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, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

Show.

You know, I'm often asked how we come up with all of our topics and guests for the

diverse range of podcast episodes that we have.

Well, fortunately, having been around the gardening and horticulture world for quite a

while now, we know, and I know a lot of people in the industry, and there's no substitute

for having a great network of colleagues that you can call on when you need them.

But another rich source for content on this show comes from books that I've read.

And yes, I love to read, and I will confess right now most of the books that I enjoy reading

for pleasure are geeky gardening books.

So I raised my hand to that, and it doesn't hurt that our podcast team happens to include

several various curious gardeners other than me.

So we've been known to put on our amateur detective hats to sleuth out the next cutting

edge topics that actually we want to know more about and then share with you.

And the other great source of ideas comes from some of the emails and comments that we

get through social media, which includes suggested topics and guest ideas.

In fact, some really good episodes have come from you, our listeners.

So listener comments and feedback are often the catalyst for various podcast topics that

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