The Garden Journal

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" about what to plant in our vegetable gardens in June and how to organically manage those pesky weeds, beet leafhoppers and squash bugs. https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jesse Roach, to discuss his “What’s Up With Water” report on Santa Fe’s water resources, the status of Two Mile Pond, and upcoming projects. See the slide presentation at: https://santafenm.gov/2023_Whats_Up_With_Water_27April2023.pdf

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview members of the newly established New Mexico Cheese Guild to learn how this organization will help aspiring cheesemakers.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Avra Leodas, Project Lead for the annual Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners Garden Fair, and Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,”. Topics include an introduction to the May 11 Garden Fair and what to do (and what not to do) in your vegetable garden in May. https://www.sfemg.org/garden-fair

(Originally aired 2/22/2020) Join hosts Christine Salem and Pam Wolfe in this re-broadcast of an interview with Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Back Yard.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with three senior Santa Fe Botanical Garden staff members: Christie Collins, Director of Education and Interpretation; Linda Churchill, Horticulture Director; and Carole Aigne Langrall, Director of Development.https://santafebotanicalgarden.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with the Food Depot's Meredith Lorencz and Bonnie Murphy about the new federally-funded Regional Farm to Food Bank program which enables farmers to sell directly to food banks.

Tom Dominguez, Director of the Santa Fe County Extension Service, and Michelle Stizza, Family Consumer Science Agent, join host Alexa Bradford to update us on Extension Service plans for 2024.https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/

Host Carrie Core, on her last show for the Garden Journal, features a montage of farmers, gardeners, advocates and professionals talking about their connections to land, soil, water and community.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Terry Sullivan, New Mexico state director for The Nature Conservancy, about the Conservancy’s history and initiatives throughout New Mexico, the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, and the debate over the popular Two Mile Pond.https://www.nature.org/en-us/

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Shahid Mustafa, Taylor Hood Farms, about water issues related to food and farming in this time of a changing climate.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in March and the Brix Refractometer method of testing for sweetness. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

In celebration of African American History Month Food Farms & Friends presents a rebroadcast of a panel discussion after a viewing of the feature film "Follow the Drinking Gourd" a documentary about the Black food justice movement.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Melanie McWhorter, Executive Director of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, and Master Gardeners Ruthbeth Finerman and Alix Peters, to learn about their collaboration on the beautiful, historic El Zaguan Gardens on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.Historic Santa Fe Foundation

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Melanie Kirby, entomologist, beekeeper, and extension educator for the land-grant program at the Institute of American Indian Arts on our continuing 2024 theme of climate change impacts on growing food.

Host Carrie Core invites Shahid Mustafa, of Taylor Hood Farms, to the table to read his recently published essay on farming in New Mexico, "Where the Water Lands". And, she visits Ojito Farm to speak with Paul Michael about the past and future of the land.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Kaitlin Haase, the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the Southwest, here in Santa Fe, to hear about the organization’s mission and a discussion about native bees and honey bees.The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservationhttps://www.xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with ethnobotanist, agroecologist and author Gary Paul Nabhan about the impact of climate change on food and growing practices in the American Southwest.

Jannine explores the concept of Terroir, a French term used to describe the complete natural environment in which particular wines are produced. She discusses adapting the concept to local vegetable gardening.

Tom Dominguez, Director of the Santa Fe County Extension Service, and colleague Michelle Stizza, The Family and Consumer Science Agent, discuss winter garden care and Extension Service plans for 2024.

Carrie Core shares the Best Of 2023 from Food, Farms, and Friends.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Master Gardeners and avid readers Christine Salem, Marika Pineda, and Laurie McGrath, about gardening and nature books they love that make excellent holiday gifts.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Nicole Ammerman, Operations Director of the Santa Fe School of Cooking about its long history and what's cooking for the holidays.

Jannine Cabossel, The Tomato Lady, talks with The Garden Journal host Alexa Bradford about her favorite vegetable varieties from the 2023 growing season and the story behind her new nickname “The Bean Queen”. Follow Jannine at Giant Veggie Gardener.

Food, Farms & Friends edition

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Athena Beshur and Alex Schroeder, Master Gardener Project Co-Leads for the Santa Fe Public Spaces Tree Inventory, and Betsy Garside of the City of Santa Fe Municipal Tree Board.Santa Fe Public Spaces Tree Inventory ProjectSociety for Ecological Restoration SW Conference

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Juliana and Tejinder Ciano, Director of Programming and Executive Director respectively, of Reunity Resources Farm here in Santa Fe.

Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal weather patterns, wrapping up in the garden, and a to-do list for November. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Alexa Bradford talks with Carl Beal, Center Manager for the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary, and Master Gardener Project Lead Colleen Madrid, about Santa Fe’s historic bird sanctuary and the unique 20 year Audubon Center / Master Gardener partnership to maintain the Sanctuary’s beautiful native plant gardens designed for birds and other wildlife.https://randalldavey.audubon.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Chef Lois Ellen Frank about her new book, Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky: modern plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal monsoon, insight on insects, and a to-do list for September. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com

The following is a rebroadcast of the SFEMG Garden Journal program that aired on 11/12/2022.This week host Alexa Bradford is in conversation with volunteer Catherine Williamson of The Cactus Rescue Project of Santa Fe, covering the history and evolution of the organization, its demonstration gardens, and current projects.

Guest host Kayleigh Warren invites listeners to sit in on a conversation about Pueblo seed sovereignty and seed rematriation with Clayton Brascoupe (Mohawk), Program Director of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (Mohawk) and Aaron Lowden (Pueblo of Acoma), Program Coordinator of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance's Indigenous Seedkeepers Network. To learn more, visit tnafa.org and nativefoodalliance.org.

The following is a rebroadcast of the SFEMG Garden Journal program that aired on 07/09/2022. Host Christine Salem in conversation with Charlie Shultz, lead faculty in the SFCC Controlled Environment Agriculture program.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview farmer Mat Ladegaard, Ground Stone Farm, and seed grower Jared Hagood, Lineage Seeds, two participants in Slow Food's upcoming Sept 6th annual farm tour.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening, comments on this year's dismal monsoon, insight on insects, and a to-do list for September. Follow Jannine at giantveggiegardener.com

Guest host Kayleigh Warren welcomes Pilar Trujillo and Carmella Quam to the conversation in the first of a series of episodes centered on the work of local organization Tewa Women United.

This week Alexa talks with Andrew Erdmann, the manager of water planning at the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission about the future of New Mexico's water.

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg, Slow Food Santa Fe, interview Chef Fernando Ruiz about his life story and the upcoming new Santa Fe Restaurant Escondido.

Jannine shares tips and techniques for backyard vegetable gardening and a to-do list for August. Follow Jannine at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Santa Fe County Extension Office Director Tom Dominguez and Family and Consumer Science Agent Michelle Stizza talk with Host Alexa Bradford about upcoming events and new initiatives.See more at: https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/index.html

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Steve Cary, known locally as “The Butterfly Guy”. Steve worked for 35 years in natural resource management in New Mexico and has had a lifelong passion for butterflies. He is the author of “Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico.”His newest online directory of New Mexico butterflies can be found at: Butterflies of New Mexico

Slow Food SF Out LoudSlow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with two women farmers who compare experiences farming in northern New Mexico - Mary Dixon, Green Tractor Farm and Jennifer Fresquez, Monte Vista Organic Farm.

Jannine Cabossel, the Tomato Lady, has cracked the code for successful vegetable gardening in the high desert. On the last Saturday of each month, she shares her hard-won expertise, helpful gardening tips and tricks, and a garden to-do list for July. Jannine blogs at GiantVeggieGardener.com. https://giantveggiegardener.comEverything Jannine discussed on the show can be found in these program notes.This program is presented in partnership with the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners. https://sfemg.org

Guest host Sunshine Muse speaks with Indigenous seed steward Beata Tsosie-Peña

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Morika Hensley, Executive Director of the Santa Fe Watershed Association.The Santa Fe Watershed Association – Protecting Our River, Our Water, Our Future

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Graham Dodds, Executive Chef and Owner of NOSA Restaurant located in the Ojo Caliente River Valley.

Jannine Cabossel, the Tomato Lady, has cracked the code for successful vegetable gardening in the high desert. The last Saturday of each month she shares her hard-won expertise and helpful gardening tips and tricks, as well as a garden to do list for June. Jannine blogs at GiantVeggieGardener.com. https://giantveggiegardener.com

Host Alexa Bradford talks with local Santa Fe Native Plant Project (SNaPP) co-leader Lesley Janis and co-founder Emeritus Master Gardener Laurie McGrath, about the SNaPP demonstration gardens and planting native plants to attract pollinators.Santa Fe Native Plant Project

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg, Slow Food Santa Fe, interview Adan Manuel (Manny) Encinias, the new Executive Director of the Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute.