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New Year Garden Fun
Dec 30, 2025 30 min

New Year Garden Fun

Welcome green thumbs! This week, Kevin and Austin celebrate the new year with  garden updates and a few games to test your horticultural knowledge. Kevin recommends pruning and spraying dorman...

What Sacramento Gardeners Are Loving This Season
Dec 23, 2025 28 min

What Sacramento Gardeners Are Loving This Season

Welcome, green thumbs. This week, Kevin and Austin sit down in the studio to talk about everything that looks and tastes amazing this time of year. Kevin shares his freshly harvested mandarins, Aus...

Garden Reflections, Trends & Goals
Dec 16, 2025 28 min

Garden Reflections, Trends & Goals

Hey green thumbs! This week, the podcast team reflects on a year of gardening adventures, sharing lessons learned, celebrating successes, and looking ahead to future goals. The key takeaway: you ne...

Texas Edition: Growing Smarter in Texas with Greg Grant
Dec 12, 2025 34 min

Texas Edition: Growing Smarter in Texas with Greg Grant

We’re continuing our Texas Edition of the podcast with one of Texas’s most celebrated horticulturists: Greg Grant! Greg brings a lifetime of gardening wisdom as a seventh-generation Texan, writer, ...

Houseplant Essentials: What to Grow and How to Care for It
Dec 09, 2025 28 min

Houseplant Essentials: What to Grow and How to Care for It

This week the team heads to the Green Acres Nursery & Supply in Rocklin to meet with CJ and learn all about houseplants. CJ walks us through his top plant recommendations for beginners, interme...

Houseplant Care with We The Wild
Nov 25, 2025 35 min

Houseplant Care with We The Wild

Calling all houseplant enthusiasts! This week Kevin chats with Josh Armstrong, founder of We the Wild, an organic houseplant care company from Australia. Josh reveals how microbes, fungi, and worm ...

Celebrating California Natives with Sacramento Valley CNPS
Nov 18, 2025 32 min

Celebrating California Natives with Sacramento Valley CNPS

Hey green thumbs! This week Kevin sits down with Lesley Hamamoto, president of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Learn why California native plants are so import...

Texas Edition: Growing With The Texas Garden Guy
Nov 13, 2025 35 min

Texas Edition: Growing With The Texas Garden Guy

We’re kicking off our Texas Edition of the Green Acres Garden Podcast with one of Texas's favorite gardeners: Destin Noak, The Texas Garden Guy! Destin shares his passion for raised bed garden...

Gardening for Wildlife with David Mizejewski
Nov 11, 2025 36 min

Gardening for Wildlife with David Mizejewski

This week, Kevin chats with David Mizejewski, naturalist, author, and media personality from the National Wildlife Federation. David reveals how you can create your own haven for wildlife by planti...

Farm-To-Fork With Patrick Mulvaney
Nov 04, 2025 45 min

Farm-To-Fork With Patrick Mulvaney

In this flavorful episode, Kevin sits down with renowned Sacramento chef and restaurateur Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney’s B&L to explore how California’s capital blossomed into the official Farm...

Fall Tasks From A Master Gardener
Oct 28, 2025 46 min

Fall Tasks From A Master Gardener

Hey green thumbs! This week, Kevin and Austin welcome UC Master Gardener Julie Barbour from Placer County to dig into essential fall garden tasks. From rejuvenating your soil and dethatching your l...

The Art of the Pot-Up
Oct 21, 2025 29 min

The Art of the Pot-Up

Welcome green thumbs! This week, Kiki shares how she creates stunning pot-ups by combining plants in creative ways. Make your own combinations by uniting a thriller, filler, and spiller, but also m...

Fall Season Check-in
Oct 14, 2025 30 min

Fall Season Check-in

Welcome back, green thumbs! This week, Kevin and Austin reunite in the studio to swap stories, share fresh garden updates, and dive into what every gardener should be focusing on this season. Plus,...

Sacramento Valley Natives
Oct 07, 2025 27 min

Sacramento Valley Natives

Welcome green thumbs! This week Kevin meets with Julia Michaels Ph.D from Hedgerow Farms to learn about the ecological importance of planting Northern California natives. Fall is the best time to p...

Nature's Internet: Mycorrhizal Fungi, Roots and Soil
Sep 30, 2025 36 min

Nature's Internet: Mycorrhizal Fungi, Roots and Soil

This week Kevin talks with Gisele and Michael from G&B Organics about how healthy soil networks fuel plant growth, build resilience and create thriving gardens. Topics include the best soil mix...

Dig Into Fall with Kevin's Top Plants
Sep 23, 2025 28 min

Dig Into Fall with Kevin's Top Plants

Happy Fall green thumbs! It's officially the best time of the year to plant. No matter what your plans are Kevin provides his best plant picks for fall veggie gardens, cover cropping, and seasonal ...

Forecasting the Future with The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Sep 16, 2025 32 min

Forecasting the Future with The Old Farmer’s Almanac

This week, Kevin welcomes back Carol Connare, the Editor-in-Chief of The Old Farmer's Almanac to discuss the Almanac's 2026 weather predictions and emerging gardening trends.Check out what's bloomi...

Farm to Fork at Terra Madre Americas
Sep 09, 2025 27 min

Farm to Fork at Terra Madre Americas

This week Kevin meets with Annie Mosley from Visit Sacramento to learn all about the new evolution of the upcoming Sacramento Farm to Fork Festival. Annie shares what you can expect at this year's ...