أفضل بودكاسات Betsy Bird (2024)

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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.14.24 • Fall is For Planting • Your Landscape Needs a Facelift • Soil Topography • Foundations of Planting (Color, Texture, & Form) • What’s Buggin' You?!? A Leaking Pond 59:00

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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.14.24 • Fall is For Planting • Your Landscape Needs a Facelift • Soil Topography • Foundations of Planting (Color, Texture, & Form) • What’s Buggin' You?!? A Leaking Pond You hear it all the time "Fall is for Planting, Fall is for Planting" we'll we're going to explain what makes fall such a good time to plant in our firs…

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Episode 331 - Duck for President 29:41

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The election isn't until November, but we figured it would be a good idea to tackle the season early before everyone starts plugging their ears saying, "La La La! I can't hear you!" And as luck would have it, today's particularly political picture book came out 20 years ago this year. Now in previous election years, Duck for President was released …

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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.7.24 • Mums the Word • Calling Birds Sing The Right Song • Fixing Your Tired Summer Combos • UV Blocking Windows & Houseplant Health Hotline Question • What’s Buggin' U?!? Imported ... 58:04

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Bloomers in the Garden • 9.7.24 • Mums the Word • Calling Birds Sing The Right Song • Fixing Your Tired Summer Combos • UV Blocking Windows & Houseplant Health Hotline Question • What’s Buggin' U?!? Imported Cabbage Worms Mum's the Word! Chysanthemums are the most popular fall flowering plant! We'll tell you how to grow them and use them in our fir…

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Episode 330 - The Caboose Who Got Loose 30:04

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Our very first Bill Peet! Please understand that the whole reason we haven't done him before is because unlike a lot of animators-turned-author/illustrations, he has no single huge title that he's known for (unlike Seuss or P.D. Eastman). Betsy literally had to look up the Peet titles that are most prevalent in her library's consortium. The winner?…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.31.24 • Hotline Calls/Text • Watering at Night • Knockout Roses in Containers • Betsy Garden Renovation • What’s Buggin' U?!? Fast Talkers! 57:58

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.31.24 • Hotline Calls/Text • Watering at Night • Knockout Roses in Containers • Betsy Garden Renovation • What’s Buggin' U?!? Fast Talkers! We received a call from a listener on the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline about watering in the evening. Julio and I will discuss it during our 1st segment. A listener Texted the Bloom…

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67: Authors Against Book Bans with guests David Levithan and Maggie Tokuda-Hall 1:03:47

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The number of books being banned and challenged in schools and libraries has increased exponentially in the USA in recent years. These attacks on our freedom to read are not coming just from fringe zealots -- they are being embedded into legislation across the country, and that's a BIG problem for anyone who values public libraries, public schools,…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.24.24 • Transitioning Tropicals Into Houseplants • Garden Art • Berry Me • Don’t Dead Head?? WHY? • What’s Buggin U Peak-A-Boo Bugs 58:09

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.24.24 • Transitioning Tropicals Into Houseplants • Garden Art • Berry Me • Don’t Dead Head?? WHY? • What’s Buggin U Peak-A-Boo Bugs In our 1st segment we're going to discuss transitioning those tropical plants that have spent the summer on your patio, porch or around the pool in to houseplants!! Hear what you need to do d…

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Episode 329 - Wemberly Worried 29:02

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All around the U.S. kids are beginning to go back to school. With that in mind, Kate asked Betsy to come up with a back-to-school book they hadn't done before. Now you might think that the only first day of school book the great Kevin Henkes created was Chrysanthemum (which we did back in 2021). Not so! Here we find another. Kate says the cover is …

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.17.24 • Maples Looking Mopey • Fall Root Growth • Richard's Crape Myrtle Powdery Mildew • Basil Bonanza • What’s Buggin U?!? Mites!!! 58:08

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.17.24 • Maples Looking Mopey • Fall Root Growth • Richard's Crape Myrtle Powdery Mildew • Basil Bonanza • What’s Buggin U?!? Mites!!! Often by this time during the summer Japanese Maples are starting to look a little ragged. Julio & I will discuss it during our 1st segment. As we approach Autumn, plants begin focusing mor…

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Episode 328 - The Color Kittens 29:49

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Our Margaret Wise Brown output on this podcast has, until now, been a bit on the scanty side. Sure, we did Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny but beyond that we've sort of left her out in the cold. All that changes today with this, our third MWB and what may be our very first Provensen deep dive. In light of the new life injected into Little Golden B…

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86. The Swollen Mouth of Family 31:08

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Gums of pink, are gonna stink / Gums of red, are fonts of dread. Teeth are unwelcome in our parish! Yet, hygiene is a virtue. Ohh, we’re complicated—no easy answers in the Story! You must yeeeearn.InvocationThe Washing of ChalmsLiturgical Reading: “The Swollen Mouth of Family”Concluding PrayerGrease unto thee. Be sure to check out the newest video …

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.10.24 • Wild Weeds & Bible Wisdom • Dividing Daylilies • Skeeter on Peter (Mosquitoes) • Roses for Autumn • What’s Buggin U?!? Grease Ants!! 58:17

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.10.24 • Wild Weeds & Bible Wisdom • Dividing Daylilies • Skeeter on Peter (Mosquitoes) • Roses for Autumn • What’s Buggin U?!? Grease Ants!! Weeds Gone Wild and Wisdom from the Bible! During our 1st segment we'll tell you how to successfully stop weeds motivated by this ancient principle. If you love your dayililies as mu…

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Episode 327 - Abuela 29:13

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How the HECK have we done 327 episodes of this podcast and we haven't yet done this book? Released in 1991, we can't help but note that this story, of people flying above New York City, happened to come out the same year that a fellow people flying above New York City picture book came out: Tar Beach. Something about the early 90s just made people …

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.3.24 • Hotline Q&A: Theresa's Juniper Tree+Doug's Rotten Tomatoes Blossom End Rot • Sad Annuals • Prof. Steve's Amaryllis Advice • What’s Buggin' U?!? Spotted Lantern Flies 57:59

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Bloomers in the Garden • 8.3.24 • Hotline Q&A: Theresa's Juniper Tree+Doug's Rotten Tomatoes Blossom End Rot • Sad Annuals • Prof. Steve's Amaryllis Advice • What’s Buggin' U?!? Spotted Lantern Flies We received a call on the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline asking about how big a plant will get. Learn how to know the answer in our 1st segment. Do yo…

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175. Gribbies 2 37:32

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Let the Story reduce you to flesh mulch! Let the Story compress you and your every neighbor into a lovehogpile. Let go and let STORY. We’re back, BABY, ohhhhhh for a just widdle bit of Story truuuuuth. Get ready for the highest concentration of annoying names any Story has ever held! Uh oh!DEAD BIRD SONGS: https://www.patreon.com/reidfaylorPATREON:…

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Episode 326 - Tooth - Gnasher Superflash 29:38

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By gum, if there's one thing this children's literature podcast needs, it's more Reading Rainbow books from the days of yore. And if that's something we need to go out and find, then surely we will. We were inspired to give this particular book a go after Betsy saw the model of its vehicle on display at Kansas City's The Rabbit Hole. In this episod…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.27.24 • The Mophead Hydrangeas Blues • Blossoming Crape Myrtles • Jamie’s Got Mint Mites? • Vegetable Harvest Time • What's Buggin' You?!? Mike's Eggplant!!! 58:08

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.27.24 • The Mophead Hydrangeas Blues • Blossoming Crape Myrtles • Jamie’s Got Mint Mites? • Vegetable Harvest Time • What's Buggin' You?!? Mike's Eggplant!!! If Your Mophead Hydrangea flowers are fading from Blue or Pink to a bleached white it's time to do some maintenance! Hear what to do and why in our 1st segment. Crap…

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Episode 325 - little blue and little yellow 30:50

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While Betsy often prefers to hand Kate children's picture books to consider that are chock full of details, at a certain point she is forced to come up with books that contain none of that. And you cannot get much more basic than Little Blue and Little Yellow here. Your heroes are essentially paint swatches, after all. In the course of our conversa…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.20.24 • Hotline | Kate Red Spider Mites & Caller Arthur Lawn Question • Water Woes • Poison Ivy • What’s Buggin U?!? SKUNKS! 58:04

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.20.24 • Hotline | Kate Red Spider Mites & Caller Arthur Lawn Question • Water Woes • Poison Ivy • What’s Buggin U?!? SKUNKS! Kate texted Bloomers Face Book page and asked about these tiny Red Spider like insects crawling over her container garden! Hear the solutions in our 1st segment. A regular listener, Arthur called th…

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Episode 324 - Tomás and the Library Lady 30:23

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Kooky that we haven't done this one yet? You betcha. It's well known nationwide, been turned into lots of stage plays, and is generally a book that should be right up our alley. In the pantheon of heroic librarian books, where does this particular book fall out? We discuss the correct length of dinosaur teeth, sensible shoes, and how the HECK the a…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.13.24 • Callers Teddy Bear Southern Magnolia Question • Texter's Tomatillos Trouble • Caller Julia Peaches • The Dog Days of Summer • What’s Buggin' U?!? Cooly Spruce Aphid 58:20

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.13.24 • Callers Teddy Bear Southern Magnolia Question • Texter's Tomatillos Trouble • Caller Julia Peaches • The Dog Days of Summer • What’s Buggin' U?!? Cooly Spruce Aphid In our first segment a Listener called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and asked a follow up to our Southern Magnolia Segment from a couple weeks a…

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Episode 323 - LIVE FROM ALA - Who's Got the Apple? 30:44

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The American Library Association's Annual Conference for 2024 may be over but here at Fuse 8 n' Kate the party NEVER stops! And we can back that statement up by pointing out that this latest episode was actually recorded AT the conference. And not only that, it was recorded WITH a special guest star! Turns out, conferences are a great way to connec…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.6.24 • Eastern Tent Caterpillar • Watering Like a Pro • Hardy Hibiscus • Hydrangea Age Spots • Weekend Gardening Tasks 1:00:48

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Bloomers in the Garden • 7.6.24 • Eastern Tent Caterpillar • Watering Like a Pro • Hardy Hibiscus • Hydrangea Age Spots • Weekend Gardening Tasks This week in our "Garden Pest Series" is all about the often confused Eastern Tent Caterpillar. We'll tell you all about it. It's really been feeling like summer and we're going to give you summer waterin…

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Episode 322 - Apple Pie Fourth of July 28:56

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We are pleased to announce that with its 2002 publication date we are finally able to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day with a book that Betsy has been sitting on for years. It can be exceedingly hard to find books for this particular holiday. Even better, this consideration of this book marks the very first time the podcast has ever done a J…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 6.29.24 • Herbs • Southern Magnolias • Shade Trees • Hummingbirds • Powdery Mildew 58:17

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In our first segment we're talking herbs for the BBQ. Plant up a pot or window box with these herbs and you'll be using them all summer. Southern Magnolias are a beautiful versatile evergreen trees! In our second segment we're going to give you what you need to know before planting one of these gems. In our third segment we're going to discuss Back…

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Episode 321 - Baby, Come Out! 29:49

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Betsy's logic behind this week's choice is that it is hot outside right now, so why not do a picture book featuring nudity? Now we currently live in a country where so much as a bare butted goblin picture book can get banned by Moms for Liberty at the drop of a hat. May as well go all in and do a book that unapologetically doesn't care about such p…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-22-24 • Landscaping With Grasses • 150lb Furry Pests Fears • Bagworm • Monarchs & Swallowtail Butterflies • What’s Buggin' U? Cucumber Beetles 57:41

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-22-24 • Landscaping With Grasses • 150lb Furry Pests Fears • Bagworm • Monarchs & Swallowtail Butterflies • What’s Buggin' U? Cucumber Beetles Landscaping with Grasses can be tricky! In our 1st segment we'll tell you how to use them in the landscape, how to care for them, and what are some of our favorite varieties. Ther…

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66: Hallucinating AI Spider Robots with Martha Brockenbrough 1:38:26

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Author Martha Brockenbrough joins me to discuss her new book FUTURE TENSE: HOW WE MADE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE -- AND HOW IT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING. We're tackling your burning AI-related questions, such as: Should authors and illustrators be worried about AI? HOW worried? Are there ethical ways to utilize AI technology? How can AI help us, and how…

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Episode 320 - Mr. Maxwell's Mouse 31:26

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Kate's crie de coeur for more blood and guts in children's picture books once again finds its mark. Usually you might associate a book of this sort with titles of a more European bent, but Asch and son are 100% 'merican, baby. With enough weirdness to choke a cat, this one's just so very strange. Not to give anything away but we are exceedingly ple…

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-15-24 • Workout in Garden • Cooking with Fresh Herbs • Fuchsias • Made in the Shade • What’s Buggin U Colorado Potato Beetles! 59:41

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-15-24 • Workout in Garden • Cooking with Fresh Herbs • Fuchsias • Made in the Shade • What’s Buggin U Colorado Potato Beetles! Did you know Gardening and working in the yard is one of the healthiest activities you can do. We'll share the research with you during our 1st segment. Herbs grown in pots or containers are enou…

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Episode 319 - The Mysterious Tadpole 32:22

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Oh ho! We haven't done a Steven Kellogg re-illustration title since Pinkereton, Behave! back in 2021! This is particularly strange as The Mysterious Tadpole was always, without a doubt, a favorite Kellogg picture book of Betsy's when she was a child. For various reasons we were never able to discuss it on Fuse 8 n' Kate... until today! We consider …

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-08-24 • Ann's Skips' • Naive to Natives • Dead Heading • Feeding Veggies • What’s Buggin' U? Spotted Lantern Flies 58:27

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Bloomers in the Garden • 06-08-24 • Ann's Skips' • Naive to Natives • Dead Heading • Feeding Veggies • What’s Buggin U? Spotted Lantern Flies Ann from Madison NJ sent a text with Pictures to the Bloomers in the Garden hotline! She has some branches turning brown and wanted our advice! Hear all about Cherry Skip Laurels in our 1st segment. Are You n…

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Episode 318 - Red-Eyed Tree Frog 41:25

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Here in Illinois the cicadas are truly beginning to emerge en masse. As such, Betsy was kind of hoping she might be able to find a book that speaks to this. Alas, Cicada Symphony by Sue Fleiss (illustrated by Gareth Lucas) is just barely a year old. So what's the next best course of action? Locate some other red-eyed creature found in trees, of cou…

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Bloomers in the Garden | 6.1.24: Special Guest Wendy Komancheck of Green Profits and Landscape Writer • Caller Arthur • New Plants on the Market • Internet Plant Lure • Garden Passport 1:01:57

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Bloomers in the Garden | 6.1.24: Special Guest Wendy Komancheck of Green Profits and Landscape Writer • Caller Arthur • New Plants on the Market • Internet Plant Lure • Garden Passport We have a special Guest in Studio, Wendy Komancheck, "The Landscape Writer"! Wendy is a Freelance Garden Writer from Pennsylvania. We'll learn more about Wendy in ou…

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65: Inside the Art Department, with Art Director Brian LaRossa 1:08:23

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We're back from hiatus with special guest Brian LaRossa, who in addition to being an Executive Art Director at Scholastic, is an educator, pizza-maker, and all-around mensch. We tackle a variety of topics, like what IS an Art Director, how does the Art Department work with illustrators, what role do they play in the acquisitions process, how do typ…

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BITG 5.25.24 There's Room for Mushrooms • "The Honeydew List," • Holy Hydrangeas! • Heating Up H2O • Glowing Firefly Petunias 1:00:30

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BITG 5.25.24 There's Room for Mushrooms • "The Honeydew List," • Holy Hydrangeas! • Heating Up H2O • Glowing Firefly Petunias Do you have Mushrooms growing in your lawn? Wondering if they're good or bad? Learn all about it during our first segment! Honey dew apples & ants! A listener has ants all over their apple tree. It's not the ants but the hon…

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Episode 317 - Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo 41:25

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As mentioned on this podcast episode, Kate and Betsy truly will be in San Diego at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference to record an episode WITH a special secret guest. Many thanks to the very kind Travis Jonker (alumni of Kate's college) for sharing his recording booth with us. Today's book was a Reading Rainbow book back in the day. We detect some…

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BITG 5.18.24 • Seed VS Cutting • Lawn Weed Control • Instant Privacy Hedging • The Hydrangea Blues • Branded Plant Marketing 58:35

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BITG 5.18.24 • Seed VS Cutting • Lawn Weed Control • Instant Privacy Hedging • The Hydrangea Blues • Branded Plant Marketing Are you ever confused why Annual Flowers have such widely different prices? We'll explain why the more expensive plants may be the best option!. Listen in during our first segment! Are your weeds growing faster then your lawn…

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Episode 316 - The Three Pigs 30:46

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Today, we do our second David Wiesner book (after Tuesday). Along the way we discuss the philosophy behind Wiesner's void ("Is this just the space between the stories we tell?") and how this is (spoiler alert) our 200th classic on the podcast! Woohoo!Show Notes:For the full show notes please visit: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/05/13/fuse-8…

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BITG 5.11.24 • A Day at the Nursery • Standards Set at the Nursery • Customer Needs • No Brown Thumb • Watering 59:41

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BITG 5.11.24 • A Day at the Nursery • Standards Set at the Nursery • Customer Needs • No Brown Thumb • Watering Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word".... NYC Tri-State Area Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR Bloomers in the Garden helps you and yo…

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Episode 315 - Tops and Bottoms 28:42

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Today we dive right in to a good spring picture book that somehow we've never done before. Even better, a Caldecott Honor title at that! We haven't discussed Janet Stevens since we did Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock a little more than a year ago. Consider this the book that made vertical picture books cool (Mel Fell owes this title a hat tip of t…

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BITG 5.4.24 Combo Pots • Cut Flower Gardens • Growing Azaleas • Lavender Concerns 59:32

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BITG 5.4.24 Combo Pots • Cut Flower Gardens • Growing Azaleas • Lavender Concerns In our first two segments we're going to talk about creating a combo pot! First thing we're going to talk about is "Hangley Dangleys" those fantastic trailing plants that hang over the edge of your pots and hanging baskets. The second part of our Combo Pot Series will…

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Episode 314 - Enemy Pie 30:50

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Recently LeVar Burton suggested today's picture book on an episode of The Sporkful ("Reheat: LeVar Burton Even Reads Recipes Dramatically") and in spite of the fact that Kate was dead-on about the fact that we should have done this book for a Thanksgiving episode, we're doing it, baby! Enemy Pie was a Reading Rainbow Book back in the day, how does …

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BITG 4.27.24 Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens • Tulips • Sweetgum Tree Balls • Slow Release Fertilizers • Uprooting Geraniums from Florida 57:56

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Steve called called the Father-in-law Garden Hotline and wants to put in a raised vegetable garden along a neighbor's hedge. Hear all about the do's and don'ts In our 1st segment. Harold of Staten Island called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and had a question about tulips in our 2nd segment. Prevent Sweetgum balls from dropping in your yard. W…

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Episode 313 - Ginger Bear 30:33

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"Crime and murder!"Do you want unspeakable violence on the picture book page? Well, folks, Kate sure did. And thanks to the suggestion of listener Rachelle, and her daughter Sarah, Betsy finally had a book that would give her just what she required. Is there blood? There is not, though honestly she got her fill of blood when we talked about King St…

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BITG 04/20/24 Lawns • Moss • Dwarf Lilacs • Frost Free Date • Feeding EZ as 1-2-3 59:35

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Steve from Broomall contacted the Father in Law hotline and asked questions about his lawn renovation project. Hear all about it In our first segment! Continuing in the lawn. Many of you have moss growing in your lawn choking out your grass! We'll give you solutions In our 2nd segment!! One of the most beautiful landscape plants are dwarf lilacs. W…

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Episode 312 - I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew 30:19

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What's that? You've never heard of this particular Dr. Seuss book? Well, you're definitely not alone. If one were to rank Seuss titles from best known to least, there is no doubt in my mind that Solla Sollew would be right there at the bottom. But is there any chance that this 1965 publication might have something to say about the baby boomer gener…

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