“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.” George W. Bush must have been thinking about gardening, as it's not uncommon to repeat our mistakes. But it's usually someone else's fault...

Just like your favorite NPR shows - maybe "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" or "This American Life" - we here at Garden Guys like to give you an "encore" show. Think of it like "Throw Back Thursday", but on a Saturday. We take listeners' questions on topics such as: when to use inoculant; whether or not to reuse potting soil; can home gardeners use tighter spacings then what the seed packet tells us; and why is Tom's garden so amazing?

It's go time in the garden - so much so that I forgot to upload this until Sunday. Ack! Sorry! Darrin and Tom focus on some key gardening tips that can help busy people focus on the priorities in the garden and keep ahead of the wave of expectations. Let’s grow some food!

Once again, Tom and Darrin get drawn to bees. We give you the "Daily Buzz" as I'm pretty sure we both have "Hive Vibes" and Darrin may or may not be a bit "Buzzed". Did you know there are over 900 different native bees in Colorado? It’s not just the ol' honey bee flying around out there! Tom also educates us on the benefits of double-digging your garden (just need to do it once - promise!). Unfortunately we ran out time, so this story is "To Bee Continued"...

Spring rains are falling, soft and sound,
While onions nestle in the ground.
Planting tips? We've got a few,
But warnings? Well—they won't stop you.

You'll buy too much, and that's just fine,
With garden dreams on down the line.
Darrin's worms are thriving still,
Turning scraps with quiet skill.

Foliar sprays—do they hold weight?
Let’s dig in, investigate.
And garden tomatoes, fresh and red—
Why do they dance upon your head?

A word to savor, light and tree:
The dappled glow of Komorebi.
So grab your boots, begin again—
The garden's calling. Come on in!

Gettin' ready to garden! As Tom and Darrin start seeding cold-season crops in their gardens, they (try to) offer some tips for success. That led to a discussion on what "eating locally" looks like, how different cultures define it, and how we here in the United States take a different viewpoint than those across the world. And a VERY challenging Listener Challenge for the week!

Darrin loves him some peppers, but unfortunately, we discover that Tom may not be able to take the heat. This week, we follow the history of the pepper and how it made its way into Colorado and New Mexico, and eventually into Darrin's garden. And there’s a new listener challenge: try pocket gopher yoga (serenity now...)! And we almost forgot: the Garden Guys have a new product line of locally sourced, artisan pepper spray, “Farm to Face”.

Sorry to be a punny bunny, but what's a better time to hear about carrots than Easter weekend? Darrin and Tom jump (again, see what I did there?) through time into the origin story of one of their garden favorites: carrots. Why are they orange? Where did they originate? And of course some tips on how to grow them in southwest Colorado. With the planting calendar hovering on the “possible”, we also issue another Listener Challenge: Measuring your soil temps to ensure germination success!