Flower Power Garden Hour – Details, episodes & analysis

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Flower Power Garden Hour

Marlene Simon

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Science

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 198

Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.

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🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
20/08/2026
#90
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
18/08/2026
#95
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
17/08/2026
#64
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
04/08/2026
#94
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
02/08/2026
#93
🇫🇷 France - homeAndGarden
31/07/2026
#100
🇫🇷 France - homeAndGarden
30/07/2026
#92
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
29/07/2026
#79
🇫🇷 France - homeAndGarden
29/07/2026
#87
🇺🇸 USA - homeAndGarden
28/07/2026
#72

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Flower Power Garden Hour 199: Mitigating HEAT issues

Episode 199

Sunday, August 4, 2024 • Duration 34:56

This episode is sponsored by bewatersmart.info.

The heat getting to you? There's a good chance it's also impacting your plants. I discuss various heat related plant issues and ways to mitigate them.

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook

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Power Garden Hour 198: Top 10 Favorite Drought Tolerant Plants

Episode 198

Sunday, June 30, 2024 • Duration 35:17

This episode is sponsored by bewatersmart.info.

In this episode, I discuss 10 of my favorite drought tolerant plants. Even if you think you don't have a green thumb, these plants will thrive in your garden with minimal water requirements. Plus, I include pollinator information.

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook

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Flower Power Garden Hour 189: Trees, with Arborist Pamela Sanchez of the Sacramento Tree Foundation

Episode 189

Saturday, October 21, 2023 • Duration 01:03:08

Trees -- we all know how important they are. But what are the best trees for zone 9? How exactly do you properly plant, stake and water a new tree? Pamela Sanchez -- Certified Arborist and Education Programs Manager for the Sacramento Tree Foundation -- joins me to discuss these topics and more.

Pamela and the Sacramento Tree can be found at:

· Website: sactree.org

· Instagram: @sactree

· Facebook: @Sacramento Tree Foundation

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook

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Flower Power Garden Hour 188: October To Do, Listener Q&A

Episode 188

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 • Duration 38:59

It is the October To Do List, and that means it is a very busy time in the garden. Clean up from summer vegetables and prepping for fall and winter. The days are cooler, but shorter – which means you have to work efficiently and hard. Episode includes Listener Q&A, with topics listed below.

It is time to plant:

· Fava beans

· Beets

· Bok choy

· Carrots

· Celery

· Swiss chard

· Collards

· Garlic

· Kale

· Kohlrabi

· Leeks

· Lettuce

· Onions

· Peas

· Radish

· Spinach

· Turnips

· All perennials, bulbs

Chores include:

· Clean up vegetable beds (prevent diseases), mess from fruit trees

· Collect seeds

· Divide plants such as grasses, iris

· Compost

Listener Q&A section. Topics covered include:

Flower Power Garden Hour 187: Seeds, with Jennifer Jewell of Cultivating Place podcast

Episode 187

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 • Duration 57:48

Seeds. As gardeners we sow them, order them, harvest them, and sometime try to prevent them. Author and gardener Jennifer Jewell delves even deeper into the science and importance of seeds in her new book 'What We Sow'. We discuss her inspiration for the book and talk about why seeds are so important in our ecosystem, cultures and overall survival as humans.

Jennifer Jewell, Cultivating Place and her new book 'What We Sow' can be found at:

· Book: What We Sow

· Website: Cultivating Place

· Instagram: @cultivating_place

· Facebook: @cultivatingplace

· Pinterest: @cultivate_place

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, and

Flower Power Garden Hour 186: Firesafe and water wise gardening, with Soleil Tranquilli of Tranquill Gardens

Episode 186

Monday, September 11, 2023 • Duration 01:10:31

As a plant person with minimal design skills, I'm in awe of people with both skill sets. In this episode I talk to Soleil Tranquilli about how she combines her artistic design ability with her wealth of plant knowledge to create firesafe, water wise and tranquil gardens. She is the owner of Tranquill Gardens as well as being a Certified watershed Wise Landscape Pro and the president of the Sacramento Association of Professional Landscape Designers.

Soleil and Tranquill Gardens can be found at:

· Website: Tranquill Gardens

· Website: Association of Professional Landscape Designers

· Facebook: Tranquill Gardens

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook

Flower Power Garden Hour 185: September To Do, Listener Q&A, Horticulture News

Episode 185

Saturday, September 2, 2023 • Duration 43:54

It is the September To Do List – believe it or not, we are in full Fall prep time. Lots of cool weather vegetables to start planting, and tons of clean up and pruning. Summer may have been easy in the garden, but it's time to get the gloves on and get to work. Episode includes Listener Q&A and a discussion around current published articles in the horticulture world.

It is time to plant:

Beets
Carrots
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Swiss chard
Collards
Garlic
Leek
Lettuce
Peas
Radish
Spinach
Perennials – towards the end of September when it cools down

Chores include:

Clean up – pull out vegetables which are done, fallen fruit
Prune lavender, hydrangeas
Pests – whiteflies may be setting in…..keep an eye on

Listener Q&A section. Topics covered include:

What are the galls attached to oaks? Are they harmful to the tree?
When replanting a Venus Fly Trap, does it require a specific soil?
Gardenias – no buds or flowers…..is this a location issue?
Lantana issues

Help support feral cat rescue/spay-neuter/finding good homes by contributing at Flower Power Garden Hour Patreon.

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Flower Power Garden Hour 184: Passion vines and houseplant care, with Justin Hancock of Costa Farms

Episode 184

Saturday, August 26, 2023 • Duration 01:25:18

You can say that my guest, Justin Hancock, is passionate about passion vines! But he is also passionate about anything that grows. As a horticulturalist for one of the top nurseries, Costa Farms, he gets to surround himself with all types of plants. We discuss, of course, passion vines as well as houseplant care.

Justin and Costa Farms can be found at:

· Instagram: justinwhancock

· Website: costafarms.com

· Instagram: costafarms

· Facebook: Costa Farms

· Twitter: @CostaFarms

· YouTube: @CostaFarms

· TikTok: costa.farms

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Flower Power Garden Hour 183: August To Do, Horticulture News, Listener Q&A

Episode 183

Saturday, August 12, 2023 • Duration 01:04:35

It is the August To Do List, and we are having a gorgeous summer that is offering up IDEAL garden conditions. Vegetable and fruit harvests are bountiful, but there is prep work for fall piling up.

It is time to: Plant seeds in ground, including: beets, cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes

Prep garden beds for Fall planting in September: Weed, compost

Chores include:

Dead-head flowers
Pick up fallen fruit
Cut off suckers
Prevent weeds from going to seed
Collect seeds
Harvest melons
Order fall bulbs (daffodils, tulips, etc)
Deep water trees

We finish up with a Listener Q&A section. Topics covered include:

Are pill bugs good for the soil?
Do I need to keep "braiding" my plant?
Habanero not blooming – why?
Fig tree only produce dry, inedible figs. Why?

Help support feral cat rescue/spay-neuter/finding good homes by contributing at Flower Power Garden Hour Patreon.

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

Facebook
Instagram
email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Flower Power Garden Hour 182: Replace your lawn with a cacti/succulent garden, with Gianluca Bacci

Episode 182

Thursday, August 3, 2023 • Duration 01:02:13

Want to replace your lawn with a cacti/succulent garden? Here's how. My coworker and succulent grower extraordinaire, Gianluca Bacci, joins me to discuss succulent growing tips. We talk about major do's and don'ts of succulent care plus why the saguaro cacti of Arizona are dying.

Gianluca can be found at:

· Instagram: marinsect_gianluca

To ask questions for future shows, submit them at:

· Facebook

· Instagram

· email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com

Find Marlene over on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook

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