Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

Gardening with ChickensIn the first part of the show, we chat with chicken expert and author Lisa Steele.Steele is a Maine Master Gardener and 5th generation chicken keeper.In this episode, she tells us about:* Integrating chickens into the garden* What to grow for chickens* What to avoid growing* The pecking order, and how to deal with it* Using chicken manure in the garden* Using eggshells and cycling them back into the gardenGrow Fruit Trees FastIn the second half of the show, we chat with fruit tree expert Susan Poizner, founder of Orchard People (https://orchardpeople.com).Poizner is the host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show, a college instructor, and the author of the award-winning book Growing Urban Orchards.In this episode, she tells us about:* What to do with fruit trees in the spring* Shopping for fruit trees* Pruning fruit trees* Common problems first-time fruit tree growers often face* The community orchard she helped found in Toronto

Show Notes

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Gardening with Chickens
In the first part of the show, we chat with chicken expert and author Lisa Steele.

Steele is a Maine Master Gardener and 5th generation chicken keeper.

In this episode, she tells us about:
  • Integrating chickens into the garden
  • What to grow for chickens
  • What to avoid growing
  • The pecking order, and how to deal with it
  • Using chicken manure in the garden
  • Using eggshells and cycling them back into the garden

Grow Fruit Trees Fast
In the second half of the show, we chat with fruit tree expert Susan Poizner, founder of Orchard People.

Poizner is the host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show, a college instructor, and the author of the award-winning book Growing Urban Orchards.

In this episode, she tells us about:
  • What to do with fruit trees in the spring
  • Shopping for fruit trees
  • Pruning fruit trees
  • Common problems first-time fruit tree growers often face
  • The community orchard she helped found in Toronto

 
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What is Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping?

Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden.

We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard.

There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way that suits any situation.

Host Steven Biggs was recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the “green gang” making a difference in Canadian horticulture. His home-garden experiments span driveway straw-bale gardens, a rooftop kitchen garden, fruit plantings, and an edible-themed front yard. He's a horticulturist, award-winning broadcaster and author, and former horticulture instructor with George Brown and Durham Colleges in Ontario, Canada.

Get started with one of our fan favourites. Season 6, Episode 10: Big Harvests from a Small Space with a Vertical Vegetable Garden.