Back To The Garden

Jean's guest for this installment is George Farmer who just returned from the Seed Savers meeting in Iowa and has lots of information to share about how and why to save - and share - locally-adapted seeds. Enjoy! Back To The Garden will broadcast live every Thursday at 4:30 pm and it will rebroadcast Saturday at 10:30 am but if you're not able to catch the show at one of […]

This week, Jean will talk with Carolyn Smith who gardens in a greenhouse, says it’s the easiest way to grow food in the Southwest and will tell us all about getting started.  Before arriving in Silver City, she homesteaded for two years in Scotland and ten years in Vermont, and worked as a landscape gardener for three years in Mill Valley, CA.  Taking a sabbatical now from her position as […]

This week, Jean visits with LandArt Landscaping proprietor, Karen Danhauer, who's been creating landscapes in Silver City and Grant County for 17 years, specializing in designs with native plants and stonework as well as vegetable gardens.  They'll discuss how to begin a design and how to design and choose plants for low water and low maintenance. Back To The Garden is GMCR’s newest weekly program and our very first to be […]

Jean's guest this week will be Monica Rude, founder and owner of Desert Woman Botanicals.  Monica studied medicinal herbs with well-known Southwest herbalist, Michael Moore & others.  She started gardening as a child in her parent's garden in the snowy Northeast & has been a desert gardener for the past 25 years. She lives in Gila where she grows dozens of herbs for the product line & for teaching students […]

Welcome to the 2nd installment of Back To The Garden with Jean Eisenhower. This week, Jean will interview Greg Renfo, a student of Permaculture, Forestry and Wildlife, a homesteader in the 1970s and 80s, and a musician who has written a number of songs pertaining to gardens.  They'll discuss Permaculture, dealing with heavy monsoon rains, weeding (yes, weeding - they have some important thoughts on that subject) and what to […]

Welcome to Back To The Garden - GMCR's newest locally produced program and our very 1st to be broadcast live from our beautiful downtown Silver City studio! Jean Eisenhower is your host and her guest for her maiden voyage is Blythe Whiteley - a veteran gardener and grower known for the beauty of her gardens as well as her knowledge and skills.  Each week she will engage local gardeners and […]