398 - 2025 Garden Trends & Weather Forecasts with the Old Farmer's Almanac Editor Carol Connare
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Jill McSheehy
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
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This week we are talking all about weather trends and forecasts for 2025 with Carol Connare of the Old Farmer's Almanac. Carol is the 14th editor in the history of the publication, and the second woman to hold the title. In her role as editor-in-chief, Carol oversees the development of the annual publication, working closely with writers and other editors to develop “new, useful, and entertaining matter.”
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| 0:00.0 | What is the weather going to be like in 2025? And might knowing whether a particular month is going to be |
| 0:06.7 | above or below average in rainfall or temperature affect the way that we plan our gardens? What garden |
| 0:14.1 | trends are we going to be seeing in 2025 and beyond, both in larger food production that we all still depend on and our home gardens. |
| 0:24.0 | Here to chat about these fascinating topics is the editor of the Old Farmer's Almanac, Carol |
| 0:29.6 | Canare. And don't let the word old mislead you. The Old Farmer's Almanac is staying on top of |
| 0:36.0 | all things climate, technology, and science as it |
| 0:40.1 | pertains to the food that we grow and eat. She is a vegetable gardener herself, and you can hear |
| 0:45.6 | her passion for all things growing. I loved this conversation with her, and I know you will too. |
| 0:53.4 | And one more thing, if you want to have a little fun while |
| 0:55.7 | listening to today's episode. At one point, we both say a word incorrectly, and that word's actual |
| 1:02.1 | meaning is totally different than what we are intending. For you wordsmiths, I'll share that with you |
| 1:08.8 | at the end of the conversation and see if you |
| 1:11.1 | discover it and get it right. I'll also come back and give you some insights on my region's |
| 1:16.5 | forecast and how that might impact my plant decisions for 2025. But for now, let's get to my |
| 1:23.7 | conversation with Carol Kinnair, editor of the Old Farber's Almanac. |
| 1:29.9 | This episode is brought to you by The Homestead movie coming to theaters on December 20th. |
| 1:36.5 | This movie is a fictional account of an ex-Green Beret and his family who escaped to an eccentric |
| 1:42.4 | preppers fortress after a nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles. |
| 1:46.5 | It shows how families survive by living off the land amidst chaos around them. |
| 1:51.5 | My family got to pre-screen this movie, and I especially appreciated and enjoyed its emphasis |
| 1:56.6 | on living on the land and building community. |
| 2:00.0 | When you pre-order your tickets using the link in the |
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