegetable gardener’s spread. Find links to the recipes here: 8:59: The Plant Noob - Today’s topic is common cooking sage, aka Salvia officinalis. 12:59: Eat, Drink, Grow - We’re growing Christmas cactus and Thanksgiving cactus in this episode. What they are, keeping them alive, and how to be sure they came into flower every year. 20:34: Insider Information – Just in time for your Shop Small Saturday, it’s

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30:17

025 - Crabapples, Winter Protection and Fungus Gnats

Plantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature... ·

2017/11/09

:50 Did You Know...about the pros and cons of Winter Protection? Think you should wrap your evergreen shrubs in burlap for the winter? Ellen explains how to correctly construct a protective screen, and C.L. wonders why anyone would want to upholster their shrubs. 4:45 Eat/Drink/Grow: Crabapples.How to choose a tree, which varieties C.L. and Ellen are lusting after, and what to do with the fruit. The two varieties mentioned are Chestnut and Dolgo. C.L. directs you to two helpful crabapple sites

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