Back To The Garden

Jean's guest is Naava Koenigsberg, a noted herbalist and gardener, and they discuss the specifics of herb - as opposed to vegetable - gardens, scaling your garden to fit your needs and various aspects of planting and caring for annual and perennial culinary and medicinal herbs. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and […]

Jean's guest, Elizabeth Foster - local gardener or if you prefer, dirt worshiper - talks about the metaphysical aspects of the garden in autumn, including the chance to see our yards and gardens in their bare-bones state, helping us to plan for next year. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others who’d […]

Our guest is William Joseph, retired educator who started the Boston Hill Greenhouse Project and will talk to us about the Why's, How's, and Up's and Down's of working in a garden collectively. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others who’d like to make their lives work more harmoniously with nature. A […]

Host Jean Eisenhower and guest Greg Renfro talk about harvesting and storing squash, preparing for winter and planting winter gardens. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others who’d like to make their lives work more harmoniously with nature. A self-proclaimed “gardening student,” Jean is a passive solar designer, certified Permaculture designer, and […]

Jean's guest is Asher Gelbart, owner of Green Energy Now, offering products and services promoting sustainable lifestyles.  They discuss water harvesting, water harvesting tanks, and other garden uses for tanks, including mini-greenhouses, mini-wetlands water purification, and more! Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others who’d like to make their lives work more […]

This week Jean's guest is Cheyenne Thomas, a local arborist and gardener who'll share his expertise in the proper planting of potted and bare root trees, preparing the soil, and the how, when and why of pruning your trees when the weather cools. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others who’d like […]

This week Sarah Sayles visits with Jean to talk about compost!  Sarah grew up on a horse farm in southern New Mexico - where the family also raised alfalfa and cotton and had a family vegetable garden.  She is an experienced composter who has studied the art and the science of compost in an attempt to improve her own gardening.  She is also the Agriculture Agent with the Grant County Cooperative Extension Service. […]

Jean's guest this week is Frances Trotta, a local gardener who created the lavender garden on 11th Street between Santa Rita and Grant.  She'll share the history of the garden and discuss its needs, as well as sharing information on the fascinating history of lavender! Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview show - devoted to supporting chronic and continuing gardeners, beginning gardeners, and others […]

This week we'll visit with Basira Nickel who has been gardening in desert climates - and canning all her produce - both - for 61 years - providing her family a wide assortment of vegetables for the entire year!  She practices Square Foot Gardening for maximum production and will share the concepts with us on Back To The Garden. Jean is a UPI-award-winning radio feature reporter in her first-ever live interview […]