The Good Garden, with Chris Mclaughlin
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 2023-04-12

Chris McLaughlin is my guest on Episode 175 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.

Master Gardener and Modern Homesteader Chris McLaughlin has been gardening and studying plants for over fourty years. She’s the author of nine books. Her latest book is The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food—All in Your Own Backyard. McLaughlin’s book promising to give you all the tricks and tips you need to grow the sustainable garden of your dreams.

The Good Garden is about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it’s also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?

Full of tricks and tips you need to grow the sustainable garden of your dreams. Drawing from established traditions, such as permaculture and French intensive gardening, and Chris’s hard-earned experience, For newbies and experienced gardeners alike. It will teach you the fundamentals, including how to choose the right plant varieties for your microclimate, and proven methods to fight pests without chemicals. You will also discover the nuances of developing a green thumb, from picking species to attract specific types of pollinators to composting techniques based on time available. Lovely four-color photography will show you good gardening in action.

Most importantly, The Good Garden will help you foster a sense of meaning in your garden. Maybe the goal is to reduce food miles and plastic waste by growing delicious berries. Maybe it’s to meet neighbors who also care about the planet through a seed-swap.  Maybe it’s a quiet moment patting the bunny whose manure will replace toxic fertilizers in the soil. A good garden offers endless possibilities and The Good Garden offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration.
Chris is the associate editor for From Scratch Magazine and a staff contributor to VegetableGardener.com. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Urban Farm Magazine, Hobby Farm Home Magazine, The Herb Companion, The Heirloom Gardener, and Fine Gardening Magazine.

The Good Garden How to Nuture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food — All in Your Own Backyard.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables, Hobby Farms: Small-Space Rabbit Keeping, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening, Vertical Vegetable Gardening, Raising Animals for Fiber, A Garden To Dye For, and Growing Heirloom Flowers.

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00:00 - The Good Garden
01:26 - Introduction Inside Ideas guest Chris McLaughlin on Episode175 with Marc Buckley
07:00 - Empowering through gardening
10:14 - Suburbia gardening 
11:45 - What makes a good garden? 
17:33 - Plant zone map and microclimate 
22:15 - SEKEM biodynamic farming in Egypt 
25:43 - Recommendation for garden beginners
33:20 - Pest and weed control tips in the book 
36:16 - Don’t plant anything invasive 
40:00 - Turn suburbia with native plants
43:30 - John D.Liu Ecosystem restoration https://youtu.be/yBtyvPqfwUc
44:20 - Climate refugees - prevent and restore? 
48:48 - Ground covering and top soil 
53:18 - The good stuff is in the slow stuff
56:16 - Many tools and resources in the book 
57:40 - Wrote the book as a gateway and the importance of communication 
1:06:50 - What does a world that works for everyone looks like for you? 
1:08:30 - Creative living and lifestyle 
1:09:20 - ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation 
1:13:46 - Sustainable takeaway 
1:20:18 - What I wish I knew from the start