By the MOTHER EARTH NEWS RADIO team
It's a New Year and time for some new gear! Today’s show looks at what’s new, what’s cool, and what’s good for us all in 2010.
Hosted by Andrea Ridout and Dan, the Solar Man, Lepinski.
Guests:
2010 brings healthy alternatives for every part of your life. Find out which 11 eco-friendly home products Natural Home deemed best in 2010.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS has endorsed some cool gardening tools as part of its Tools for Wiser Living designation. Cheryl reveals what they are. Learn more about Rogue garden hoes and NRG trowels — and why they made the cut for top tools for gardening and farming.
Dale Groom, the Garden Groom
Dale Groom is the Extension Horticulturist for north Texas and the Master Gardener Program Coordinator for Dallas County. He is also a columnist, author, and radio/TV host, and is known nationwide as The Plant Groom. Dale drops by the show with some advice to help us keep our poinsettias and amaryllis alive beyond the holidays.
You can contact The Plant Groom with your horticultural questions at dalegroom@tamu.edu.
There are many reasons you might consider keeping bees. Not only do you benefit from the honey, but the pollination bees provide is essential to achieve good yields for some flowering crops. You don’t need a lot of land, in fact there are many urban beekeepers. Cheryl Long offers an easy and fun beehive project – that will help your garden and the environment.
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Bonus segment!
In this special segment, Cheryl Long visits with Andrea and Dan about a recent article in the magazine by Rosalind Creasy. Ms. Creasy is a California-based writer who documented her gardening results in her decorative, edible landscape. The total value of the fresh vegetables she grew in her 100-square-foot garden was nearly $700.
