Minnesota Gardening Podcast

The leaves don’t wait for frost—they’re already counting the night. We dive into the quiet timing system inside trees that decides when the colors ignite, why some years burst into crimson while others fizzle to brown...

This episode is the audio from our October Masterclass: Key to Healthy, Living Soil and focuses on the importance of soil health in gardening, emphasizing the role of organic material, soil organisms, and sustainable...

In this episode of the Minnesota Gardening Podcast, host Brad Tabke reflects on personal challenges and the importance of community in gardening. He introduces the Minnesota Gardening EFSS's Framework, which focuses on...

We continue our 3x3 series with the final installment focusing on planting helpful plants to feed pollinators, save water, eliminate chemicals, and store carbon. This free course from Minnesota Gardening provides nine...

Fall is the perfect time to implement environmentally friendly practices in your landscape that support local ecosystems while reducing your workload. We explore part two of our 3x3 program on environmentally...

Today is a wonderful day! Releasing our free course called 3x3: Nine keystone actions you can take today for a healthier lawn and landscape. Here is the audio of the first lesson for you. The workbook, videos, and...

Spring plant sales and swaps are a great time for jumping worms to spread in our landscapes. Laura Van Riper, the Terrestrial Invasive Species Coordinator at the Minnesota DNR joins me for this replay episode of...

I've been getting a lot of questions lately on the timing of spring gardening tasks. In this episode we talk through the timing on spring gardening tasks and how you want to accomplish them. Download the Seasons...

In this episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast, host Brad Tabke speaks with Stephanie Rose, author of 'Regenerative Garden.' They discuss Stephanie's journey into gardening as a form of self-healing, the principles of...

Madeline Wimmer is a guru of Upper Midwest fruit tree in the UMN Hort Department specializing in grapes and apples. Lucky to have Madeline with us to talk care for midwest fruit trees. Show notes, links, and transcript...

Owen Wormser is the author of a wonderful book called Lawns Into Meadows a "how-to book on growing your own wildflowers and native grasses is also about sustainability, regeneration, and beauty." Show Notes, Links, and...

Show notes available to members at MinnesotaGardening.com. Minnesota Gardening's 2025 Seed Starting Cohort is NOW OPEN! The Seed Starting Cohort is FREE to Minnesota Gardening members and $197 for the cohort alone...

Unveiling the renewed Minnesota Gardening focused on sustainability and helping Upper Midwest homeowners switch to more environmentally-friendly landscape and lawn care practices. Right now, you can get an annual...

Connie Fortin and Kyra Oliver join me for a BONUS episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast to talk all about Winter Design and efforts to reduce salt use and water pollution. Connie Fortin has been working for 20 years...

Heather Holm is an amazing author on native pollinators and has an incredible Instagram Page sharing her love of native pollinators, bees, and wasps. In this episode, we talk about the need for protecting native...

Meg Cowden is the author of Plant, Grow, Harvest, Repeat - an incredible resource for all gardeners. We are replaying this episode with Med all about succession planting from our Spring 2022 season. Right now is a great...

Tim Clemens of Ironwood Foraging joins me for this week's episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast. Tim was awesome to talk with about foraging in an urban setting. Tim and I talk about the ethics of foraging, what people...

Purchase STILL: The Art of Noticing on Bookshop.org I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved this interview. Mary Jo Hoffman started StillBlog.net with a personal project in 2012 to post one photo of nature each...

You spend hours on your lawn killing weeds, fertilizing, and spending tons of cash. Do you want an easier way that is safe for your kids, saves you money, AND helps the environment? Embrace MinnesotaGardening.com's Lazy...

Winter is an unfortunately forgotten season in our cold-climate landscapes. Today, Cathy Rees is guiding us on how to best take advantage of winter in our newest episode of Minnesota Gardening Podcast. Cathy takes us on...

We have had an incredibly unseasonable December with temps many degrees above normal across the state. In some places, this has caused plants to break dormancy and start growing. In this episode I teach all about how...

Our family has a tradition of winter sowing every year between Christmas and New Years. It is a wonderful - CHEAP - way to grow native perennials that are ready to plant in early summer. Michelle Mero Riedel, a master...

50 degrees on Christmas Eve?! This December 2023 has been more than twelve degrees above normal in parts of Minnesota with more heat to come. I am BEYOND honored to have Climatologist Dr. Mark Seeley join us for today's...