Plants Always Win Podcast
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The podcast where we explore the wide world of horticulture, bust some myths, and answer your plant and garden questions. https://www.plantsalwayswin.com/
Our Halloween analysis of Little Shop of Horrors is inching its way out to podcast platforms now...but if you've ever thought about becoming a patron, it's a good day to make the move! Our patrons got a slightly early, slightly extended cut this week. www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Our Halloween analysis of Little Shop of Horrors is inching its way out to podcast platforms now...but if you've ever thought about becoming a patron, it's a good day to make the move! Our patrons got a slightly early, slightly extended cut this week. www.patreon.com/posts/early-...
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ClearWater Farm runs one of the coolest apprenticeship programs I know. Their "agripreneurs" learn skills in regenerative agriculture and experiment in a safe environment, driving innovation. ClearWater has been nominated for an ECO Impact 2026 award. Learn more & vote: ecoimpact.ca/conference/f...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ClearWater Farm runs one of the coolest apprenticeship programs I know. Their "agripreneurs" learn skills in regenerative agriculture and experiment in a safe environment, driving innovation. ClearWater has been nominated for an ECO Impact 2026 award. Learn more & vote: ecoimpact.ca/conference/f...
As you may have heard in this week's episode, Wait Like a Seed by our co-host Erin Alladin has been nominated for a people's choice Horti Award for best gardening book! Want to support a picture book about monarchs & milkweed? Cast your vote here: vote.gardencomm.org/2025-horti-a... #gardensky
October 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
As you may have heard in this week's episode, Wait Like a Seed by our co-host Erin Alladin has been nominated for a people's choice Horti Award for best gardening book! Want to support a picture book about monarchs & milkweed? Cast your vote here: vote.gardencomm.org/2025-horti-a... #gardensky
If you are feeling frustrated and anxious and helpless about the need for stronger communities...if you have ever craved a community garden but didn't think you could make it happen...if you simply want to lift your spirits with a good-news gardening story, this is episode is for you. #gardensky
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you are feeling frustrated and anxious and helpless about the need for stronger communities...if you have ever craved a community garden but didn't think you could make it happen...if you simply want to lift your spirits with a good-news gardening story, this is episode is for you. #gardensky
Biologist Dr. Dana Green wanted to bring her work home with her and play a bat character in #D&D. Luckily, someone else had created a homebrew bat species. Isn't her character cute? Listen to Dana's interview here: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #bats #gardensky #dungeonsanddragons
September 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Biologist Dr. Dana Green wanted to bring her work home with her and play a bat character in #D&D. Luckily, someone else had created a homebrew bat species. Isn't her character cute? Listen to Dana's interview here: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #bats #gardensky #dungeonsanddragons
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I'm up for a Horti Award! If you'd like to support Wait Like a Seed as a People's Choice gardening book of 2025, cast your vote at vote.gardencomm.org/2025-horti-a... #GardenCommUnity #HortiAwards @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social @pajamapress.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm up for a Horti Award! If you'd like to support Wait Like a Seed as a People's Choice gardening book of 2025, cast your vote at vote.gardencomm.org/2025-horti-a... #GardenCommUnity #HortiAwards @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social @pajamapress.bsky.social
The following is a thread of bat facts pulled from our two-part interview with Dr. Dana Green, a.k.a. The Eyepatch Biologist. It is by no means complete. If you love cute sky puppies and ugly echolocating microchiroptera, these episodes are for you. #bats www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The following is a thread of bat facts pulled from our two-part interview with Dr. Dana Green, a.k.a. The Eyepatch Biologist. It is by no means complete. If you love cute sky puppies and ugly echolocating microchiroptera, these episodes are for you. #bats www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
This week we're in a flap about bats! Do they really eat a thousand mosquitoes an hour? Was Hank Green's viral video about scientists not knowing where they go in winter correct? Dr. Dana Green, The Eye patch Biologist, answers all that and more. #bats www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This week we're in a flap about bats! Do they really eat a thousand mosquitoes an hour? Was Hank Green's viral video about scientists not knowing where they go in winter correct? Dr. Dana Green, The Eye patch Biologist, answers all that and more. #bats www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
Our favourite thing to do on Plants Always Win is answer listener gardening questions. In Episode 33 we have a bushel of apple tree questions (grafts? root flares? root stocks?); we also cover horsetail and bindweed management and how to fertilize flowers 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our favourite thing to do on Plants Always Win is answer listener gardening questions. In Episode 33 we have a bushel of apple tree questions (grafts? root flares? root stocks?); we also cover horsetail and bindweed management and how to fertilize flowers 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
You have garden questions and we have answers! Our listeners asked about planting fruit trees, about managing horsetail and bindweed, and about fertilizing flowers without discouraging blooms. We cover all that and more in this week's Q&A special #gardensky 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
You have garden questions and we have answers! Our listeners asked about planting fruit trees, about managing horsetail and bindweed, and about fertilizing flowers without discouraging blooms. We cover all that and more in this week's Q&A special #gardensky 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
What are the top myths you hear about compost? Delaina Arnold helps us bust some of them in this week's episode: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What are the top myths you hear about compost? Delaina Arnold helps us bust some of them in this week's episode: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
There are so many good reasons to compost at home! You're building your own soil (with no transportation costs, fuel requirements, or risk of herbicide contamination). You're putting carbon in the ground. And you're NOT putting methane in the air. Learn more: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There are so many good reasons to compost at home! You're building your own soil (with no transportation costs, fuel requirements, or risk of herbicide contamination). You're putting carbon in the ground. And you're NOT putting methane in the air. Learn more: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
Everything you ever wanted to know about home composting! (And if the interview doesn't deliver on that promise, send us your questions and we'll answer them in a future episode ☝️). www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱 #compost #soilbuilding
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know about home composting! (And if the interview doesn't deliver on that promise, send us your questions and we'll answer them in a future episode ☝️). www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱 #compost #soilbuilding
Do you make your own compost? Do you delight in the experience? If your answer to either question is no, this week's guest is here to help. Listen to Ep. 32: Home Composting with Delaina Arnold of the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere #gardensky #compost 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Do you make your own compost? Do you delight in the experience? If your answer to either question is no, this week's guest is here to help. Listen to Ep. 32: Home Composting with Delaina Arnold of the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere #gardensky #compost 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
Is your garden FUN? Does it being you delight? After our interview with @chrispaulrainbows.com we are delighted to share some of their whimsical garden spaces, including a raised bed decorated as Mr. Dressup's Tickle Trunk. Hear the story here: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
September 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Is your garden FUN? Does it being you delight? After our interview with @chrispaulrainbows.com we are delighted to share some of their whimsical garden spaces, including a raised bed decorated as Mr. Dressup's Tickle Trunk. Hear the story here: www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
“I am very enthusiastic about [gardening]. I don't know if I'm that great at it....I can't really answer any of your garden questions, but I love getting my hands dirty.” Get some garden joy from Chris Paul Rainbows' interview! #gardensky 🌱
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August 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“I am very enthusiastic about [gardening]. I don't know if I'm that great at it....I can't really answer any of your garden questions, but I love getting my hands dirty.” Get some garden joy from Chris Paul Rainbows' interview! #gardensky 🌱
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This week we are thrilled to bring you an interview with speaker, storyteller, human ray of sunshine, and exuberant home gardener @chrispaulrainbows.com. If you need a reminder that gardening can be play, tune in on your podcast player of choice. www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This week we are thrilled to bring you an interview with speaker, storyteller, human ray of sunshine, and exuberant home gardener @chrispaulrainbows.com. If you need a reminder that gardening can be play, tune in on your podcast player of choice. www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
If you haven't encountered Chris Paul Rainbows' garden homage to 80s and 90s children's television, you're missing out. Listen to the interview for an injection of sheer inner-child delight, chicken-based audacity, and pumpkin-patch sincerity. www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you haven't encountered Chris Paul Rainbows' garden homage to 80s and 90s children's television, you're missing out. Listen to the interview for an injection of sheer inner-child delight, chicken-based audacity, and pumpkin-patch sincerity. www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis... #gardensky 🌱
It's a banner week for us here at Plants Always Win! The podcast has hit thirty episodes, and we've been featured in our first news story. We can't wait to reach even more gardeners to fall down nerdy plant-fact rabbit holes with! #gardensky 🌱 www.baytoday.ca/local-news/r...
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‘Plants Always Win is a podcast where two Ontario gardeners dive down plant-fact rabbit holes, answer audience questions, interview intriguing guests,’ host Alladin said
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August 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It's a banner week for us here at Plants Always Win! The podcast has hit thirty episodes, and we've been featured in our first news story. We can't wait to reach even more gardeners to fall down nerdy plant-fact rabbit holes with! #gardensky 🌱 www.baytoday.ca/local-news/r...
My little soda pop!🎵 Ever wondered about the origins of soda flavours like root beer and cola? The root in root beer is North America's Sassafras albidum. Cola comes from the nut of West Africa's cola tree. But which is the most interesting? Listen and decide! www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My little soda pop!🎵 Ever wondered about the origins of soda flavours like root beer and cola? The root in root beer is North America's Sassafras albidum. Cola comes from the nut of West Africa's cola tree. But which is the most interesting? Listen and decide! www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
"The Environment is the economy and the economy is the environment." That mindset is part of what Lauren Saville emphasizes in her role as Community Climate Initiative Coordinator in Muskoka, Ontario. And it's making a difference. #climateaction #muskoka www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
July 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The Environment is the economy and the economy is the environment." That mindset is part of what Lauren Saville emphasizes in her role as Community Climate Initiative Coordinator in Muskoka, Ontario. And it's making a difference. #climateaction #muskoka www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
What does it look like when a regional government puts their resources behind their climate policy? It looks like Lauren Saville, the District of Muskoka's Community Climate Initiative Coordinator, and her colleagues. #climateaction #ontario www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
July 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What does it look like when a regional government puts their resources behind their climate policy? It looks like Lauren Saville, the District of Muskoka's Community Climate Initiative Coordinator, and her colleagues. #climateaction #ontario www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
What does KPop Demon Hunters have to do with a gardening podcast? We're in the recording studio today, and Sean is about to find out.
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July 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What does KPop Demon Hunters have to do with a gardening podcast? We're in the recording studio today, and Sean is about to find out.
With so much pressure on internet bandwidth from #CanadaDay population growth (hazards of living in cottage country!), we weren't able to record this week's episode. We're taking the holiday off instead. Please enjoy some of these past episodes featuring wonderful Canadian gardeners:
July 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
With so much pressure on internet bandwidth from #CanadaDay population growth (hazards of living in cottage country!), we weren't able to record this week's episode. We're taking the holiday off instead. Please enjoy some of these past episodes featuring wonderful Canadian gardeners:
If you enjoyed Ep 28: Cultivation Activism with Lorraine Johnson, you'll love her book on growing native-plant gardens for pollinators (see images for titles in Canada and the US). I learned how buzz pollination really works & met SO many great plants. 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...
June 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you enjoyed Ep 28: Cultivation Activism with Lorraine Johnson, you'll love her book on growing native-plant gardens for pollinators (see images for titles in Canada and the US). I learned how buzz pollination really works & met SO many great plants. 🌱 www.plantsalwayswin.com/podcast/epis...