You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lample.

Hi everybody, this is Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe

Gardner Show.

You've likely heard the expression, there are only two things in life that are guaranteed,

death and taxes, but I always say there's a third and that is weeds.

Now something about me you may not know, I like to weed, I mean I really kind of like

getting lost for a couple hours early in the morning when it's cool and quiet and the

birds are singing and I'm down on the ground making some serious progress pulling up those

inevitable weeds.

And yes, I have weeds too, but mostly concentrated in those areas where the mulch layer has degraded

enough to expose the soil surface to sunlight.

And that's a highly visual reminder to me that it's time to replenish my mulch.

But back to my point, while I like to weed, I'd prefer to be doing other things with

my time like spending more of it in my garden.

So if I can stay on top of finding the most cutting edge ways to manage or eliminate weeds

organically, then you can bet I'm going to stay on top of this one and share my findings

with you, which is exactly what I'm doing in today's podcast.

My guest for this episode is Dr. Drew Smith, the chief operating officer and chief scientist

at the Rodeal Institute.

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