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
email: gardenjournal@ksfr.org
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Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Pam Roy, Farm to Table New Mexico and New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council, about current and proposed federal cuts in the food and farming world. -
Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what’s going on in the vegetable garden in the coming month of August.
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This month on the People, Plants, and Pollinators edition of the garden Journal, Kaitlin interviews Sharon Selvaggio, a Pesticide Program Specialist with the Xerces Society, who leads the pollinator-safe nursery plant program. Sharon shares tips on how to find plants for your garden that are free of pesticides harmful to pollinators and how growers can manage pests without excessive pesticide use.
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Join Host Alexa Bradford for part two of our program with renowned local tree expert Tracy Neal, who will share his recommendations for the best trees to plant in the Santa Fe area.
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Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg will feature Andrew Neighbour of Desert Verde Farm, NM's first and only commercial aquaponics operation.
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On this episode of the Garden Journal, Alexa talks with Jannine Cabosell about what we should be doing in our gardens during this time of year.
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Join Michelle Stizza, Santa Fe County Extension Consumer Science Agent and her guest long-time County Fair volunteer JoAnn Brennan as they talk about preparations for the July 27 – August 2, 2025 Santa Fe County Fair. It’s time to plan your entries now!
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Host Kaitlin Haase with the Xerces Society speaks with Santa Ana Native Plant Nursery Manager Mike Halverson about producing wholesale pesticide-free native plants for pollinator habitat and restoration projects. Kaitlin and Mike also discuss the Santa Fe Pollinator Trail Habitat Kit Program and share tips about planting species in the kits.
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Join Host Alexa Bradford for the first of two consecutive programs with renowned local tree expert Tracy Neal, who will discuss the climate and soil challenges for trees in the Santa Fe area.
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Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Mary and Zach Ben of Bidii Baby Foods, an Indigenous baby food line created by farmers and new parents to increase access to traditional foods in early childhood.