The Simple Garden Life

A program dedicated to keeping the art of gardening simple, fun, and always rewarding. Hosts Jim and Mary Competti have been writing, speaking and sharing their love of gardening for the last decade. Co-owners of the popular blog oldworldgardenfarms.com and co-authors of Growing Simple and Raised Row Gardening, they take an enthusiastic approach to giving solid, straightforward advice on growing everything from vegetables, to perennials, annuals and more!
Each week, Jim and Mary take on a new gardening topic with gusto, taking the listener through the how and why's of gardening, along with advice on how to always keep it fun and enjoyable.

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Texaginian

Good advice from people with experience

I’ve just finished podcasts on seed starting and hardening plants. Information was specific, practical, comprehensive, and presented with enthusiasm. I sent links to several of my friends. I’ll be listening to all the segments. Thank you!
Tuml

Happy I found this podcast

Entertaining and informative.
PennyLane132

Valuable info, just one minor thing…

I’ve just started listening to this podcast as a new gardener and there is a lot of great info here. The one thing that really threw me is “foliage” was said at least 20 times in the episode… and pronounced incorrectly. I know it’s terrible, but the mispronunciation is enough for me to stop listening, especially with how often it was said. Will keep listening anyway for now, but just a tip :)
MikyD

Useful Brass Tacks

Binge listening! Such awesome, practical, implement-able content with no fluff. It’s actionable and worthy of quick notes in my garden notebook, which is *exactly*what a gardener like me needs as we head into the season. I check back constantly for new episodes :)
cindymae80

Love it!

Stumbled onto this podcast & so thankful for that! My husband and I both work out of the home (A LOT of hours) and we were so excited to inherit a beautiful garden from the Amish couple we bought our house from….and then…the reality of managing all of that while working a bunch (plus trying to preserve it) has basically had me in the fetal position until now LOL 🤦🏻‍♀️ We are super excited to try the raised row method this year & their book is on the way! Thank you both for sharing your knowledge!!
PDEMO565656

Great podcast

I just discovered this podcast and it is by far the greatest gardening podcast. Great episodes, great information and great hosts. Keep up the excellent podcast.
Lorrainepaints

So helpful

What a great podcast. It is just what I needed. Informative, intelligent and non abrasive.
AhujaFamily

Simple but practical and useful

I love their blog at Old world garden and discovered the podcast. Love how well everything is explained
Fantastic Ham

Looking forward to hearing more!

Fellow Ohioan here and I’m just starting out with my own vegetable garden and your site and podcast are just what I was looking for.