plant care | Growing Joy with Maria

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast Apple Spotify Castbox   Have you ever thought about growing your own luffa? Someone sent me a packet of luffa seeds about four years ago. I think I won them in a...

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast Apple Spotify Castbox   What if your backyard could feed you for decades with way less work than a tomato patch? You can achieve this with fruit trees! I met arborist...

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   What if herbs go beyond the small, contained, and kitchen-window plants we use them for? Herbs could do so, so much more! In this episode, I...

    Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   Do you have the guts to release beneficial insects in your home? I recently invited Jamie, the co-founder of DMV Beneficials, into my...

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   I’ve always wanted to make gardening a lifelong hobby because I plan to have dirt under my nails well into my 80s or 90s, but I never really...

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   2026 is the year of ease, joy, and low-maintenance plant care! It’s time that plants make us feel good instead of dread every time we walk...

    Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   This is my third year attending the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle, and I come back with all the plant tea! Every year...

    Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   What if you could stretch your season even in cold climates, plant once and harvest for years, and let nature do the lifting? I’ve...

  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, Apple Spotify Castbox   Starting a plant business feels impossible, right? If you’ve ever Googled ‘how to start a plant shop’, you think like you need a huge...

⬆️Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast ⬆️   Calatheas have a bit of a reputation among plant parents for being dramatic “divas.” And I'm not going to lie, they can be particular about their care...

    Water quality is not something most plant parents think about when caring for their plants. We usually focus on light, soil, and watering schedules, but rarely question if the actual water coming out of...

<p > </p> <p >Did you know that some of our favorite houseplants are actually toxic to pets? I was able to interview Anastasia from Leaf & Paw about Pets and Plants and how to be both a pet parent and a plant parent...

<p></p> <p> </p> https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/67e959af-a492-4959-8e5b-0028cda54f63/stream.mp3 <p> </p> <p>If you love your dog as much as you love your monstera or other houseplants, you’ve probably run into...

<p></p> <p> </p> https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/a28a15f8-3292-4403-8dc4-86a5fb54afd5/stream.mp3 <p> </p> <p><b>What do a theater kid, a Venus flytrap, and a million TikTok followers have in common?</b> Abundance…...

<p></p> <p> </p> https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/8d55fe52-5069-4351-b0c4-0b2984b1784f/stream.mp3 <p> </p> <p>If you’ve ever watched your fiddle leaf fig drop all its leaves, battled fungus gnats that fly into your...