Planning is perhaps one of the most important aspects of gardening. Whether your planning a veggie garden or the landscaping around your house, it all starts with a plan. A good place to start is with a manual. In 1943, the founder of the National Garden Bureau, James H. Burdett, published The Victory Garden Manual. In this episode of the podcast, we meet Diane Blazek, Executive Director of NGB.

To help you be a little more self-sufficient this season, we’re going to be covering a crash course in gardening here on the podcast. All you’ll need are minimal tools and a patch of land to get started. We’re going to go old school with a Victory Garden.

Christmas is here, and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with a Christmas tree. In this episode we look at tips for choosing the perfect tree and how to care for it.

In this episode we meet Brie Arthur and take a look at foodscaping. This revolutionary method of gardening combines the beauty of ornamental plants with the benefits of vegetables. If you have limited space or want to cultivate a landscape with more biodiversity, this is a method to check out.