Your Midwest Garden Podcast
A casual conversation about gardening in the Midwest with Toledo's Garden Guy, Mike O'Rourke and Rookie Gardener, Scott Sandstrom. Mike interviews various guests, from experts to local DIY gardeners in a relaxed conversation. While Scott keeps the subjects down to the weekend warrior level. We hope you enjoy each podcast episode, as even the most basic topics can reveal a surprise tip or hint you may not know about! Your Midwest Garden is sponsored by Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. Serving the Toledo, Ohio area since 1953!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 162
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
MicroGreens 7 Day UPDATE
A SURPRISE EPISODE #2!!!
Mike & I were asked to try out a MicroGreens growing product and of course we said YES!
This episode is the "as promised" update on how successful, or not, our s…
MicroGreens Unboxing
A SURPRISE EPISODE!!!
Mike & I were asked to try out a MicroGreens growing product and of course we said YES! In this episode, we had an impromptu gathering in the kitchen to unbox our t…
Happy 100!
While celebrating our 100th episode of YMGP, we can't stop ourselves from sharing some Fall tips!
We would like to thank all of our guests over the past three years, our sponsor Black Di…
The Banana Tree - Session Three
The Garden Guy, Mike, has challenged Junior Gardener Scott. The experiment: to plant a couple Banana Trees in his Midwest "tropical" pool landscape. See if he can keep them healthy, le…
Talking Bees Follow Up
The guys decided to do a bee follow up show, sharing a few more interesting facts they learned off air. Check out this quick update.
Black Diamond Garden Centers; Toledo,…
Talking Bees
Well bees really don't talk... or do they? Communicate? YES
But today we discuss bees, wasps & hornets with our guest Gary Lovell. And yes, we even need to help out the wasps. Did you kn…
Reaching out to Iowa - ISU Extension
Mike & Scott reached out to the ISU Extension office to see what is going on in the Western side of the Midwest. Starting a conversion, be it with Iowa or your fellow gardener, can help…
A to Zinnias with Gaylene Seibold
Even as the Zinnia season winds down, the guys find a bunch of information from Gaylene Siebold on her ways of growing a Zinnia patch. Thus making squares for a visual quilt!!! Such a f…
Our Friends...The Spiders
Lots of talk from customers, mostly about spiders appearing around their house. So Mike & Scott do a quick little chat about our friends... Boris the Spider. Mostly, how to move them in…
ENCORE EPISODE: Overseeding Your Lawn
ENCORE EPISODE:
It's that time of year... time to start over seeding you lawn... or is it? Mike & Scott discuss the 1-2-3s of over seeding. Is it too hot still? How long can you wait? An…
Foxtail Barley ALERT... The Merging of City and Farm
The guys discuss an unusual occurrence of a massive amount of Foxtail Barley blowing into a neighborhood like a snowstorm. A farm meets city type of merger issue... But more importantly…
The Banana Tree - Session Two
This is Session Two, UPDATE #1.
The Garden Guy, Mike, has challenged Junior Gardener Scott. The experiment: to plant a couple Banana Trees in his Midwest "tropical" pool landscape. See …
Poison Hemlock-Spreading the word!
Want to know what discussion popped up at the family 4th of July party? And more important, how did Mike get an invite?! LOL
The guys re-enacted the discussion for the record and pass on…
Tropics in The Midwest? It’s Possible!
Today the guys talk with Teresa Woodard, over the past 15 years she has contributed to Midwest Living, Columbus Monthly, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Gardens, Chicago Tribune, Living…
The Banana Tree Experiment - Session One
The Garden Guy, Mike, has challenged Junior Gardener Scott. The experiment: to plant a couple Banana Trees in his Midwest "tropical" pool landscape. See if he can keep them healthy, le…
Fungi Fun!
If you dig mushrooms (lol), then you'll love this discussion! Mike & Scott learn about all the uses for mushrooms, there's more than just tossing them on a pizza.
This week's guest…
Sum Sum Summer Vine Time
Mike and Scott chat Summertime vines...looking to add a tropical look around your Zen Place, pool or just adding some height ?
Black Diamond Garden Centers; Toledo, Perr…
ENCORE EPISODE - Annie's Annuals
ENCORE EPISODE: The guys are joined by one of last season's guests...Annie Harman. Annie grows tens of thousands of annuals, be it a hanging basket container or just a flat pack of thre…
Dahlias - Totally Tubular Man!
Mike and Scott travel to The Toledo Botanical Gardens to discuss Dahlias with grower Don Hughes. Don has over 40 years experience growing Dahlias and has had to move his growing patch f…
Horticulture High
Scott & Mike talk to Bryan Smith, the Sylvania Schools Horticulture Teacher, about our experts of tomorrow. With all the computer experts our kids/grandkids are turning out to be, we a…