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The Blooming Valley Garden Club Podcast

Bethany and Justine

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 8

Welcome to the Blooming Valley Garden Podcast, the official audio home of the Blooming Valley Garden Club! This is a bilingual (English and French) podcast that serves to share conversations and archive knowledge of gardening in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Quebec region. Bienvenue au balado du Club de jardinage de Blooming Valley Garden ! Ce balado bilingue (anglais et français) vous propose des conversations et des archives sur le jardinage dans la région du Haut-Saint-Laurent, au Québec.

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https://www.bethanygl.com/bvgc
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https://protectourwatersource.ca/
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https://eausecours.org/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTciAFlYW3s
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Ep 8: Aesthetics, Soil Quality and Crop Differences in the UK and Quebec feat. Caroline

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 45:38

Your favorite Southwestern Quebec gardeners are BACK with a new episode and we are so thrilled to introduce our new guest to the pod: Caroline from the UK!

To kick things off, we start by giving our flowers to Hugo, who bravely stepped up to prune Justine's tomatoes to optimize airflow and sunlight. Thank you Hugo, my family is benefiting from the harvest of your hard work!

Caroline brings in an interesting perspective from the UK, discussing the cultural and agricultural differences between gardening in the UK and in Quebec. We have an interesting discussion of coal mining history in the UK and the now long term damage it's done to the soil in "the Black Country", but fear not, it's not all doom and gloom, we discuss the amazing gardens of the UK in all their aesthetic glory.

And of course, when it's three mama's on the pod, we gotta talk about our kids: we discuss involving children in the gardening and their little jobs, the parallels between raising children and growing plants and teaching them about the life cycle of food and plants.

Finishing it off, we have a discussion of food in Quebec with recommendations for Caroline to try while she is here, and of course, she returns the favor with recommendations for us to try next time we make a trip "across the pond" (spoiler: Yorkshire pudding sounds goooooooooooood).

Links to recipes noted in the podcast:

Fried Green Tomatoes: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/2371-fried-green-tomatoes

Pâté chinois: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/recettes/5541-pate-chinois

Cretons: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/7620-creton-spread-the-best

Macaroni Chinois: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/recettes/6120-macaroni-chinois

tourtières: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/recettes/4924-pates-a-la-viande-aussi-appeles-tourtieres

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Ep 7: Facebook Nonsense, Tomato Pruning and The Great Pickle Debate

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 46:41

You have ASKED listeners, and we have ANSWERED! Our beloved cohost Hugo is BACK in the hot seat to answer all questions about facebook nonsense, tomato pruning and truly which pickle recipe reigns supreme.

We kick things off with some Gen Z lingo about who is being mogged by WHAT in the garden, and an update for how the season (a HOT one) has been going for us.

We debut a new segment, tentatively titled "Is Facebook Bull$hitting Me?" where we go through some tips about the best time to water from some dubious posts Justine saw on Facebook, and run them through the Council of Gardeners (Bethany and Hugo) to determine which is helpful and which is nonsense (the answers may surprise you!)

Bethany shares some tips about the wonderful utility of MULCH and why you should take that extra labourious step in your garden to mulch everywhere, especially, if like Justine, you have a Western garden that faces that punishing +37C heat.

Back in the internet rabbit hole, Justine presents Bethany and Hugo the great tomato pruning debate from r/tomatoes: to prune or not to prune? The answer, as always, is nuanced and needs to be listened to ;)

And finally... what is a pickle? What do we mean when we say "pickle"? Who is "we"? Justine and Hugo battle it out in The Great Pickle Debate, and truly listeners, you must decide for yourself... which pickle is best?

A truly wonderful ep where we vibe well, laugh on the mic and share personal stories. An ep for the ages!

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If you are the geographic proximity of Southwestern Quebec, come join our club! We have events coming up soon: https://www.bethanygl.com/bvgc

Ep 6: Shady Gardens, Hügelkultur and Trellis Thoughts - Ft Lumyhna

Saturday, June 27, 2026 • Duration 45:19

Your favorite Southwestern Quebec Gardening Podcast is BACK with some excellent content for all our beloved listeners, and we have a special treat for you all: the debut guest spot appearance of Lumyhna!

Lumyhna is a gardener with an interest in vegetables and flowers, having a few seasons of experience focused on sowing and harvesting under the careful tutelage of her mother, Bethany (co-host). We had a great conversation talking about why harvesting potatoes is like digging for treasure, curating an Old English Fae aesthetic for your shady garden and the start of her journey with a Hügelkultur garden. Big welcome for Lumyhna, we hope to hear how her gardening season went!

In this episode, we recount Justine's "Highs and Lows" for the start of the season (spoiler: radishes? BIG HIGH) and have an in-depth discussion about what to plant if you have a shady area that you want to garden in. Truly not all is lost listeners, there is plenty of options available for you to have a productive growing season!

We also discuss the engineering marvel of trellises, and how they provide much needed structural support for all those tall, tall tomatoes and cucumbers that grow taller than perhaps you were planning for...

Wrapping up the episode, we give the beloved listeners some tips about rainy weather and how to make sure you and your community are safe even in torrential rain storms. Justine's tip? Don't mess around with thunder and lightning! Bethany's tip: have a can opener and learn how to use it (perhaps aimed more at our Zoomer listeners, but a good tip no matter your age!)

Hope you enjoy the episode! Links to things we discussed below:

1) Bethany meant that she is using a Japanese sickle, not a "hori hori". While she loves the hori hori, this is the tool she is using: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTciAFlYW3s

Ep 5: Water For the People (Rebroadcast from "Loud and Proud Mamas")

Season 1 · Episode 5

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 • Duration 46:20

As a treat for the listeners who can't get enough of Bethany, here is the first episode that Justine and Bethany did together! This is a rebroadcast of "Episode 15: Water for the People" from the podcast "Loud and Proud Mamas".

It's a great intro on the politics of water in our region, and gives details into the water bottling project. The description below is taken from the original podcast episode from "loud and proud mamas"

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Beloved listeners, the mamas have a treat for you: our very first guest on the podcast, featuring the marvelous Bethany Lee from Protect Our Water Source!

Bethany is a fellow mother, and like Justine, has roots in the city and has fallen in love with the rural Quebec life in recent years. In this wide ranging interview, we talk about loving and belonging in our communities, how being mothers shapes our hopes for the future, and how we should share the most precious public resource: water.

Bethany is the spokesperson for an organization called "Protect Our Water Source", which become organized when it was revealed there would be a commercial water pumping venture in Hinchinbrook. Her community of Powerscourt was both surprised and concerned by the lack of information provided, and the organization has sprung forth to push for more disclosure on how water testing was performed for this project.

She takes us through the timelines of the project, what risks water pumping poses to the nearby farms, how the community has responded and what the next steps are.

It's a fantastic episode, both for locals and all those who have ever wondered: "Who is water for?"

Ep 4: Water Updates, BAPE request and Call to Artists!

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 • Duration 01:09:13

We have a fantastic, wide ranging conversation for YOU dear listeners, discussing all the finer points of water and how our lives and communities interact with it.

Our brave and intrepid host, Bethany, is also part of an organization called Protect Our Water Source, which is organized in the Haut St. Laurent area to do exactly that: protect our water. In this incredible episode, we talk about the great BAPE news of the day, how you can get involved in protecting water in your community, and who are the other great supporting players in this fight.

Links below for your convenience and ease, dear listeners!

1) What is BAPE: https://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/fr/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSgYJw3VDXs

2) Protect Our Water Source, Bethany’s organization:https://protectourwatersource.ca/

3) MRC Haut St Laurent mayor finder:

https://mrchsl.com/en/council

4) Find your provincial rep: https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/electoral-maps/provincial-electoral-divisions/

5) Find your federal rep: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Ep 3: Hybrid vs Heirlooms, Pruning tips and Fertilizer Thoughts

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, June 4, 2026 • Duration 40:31

Welcome back to a new episode of the Blooming Valley Garden Podcast, and please give a warm welcome to our new (hopefully recurring!) guest: Hugo!

In this jam packed episode, we cover a wide ground of topics! Kicking it off, we start by discussing the differences between perennials vs annuals, and then hybrids vs heirlooms! Which one is best your garden? It’s a more nuanced topic than you may think!

We move onto to our newest segment “Insider Tips and Tricks”, where Hugo discusses the finer points of pruning fruit trees to get the MAXXXX yield for your seasonal fruits! The tomato saga continues with Bethany as she has now started introducing fertilizer to her plants. What is fertilizer? Are there different (and better) types? Does Justine learn the difference between compost vs fertilizer? You gotta listen to find out!

We close it off by talking about what we are most excited for this year’s growing season. Justine is hoping to have her first success with eggplants (Aubergines for you fancy folks out there), and has already planned a future lunch including lamb, pita and yogurt if all goes well. Hugo is embarking on a new mission to max out his spicy pepper yield, and talks about the creativity behind bouquets (including stopping on the side of the road if the flower is particularly beautiful). Bethany closes us off with dreams of making a full meal from her garden (gotta angle for that invitation!).

Enjoy the episode listeners! This is our first bilingual, French/English episode, with many more to come!

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