Martha takes listeners on a tour of Martha's Kitchen Garden, introducing the animals, plans for a radio station and ideas about regenerative agriculture and recycling garbage. She digs around and discovers an archival reading by RUTH OZEKI from her novel, My Year of Meats, and a play called Dis for Dat by STEVE CANNON.

From the archives, for Asian Pacific Islander Month, a conversation Martha had with CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI back in 1999 on WBAI Radio, when Chitra's novel, Sister of My Heart had just come out. At that time, she was a recent immigrant. They talk about the tug between individualism and traditional extended families, and her near-death experience that was the inspiration for Mistress of Spices. Divakaruni is a prolific writer. She has published fifteen more books since that time. Her latest novel is called Independence, set in 1947 during the partition of India. For those who might not know of her, or for fans of her work, this is a glimpse into her writing life just as she was becoming popular in both America and India. TONY ROBLES, our roving Poet of the People was in Greenville, SC for the 33rd Annual Festival Celebrating the birthday of Malcolm X, talking with people who attended, and listening to poet BEVERLY "BEP" BENSON.

Last night we had a mother of a thunderstorm. Bobo hates thunderstorms. He broke out somehow, despite the electric wire, and was running around practically begging me to put him back up in his stall. So now I have him locked in his stall, and Bart and Frank and Thelma and Louise, too, because there are predictions for worse weather later today. I fed the ducks and chickens and came back inside just in time, before the thunder and lightning and pouring rain started all over again. The pool renovation is progressing. The next time weather permits I am going to plant my okra starters, somewhere, I haven't decided where yet.

Poet, MARY OISHI on her new book, Sidewalk Cruiseship. From the archives, an interview with DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTES. More from the CD Sugilanon, more about banning books, and more of Martha’s quest to publish.

Last Sunday morning I didn't take time to make any videos, but I had fun play/working with the water flowing from the pond into Langston Creek, which runs all the way to the Reedy River. I've been on a quest to slow the flow... This Sunday morning it's been more about the Callery pears that are trying to make a comeback in the woods along the goat fence. After looking in on the pool garden, where I have a lot of starters started, feeding everyone and doing the chick check, I headed into the woods to lop off the Callery pears and pile them along the goat fence, which they thought was a great idea.

Today in the audio garden SHARON SCOTT, author of Low Power FM for dummies contemplates the future with radio thriving in a tapestry of resilient regions across the continent known as Turtle Island. CAROLINE JULIA CABADING considers the past through a lens of poetry and music. ERNIE BRILL comments on banning books. MARTHA CINADER’s quest to publish her most recently completed novel continues.

This third year garden hosts a mixture of annuals, perennials and animals as it changes, like life does. Please join me in the audio garden tonight, Tuesday April 30, at 8pm EDT, for the L&BH Hour for Readers and Writers, live on WLBH.org.

The audio garden is bursting with Spring plenitude. Tony Robles talks with ERNIE BRILL about life and writing poetry, and ERNEST BRAWLEY about his life as a novelist. BEVERLY PARAYNO brings us a bouquet of wildflowers, a sampling from a lecture she gave recently to the Gold Country Writers group in Auburn, CA. More on banning books and Martha Cinader’s meditation on manifesting the publication of her most recently completed novel.

It’s still poetry month here in the US and we are celebrating, with poetry brought to us by the People’s Poet, Tony Robles. Tony interviews WILLIAM GIRALDI, author  of “Hold  the  Dark" and “The  Hero's  Body.” Their conversation ranges from manhood, sacrifice, body building, John Keats disguised as the Bible, what you can’t get out of your blood, and the masculinity of speed. Our featured spoken word artists are JOSEPH JASON SANTIAGO LACOUR, TOMMI AVICOLLI MECCA and SABRENA TAYLOR. Your host, Martha Cinader, continues her season 2 journey on the sometimes imaginary path to publication, and what that has to do with gardening and dreams.

Martha Cinader goes into deepthink mode with Meredith Leigh, author of The Ethical Meat Handbook and thinker of thoughts still asking to be manifested. With the optimism that blossoms with Spring, the conversation focuses on alternatives to capitalism, honoring indigenous wisdom, revolutionary madness, books that inspire and more! This one-hour special is an ongoing seasonal series produced in association with Laura Lengnick, founder of Cultivating Resilience, and Martha Cinader for Listen & Be Heard. The purpose is to create an open discussion with experts that is both informative and imaginative and inspires a path to nurturing and resilience for everyone.