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The Grow Guide

The Grow Guide is Canada's #1 gardening podcast co-hosted by rookie grower, Maggie Wysocki and master grower, Dave Hanson. Listen in to honest conversations about seasonal gardening topics, including ... Read more

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Episode 41: Square Foot Gardening with Mick Manfield

Episode 41: Square Foot Gardening with Mick Manfield

Dave and Maggie are back this week in their outdoor “studio space” at Sage Garden Greenhouses. The duo start off the epi... Read more

17 Jul 2018

42mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 10: Succulents

Episode 10: Succulents

If you have just one plant in your home we’re guessing it’s a succulent since they’re easy to grow for just about any le... Read more

12 Dec 2017

49mins

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Ranked #3

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Succession Planting for Short Season Gardens

Succession Planting for Short Season Gardens

Love the idea of keeping your garden alive and thriving well into the cool fall? This week Dave and Maggie dive deep int... Read more

20 Aug 2019

46mins

Ranked #4

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Top Ten Tips for Rookie Veggie Growers

Top Ten Tips for Rookie Veggie Growers

As we head into the summer months plants can start to show a little neediness, particularly fast growing veggies. Dave a... Read more

25 Jun 2019

43mins

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Episode 28: Growing a Cut Flower Garden with Lynsey Sable

Episode 28: Growing a Cut Flower Garden with Lynsey Sable

It’s finally feeling like Spring here in zone 3 and The Grow Guide is feeling the excitement of the new season. Maggie a... Read more

17 Apr 2018

30mins

Ranked #6

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Outdoor Composting with Kristen Malec from The Green Action Centre - Part One

Outdoor Composting with Kristen Malec from The Green Action Centre - Part One

Maggie is back after her week away, and her and Dave are stoked to chat composting with Kristen Malec from the Green Act... Read more

15 Oct 2019

49mins

Ranked #7

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Optimal Seed Starting Practices with Lucy Start

Optimal Seed Starting Practices with Lucy Start

This week Maggie & Dave embrace what is finally starting to feel like Spring in the prairies and dig into the seed s... Read more

9 Apr 2019

41mins

Ranked #8

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Growing Organic Sweet Potatoes

Growing Organic Sweet Potatoes

Every gardener has good days and bad, and Dave and Maggie chat about rolling with the busy season. Along the way they st... Read more

11 Jun 2019

33mins

Ranked #9

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At Home with Houseplants, Jessika Doyel - The Sill NYC

At Home with Houseplants, Jessika Doyel - The Sill NYC

As spring arrives slowly but surely, Dave and Maggie each have some plant experiments to share for their favourite garde... Read more

7 May 2019

46mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 6: Using Gardening to Heal Seasonal Depression

Episode 6: Using Gardening to Heal Seasonal Depression

With the days getting shorter and colder, Maggie and Dave decide to touch on a topic many of us face during this transit... Read more

14 Nov 2017

51mins

Ranked #11

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5 Ways to Improve Your Soil for Next Growing Season

5 Ways to Improve Your Soil for Next Growing Season

The winter is creeping up on us cold climate growers, and it's just about time to put the garden to rest. But before you... Read more

30 Oct 2019

40mins

Ranked #12

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Houseplant Propagation!

Houseplant Propagation!

Your houseplants are peaking right now, full of vitality after soaking up the energy of summer... which makes now a perf... Read more

1 Oct 2019

46mins

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Permaculture with Zach Loeks

Permaculture with Zach Loeks

This week Dave and Maggie have a surprise guest in-studio, get giddy over gardening catalog season and inhale deep on th... Read more

3 Dec 2019

52mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 36: Succession Planting

Episode 36: Succession Planting

Summer feels like it’s officially here and the background noises in today’s episode — birds, bees and frogs — really giv... Read more

12 Jun 2018

28mins

Ranked #15

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Raised Bed Revolution with Tara Nolan

Raised Bed Revolution with Tara Nolan

We're all eager to get out in the garden and the theme of this week's episode may just be the tool you need to keep thos... Read more

16 Apr 2019

39mins

Ranked #16

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Top Ten Tips For Backyard Chicken Keeping In Colder Climates

Top Ten Tips For Backyard Chicken Keeping In Colder Climates

This week is dedicated to the birds! Yes, chickens dominate as Maggie shares ten essential tips she has put into to prac... Read more

10 Dec 2019

53mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 42: Cucumbers

Episode 42: Cucumbers

For the first time ever, Maggie and Dave move their “studio” to a public orchard in the heart of Winnipeg at The Forks. ... Read more

24 Jul 2018

35mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 45: Keeping Plants Happy During a Heat Wave

Episode 45: Keeping Plants Happy During a Heat Wave

Are your plants tired of the heat? Maggie and Dave’s certainly are and they’re dedicating this week’s episode to the 201... Read more

14 Aug 2018

45mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 3: Squash vs. Pumpkin vs. Gourd

Episode 3: Squash vs. Pumpkin vs. Gourd

Raise your hand if you’ve already seen an Instagram photo of someone posing in a pumpkin patch! We have! So today we cha... Read more

23 Oct 2017

43mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 46: Seed Saving for the Home Gardener on a Small Scale

Episode 46: Seed Saving for the Home Gardener on a Small Scale

Maggie and Dave use the South Osborne Community Gardens as this week’s studio space and are blown away by its beauty and... Read more

21 Aug 2018

44mins

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