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Hi Jackie!I am a new listener who has been (vegetable) gardening all my life &amp; in the last few years added fruit trees to my repartee. I live in NW PA, tho my garden is about 30 miles away in Conneaut, Ohio, a few blocks South of Lake Erie. I listened to the show with Melissa K. Norris today &amp; enjoyed it very much. I will definitely be listening more! (&amp; I entered the book give away, too!)Keep up the good work!Cindy OndishTell us a little about yourself.The way this weird situation started is a long storywhere I live in NW PA I had a gardentrees grew upwe live amongst woodsMy garden got worse and worse eveyryeareveryyeartomato plans around my houseseparate from thismy husband bought a placeboat garagelot with weeds taller then mehacked them down with a cyclehe noticed there was an asparagusthere’s where my garden isthe ground is like a gardener’s dreamperson who owned it before was friendsthere’s my gardenI resisted the whole thing a bit of the timenothing grows at my house because there is no lightwe’re there all the time in the summerwe cleared an acre out of the woods some of it I want to turn back to woodsdidn’t want to cut anymore downsuch a gradual thingI willalways had tomato plants around the housepepper plantspots on the deckit was okI guess if I do raised bedsright in the middle of the lawngradual thingworkedhow wonderful this stuff growsexpandedI came from an Italian familyeveryone grew tomatoeswhich is weirdwe canned teammateswe ate a lot of pastathat’s all I really knewhe came over on the boat from Italyknew about other plantsmy first gardenout of collegelive in an apartment and stuffas soon as I had spaceI did I have a lot of house plantsI have kind of a green thumbgood place to grow then at that timeI grew cornwhole range of things, my family never grewso nicefeel like you can take care of yourselfempoweredI am going to the storecan itgrow it and can itas I had my children got biggertrying to feed themknew what I was feeding Tell me about your first gardening experience?How did you learn how to garden organically?4 Tell us about something that grew well this year.4I was head over heels in love with parsnipsalways had good luck growing parsnipsI know now my garden was such clayeven thought I tried to work things in itif they dry outonce they dry out they’re deadold timerteaching me how to grow parsnipsnever eaten a warshipboiling water on themboard over topnever did the topmine would growbecause my ground was so nasty and wetso I have been trying to grow them in my good gardendrainagemulching themcould not get parsnips to growbummed out of itmore that I readwhat do I have to loselet them start sprouting on the sinktedious job of picking up the sproutsbiggest most beautifulstart them first plant themplant thempour boiling water over the rowseeds make them float to the topwaxy coating that has to get through the coatingworked because my ground was so wetdidn’t drainnew garden is drains my husband introduced them to mecravings for themsometimesbounty of parsnipswe started outmy husband cooks everything starting with a stick of butterlong piecescut out the center bitter centerfry them in a buttercarrots and potatoesquicker then the carrots didthen I wanted to trycutting them in kind f chunksbrushing them with butterget them with a little crispbrushed over the top of thembutternut squashIs there something you would do different next year or want to try/new?I’m just excited for the whole gardenminimize my tomato plantingend of the yearI have tomatoes rotting on the plantsdo some trellisinglast year I got some of that fencing that they useorange fencing where they are tying to keep people wayI found some that was green!plastic fencingjust do something on the chapput up postsbig giant Uput tomato plantsI have been using stakesnever wove them through the fencing as they grewshoots offbetween the plantssit between the rowsdidn’t have to sit in the sun people laughed at mebeach umbrellastick20 feet longjust wide enough for the beech umbrellamoved it along with Tell me about something that didn’t work so well this season.Actually last year my russell sprints little tin2 different spotsgiant mulberry treeshades late in the afternooncold weather plants like Brussels sproutsdidn’t get any cauliflowergoogling watch how you rotate thingstry to make sure my gardenmake sure I don't do thatgood rule of thumbabove grounddifferent bugs you can getstarted planted flowers in my garden toobring the pollinators inmight eatI don’t think I did last yearthis year againbefore I started my gardencalciumminimal the things we had to how big is your gardenyes, I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with onionsI triedhaven’t had a lot of luck with thatuse basildon’t grow a lot of herbsgarlic a few years agowhole education needed thereonce you harvest your garlicto process ithow do you do thiswatch youtube videosedu websitespulled it cooked itdidn’t dry itso that the stuff I initially used aired it for too longdried up by the time I used it againgrewmy garlicit’s easy to grow ithave to knowWhich activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden?I really don’t it almost hurts me to see things rotting on the vinefigure out what I want to growI’m not good at starting my own plantsthat little thing I should probably throw it awayend up with way too many plantscontrol myselfplant what I think I can really harvest and usehate to see things rottingfind a food bank or somethingmixed result What is your favorite activity to do in the garden?harvesting of coursewith my fruit treesI love to pruneI could weed all day longsuns going downlost in pruningan old throw cushionboatsmake perfect kneeling padscrazy expensiveuse the boat fusionhandle on the sidetake that aroundas I am rootingpr4cold waterturn some music onI’m goodmusic and watersomething nice to What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?I thought about this, I can not think of anything specificfind things myselfparsnip advice was goodI hear thingsgrow what you like to eatthings like try something newI tried kohlrabi last yearI tried it and didn’t really care for itcook looking to growspecific gem I received from anyonegardeners are such awesome peopleshare and helpjust sitting to you and talking to other gardenersgood advicesomething new to tryone thingso manyA favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be.about a 40 minute drive from my houseweather’s bad we hang out and play need to get there earlier in the daynot much of a morning personbefore it gets really hotweedingwateringsprinklerA favorite recipe you like to cook from the garden?actually I discoveredit is wonderfulyou can eat it and not feel so bloated and heavyI’ve been making thatyou can use this with whateverbrocoli peppersbeansput in the pan with tomatoesseem itmoisture in theretomato will cookpull the skins off the tomatoesbecomes like the basesprinkle cheese over the top of itvegetableexperimentmixing different vegetablesI have a little bit of thisA favorite Podcast?I love Joe Gardenerhe also has a tv showever Saturdayhe has a really good podcastyou bet your gardenMike McGrathout of Phillygets a call in showyou never know what you are going to hearask him questions you will topic of the dayA favorite internet resource?penn state has a lot of ag things tooI look thereanything that ends in edumore researched basedthat’s A favorite reading material-book, mag, blog/website etc you can recommend?lasagna gardeningdo layers on a raised bedorganic gardening magazineFinal question- if there was one change you would like to see to create a greener world what would it be? For example is there a charity or organization your passionate about or a project you would like to see put into action? What do you feel is the most crucial issue facing our planet in regards to the environment either in your local area or on a national or global scale?My charity is arbor dayplant treeswe need to plant treesand up boytry to not use so much plasticreally hard not to use plastic I’ve triedminimize how things are just so throw awaycheaper to buy something new then get it fixeddo actually have a shoe maker that works out of his housetry to reuse whatever I canglobally we need to concentrateeverybody go out and vote and vote climatewe can do our own little thinglot more of a global effortus is kind of lagging as far as that goes we need to change thatplant treeseven lawnsacreage of lans then national parktook small part of their lawnplanted flowersor milkweed for the monarchs something not grasseverybody could make a differencecombined would be a bigDo u have an inspiration tip or quote to help motivate our listeners to reach into that dirt and start their own garden?I think scientific studies have shown that being out in nature is good for youconnectedfind to do thatgrowing flowersgo ahead if you want to growvegetables more my passiongrow whatever makes you feel goodnever had a gardenbeen in the woodsexperience where they dont can’t even impinge being so separated from naturebe in the housefeel that connectionI’m a master gardenergrow peanuts lets’ all try itI actually got peanutspulled the plantsthey were good! They tasted like betterthey were smallno they were easy to harvestpull the planthang to drythey didn’t all growHow do we connect with you?The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we'd love it if you'd give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. Just click on the link here.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Hi Jackie!I am a new listener who has been (vegetable) gardening all my life &amp; in the last few years added fruit trees to my repartee. I live in NW PA, tho my garden is about 30 miles away in Conneaut, Ohio, a few blocks South of Lake Erie. I listened to the show with Melissa K. Norris today &amp; enjoyed it very much. I will definitely be listening more! (&amp; I entered the book give away, too!)Keep up the good work!Cindy OndishTell us a little about yourself.The way this weird situation started is a long storywhere I live in NW PA I had a gardentrees grew upwe live amongst woodsMy garden got worse and worse eveyryeareveryyeartomato plans around my houseseparate from thismy husband bought a placeboat garagelot with weeds taller then mehacked them down with a cyclehe noticed there was an asparagusthere’s where my garden isthe ground is like a gardener’s dreamperson who owned it before was friendsthere’s my gardenI resisted the whole thing a bit of the timenothing grows at my house because there is no lightwe’re there all the time in the summerwe cleared an acre out of the woods some of it I want to turn back to woodsdidn’t want to cut anymore downsuch a gradual thingI willalways had tomato plants around the housepepper plantspots on the deckit was okI guess if I do raised bedsright in the middle of the lawngradual thingworkedhow wonderful this stuff growsexpandedI came from an Italian familyeveryone grew tomatoeswhich is weirdwe canned teammateswe ate a lot of pastathat’s all I really knewhe came over on the boat from Italyknew about other plantsmy first gardenout of collegelive in an apartment and stuffas soon as I had spaceI did I have a lot of house plantsI have kind of a green thumbgood place to grow then at that timeI grew cornwhole range of things, my family never grewso nicefeel like you can take care of yourselfempoweredI am going to the storecan itgrow it and can itas I had my children got biggertrying to feed themknew what I was feeding Tell me about your first gardening experience?How did you learn how to garden organically?4 Tell us about something that grew well this year.4I was head over heels in love with parsnipsalways had good luck growing parsnipsI know now my garden was such clayeven thought I tried to work things in itif they dry outonce they dry out they’re deadold timerteaching me how to grow parsnipsnever eaten a warshipboiling water on themboard over topnever did the topmine would growbecause my ground was so nasty and wetso I have been trying to grow them in my good gardendrainagemulching themcould not get parsnips to growbummed out of itmore that I readwhat do I have to loselet them start sprouting on the sinktedious job of picking up the sproutsbiggest most beautifulstart them first plant themplant thempour boiling water over the rowseeds make them float to the topwaxy coating that has to get through the coatingworked because my ground was so wetdidn’t drainnew garden is drains my husband introduced them to mecravings for themsometimesbounty of parsnipswe started outmy husband cooks everything starting with a stick of butterlong piecescut out the center bitter centerfry them in a buttercarrots and potatoesquicker then the carrots didthen I wanted to trycutting them in kind f chunksbrushing them with butterget them with a little crispbrushed over the top of thembutternut squashIs there something you would do different next year or want to try/new?I’m just excited for the whole gardenminimize my tomato plantingend of the yearI have tomatoes rotting on the plantsdo some trellisinglast year I got some of that fencing that they useorange fencing where they are tying to keep people wayI found some that was green!plastic fencingjust do something on the chapput up postsbig giant Uput tomato plantsI have been using stakesnever wove them through the fencing as they grewshoots offbetween the plantssit between the rowsdidn’t have to sit in the sun people laughed at mebeach umbrellastick20 feet longjust wide enough for the beech umbrellamoved it along with Tell me about something that didn’t work so well this season.Actually last year my russell sprints little tin2 different spotsgiant mulberry treeshades late in the afternooncold weather plants like Brussels sproutsdidn’t get any cauliflowergoogling watch how you rotate thingstry to make sure my gardenmake sure I don't do thatgood rule of thumbabove grounddifferent bugs you can getstarted planted flowers in my garden toobring the pollinators inmight eatI don’t think I did last yearthis year againbefore I started my gardencalciumminimal the things we had to how big is your gardenyes, I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with onionsI triedhaven’t had a lot of luck with thatuse basildon’t grow a lot of herbsgarlic a few years agowhole education needed thereonce you harvest your garlicto process ithow do you do thiswatch youtube videosedu websitespulled it cooked itdidn’t dry itso that the stuff I initially used aired it for too longdried up by the time I used it againgrewmy garlicit’s easy to grow ithave to knowWhich activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden?I really don’t it almost hurts me to see things rotting on the vinefigure out what I want to growI’m not good at starting my own plantsthat little thing I should probably throw it awayend up with way too many plantscontrol myselfplant what I think I can really harvest and usehate to see things rottingfind a food bank or somethingmixed result What is your favorite activity to do in the garden?harvesting of coursewith my fruit treesI love to pruneI could weed all day longsuns going downlost in pruningan old throw cushionboatsmake perfect kneeling padscrazy expensiveuse the boat fusionhandle on the sidetake that aroundas I am rootingpr4cold waterturn some music onI’m goodmusic and watersomething nice to What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?I thought about this, I can not think of anything specificfind things myselfparsnip advice was goodI hear thingsgrow what you like to eatthings like try something newI tried kohlrabi last yearI tried it and didn’t really care for itcook looking to growspecific gem I received from anyonegardeners are such awesome peopleshare and helpjust sitting to you and talking to other gardenersgood advicesomething new to tryone thingso manyA favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be.about a 40 minute drive from my houseweather’s bad we hang out and play need to get there earlier in the daynot much of a morning personbefore it gets really hotweedingwateringsprinklerA favorite recipe you like to cook from the garden?actually I discoveredit is wonderfulyou can eat it and not feel so bloated and heavyI’ve been making thatyou can use this with whateverbrocoli peppersbeansput in the pan with tomatoesseem itmoisture in theretomato will cookpull the skins off the tomatoesbecomes like the basesprinkle cheese over the top of itvegetableexperimentmixing different vegetablesI have a little bit of thisA favorite Podcast?I love Joe Gardenerhe also has a tv showever Saturdayhe has a really good podcastyou bet your gardenMike McGrathout of Phillygets a call in showyou never know what you are going to hearask him questions you will topic of the dayA favorite internet resource?penn state has a lot of ag things tooI look thereanything that ends in edumore researched basedthat’s A favorite reading material-book, mag, blog/website etc you can recommend?lasagna gardeningdo layers on a raised bedorganic gardening magazineFinal question- if there was one change you would like to see to create a greener world what would it be? For example is there a charity or organization your passionate about or a project you would like to see put into action? What do you feel is the most crucial issue facing our planet in regards to the environment either in your local area or on a national or global scale?My charity is arbor dayplant treeswe need to plant treesand up boytry to not use so much plasticreally hard not to use plastic I’ve triedminimize how things are just so throw awaycheaper to buy something new then get it fixeddo actually have a shoe maker that works out of his housetry to reuse whatever I canglobally we need to concentrateeverybody go out and vote and vote climatewe can do our own little thinglot more of a global effortus is kind of lagging as far as that goes we need to change thatplant treeseven lawnsacreage of lans then national parktook small part of their lawnplanted flowersor milkweed for the monarchs something not grasseverybody could make a differencecombined would be a bigDo u have an inspiration tip or quote to help motivate our listeners to reach into that dirt and start their own garden?I think scientific studies have shown that being out in nature is good for youconnectedfind to do thatgrowing flowersgo ahead if you want to growvegetables more my passiongrow whatever makes you feel goodnever had a gardenbeen in the woodsexperience where they dont can’t even impinge being so separated from naturebe in the housefeel that connectionI’m a master gardenergrow peanuts lets’ all try itI actually got peanutspulled the plantsthey were good! They tasted like betterthey were smallno they were easy to harvestpull the planthang to drythey didn’t all growHow do we connect with you?The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href="http://amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.com</a> If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we'd love it if you'd give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. 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310. Cindy Ondish | Master Gardener • Listener | Conneaut, Ohio

Hi Jackie!I am a new listener who has been (vegetable) gardening all my life &amp; in the last few years added fruit trees to my repartee. I live in NW PA, tho my garden is about 30 miles away in Conneaut, Ohio, a few blocks South of Lake Erie. I listened to the show with Melissa K. Norris today &amp; enjoyed it very much. I will definitely be listening more! (&amp; I entered the book give away, too!)Keep up the good work!Cindy OndishTell us a little about yourself.The way this weird situation started is a long storywhere I live in NW PA I had a gardentrees grew upwe live amongst woodsMy garden got worse and worse eveyryeareveryyeartomato plans around my houseseparate from thismy husband bought a placeboat garagelot with weeds taller then mehacked them down with a cyclehe noticed there was an asparagusthere’s where my garden isthe ground is like a gardener’s dreamperson who owned it before was friendsthere’s my gardenI resisted the whole thing a bit of the timenothing grows at my house because there is no lightwe’re there all the time in the summerwe cleared an acre out of the woods some of it I want to turn back to woodsdidn’t want to cut anymore downsuch a gradual thingI willalways had tomato plants around the housepepper plantspots on the deckit was okI guess if I do raised bedsright in the middle of the lawngradual thingworkedhow wonderful this stuff growsexpandedI came from an Italian familyeveryone grew tomatoeswhich is weirdwe canned teammateswe ate a lot of pastathat’s all I really knewhe came over on the boat from Italyknew about other plantsmy first gardenout of collegelive in an apartment and stuffas soon as I had spaceI did I have a lot of house plantsI have kind of a green thumbgood place to grow then at that timeI grew cornwhole range of things, my family never grewso nicefeel like you can take care of yourselfempoweredI am going to the storecan itgrow it and can itas I had my children got biggertrying to feed themknew what I was feeding Tell me about your first gardening experience?How did you learn how to garden organically?4 Tell us about something that grew well this year.4I was head over heels in love with parsnipsalways had good luck growing parsnipsI know now my garden was such clayeven thought I tried to work things in itif they dry outonce they dry out they’re deadold timerteaching me how to grow parsnipsnever eaten a warshipboiling water on themboard over topnever did the topmine would growbecause my ground was so nasty and wetso I have been trying to grow them in my good gardendrainagemulching themcould not get parsnips to growbummed out of itmore that I readwhat do I have to loselet them start sprouting on the sinktedious job of picking up the sproutsbiggest most beautifulstart them first plant themplant thempour boiling water over the rowseeds make them float to the topwaxy coating that has to get through the coatingworked because my ground was so wetdidn’t drainnew garden is drains my husband introduced them to mecravings for themsometimesbounty of parsnipswe started outmy husband cooks everything starting with a stick of butterlong piecescut out the center bitter centerfry them in a buttercarrots and potatoesquicker then the carrots didthen I wanted to trycutting them in kind f chunksbrushing them with butterget them with a little crispbrushed over the top of thembutternut squashIs there something you would do different next year or want to try/new?I’m just excited for the whole gardenminimize my tomato plantingend of the yearI have tomatoes rotting on the plantsdo some trellisinglast year I got some of that fencing that they useorange fencing where they are tying to keep people wayI found some that was green!plastic fencingjust do something on the chapput up postsbig giant Uput tomato plantsI have been using stakesnever wove them through the fencing as they grewshoots offbetween the plantssit between the rowsdidn’t have to sit in the sun people laughed at mebeach umbrellastick20 feet longjust wide enough for the beech umbrellamoved it along with Tell me about something that didn’t work so well this season.Actually last year my russell sprints little tin2 different spotsgiant mulberry treeshades late in the afternooncold weather plants like Brussels sproutsdidn’t get any cauliflowergoogling watch how you rotate thingstry to make sure my gardenmake sure I don't do thatgood rule of thumbabove grounddifferent bugs you can getstarted planted flowers in my garden toobring the pollinators inmight eatI don’t think I did last yearthis year againbefore I started my gardencalciumminimal the things we had to how big is your gardenyes, I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with onionsI triedhaven’t had a lot of luck with thatuse basildon’t grow a lot of herbsgarlic a few years agowhole education needed thereonce you harvest your garlicto process ithow do you do thiswatch youtube videosedu websitespulled it cooked itdidn’t dry itso that the stuff I initially used aired it for too longdried up by the time I used it againgrewmy garlicit’s easy to grow ithave to knowWhich activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden?I really don’t it almost hurts me to see things rotting on the vinefigure out what I want to growI’m not good at starting my own plantsthat little thing I should probably throw it awayend up with way too many plantscontrol myselfplant what I think I can really harvest and usehate to see things rottingfind a food bank or somethingmixed result What is your favorite activity to do in the garden?harvesting of coursewith my fruit treesI love to pruneI could weed all day longsuns going downlost in pruningan old throw cushionboatsmake perfect kneeling padscrazy expensiveuse the boat fusionhandle on the sidetake that aroundas I am rootingpr4cold waterturn some music onI’m goodmusic and watersomething nice to What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?I thought about this, I can not think of anything specificfind things myselfparsnip advice was goodI hear thingsgrow what you like to eatthings like try something newI tried kohlrabi last yearI tried it and didn’t really care for itcook looking to growspecific gem I received from anyonegardeners are such awesome peopleshare and helpjust sitting to you and talking to other gardenersgood advicesomething new to tryone thingso manyA favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be.about a 40 minute drive from my houseweather’s bad we hang out and play need to get there earlier in the daynot much of a morning personbefore it gets really hotweedingwateringsprinklerA favorite recipe you like to cook from the garden?actually I discoveredit is wonderfulyou can eat it and not feel so bloated and heavyI’ve been making thatyou can use this with whateverbrocoli peppersbeansput in the pan with tomatoesseem itmoisture in theretomato will cookpull the skins off the tomatoesbecomes like the basesprinkle cheese over the top of itvegetableexperimentmixing different vegetablesI have a little bit of thisA favorite Podcast?I love Joe Gardenerhe also has a tv showever Saturdayhe has a really good podcastyou bet your gardenMike McGrathout of Phillygets a call in showyou never know what you are going to hearask him questions you will topic of the dayA favorite internet resource?penn state has a lot of ag things tooI look thereanything that ends in edumore researched basedthat’s A favorite reading material-book, mag, blog/website etc you can recommend?lasagna gardeningdo layers on a raised bedorganic gardening magazineFinal question- if there was one change you would like to see to create a greener world what would it be? For example is there a charity or organization your passionate about or a project you would like to see put into action? What do you feel is the most crucial issue facing our planet in regards to the environment either in your local area or on a national or global scale?My charity is arbor dayplant treeswe need to plant treesand up boytry to not use so much plasticreally hard not to use plastic I’ve triedminimize how things are just so throw awaycheaper to buy something new then get it fixeddo actually have a shoe maker that works out of his housetry to reuse whatever I canglobally we need to concentrateeverybody go out and vote and vote climatewe can do our own little thinglot more of a global effortus is kind of lagging as far as that goes we need to change thatplant treeseven lawnsacreage of lans then national parktook small part of their lawnplanted flowersor milkweed for the monarchs something not grasseverybody could make a differencecombined would be a bigDo u have an inspiration tip or quote to help motivate our listeners to reach into that dirt and start their own garden?I think scientific studies have shown that being out in nature is good for youconnectedfind to do thatgrowing flowersgo ahead if you want to growvegetables more my passiongrow whatever makes you feel goodnever had a gardenbeen in the woodsexperience where they dont can’t even impinge being so separated from naturebe in the housefeel that connectionI’m a master gardenergrow peanuts lets’ all try itI actually got peanutspulled the plantsthey were good! They tasted like betterthey were smallno they were easy to harvestpull the planthang to drythey didn’t all growHow do we connect with you?The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we'd love it if you'd give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. Just click on the link here.

Hi Jackie!I am a new listener who has been (vegetable) gardening all my life &amp; in the last few years added fruit trees to my repartee. I live in NW PA, tho my garden is about 30 miles away in Conneaut, Ohio, a few blocks South of Lake Erie. I listened to the show with Melissa K. Norris today &amp; enjoyed it very much. I will definitely be listening more! (&amp; I entered the book give away, too!)Keep up the good work!Cindy OndishTell us a little about yourself.The way this weird situation started is a long storywhere I live in NW PA I had a gardentrees grew upwe live amongst woodsMy garden got worse and worse eveyryeareveryyeartomato plans around my houseseparate from thismy husband bought a placeboat garagelot with weeds taller then mehacked them down with a cyclehe noticed there was an asparagusthere’s where my garden isthe ground is like a gardener’s dreamperson who owned it before was friendsthere’s my gardenI resisted the whole thing a bit of the timenothing grows at my house because there is no lightwe’re there all the time in the summerwe cleared an acre out of the woods some of it I want to turn back to woodsdidn’t want to cut anymore downsuch a gradual thingI willalways had tomato plants around the housepepper plantspots on the deckit was okI guess if I do raised bedsright in the middle of the lawngradual thingworkedhow wonderful this stuff growsexpandedI came from an Italian familyeveryone grew tomatoeswhich is weirdwe canned teammateswe ate a lot of pastathat’s all I really knewhe came over on the boat from Italyknew about other plantsmy first gardenout of collegelive in an apartment and stuffas soon as I had spaceI did I have a lot of house plantsI have kind of a green thumbgood place to grow then at that timeI grew cornwhole range of things, my family never grewso nicefeel like you can take care of yourselfempoweredI am going to the storecan itgrow it and can itas I had my children got biggertrying to feed themknew what I was feeding Tell me about your first gardening experience?How did you learn how to garden organically?4 Tell us about something that grew well this year.4I was head over heels in love with parsnipsalways had good luck growing parsnipsI know now my garden was such clayeven thought I tried to work things in itif they dry outonce they dry out they’re deadold timerteaching me how to grow parsnipsnever eaten a warshipboiling water on themboard over topnever did the topmine would growbecause my ground was so nasty and wetso I have been trying to grow them in my good gardendrainagemulching themcould not get parsnips to growbummed out of itmore that I readwhat do I have to loselet them start sprouting on the sinktedious job of picking up the sproutsbiggest most beautifulstart them first plant themplant thempour boiling water over the rowseeds make them float to the topwaxy coating that has to get through the coatingworked because my ground was so wetdidn’t drainnew garden is drains my husband introduced them to mecravings for themsometimesbounty of parsnipswe started outmy husband cooks everything starting with a stick of butterlong piecescut out the center bitter centerfry them in a buttercarrots and potatoesquicker then the carrots didthen I wanted to trycutting them in kind f chunksbrushing them with butterget them with a little crispbrushed over the top of thembutternut squashIs there something you would do different next year or want to try/new?I’m just excited for the whole gardenminimize my tomato plantingend of the yearI have tomatoes rotting on the plantsdo some trellisinglast year I got some of that fencing that they useorange fencing where they are tying to keep people wayI found some that was green!plastic fencingjust do something on the chapput up postsbig giant Uput tomato plantsI have been using stakesnever wove them through the fencing as they grewshoots offbetween the plantssit between the rowsdidn’t have to sit in the sun people laughed at mebeach umbrellastick20 feet longjust wide enough for the beech umbrellamoved it along with Tell me about something that didn’t work so well this season.Actually last year my russell sprints little tin2 different spotsgiant mulberry treeshades late in the afternooncold weather plants like Brussels sproutsdidn’t get any cauliflowergoogling watch how you rotate thingstry to make sure my gardenmake sure I don't do thatgood rule of thumbabove grounddifferent bugs you can getstarted planted flowers in my garden toobring the pollinators inmight eatI don’t think I did last yearthis year againbefore I started my gardencalciumminimal the things we had to how big is your gardenyes, I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with onionsI triedhaven’t had a lot of luck with thatuse basildon’t grow a lot of herbsgarlic a few years agowhole education needed thereonce you harvest your garlicto process ithow do you do thiswatch youtube videosedu websitespulled it cooked itdidn’t dry itso that the stuff I initially used aired it for too longdried up by the time I used it againgrewmy garlicit’s easy to grow ithave to knowWhich activity is your least favorite activity to do in the garden?I really don’t it almost hurts me to see things rotting on the vinefigure out what I want to growI’m not good at starting my own plantsthat little thing I should probably throw it awayend up with way too many plantscontrol myselfplant what I think I can really harvest and usehate to see things rottingfind a food bank or somethingmixed result What is your favorite activity to do in the garden?harvesting of coursewith my fruit treesI love to pruneI could weed all day longsuns going downlost in pruningan old throw cushionboatsmake perfect kneeling padscrazy expensiveuse the boat fusionhandle on the sidetake that aroundas I am rootingpr4cold waterturn some music onI’m goodmusic and watersomething nice to What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?I thought about this, I can not think of anything specificfind things myselfparsnip advice was goodI hear thingsgrow what you like to eatthings like try something newI tried kohlrabi last yearI tried it and didn’t really care for itcook looking to growspecific gem I received from anyonegardeners are such awesome peopleshare and helpjust sitting to you and talking to other gardenersgood advicesomething new to tryone thingso manyA favorite tool that you like to use? If you had to move and could only take one tool with you what would it be.about a 40 minute drive from my houseweather’s bad we hang out and play need to get there earlier in the daynot much of a morning personbefore it gets really hotweedingwateringsprinklerA favorite recipe you like to cook from the garden?actually I discoveredit is wonderfulyou can eat it and not feel so bloated and heavyI’ve been making thatyou can use this with whateverbrocoli peppersbeansput in the pan with tomatoesseem itmoisture in theretomato will cookpull the skins off the tomatoesbecomes like the basesprinkle cheese over the top of itvegetableexperimentmixing different vegetablesI have a little bit of thisA favorite Podcast?I love Joe Gardenerhe also has a tv showever Saturdayhe has a really good podcastyou bet your gardenMike McGrathout of Phillygets a call in showyou never know what you are going to hearask him questions you will topic of the dayA favorite internet resource?penn state has a lot of ag things tooI look thereanything that ends in edumore researched basedthat’s A favorite reading material-book, mag, blog/website etc you can recommend?lasagna gardeningdo layers on a raised bedorganic gardening magazineFinal question- if there was one change you would like to see to create a greener world what would it be? For example is there a charity or organization your passionate about or a project you would like to see put into action? What do you feel is the most crucial issue facing our planet in regards to the environment either in your local area or on a national or global scale?My charity is arbor dayplant treeswe need to plant treesand up boytry to not use so much plasticreally hard not to use plastic I’ve triedminimize how things are just so throw awaycheaper to buy something new then get it fixeddo actually have a shoe maker that works out of his housetry to reuse whatever I canglobally we need to concentrateeverybody go out and vote and vote climatewe can do our own little thinglot more of a global effortus is kind of lagging as far as that goes we need to change thatplant treeseven lawnsacreage of lans then national parktook small part of their lawnplanted flowersor milkweed for the monarchs something not grasseverybody could make a differencecombined would be a bigDo u have an inspiration tip or quote to help motivate our listeners to reach into that dirt and start their own garden?I think scientific studies have shown that being out in nature is good for youconnectedfind to do thatgrowing flowersgo ahead if you want to growvegetables more my passiongrow whatever makes you feel goodnever had a gardenbeen in the woodsexperience where they dont can’t even impinge being so separated from naturebe in the housefeel that connectionI’m a master gardenergrow peanuts lets’ all try itI actually got peanutspulled the plantsthey were good! They tasted like betterthey were smallno they were easy to harvestpull the planthang to drythey didn’t all growHow do we connect with you?The Organic Gardener Podcast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href="http://amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.com</a> If you like what you heard on the Organic Gardener Podcast we'd love it if you'd give us review and hopefully a 5 star rating on iTunes so other gardeners can find us and listen to. Just click on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/organic-gardener-podcast/id962887645" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link here</a>.