Christy “Garden Nerd” Wilhelmi dropped by the Root Simple compound to talk to Kelly and I about everything from loquats to bees to climate change. You can find her blog posts, podcast, YouTube at Gardenerd.com. She is the author of two books, Gardening for Geeks: DIY Tests, Gadgets, and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics, and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of Your Garden and 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com. During the podcast we discuss:
- Chip Drop
- Free Little Library
- Front yard fruit trees
- Bee rescues
- Michael Thiele
- Celeriac
- Loofa
- Jicama
- Styrian hulless pumpkins
- Piteba Nut and Seed Oil Expeller Oil press
- Sow True Seed
- In Defense of Okra
- Tomato varieties: stupice, yellow perfection, Azoychka , Tess’s Landrace, Tigerela, Yellow pear, black cherry, Jeune Femme
- Proper seed storage
- Squirrel Stopper
- Loquats
- Climate Emergency Mobilization
- Climate Emergency Mobilization Los Angeles
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