{"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":"#25 Autumn Blooms for Bees: Must Have Pollinators","slug":"25-autumn-blooms-for-bees-must-have-pollinators","published_at":"2025-09-05T06:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/25-autumn-blooms-for-bees-must-have-pollinators","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/25-Autumn-Blooms-for-Bees-Must-Have-Pollinators-e37a3bj","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/107334451/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-25%2Fb13d720b-7614-acdf-fbfb-dbf81444e5d1.mp3","summary":"Pumpkin spice may have snuck itself onto the shelves (and into Leslie’s cheesy introduction), but that doesn’t mean that the pollinating insects in your garden have stopped searching for pollen to store and nectar to sip. On today’s episode, Leslie and Marianne discuss some late blooming species you can grow to keep those pollinators healthy and gearing up for winter — and which will also make you smile as the garden moves from summer-sizzle to autumn-fizzle. Soil is warm, bugs are low, temps are cool, rains are coming, and nurseries are selling. Time to give that hard-working garden a few new picks to extend the bloom season until (and sometimes after) frost. Between them, the girls will give you nine terrific choices. But wait there’s more! A set of Ginsu knives, AND two further great plants for this time of year in Damn I Wish I’d Planted That. All this and competing tropical cocktails, Choppin’ Broccoli, and some serious cultural confusion over Matthew Perry resolved, on this week’s episode of The Garden Mixer. _______________________________ Be sure to hit the subscribe button so we can keep you smiling while you hit the mess [your garden] out there. 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":"Pumpkin spice may have snuck itself onto the shelves (and into Leslie’s cheesy introduction), but that doesn’t mean that the pollinating insects in your g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3211,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/25-autumn-blooms-for-bees-must-have-pollinators/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-3555201/25-autumn-blooms-for-bees-must-have-pollinators.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}