Note I used the word “shred,” because on my radio show and podcast, Mike and I talked about shredding, and how the right strategy along with the best shredding device can make all the difference in making mulch and compost from those brilliant leaves you’ve been piling up.
Read along as you listen to the Nov. 23, 2015 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on iTunes or Stitcher (and browse my archive of podcasts here).
my leaf-processing q&a with mike mcgrathQ. Congratulations, I should say first, on 17 years of “You Bet Your Garden.”A. Isn’t it amazing? People remember me still to this day from “Organic Gardening” magazine, and I was only the editor for seven years. I was at Rodale Press, which I joined as a health writer originally, for 17 years—so I am about to surpass all of that. It’s astounding; it’s a privilege.
Q. And it’s heard in dozens of states. I have to say: It feels funny to just hear your voice instead of hear you do your show intro your show-intro voice that I am conditioned to hear first….
A. Do you want me to say “cats and kittens”? [Laughter. Note: In vintage DJ-style, Mike sometimes refers to his audience as “cats and kittens.”]
Q. How’s your leaf season been there? It has been really
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