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The Garden PartyBrian Melton & Ross Raddi | The Garden Party Ep. 227Welcome to The Garden Party! A weekly Podcast About All Things Gardening! Hosted by @texasgardenguy https://beacons.ai/texasgardenguy Phil D'Angelis @Philsfigs https://philsfigs.com/ With special guests: @profig4610 & @RossRaddi Make Sure to Like + Subscribe + Drop a Comment or Question Down Below!2024-06-281h 53

Discover More#99. Expert Home Gardener Shares The Best Tips to Grow Plants and Food & More — Ross RaddiAre you interested in growing houseplants? What is the #1 most important thing in growing plants and food? Do you believe in "food is medicine?" This week's guest is Ross Raddi. Ross Raddi is an expert arborist Youtuber, home gardener, blogger, and tax accountant. Ross is also known as the Fig Boss in the figs community. Ross has over 38,000 subscribers on Youtube and more than 7.6 million views on his channel for his expert insight on growing plants and food. Ross’s mission statement as shown on his website states, “To spread the obse...2022-06-131h 42

Discover More66. Home-Grown Food Is Medicine, the Importance of Fiber Diversity for Gut Health, and Profitable Passion Projects— Ross Raddi"It just makes common sense at least in terms of the health aspect. And it really only clicked for me 5 months ago, because like I said, I stopped eating dairy and gluten. The brain fog cleared up immediately. Within 12 days, all the lingering depression I had was gone. I was like a whole new person again. Within 30 days, I felt happy and I could have listed at least 10 differences in my life that were significantly better in terms of my health. Some people are going to react differently than other people, but food is medicine." - Ross Raddi ...2021-05-1057 min

Discover More65. The Art of Growing Food At Home, The Truth Behind Grocery Store Bought Fruit, and Nature as The Best Teacher — Ross Raddi"You can actually grow kiwi here. I mean, it's incredible. And as I tasted them I've realized that not only have I been ignorant to where food came from, but I've been deprived as well. Our food system is just a joke. And we really value our food system first and foremost on food security, which has a good place in the world, but we've really sacrificed our health and our pleasure for food security." - Ross Raddi Welcome back to another episode of Discover More. This week’s guest is Ross Raddi. Ross (@rossraddi) is...2021-05-0357 min

Fruit Talk!Spring is Delayed! | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 88Due to getting covid, spring has been delayed! Usually it's the weather in April, but not this time... Join me on this episode of Fruit Talk! where I explain how the orchard is waking up, things to watch out for, the troubles with the garden & an update on the fig trees progress under the low tunnels.2021-04-0254 min

Fruit Talk!Preparing for the Upcoming Season | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 87Getting your garden and orchard in order is a process that starts 2-3 months prior to when your growing season actually begins. In this episode of Fruit Talk! I will discuss my plans for the next 3 months. We'll cover propagation, grafting, seeding, rooting, planning, and my almost final garden plans.2021-01-291h 16

Fruit Talk!Why I left the Fig Communities & Garden Varieties for 2021| Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 85In this episode of Fruit Talk! I breakdown my reasoning for leaving all of the fig communities, my plan to start my own and a few life lessons. Followed up by the annual fruit and veggie varieties I plan to grow in my garden during 2021.2021-01-011h 10

Fruit Talk!Potted Citrus Trees, Strawberry Beds & Garden Plans | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 84In this episode of Fruit Talk! I finalize quite a bit we've talked about in prior weeks. Specifically what citrus tree varieties I'll be going with, a much greater insight into my garden plans for 2021 and what my ideas are for better strawberry production and to avoid critter damage.2020-12-1459 min

Fruit Talk!Cutting Sales & My 2021 Plans for Additional Fruiting Plants | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 83In this episode of Fruit Talk! I go over my recent successful fruit tree/cutting sales. What worked, what we might do differently next year and what varieties are standards, more experimental or are some of the best and/or tastiest figs I grow. We then transition into talking about how much space I now have on the patio and what other fruiting plants that allows me to grow in containers. Of course citrus comes to mind and we talk about citrus varieties I'm going to try and grow as well as plans for strawberries in a hinged raised...2020-11-2600 min

Fruit Talk!Amazing Dried Fruits | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 82In this episode of fruit talk I'm all over the place. First we start off talking about my super successful bare root fig tree sale. 47 trees sold in 48 hours! Then I touch on the health benefits of cruciferous vegetables and how they're helping me. I talk about why I think growing figs in container is obsolete and lastly what my favorite dried fruits are. A discussion about persimmons, hoshigaki, dates of different types and of course dried figs.2020-11-0500 min

Fruit Talk!2020 End of Season Fig | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi + Q&A -- EP: 81With the season coming to an end I've learned quite a bit about growing figs this year. Specifically on light penetration, pinching and fruit shape and how that affects splitting. I also detail my favorite varieties, my keepers and the varieties I'm most hopeful for going forward and of course we can't forget about the varieties I am getting rid of. You can't know what's good without seeing the bad. Lastly, a bonus on health and mushroom gardening that we spoke on last week.2020-10-2200 min

Fruit Talk!Gardening with Mushrooms? | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi + Q&A -- EP: 80Can't get any more intensive than gardening with mushrooms. That's a next level amount of food by taking advantage of multiple layers of "food forest." If it can be done. I talk about the pros and cons of doing such a method. Whether you're growing them in the walkways, in the straw mulch, on logs edging the raised beds or in the actual soil itself.2020-10-0139 min

Fruit Talk!Fig Talk: Varieties I'm Loving & Culling | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi + Q&A -- EP: 79Welcome back for another livestream of Fruit Talk! Q&A at the end. Lets talk figs. https://www.figboss.com/post/name-this-fig-win-part-2 https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2020/09/si-nightlife-fig-fest-2020-returns-with-real-life-mingling-and-celeb-ficus-experts.html 2020-09-292h 19

Fruit Talk!Fig Talk: Varieties I'm Looking Forward to | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 78In this episode of Fruit Talk! I mention some interesting fig varieties that are being grown in Italy. Preserved in Paolo Belloni's collection and actually have made their way into the US. Most of which I am actually growing myself.2020-09-1735 min

Fruit Talk!How I'm Processing Food from the Garden | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 77During this portion of the season a lot of my time is spent on harvesting and therefore about half of my time is actually spent away from the garden/orchard and instead I'm in the kitchen. Processing, cooking, preserving, pickling, reducing. You name it. This is the episode about using my homegrown food in the kitchen.2020-09-1040 min

Fruit Talk!My Journey to Eat Amazing Melons | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 76After visiting Japan years a couple years ago and experiencing the best melon of my lifetime, I was instantly hooked. This year I am enjoying some from my own garden. See where I'm at in this journey to bring a piece of Japan back to Philadelphia.2020-08-2729 min

Fruit Talk!Downsizing the Fig Collection Pt. 2 | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 75A bit of clarification on my perspective about the varieties I grow I thought was needed after last week's comments. Plus semi-final insight into the varieties I believe to be superior.2020-08-2034 min

Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingA Passion for Growing Food in PhiladelphiaAre you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot! ***We chat with Millennial gardener Ross Raddi in Phil...2020-08-1327 min

Fruit Talk!Downsizing the Fig Collection | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 74With the recent rain and hurricane that came through the Philadelphia area along with it came a wake up call. A wake up call to all fig collectors. This cannot continue.2020-08-1332 min

Fruit Talk!Summer Garden Plans for 2021 | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 73In this episode of fruit talk! I talk about my plans for my 2021 summer garden. What I'll grow, what I liked from my 2020 garden and how I'll accomplish this.2020-08-061h 04

Fruit Talk!15 Steps to Success: Fig Checklist | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 72A checklist for all fig growers to ensure a successful harvest and happy trees. Make sure there is adequate light penetration into the canopy of your tree. Bend limbs and prune accordingly to open the canopy. Thin new shoots at bud break. Train figs as a tree form or as a cordon when possible. A bush should have no more than 3-6 trunks from the base. Trees with no more than 3-6 scaffolds. Have a well draining & consistently moist soil. Not wet. Not dry. Consistently slightly drier than moist for optimum fruit quality. Applications of 10...2020-07-3028 min

Fruit Talk!Creating a Garden & My Summer/Fall Garden | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 71Creating a garden is simple. Maybe daunting at first, but having the right soil, having the garden in the right location & the timing of planting your crops are the 3 main things you need to worry about. See how to create a garden in this episode as well as how my summer and fall gardens are doing.2020-07-2334 min

Fruit Talk!Ripening Chart: Fruit ALL Year | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 70There's a new post on the blog. It's a ripening chart of when fruit will ripen here in the Philadelphia area. I'm using it to fill any potential gaps in fruit production as I feel so much better when 50% or more of my diet is fruit. It's also really good, haha. So this will greatly help my ambition of having fruit all year. Not just during the growing season.2020-07-1632 min

Fruit Talk!Planning the Fall Garden - What I'm Growing | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 69In this episode of Fruit Talk! I share my plans of a fall/winter garden. It's something you must plant for now to get harvests later. While it can be difficult getting cool loving crops through the heat of the summer, I've been planning or have been planting things like: brassicas, arugula, chard, radish, carrot, beets, the list goes on!2020-07-0954 min

Fruit Talk!Luxury Fruit Trees I'm Planting in the Fall | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 68In this episode of Fruit Talk! I explain what the hungry gap is, but not necessarily the hungry gap that most growers face after storage crops run low, but instead my hungry gap in July. I'm also mentioning the fruit trees that I'm looking forward the most to tasting one day and why we're planning on planting those this spring. Things like the Comice pear, Asian pears, Goumi, Persimmons and many types of European Plums like the Mirabelles & Gage plums that are always exciting to the taste.2020-07-0255 min

Fruit Talk!The Scoop on Honeyberries & Fall Garden Plans | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 67Honeyberries I've found to be just like blueberries. Visually, but also in terms of flavor and texture. They're getting a lot of attention and due to their slow maturing habit, they therefore have a lot misconceptions. I clear some up in this episode of Fruit Talk! Additionally, we talk about the importance of silica in the garden, my early plans of my fall garden and ways I've found to grow more food in a small space.2020-06-2546 min

Fruit Talk!Late Spring Fruits Ripening: Mulberry, Stone Fruits, Blueberry & Raspberry | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 66My late spring fruits are finally here! Usually starting in mid June through the beginning of the summer. These are the Plums, Apricots, Cherries (sweet & tart), gooseberries, blueberries, raspberries & mulberries. Each with their own character and amazing-ness. I talk all about them in this episode of Fruit Talk! Plus a little on plant hormones and how that relates to growing fig trees,and how training, staking and thinning can aid in this issue. Q&A at the end.2020-06-1857 min

Fruit Talk!Early Spring Fruits: Strawberries, Honeyberries, Goumi & Currants | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 65My early spring fruits are finally here! Usually starting in mid May through the first week of June. These are the honeyberries, strawberries, red currants & goumi. Each with their own character and amazing-ness. I talk all about them in this episode of Fruit Talk! Plus a little on plant hormones, girdling and hormonal imbalance in fig trees.2020-06-1155 min

Fruit Talk!Early June Garden & Orchard Happenings | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 64It's early June now in the garden and backyard orchard and things are as busy as ever. More than expected actually. In this episode of fruit talk I cover some pests we've been having, row covers, a new way of planting alliums, summer pruning fruit trees, rejuvenation pruning & harvests.2020-06-0449 min

Fruit Talk!Early Perennial Food Sources after a Winter Food Drought | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 63In this episode of Fruit Talk! I talk with you guys about some perennial food sources that anyone can grow that will give you a nice reliable source of food after a long winter food drought. With an ocean of mycellium, garlic for scapes, elephant garlic for leeks, sea kale for broccoli, perennial kale or collards, honeyberries, strawberries, cherries, apricots, currants, and mulberries there is so much to choose from.2020-05-2826 min

Fruit Talk!The Best Time to Start a Farm/Orchard is NOW | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 62There's never been a better time to start a farm or orchard than now. With COVID-19 and the current state of the world economy, we are at a financial low. Many farms, restaurants, even entire industries are going bankrupt. Now is the time to strike. After recession, depression, big events such as this. Buy low, sell high. Lets ride the way up. I will be and I encourage you too.2020-05-2128 min

Fruit Talk!My Favorite Garden Snack: The Sugar Snap Pea | Fruit Talk! w/ Ross Raddi -- EP: 61Peas are one of the most underrated vegetables that you can grow at home. Every spring I look forward to these more than anything else I grow. They're so sweet, juicy and crisp. Because there's different types. Peas you shell and freeze, pea pods and the underrated sugar snap pea. Far superior to store quality because you can pick them to perfection at home. Do yourself a favor and grow sugar snap peas. You'll never look back.2020-05-1329 min

Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingSpringtime Fig ShuffleAre you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot! ***Excerpt from the radio show, May 2019 Tune...2019-05-0210 min