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On The Ledge

Episode 200: what's changed since February 2017

On The Ledge

Jane Perrone

Houseplants, Leisure, Gardening, Home & Garden, Plants

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

When the very first episode of On The Ledge dropped on February 2017, I wondered if anyone would bother listening to a podcast about houseplants… I think it’s safe to say the answer was yes! In this episode I reflect on what’s changed in my world and yours in the past four and a half years.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Here's how it started.

0:05.0

Hello and welcome to the very first episode of On the Ledge, a new podcast all about indoor gardening.

0:11.0

And this is how it's going. Hello and welcome to episode 200 of On the Ledge podcast.

0:35.8

Woohoo!

0:36.9

Fascinating facts about the number 200. Apparently it's the

0:41.5

smallest base 10 unprimable number. I have no idea what that means. Apparently it's also

0:47.6

a harshad number and an abundant number. But the most important thing about the number 200 is,

0:56.2

it's how many episodes of On the Ledge there have been.

1:00.6

It is 241 weeks and three days since On the Ledge launch.

1:07.1

So that means there's only been 41 weeks in the past four, almost five years that I haven't done an episode of On the Ledge.

1:16.4

Isn't that incredible?

1:17.9

My work ethic is good.

1:20.3

It's not a normal episode because I'm not feeling in a normal mood.

1:23.8

And for that, I give zero apologies.

1:26.9

We're going to be hearing from former guests of the show

1:29.7

and of course you, the listeners, about what's changed in your house plant world since February

1:35.4

2017. Let's warm up by finding out who's joined the Patreon on the ledge community this week.

1:46.5

I'm particularly excited to announce that I have my first patron from Ghana.

1:52.2

Kojo from Akra has become a legend.

1:54.7

And Charlotte from the UK has also joined the crew of legends, my most popular tier of the On the Ledge Patreon offering.

2:04.8

Charlotte became a crazy plant person and Rachel, well Rachel was already part of Patreon

2:11.2

but chose to upgrade from Crazy Plant Person to ledge end to unlock all of the extra benefits of being a legend. That means

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