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027 - Winter Cocktails, Poinsettias, Preventing Mouse Damage and A Solstice Celebration

027 - Winter Cocktails, Poinsettias, Preventing Mouse Damage and A Solstice Celebration

FromPlantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors


027 - Winter Cocktails, Poinsettias, Preventing Mouse Damage and A Solstice Celebration

FromPlantrama - plants, landscapes, & bringing nature indoors

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What’s For Dinner :40 Winter cocktails are on the menu in this episode. Ellen gives a recipe for a foraged Carob Horchata and C.L. talks about using the rosemary plant your brought indoors to create a Rosemary Gin Gin. Links to recipes at Plantrama.com Insider Information 4:20 Mice! How to prevent mouse damage on newly planted trees and in other garden situations. Eat/Drink/Grow 10:02 In this section you’ll find out how C.L. feels about poinsettias (pro) and Ellen doesn’t hold back about her opinion (con) of Euphorbia pulcherrima. We discuss the history, care and advantages of this popular holiday plant. And if you think that Ellen and C.L. disagree about the merits of poinsettias in general, just wait until C.L. mentions spray-painting the plant… Did You Know 21:01 After the total disagreement about Euphorbia pulcherrima, it’s back to common ground with a discussion of luminarias and celebrating the solstice. Love Letters and Questions 25:25 Today Ellen and C.L. give the recorded equivalent of thank you notes, expressing appreciation for people who wrote such great reviews of Plantrama on iTunes.
Released:
Dec 7, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Ellen Zachos and C.L. Fornari help you discover the amazing world of plants: in the garden, in the wild, and on your plate. They show you how to grow plants successfully, how to enjoy your natural surroundings, and how to make the most of your harvest, whether it's cultivated or foraged. (Spoiler alert: they don't always agree!) You'll find three different topics in each episode, plus email questions from listeners.