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Episode 167: Sidney Phelps of Bonnie Plants

Episode 167: Sidney Phelps of Bonnie Plants

FromThe Farm Report


Episode 167: Sidney Phelps of Bonnie Plants

FromThe Farm Report

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Spring is near and you know what that means - time to get that home garden into shape! Tune into a plant-based episode of The Farm Report as Erin Fairbanks is joined by Sidney Phelps, Directing Manager of Bonnie Plants. Bonnie Plants is a national plant wholesaler based in Alabama that supplies retail stores all over the United States. Bonnie Plants is a leading provider of plants for your vegetable garden or herb garden. Tune in and learn more about how Bonnie makes sure to source plants as locally as possible and makes sure that what you buy is meant to be grown where you live! Also get some great tips for starting your own home garden including where and how to plant the produce youre interested in. This program was sponsored by Rolling Press. Thanks to Obey City for todays music. We have more than 60 greenhouses in the lower 48. The consumer is getting the freshest most locally grown plants possible. Theyre adapted to the lifestyle of the gardens they will be grown in. [8:00] Right now herbs and peppers are really becoming more and more popular. We added a grapefruit mint this year that actually tastes like youre eating a grapefruit! [26:00] -- Sidney Phelps on The Farm Report
Released:
May 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors. Expect from-the-field insights paired with real-world context as guests explore how producing fresh, delicious food relates to environmental and community sustainability, equality and justice, politics and policy, and better health.