Saturday, March 15, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 232: Good Garden Fences -- A Special Podcasthon Edition

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Jeff Beneke, author of Fences for Home and Garden: A Complete Guide to Selecting and Installing Wood, Masonry, Metal, and Living Fences*, all about fencing your garden. The plant profile is on Persian Buttercups and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Creating Multi-fruit Lemon Trees from Christy Page of Green Prints. 

Note that this is a Special AD-FREE Podcasthon episode of our podcast and we urge listeners to donate as they are able to the World Central Kitchen. 

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 177: New Plants and Products

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-177-new-plants.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 124: Raised Bed Gardening 

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/10/gardendc-podcast-episode-124-raised-bed.html


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Show Notes: 01:37 Introducing Jeff Beneke 02:05 Was Jeff born with chlorophyll in his veins and a green thumb? 05:00 Jeff talks about starting his family and gardening 07:50 Jeff’s career as a woodworking book editor 10:45: Jeff’s growing conditions in Asheville, North Carolina 13:17: Using raised beds in regions with heavy clay soils and silt 15:32 Kathy and Jeff talk about the history and popularity of fences 17:02 Kathy and Jeff talk about “hedge wars” in fencing 19:00 Determining your primary pests before fencing 20:07 Successful fencing methods for pests 26:11 Aesthetic and organizational fencing 28:29: “What wood materials do you think are best these days?” Kathy asks Jeff 35:20 Kathy and Jeff talk about rustic fencing 39:20 “Good fences make good neighbors” - Robert Frost 41:25 How to contact Jeff 41:54 Jeff’s final advice on fencing 42:56 Ranunculus (Persian Buttercup) plant profile 44:32 What’s new in the garden this week? 47:50 The Last Word by Christy Page: Multi-fruit citrus trees 52:01 How to support the Garden DC Podcast

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Show Notes: Skylar Drew
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:48 PM

    Where can we source the 10x deer fencing mentioned in the podcast?

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    1. WashingtonGardener1:15 PM

      Here is an Amazon affiliate link to the Tenax deer fence kit -- https://amzn.to/443gsah -- you may need to select different sizing depending on your fenced area.

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