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

Toronto Garlic FestivalIn the first part of the show, we chat with Peter McClusky about garlic. He’s the founder of the Toronto Garlic Festival (https://torontogarlicfestival.ca), now in its 12th year. We chat about:* The hardneck garlic grown in Ontario, and it’s culinary properties* How to grow garlic at home* The festival, which includes seed garlic, prepared food, educational events, and music. * The festival is Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. here in Toronto.  Backyard Hens get HentopiaIn the second part of the show we talk about backyard hens with Frank Hyman, author of the book Hentopia (http://www.hentopiacoops.com). Hyman’s approach to keeping chickens is that he aims to spend less time doing chicken-related chores than cooking eggs. And he sets up the coop so that he can go away for a couple of weeks at a time.He tells us about:* Practical feed and feeder ideas* Creating practical water dispensers — even in cold climates* Making a pallet coop* (Spoiler alert: we hear about the cricket rodeo he gives his hens)

Show Notes

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Toronto Garlic Festival
In the first part of the show, we chat with Peter McClusky about garlic. He’s the founder of the Toronto Garlic Festival, now in its 12th year. 

We chat about:
  • The hardneck garlic grown in Ontario, and it’s culinary properties
  • How to grow garlic at home
  • The festival, which includes seed garlic, prepared food, educational events, and music. 
  • The festival is Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. here in Toronto.  

Backyard Hens get Hentopia
In the second part of the show we talk about backyard hens with Frank Hyman, author of the book Hentopia. 

Hyman’s approach to keeping chickens is that he aims to spend less time doing chicken-related chores than cooking eggs. And he sets up the coop so that he can go away for a couple of weeks at a time.

He tells us about:
  • Practical feed and feeder ideas
  • Creating practical water dispensers — even in cold climates
  • Making a pallet coop
  • (Spoiler alert: we hear about the cricket rodeo he gives his hens)


 
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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.