104-A Field Guide to Urban Gardening, with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening
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Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week’s guest is Kevin Espiritu, author of the new book – Field Guide to Urban Gardening. Kevin is a self-taught garden guy. Like many of you, he’s figuring things out as he goes along and letting his curiosity be his guide. Kevin doesn’t have a background in horticulture. His introduction to the garden world […]
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.4 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.4 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.3 | Show. |
| 0:24.3 | Today we're talking about urban gardening, and I'm talking about really urban gardening, |
| 0:28.5 | like right on a main street, a 15 by 30 foot front yard garden, less than a mile from |
| 0:34.0 | downtown San Diego, California. |
| 0:36.7 | But if anybody can pull off a thriving and productive small space garden with all the |
| 0:41.0 | challenges that come with such an inhospitable environment, it's Kevin Espiritu. |
| 0:45.6 | He's the face and voice behind Epic Gardening, the podcast, YouTube channel, Instagram, and |
| 0:50.4 | other digital channels, where he stays busy documenting his journey of gardening in public |
| 0:55.2 | as he calls it. |
| 0:56.8 | Kevin is also the author of a brand new book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, how to grow |
| 1:00.6 | plants no matter where you live. |
| 1:02.8 | And that's my point of why talking to Kevin today makes so much sense. |
| 1:06.9 | As you're about to hear, he has plenty of challenges with the dynamics of such a growing |
| 1:11.4 | environment, and yet he pulls it off beautifully and shares everything he's doing and learning |
| 1:15.9 | with the masses. |
| 1:16.9 | In fact, that's how I first learned about Kevin years ago from one of his YouTube videos. |
| 1:22.0 | Well over the past few years he's been building on everything he's learning and putting it |
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