{"podcast":{"title":"The Garden Mixer","slug":"the-garden-mixer-3555201","podcast_index_feed_id":3555201,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lhgardens.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/13841421/13841421-1734374769499-1a48ab81f05d3.jpg","author":"Leslie Harris and Marianne Willburn","episode_count":182,"summary":"The Garden Mixer is a bi-weekly gardening podcast hosted by Marianne Willburn, garden author and columnist, and Leslie Harris, host of Into the Garden with Leslie. Each episode blends practical gardening advice for beginners, thoughtful insight for experienced gardeners, and plenty of humor, as Marianne and Leslie mix opinions, strategies, listener questions, expert guests, and the occasional cocktail. If you’re looking for a gardening podcast that’s honest, informative, and genuinely fun — not preachy or perfect — this is your place. 🌱 Gardening shouldn’t be boring. 📺 Full video episode","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T14:23:10.159522+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201"},"episode":{"title":"#17 The Doug Oster Episode","slug":"17-the-doug-oster-episode","published_at":"2025-06-06T05:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/17-the-doug-oster-episode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/17-The-Doug-Oster-Episode-e33ipoj","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/103425235/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-30%2F724c58ea-d5ba-6003-dd66-538d92b4922f.mp3","summary":"This week the girls mix dry humor and deep honesty with Doug Oster, Emmy award-winning garden broadcaster & author from Pittsburgh. This, unbeknownst to Marianne, makes him a Yinzer — and that does not mean he enjoys a Yingling from time to time. For years, on television, radio, newspapers and social media, Doug has been an outspoken champion for organic gardening, and for the passion and personality of ordinary gardeners and the gardens they tend. They'll discuss the importance of independent garden centers in helping to cultivate that personal touch, and dip into the changing demographics of gardeners across the nation from the perspective of three gardeners who have WAY too much dirt under their fingernails. They’ll also touch on how garden media has changed, and which changes feel embraceable. (Hint: Leslie’s embracing everything.) Join them as they go deep and sometimes a little dark — because killing the deer that just wiped out your lilies is going to leave you in a Game of Thrones frame of mind. Deer. It’s what’s for dinner. At least at Marianne’s. _______________________________________ Be sure to hit the subscribe button so we can keep you smiling while you hit the mess [your garden] out there. ⁠⁠⁠The Garden Mixer |Podcast on Spotify⁠⁠⁠ Full Show Notes at ⁠⁠⁠The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack⁠⁠⁠ ________________________________ Socials – Pick Your Platform: Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@thegardenmixer⁠⁠⁠ Indulge us on TikTok ⁠⁠⁠@the.garden.mixer⁠⁠⁠ Spar with us on X ⁠⁠⁠@gardenmixerpod⁠⁠⁠ “French Bistro” theme by Adieu Adieu. License D0LZBINY30GGTBBW","meta_description":"This week the girls mix dry humor and deep honesty with Doug Oster, Emmy award-winning garden broadcaster & author from Pittsburgh. This, unbeknownst…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4228,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/17-the-doug-oster-episode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/17-the-doug-oster-episode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}