{"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":"Deer Proof Your Garden: Where Deer Stop and Sanity Begins","slug":"deer-proof-your-garden-where-deer-stop-and-sanity-begins","published_at":"2025-12-05T05:29:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/deer-proof-your-garden-where-deer-stop-and-sanity-begins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/Deer-Proof-Your-Garden-Where-Deer-Stop-and-Sanity-Begins-e3br4lr","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/112087163/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-3%2F524fefcf-8aa7-d1a5-6172-1f942ddf1692.mp3","summary":"Deer Damage. Few things crush a gardener’s spirit faster than to stroll outside and see that Bambi has invited himself for dinner. Coincidentally, few things crush Marianne’s spirit more than referring to these four-legged agents of the Devil in cute terms such as ‘Bambi’. What’s on their perfectly curated menu? Pretty much all of your favorite garden plants. Sprays, granular applications, and motion sensors can keep those deer at bay, for a minute or two. But what about the ultimate solution? No, the other ultimate solution — a fence. Leslie’s been there, and loved it. But just how tall, how expensive and how ugly does it need to be to protect our plants? The answer may surprise you. Today, the girls discuss the pros, the cons, and the many considerations of deer fencing, deer spraying, and all the things in between, as Marianne prepares to have her garden world rocked by the installation of a Bambi-blocking fence. ___________________ 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":"Deer Damage. Few things crush a gardener’s spirit faster than to stroll outside and see that Bambi has invited himself for dinner. Coincidentally, few thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4233,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/deer-proof-your-garden-where-deer-stop-and-sanity-begins/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/deer-proof-your-garden-where-deer-stop-and-sanity-begins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}