Episode 293: why seeds matter with Jennifer Jewell, author of book What We Sow
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Host Jane Perrone talks to garden writer and podcaster Jennifer Jewell about her latest book What We Sow, and answers a question about biochar for houseplants.
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| 0:29.6 | Music Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast. I'm your host, Jane Perrone, and in this episode, seeds take centre stage. |
| 0:58.9 | Plus I answer a question about biochar. So whether you are a dedicated follower and |
| 1:06.8 | practitioner of my on the ledge sew along or a complete newbie to growing from seed. |
| 1:14.8 | I hope this episode will inspire you about the wonders of seeds. |
| 1:25.1 | In this episode, I am talking seeds with Jennifer Jewel, host of wonderful podcast cultivating place. |
| 1:34.7 | Jennifer is an expert on this subject. |
| 1:37.4 | She's written a whole book called What We Soe on the Personal, Ec and cultural significance of seeds. |
| 1:45.8 | So this isn't a practical on the ledge sew along episode, but think of it as a way of resetting |
| 1:54.8 | your mindset about seeds, their importance, their centrality in our lives. And maybe this will inspire you to think |
| 2:04.6 | again about whether you want to get involved with sewing any kinds of seeds, let alone houseplant seeds. |
| 2:10.8 | If you've no idea what the on the ledge sew along is, this is my annual mission to get listeners sewing house plant seeds. I've been doing it |
| 2:21.7 | every year on the podcast since I think 2018 and in the show notes you can go and find all of those |
| 2:27.0 | previous episodes listed and catch up on all the content covering everything from sewing |
| 2:33.1 | cactine succulents to growing ferns from spores to the structure of a seed and more. |
| 2:40.1 | This interview will really make you think about where your seeds coming from and who's controlling the system. |
| 2:54.4 | I'm going Jewel and I am best known as the creator and host of cultivating place, |
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