This is the first episode since our move back to the midwest. It marks a new commitment to our podcasts and our fellow passionate gardeners.

This episode reviews our visit last weekend to Hyde Park New York where Cheryl participated in an Italian Bootcamp at the Culinary Institute of America while I enjoyed walking through the estates of FDR and the Vanderbilts. We also introduce our new supplemental podcast where we will be featuring one ornamental plant during each enhanced podcast.

Using a garden vac really makes cleaning up planting beds very easy.

Jack Blandy, owner of Stoney Bank Nurseries discusses how they work with plants all winter to have them at their peak, just in time to wow visitors to the Philadelphia Flower Show.

EP Henry has an outstanding garden display in this years flower show. John Bowman from EP Henry shares his thoughts about the explosive evolution of hardscaping and landscape contractor John Palimeno explains how to work with a hardscape contractor in this episode of the hedgerow.

This podcast is a conversation with Jane Pepper, President of the Philadelphia Flower Show and Harry Hill who is involved with the Mens Garden Club and is involved with the over 3500 volunteers who help make the show successful each and every year. Sit back and listen to a conversation which shows how passionate these two are about gardening and the show and have fun doing it!

This interview with Chef Tony Tulda took place on a recent cruise we were on in the Caribbean in November 2007 with Holland America. I had not intended to do this interview when the cruise began, however, the food was so outstanding that midway through the cruise I asked to interview the Head Chef. Chef Tulda was gracious enough to take time out of his schedule to talk to me. This was my first cruise which my wife dragged me to kicking and screaming. And can tell you it will not be my last. We normally rent ocean front homes during the off season whereever we go on vacation. The challenge with that is my wife still needs to cook we need to make the beds and do other work bringing all the stuff we need. After this cruise I realized it was the best vacation ever, because my wife did not have to lift a finger. We are now looking at our options for our next cruise.

This episode is short and sweet but loaded with great gardening information.

This episode discusses cutting back ornamental grasses, establishing wildflowers and a few other timely fall gardenng topics.......

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With this episode, we begin our new format which allows us to cover a variety of gardening topics from tools, to watergarden and garden design. So stop by and take a journey down the garden path with us.

This is the conclusion of our two part conversation with Hoichi Kurisu who worked with The Andersons to design and develop Anderson's Japanese Gardens located in Rockford, Illinois.

This episode discusses beneficial insects, our passive viewing of our resident Bald Eagles and updates on our video podcasts.

This is the first in a series of episodes reviewing my visit with Hoichi Kurisu at Anderson's Japanese Gardens.  Visit our website at http://www.hedgerowpodcast.com to see extended notes for this podcast as well as photographs of and links to Anderson's Japanese Gardens and Hoichi Kurisu's outstanding site. 

Do you have a leak in your pond, then this podacst will tell you how to find it, patch and start enjoyting your pond again.

We also discuss netting for your pond and I believe, when talking about stream netting, I may have said to use 1" bases and 1 1/2" supports which obviously would not work.  You need to use 1" bases and 1/2" supports since they will need to bend fairly well to span the narrower streams. 

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This episode discusses the types of watergarden plants and their individual importance in a crystal clear water garden.

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This episode discusses how watergardens, which were initially for the very wealthy, have become available to anyone who has a passion for gardening.  We also review the early development of watergardens and how they lead to the systems and products we use today, to create watergardens and pondless waterfalls. 

Upcoming espisodes in this series will discuss pond construction techniques & options, aquatic plant selection and pond maintenance and how these water features can turn a great garden into an outstanding garden with the dynamic movement of water.

Please enjoy this pond story which is based on our early pond building experiences, some good.....some bad, which in the end, lead us down the path to being as passionate about water in a garden as we are about plants! 

This episode discusses a couple of must have gardening books:

Manual of Woody Landscape Plant by Michael Dirr

Herbaceous Ornamental Plants by Stephen Still

The Taylor Series of Gardening Books

Don't forget the Philadelphia Flower show MAr 4th to 11th

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This is simply a test of our first podcast