Grow Like Wild!

BLUE MOON PODCAST

The Blue Moon edition of Grow Like Wild is out in the world! This month explores everything amazing about Tulip Trees, explains why biodiversity will lead to less tick diseases, and provides you with far more information than you’ve ever thought you needed on how World Cup soccer pitches are grown. Get ready to impress your soccer friends. If you find yourself as enamored with Tulip Trees as I am, please come to this month’s Garden-side Chat on Monday Jun 22, at 6:00PM EST. We will cover all there is to cover on Liriodendron evolution, ecology, nectar imbibing, and use in the landscape. If you’d like to attend this and every virtual Garden-side Chat’s for AN ENTIRE YEAR, click below to become a paying supporter. xoxoxox, Rebecca Get full access to Grow Like Wild! at rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe [https://rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Flower Moon Podcast!

The podcast is super late this month! What can I say, I’ve been outside! I hope you’re there as well. I’ve been pulling Garlic Mustard for WEEKS - determined to clear it from the entire forest behind my house. I’m actually having great luck so far and do think I have an effective method. It boils down to this: take it seriously. And remember that seeds can live in the soil for 5 years, but only 4% of seedlings make it to reproductive age. If you’d like to learn more about how to get rid of this delicious and pernicious weed, consider attending this Thursday’s Garden-side Chat, a monthly, virtual lecture and discussion group for supporters of Grow Like Wild. It’s only $50 and you get to attend every Garden-side Chat for a year! As well as support the efforts that go into making this newsletter and podcast. What does weeding have to do with phalanx warfare? Find out this Thursday May 21st, at 6PM EST. See you there! Get full access to Grow Like Wild! at rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe [https://rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Pink Moon Podcast!

In this month's PINK MOON episode, we've got aquatic bumblebees, birds who love cigarettes, and the very best way to plant very small plants. Get full access to Grow Like Wild! at rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe [https://rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Blood Worm Moon Podcast!

Hello gardeners! At long last, please find the recording of the latest Grow Like Wild podcast episode - the BLOOD WORM MOON! (cue scary music). These “podcast announcement” emails are never super thrilling, so I thought I’d spice things up by including a fun friend each month for you to be on the look out for. Above is the Half Wing Moth, Phigalia titea. While they aren’t especially glamorous, they are usually the first moths of spring in the northeast. This guy is a male and I know that because females only have tiny wings (half, if you will) and do not fly. They both overwinter as pupae in the leaves under their host trees (birch, maple, oaks and others) so leave those leaves! Adults emerge in the first warm days of spring and have only one thing on their minds. They don’t eat, they just mate. Females lay eggs on the bark of their host trees and, when they hatch, their inchworm babies inch up the tree to eat newly emerging leaves. They can only eat those tender, new leaves. If you feed them old leaves, they’ll starve. So keep an eye out for the halfwing moth! They aren’t beautiful pollinators but they make great bird food and let us know that spring is on the way. Get full access to Grow Like Wild! at rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe [https://rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Snow Moon Podcast!

Happy Waning Crescent Snow Moon. This month’s podcast was long in the making, but out in the wild white yonder at last. Snow is everywhere. It’s biting cold. We should all be in bed with a book (or a podcast!). But the days are getting longer and the light is coming back. xoxo, Rebecca Get full access to Grow Like Wild! at rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe [https://rebeccamcmackin.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]