Podcast

The Grow Guide

Arts, Food, Home & Garden, Leisure

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 the trials, tribulations and successes of growing in climates where it can feel...kind of impossible.

Join the community of fellow Grow Guiders in our Facebook group. Have an idea for a guest or upcoming episode topic? Send us an email — thegrowguidepod@gmail.com

Episodes
188
Releases
Monthly
Typical length
34 min
On air since
2017
Latest episode
2 weeks ago

Episodes

188 episodes, newest first

  1. Gardening & Gathering with Robyn Chubey from Life of Glow

    Show notes

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    50 min
  2. Our Top 5 Tips For Gardening In EXTREME WEATHER

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    38 min
  3. How To Effectively Fertilize Your Garden ORGANICALLY with Sheldon Gesell from Dirt n' Grow

    Show notes

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    31 min
  4. 4 Spring Gardening FAQs + Non-Combustible Mulch + Our Gardening Goals

    Show notes

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    34 min
  5. Growing Roses Organically & Our March Seed Starting Tips

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    30 min
  6. Practical Cold Climate Growing Advice From Zone 3 Organic Market Gardener, Stefan Reiner

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    20 min
  7. 4 Trending Winter Gardening Tasks + Breaking Garden "Rules"

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    50 min
  8. Our 2025 Gardening Report Cards + Two December Gardening Tasks

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    34 min
  9. An Innovative Alternative To Peat Moss With Typha Co. Co-Founder, Alec Massé

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    32 min
  10. Poisonous Plants With Author Rebecca Hirsch + Bringing Plants Indoors + Overwintering Garlic

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    34 min
  11. New Climates, New Zones: What Canada's Plant Hardiness Map Updates Mean with Research Scientist, John Pedlar

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    39 min
  12. Empowering You To Forage For Fall Mushrooms With Ryan Maione From Microbe Monastery

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    32 min
  13. Complete Garden Tour at Maggie's! Manitoba Homestead Meets Dinner Party Hangout

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    26 min
  14. Complete Garden Tour At Dave's! A Space For Teaching, Production, Experimenting & Enjoying at Sage Garden Greenhouses

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    30 min
  15. Experimenting In The Garden With Jordan Mara from Mind & Soil

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    37 min
  16. "Local" Gardening Across Canada with Shauna Dobbie from Canada's Local Gardener Podcast

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    Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    24 min
  17. Breeding & Selecting Tomatoes For Northern Climates + 2 Seeds To Sow Before Your Last Frost

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    34 min
  18. Square Foot Gardening, Seed Starting Trends & Answering Listener Questions!

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    Find full episode show notes with links to everything discussed and photos here on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

    51 min
  19. Grow Edible Mushrooms At Home With Tom Nagy + 4 February Gardening Tasks

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    36 min
  20. Our Gardening Plans, "Personalities," Trends & First Tasks For The 2025 Season

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    34 min