Since starting to produce this podcast in November 2015 all the way through May 2023, it’s been a wonderful ride to learn about gardening from so many great people. I’ve truly enjoyed interviewing and getting to know so many folks through this podcast, but all good things must end. And it is time to put […]

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nancy Lawson (@humanegardener) A few announcements: I’m going to take an extended break from the podcast, which you’ve probably already thought was going on based on how sporadic episodes have been lately. I’ve lost my zest for the podcast and thought I might power through but […]

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Episode Transcript (more or less) Welcome to the Garden Path Podcast, Life Lessons and Conversations from the natural world. I’m your host Misti Little. Back in the 6th grade I was introduced to the world of art via an elective in middle school. I had played the oboe in the band for my first semester […]

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View this post on Instagram BODI aka LONG BEANS aka SNAKE BEANS aka WHATEVER YOU CALL IT! 🤣 Do you grow them? In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 we call them Bodi and truth be told, I hated them as a child…I detested them! Fast forward to my adult years and they’re a staple in my […]

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This week’s episode is moving indoors—to indoor plants! My friend Sara has become a serious hoya fanatic over the last 10-12 years. I invited her on to the podcast to talk about her love affair with hoyas because houseplants are one aspect that I don’t have a lot of experience with in gardening. While I’ve […]

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If you’re in Texas and have ever wondered whether a wild plant you came across was edible you may have stumbled across Foraging Texas in your research. The website is run by Dr. Mark ‘Merriwether’ Vorderbruggen, who by day is a scientist and by nights and weekends, well, he’s still a scientist but he’s also […]

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Last fall I asked gardeners to submit a short voice memo about their “why” for gardening. I was hoping to create an episode that showcased you, the listener. While I didn’t quite get the number of recordings as I was hoping for, I was delighted to receive the ones that were sent and I thoroughly […]

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This podcast season I'll be walking you thru the baby steps of growing milkweed for your garden. Step 1 is to collect milk jugs. That your only assignment thru Thanksgiving. A post shared by Grow Milkweed Plants 🐛 (@growmilkweedplants) on Oct 26, 2017 at 2:13am PDT If you’ve ever thought growing milkweed for the monarchs […]

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A couple of weeks ago the Native Plant Podcast had Ian Caton of Wood Thrush Native Plant Nursery on their show and I found the episode fascinating. I clicked over to Ian’s website and found myself falling down the rabbit hole of the interesting native plants he had for sale and was happy to see […]

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Last June my husband, son, and I went for a weekend trip to San Antonio. Our last stop before we left town was the Pearl Farmers Market on the north end of the River Walk. A coworker of mine had raved about the Pearl Farmers Market for several years and while we had been able […]

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I can’t recall just how I came across Benjamin Vogt’s original blog, The Deep Middle, but I’ve been an avid reader of his writings for at least five or six years. His posts were always ones that sought to poke the bear, if you will, ones to provoke you into thinking about your own relationship […]

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Several years ago I started reading a blog called The Common Milkweed. I think I was searching for other nature and garden bloggers and came across Jennifer’s blog—but honestly I can’t remember how I landed on the website—however, I was hooked! Over the years they added in The Common Milkweed Nursery and slowly I began […]

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I’m working on getting more guests scheduled for upcoming episodes but until then you’ve got me once again for a solo episode! I recently made a seed purchase from Botanical Interests after I received a gift certificate from my friend Chel. Chel had sent it as a thank you over Christmas for keeping tabs on […]

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Welcome to the Jungle A post shared by Ninth Ward Nursery (@ninthwardnursery) on Sep 19, 2017 at 12:52pm PDT What if you took that step from selling the extra cuttings and propagated plants from your garden on Craigslist and Ebay to the next level and upped the game to build your own full-fledged nursery? Sounds […]

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I love reading and gardening books are one of my favorite non-fiction genres to read! In this episode I talk about the garden/garden adjacent books I read this year and I hope you share books you read! Music: “New Day” by Lee Rosevere All links go to the author’s website. Books Mentioned: Second Nature by […]

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This episode covers my experience as a newbie keeper of monarch caterpillars. I raised a couple of sets of monarchs this summer and thought it would be worthwhile to pass on some of this information to other people interested in raising monarch butterflies, too. I am by far not an expert in this so if […]

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Today’s episode is another garden tour, this time of our flower garden! During the episode I blanked out on a couple of the names but I hope I covered some of them in the plant list below. This is by far not a comprehensive plant list but just a smattering of some of the ones […]

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This is the first in a series of solo episodes for late fall/early winter. Back in October I recorded an audio tour of the the edible garden! I think you will enjoy this episode—there’s a chorus of crows to add some ambiance throughout the show! All of the plants I mentioned are in the show […]

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Today’s guest is Joanne Woolsey of Jimbo’s Nursery here in Greater Houston. As you will hear in the episode, Jimbo’s is specialty nursery focusing primarily on a variety of bromeliads as well as other tropicals, including succulents. This kind of nursery is very unique for the area! My first visit to Jimbo’s was back in […]

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My first bookstore event tonight was so much fun! Thanks to @curiousiguana and the Frederick Master Naturalists for hosting! A post shared by Nancy Lawson (@humanegardener) on May 3, 2017 at 8:21pm PDT Are you interested in taking your garden to the next level? To branch out, learn a little more about how to take […]

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We ventured out of the garden recently, because it’s September which is when all the prickly pears (tunas) are ripe, and came back with 220 pounds of prickly pears. We peeled them (which takes a long long time as you try to avoid getting any glochids in your hands), juiced them, strained them, strained them […]

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A post shared by Journey with Jill (@thebeginnersgarden) on Sep 30, 2017 at 6:59am PDT Earlier this year I was doing my monthly search for new gardening podcasts on iTunes when I was delighted to find Jill’s podcast The Beginner’s Garden. A relatively new gardener herself, Jill gets down to business on her podcast talking […]

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Exciting to see more and more natives used in the landscape! Rudbeckia 'Black Eyed Susan' A post shared by Rouse's Nursery (@rouses_horticulture) on May 17, 2017 at 7:17am PDT Today’s episode is a unique one in which I discuss gardening and horticulture through the lens of an extension agent. Lee Rouse is a gardener, horticulturist, […]

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Ti-Ti, Cyrilla racemiflora, blooming in its appropriate habitat location. A treefrog found a temporary place to rest on Lisa’s leg! Calopogon tuberosus Show Notes: Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve Facebook Group

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Welcome back for a third season of the podcast! I’m excited to have another season of this podcast to share with y’all! This episode talks about how you can support the podcast (via rating and reviewing the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcatcher!), how you can subscribe to the podcast newsletter, foraging safety, […]

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Hello there! Just a little note that the first episode of the third season of the podcast is going to air on October 4th. In the meantime I want listeners to help me with something. I want to know why you garden. What I would like is for you to record a minute or two […]

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It’s been a wonderful second season of the podcast! Thank you so much for listening and subscribing and especially a thanks to all of my podcast guests who really made this season! Those guests and their episodes are below: Episode 2-1: Julie Rorrer Episode 2-2: Lisa Valinsky Episode 2-3: Chris Little Episode 2-4: Curtis Whitlock […]

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Back in 2013 and 2014 I spent a lot of time searching for gardening podcasts. During that time there weren’t too many general gardening podcasts around but there were several permaculture shows that I listened to. One day I came across one called the Tenth Acre Farm Podcast and listened intently to what the podcaster […]

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Several months ago I mentioned on the podcast that I was going to do a book club discussion of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and I finally got around to finishing the book and chatting with Elizabeth, who was also a guest on Episode 1-7 last spring. Both of us are avid book readers […]

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A Red Gold nectarine tree blooming here today 😊 – – #nectarinetree #nectarine #fruittree #fruittreeblossoms #blossom #bloomingnow #flowering #orchard #leggcreekfarm A post shared by Legg Creek Farm (@leggcreekfarm) on Feb 24, 2017 at 8:29pm PST Last fall Trey Watson with Legg Creek Farm reached out to me, requesting to be a guest on the podcast. […]

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Golden beets and Chioggia beets from this morning's harvest. These beauties are going to turn into pickles! A post shared by Linda Ly (@gardenbetty) on May 12, 2016 at 10:57pm PDT I came across Linda’s blog five or six years ago when I was searching to find out if carrot tops were edible. When I […]

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When I had Erin on last year for Episode 1-9 she was in the end phase of finishing her first book. That book was Butterflies: Backyard Guide which has recently been published. I knew during our last conversation that I wanted to have Erin back on the podcast to talk not only about putting the […]

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Perennial onions about to take over! Egyptian walking, potato onions, multipliers, and l'itoi A post shared by Renee Garner (@wolfienthesneak) on Jul 27, 2016 at 11:03am PDT Today’s guest is Renee Garner an artist based out of North Carolina. We ‘met’ online at least a decade ago on Gayla Trail’s You Grow Girl forums, when […]

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Winter/Fall contrast with Joe Pye Weed and Panicum 'Northwind'. Me like both. #garden #gardening #gardensofinstagram #wintergarden #joepyeweed #panicum #grass #ornamentalgrasses #nativeplants A photo posted by john markowski (@jmarkowski0) on Dec 15, 2016 at 8:21am PST If you have been reading garden blogs for any length of time you’ve probably come across John Markowski’s The Obsessive […]

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jimmy Fike (@jimmyfike) Jimmy Fike, an Arizona based artist who recently spent more than a decade photographing North America’s Edible and Medicinal Plants, produced gorgeous photographic prints of his subjects and turned them into a beautiful coffee table book. The prints are meticulously photographed, designed to […]

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A photo posted by Kara (@nourishingpursuits) on Dec 19, 2016 at 5:17am PST Today’s guest is an urban backyard gardener who focuses on growing edibles for her family. Kara Bova is based out of North Texas and gardens in zone 8a and documents her garden at Nourishing Pursuits. In that space she also writes educational […]

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Last one. Greens, greens & more greens. Sorry for the overgram of the garden today. BUT FALL gardens rock! #backyardgarden #urbangarden #houstongarden A photo posted by Nicole (@offshorewife) on Oct 13, 2016 at 4:00pm PDT This week’s episode is another gardener from the Houston area who has roots in northeast Louisiana. Nicole Poole began gardening […]

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I had my brother on the podcast last January for Episode 1-4 and it was a delight to have him back on the podcast for the second season of the show. He’s a gardener based out of Fort Worth, Texas where he grows a lot of edible crops and raises chickens in his suburban backyard. […]

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Today’s guest is my husband Chris who I had on to discuss the bat house he built for our backyard over the course of this last summer. It’s huge—well, at least for a backyard! In this episode he talks about his reasons for building the bat box, methods, and some of the complications he had […]

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A few years ago I came across Lisa’s blog and was intrigued by her writing about life in New England, from the gorgeous farmers markets she visited, the the wonderful places she was often hiking. Over time we made a connection and have become internet friends and after seeing Lisa post about getting a garden […]

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Earlier this year I came across Julie’s Instagram feed where she posts as Gardenkeepr, her garden planner business. I was intrigued but not quite ready to bit the bullet with garden planners—I’ve been burned in the past. Recently she updated her planners for 2017 which included a downloadable PDF version in addition to a digital […]

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Season 2 is debuting November 4th! Stay tuned for upcoming guests, Julie Roerrer with Gardenkeepr.com and

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Hello! A quick mini-episode where I talk about 3 Botanical & Nature books and a few other good things. Don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter over there on the right hand side if you want once a month update with special videos, podcasts, or write-ups about gardening! Also, please check out the survey […]

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It feels like summer should be winding down but in all reality, especially here in Texas, we’ve got until the end of September before thinks start looking to cool off at all. It’s in the high 90s or 100s here with a lot of humidity, which combined puts the afternoons into a situation where gardening […]

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July is almost over! The evenings are getting shorter and we’re heading for autumn. But summer still has a lot packed into it and I talked today about what’s going on in our Texas vegetable garden and flower garden. We got a little rain today, first decent amount in months! Sit back and have a […]

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Misti Little (@oceanicwilderness) Music: Going Home by Lee Rosevere Show Notes: Concrete Beds 1 & Concrete Beds 2

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July is already here! We’re full-on into summer and as always in Texas, it’s hot! In this episode I talk about a variety of random gardening things starting from thanking my first reviewer on iTunes, a gardening bit I noticed on Orange Is The New Black, making and canning my first batch of blackberry jam, […]

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My first mini episode! This one covers three of my favorite gardening books that were already on my bookshelf! Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf The Heirloom Life Gardener by Jere and Emilee Gettle The Heirloom Tomato by Amy Goldman Music: Adam Selzer “True North”

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We’re finally into the swing of summer here in Texas. It’s hot, it’s humid…there’s not much deviation from here until late September. In this episode I cover finally getting the vegetable beds into a good state once again as well as thinking about switching focus to the flower beds for a few weeks. Enjoy! Music: […]

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