# Flower Power Garden Hour 213: Farmer Fred Hoffman of Garden Basics

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Podcast: [Flower Power Garden Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/flower-power-garden-hour-330822)
Published: 2025-08-23T19:07:21+00:00
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## Resource

If you garden in a water conscious State like California, you may be able to recite a list of plants and practices to reduce water in your landscape. But often vegetable gardening gets left out of water-wise conversations. Our guest -- the one and only --Fred Hoffman, discusses ways to employ water saving techniques for your veggies without sacrificing taste. What is the crop that consumes the most water? What are the most water efficient watermelons? We dive into this and more. This episode is sponsored by BeWaterSmart . Farmer Fred can be found at: Podcast: Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Substack: Beyond The Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Website: farmerfred.com , gardenbasics.net Facebook: @Get Growing with Farmer Fred Instagram: @farmerfredhoffman Twitter: @farmerfred YouTube: @farmerfredhoffman Help support feral cat rescue/spay-neuter/finding good homes by contributing at Flower Power Garden Hour Patreon. To ask questions for future shows, submit them at: Facebook Instagram email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com Find Marlene over on YouTube , Instagram and Facebook

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