Bob Tanem Program Summaries
Presented by Kellogg Garden Products
Bob Tanem, America's Happy Gardener, has presented his radio program on KSFO Radio since 1994. He is a member of the Garden Writers of America. His radio show has won the Garden Writers Association Award of Excellence Nationwide for "on air talent". He has been honored with this award three times in the past six years.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Our guest this morning talked about a new approach to the garden trellis -- using high-quality stainless steel, Dell Leutbecker's company makes a variety of trellises, lattices and other garden structures to beautify your yard and provide practical added growing area by using vertical space. Check out Feeney Garden Products dot com for pictures and more info!
Read more...Sunday, August 22, 2010
We welcomed as our guest at 7:30 Mr. Tom Bressan, co-owner of The Urban Farmer Stores. Urban Farmer provides materials and expertise for irrigation -- both drip and conventional -- back yard ponds and fountains, and energy-efficient outdoor lighting. With locations on 3 sides of the bay, Tom and his team can help gardeners, homeowners, and landscape professionals in creating pleasant, efficient and modern designs and systems in our yards and gardens.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Returning to the subject of saving seeds and promoting locally-adapted plants, Bob interviewed Bill McDorman. Bill is a "grow it yourself" kind of guy; he started his own Seed Company, Seeds Trust, where they promote "heirloom" seeds that will sprout true, generation to generation. Bob and his company, which is a true family business run by multiple generations of Bill's family, sell these seeds -- but they also encourage customers to save the seeds from the best-tasting, most-successful results from those seeds, and grow them again and again. To help people learn how to best do this, Bob is also starting a Seed School.
Read more...Sunday, July 25, 2010
We welcomed our old friend Lance Walheim, who is a popular gardening author, citrus expert, and a representative for Bayer's "Bayer Advanced" line of gardening products. Bayer recently came out with a new organic line - Natria - which is exciting news to Bob, and many listeners of this program. One of the topics discussed was the current threat to California's citrus industry, the Citrus Psyllid.
Read more...Sunday, July 18, 2010
This morning's guest spoke to us about wasps -- you know, those stinging insects that aren't honeybees, and who might make themselves into unwelcome guests at your summer picnics. Mark Grambart is CEO of Contech, who have introduced an innovative new wasp trap to pick up your yellowjackets, et. al. -- without using any insecticides, using all natural ingredients, yet far more effective than wasp traps of the past. The "Wasp and Yellow Jacket Bag Trap" contains a special attractant that has been meticulously formulated to simultaneously tempt wasps with hundreds of their favorite food scents.
Read more...Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Independence Day from all of us at Bob Tanem In The Garden and KSFO! Our guest this morning was Lawrence Davis-Hollander, author of Tomato: A Fresh-from-theVine Cookbook. Lawrence knows more about fresh tomatoes, and what to do with them, then most of us put together; from classics like sauces and fried green tomatoes, to more esoteric fare such as candied tomatoes and green tomato pancakes, this book is full of anecdotes, pictures and of course recipies to make all your tomato dreams come true!
Read more...Sunday, June 27, 2010
Our guest this morning at 7:30 ws Lorraine Ballato -- author of a new book on Container gardening, but with a twist: you can make your own favorite planter into a self-watering planter as a do-it-yourself project! Successful Self-Watering Containers: Converting Your Favorite Container to a Self-Waterer is available now, just in time for the heat of summer!
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