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Garden Journal
Saturdays 10:00 am - 10:30 am

email: gardenjournal@ksfr.org

The Garden Journal, broadcast each Saturday from 10:00 to 10:30 am on KSFR 101.1, is a compendium of interviews, advice, and inspiration for home gardeners throughout Santa Fe County.

The Garden Journal, a project of the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners, has been on the air every week since October, 2013. The program is produced by four participating organizations in rotation each month, each about how to understand our roles as humans in the natural world and featuring local and global experts:

The first Saturday of each month join Slow Food Santa Fe’s Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg and their guests. The Slow Food Santa Fe, the local chapter of a national and international grassroots organization promoting food that is “good, clean and fair,” focus on perspectives from the local food community.

On the second Saturday of the month in the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardener edition, Alexa Bradford joins in conversation with local gardening experts, environmentalists, seed stewards, and policy-makers. Tune in for high desert gardening tips, news, events, and gardening inspiration.

On the third Saturday join Kaitlin Haase of the Xerces Society on “People, Plants, and Pollinators”. This show gives listeners a glimpse into the importance of pollinators and invertebrates, the native plants they rely on and the people working to create healthy ecosystems in neighborhoods, cities, farms and natural lands. The program informs listeners about educational wildlife gardening and conservation topics with an emphasis on insect pollinators and will feature guests from wildlife biologists to native plant ecologists and more. 

And finally, the last Saturday of every month Jannine Cabossel , the Tomato Lady, shares her vegetable gardening expertise and advice for each coming month in the Home Grown New Mexico edition.

Four times a year, Tom Dominguez, Santa Fe County Extension Agent weighs in with gardening advice and updates on the Master Gardeners and other County Extension programs.

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The Garden Journal Broadcasts — Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners

  • Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg as they have a conversation with Charlie Shultz, Academic Director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Program at Santa Fe Community College, about growing food using hydroponic and aquaponic system methods.
  • Jannine Cabossel, the Tomato Lady, joins host Alexa Bradford to offer suggestions for what we can be doing next month in our vegetable gardens. Jannine blogs at https://giantveggiegardener.com.Click here for program notes.Find the original episode page at https://www.ksfr.org/show/garden-journal-new/2023-09-20/11-26-2022-home-grown-new-mexico-edition-with-jannine-cabossel
  • On this edition of People, Plants, and Pollinators, Kaitlin interviews David Lightfoot, Arthropod Collections Manager for the Museum of Southwestern Biology.
  • Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Master Gardener Emeritus Laurie McGrath as they discuss fall garden prep in Santa Fe.
  • Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg for a fascinating discussion with Kathleen Merrigan, inaugural executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, as they cover many topics related to the future of food.
  • Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about the weather and what to do in your vegetable garden in October. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com/
  • Host Kaitlin Haase talks about fireflies with Anna Walker, species survival officer for invertebrates with the New Mexico BioPark Society. Learn about the difference between glow worms and fireflies, where fireflies exist in New Mexico, and how you can get involved in firefly conservation.Report Sightings and Sign up for Surveys with the Firefly AtlasGuide to Southwest FirefliesWestern Firefly Project: A Community Science InitiativeFirefly Friendly Lighting Practices
  • Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Lesley Janis, one of the project leaders for the Santa Fe Native Plant Project, to learn about the benefits and techniques of planting native grasses in our urban landscapes.www.sfemg.org/santa-fe-native-plant-project
  • Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with longtime Santa Fe Farmers' Market vendor Matt Romero of Romero Farms, about current farming challenges, growing and roasting chile peppers, selling produce to farmers' markets and restaurants and much more!
  • Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in September. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com