Gritty and Green explores all the facets of gardening in a city -- whether it's creating your own small backyard garden oasis, planting herbs on your roof deck, growing flowers in containers on your stoop or cramming as many plant babies onto your windowsill as you can. Each episode host and Master Gardener, Meredith Nutting, is joined by folks that know the ins and outs of urban gardening from the tiniest seed to the biggest bureaucratic policies in urban agriculture. You'll learn a little ...
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Gritty and Green by the Moon: The Flower Moon
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5:00Today is May's Full Moon - the Flower Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to e…
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To find out more about Sanctuary Farm visit their website at sanctuaryfarmphila.org Or find them on Facebook and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/SanctuaryFarmPhila/ https://www.instagram.com/sanctuaryfarmphila/ You can find the episode with Half Mad Honey here: https://gritty-and-green.simplecast.com/episodes/the-buzz-about-bees If you want to …
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You can find out more about Circle Compost at their website circlecompost.com and their non-profit helping all folks compost at home at circlechange.coBy Meredith Nutting
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Gritty and Green By the Moon - April's New Moon
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4:55Today is April's New Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to experiment with ga…
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To find out more about the Black Farmers CoOp check out their website: https://blackfarmerscoop.org/ and follow them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Blackfarmerscoop/) and Instagram (blackfarmersco_op). And to learn more about starting seeds of your own check out the Gritty and Green episode about Seed Keeping with TrueLove Seeds, Owen Taylor…
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Gritty and Green By the Moon - The Pink Moon
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3:20Today is April's Full Moon - the Worm Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to e…
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Gritty and Green by the Moon - March's New Moon
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4:24Today is March's New Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to experiment with ga…
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To find out more about Laurel Hill Cemetery visit https://laurelhillphl.com/ And to listen to Green Philly’s panel discussion about green burials at Laurel Hill check out the special episode in this feed or at: https://gritty-and-green.simplecast.com/episodes/special-episode-green-burial-panel-i6ezpfd6 To submit a gardening question email grittyand…
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Gritty and Green by the Moon - The Worm Moon
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5:14Today is March's Full Moon - the Worm Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to e…
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Gritty and Green by the Moon - February New Moon
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3:20Today is February's New Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to experiment with…
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Gritty and Green by the Moon - The Snow Moon
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2:40Today is February's Full Moon - the Snow Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along t…
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Gritty and Green By the Moon - January New Moon
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2:52Today is January's New Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to experiment with …
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Today is January's Full Moon - the Wolf Moon. In this mini podcast episode we'll explore the ancient tradition of gardening based on the phases of the moon. Host and Master Gardener Meredith Nutting will walk you through what to plant based on the phases of the moon and also the planting calendar for the Philadelphia area (zone 7b). Follow along to…
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In the mini podcast Gritty and Green by the Moon we'll use the ancient tradition of using the phases of the moon to dictate how we tend our garden. Host Meredith Nutting gives us a step by steps guide throughout the season giving you tips on when to plant seeds, transfer seedlings and observe your plants in the garden.…
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To learn more about Good Host Plants to go https://www.goodhostplants.com/ To go down the rabbit hole and explore native plants visit: https://mtcubacenter.org/ http://www.bonap.org/ https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ https://www.xerces.org/ https://extension.psu.edu/pennsylvania-native-plants-for-the-perennial-garden https://www.wildflower.org/col…
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To learn more about Lady Danni and the Landed Gentress check out: https://www.landedgentress.com/ And find her on tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ladydanni_landedgentress?lang=en and instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladydanni1/ To learn more about the effort to save the Meadows go to: https://www.savethemeadows.com/ And here's information abou…
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To learn more about Half Mad Honey go to: https://www.halfmadhoney.com/ More information about wild bees: https://extension.psu.edu/conserving-wild-bees-in-pennsylvania https://www.phillyorchards.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/UF023-Conserve-WIld-Bees.pdf For information about what native plants to grow for our wild bees head to: https://homegrownn…
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For more information about Neighborhood Gardens Trust go to: ngtrust.org To learn more about soil testing go to: https://extension.psu.edu/soil-testing To learn more about Grounded in Philly and land ownership go to: https://groundedinphilly.org/ If you want more information about local sustainability go to https://www.greenphl.org…
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On this special episode of Gritty and Green get a sneak peak into Green Philly's Green Burial event at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Julie Hancher co-foudner of Green Philly hosts a panel with Emily Maroni, the Friends of Green Burial PA; Laurel Hill's senior horticulturist, Gregg Tepper; and Tom Cavanaugh, Laurel Hill.…
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For more information about Bennett Composting go to: www.bennettcompost.com To learn more about the partnership between Bennett and Philadelphia check out: https://www.phila.gov/programs/farmphilly/community-composting/ If you want more information about local sustainability go to https://www.greenphl.org…
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For more information about the work that Philly Tree People does and how you can support them visit: http://www.phillytreepeople.org/ To find a Tree Tenders Group near you go to the PHS website and to read more about the Philly Tree Plan check out: https://www.phila.gov/documents/urban-forest-strategic-plan/ If you want more information about local…
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This week on Gritty and Green, Meredith Nutting is joined by Owen Taylor from TrueLove Seeds to discuss the importance of seed keeping and the mission behind the TrueLove Seed catalog. Meredith takes us on a journey into a seed and gives some tips on how to start seeds on your own. SHOW NOTES: For more information about TrueLove Seeds visit their w…
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Green and Gritty is a new podcast exploring all aspects of gardening in a city. In this episode, host and Master Gardener, Meredith Nutting is joined by Helena van Vliet, from BioPhilly to explore why we need to make our cities more green and how to create green spaces on every surface. To find out more about Helena van Vliet's work visit the BioPh…
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Are you looking to turn your city backyard into a garden oasis? Are all your plant babies sharing the same windowsill? Then join me, Meredith Nutting, former plant killer turned Master Gardener on a journey exploring all facets of gardening in a row home landscape. We'll learn a little about the science of plants and a lot about how to grown your o…
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