Grow Like Wild!

Happy Belated Buck Moon Podcast!
At long last, the new podcast episode is published. People, are you really listening to this? I get around 4,000 downloads a month. Which is GREAT. But not amazing, you know? If you’re a podcast person, and know of tricks and edits for making a podcast successful, I’d be much obliged for advice. Luddite podcasting is not the easiest…
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ANWAY, I’m studying Echinacea this month. Like all asters, flowerheads are a composite of tiny individual flowers (“florets”), with functional reproductive parts but no petals. You can see their yellow stamens sticking out below. I love to notice how the bees walk in a circle around the flowerhead, hitting each tiny bloom. As they’re fertilized, and seeds start to grow, the cone raises up higher, and the inner rings of florets bloom, forcing the bees into tinier and tinier circles.
If you’d like to learn more about this gateway flower into ecological gardening, please come to the Echinacea Garden-side Chat, this August 17th, at 6PM ET.
‎These monthly zoom presentations and hang outs are for supporters of Grow Like Wild. It’s $50, but then you get to come to every Chat for a year!
Did you know that no one is really sure how many species of Echinacea there are? It’s true. 💗



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Hi Plant People!
The Strawberry Moon podcast episode is officially ON THE INTERNET.
It’s a doozy: delving into how two North American strawberries went to France to create the fruit we know and love today. There’s also tons of research, garden fashion reviews, a media roundup, and the latest statistics on native plant sales.
GET EXCITED.

xoxoxo,
Rebecca McMackin


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The Blue Moon edition of Grow Like Wild is out in the world!
This month explores everything amazing about Tulip Trees, explains why biodiversity will lead to less tick diseases, and provides you with far more information than you’ve ever thought you needed on how World Cup soccer pitches are grown. Get ready to impress your soccer friends.
If you find yourself as enamored with Tulip Trees as I am, please come to this month’s Garden-side Chat on Monday Jun 22, at 6:00PM EST. We will cover all there is to cover on Liriodendron evolution, ecology, nectar imbibing, and use in the landscape.
If you’d like to attend this and every virtual Garden-side Chat’s for AN ENTIRE YEAR, click below to become a paying supporter.
xoxoxox,
Rebecca


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The podcast is super late this month! What can I say, I’ve been outside! I hope you’re there as well.
I’ve been pulling Garlic Mustard for WEEKS - determined to clear it from the entire forest behind my house. I’m actually having great luck so far and do think I have an effective method. It boils down to this: take it seriously. And remember that seeds can live in the soil for 5 years, but only 4% of seedlings make it to reproductive age.
If you’d like to learn more about how to get rid of this delicious and pernicious weed, consider attending this Thursday’s Garden-side Chat, a monthly, virtual lecture and discussion group for supporters of Grow Like Wild.
It’s only $50 and you get to attend every Garden-side Chat for a year! As well as support the efforts that go into making this newsletter and podcast.
What does weeding have to do with phalanx warfare? Find out this Thursday May 21st, at 6PM EST. See you there!


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In this month's PINK MOON episode, we've got aquatic bumblebees, birds who love cigarettes, and the very best way to plant very small plants.


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