{"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":"Hot Flashes in the Garden! (actually, microclimates)","slug":"hot-flashes-in-the-garden-actually-microclimates","published_at":"2026-05-22T05:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201/hot-flashes-in-the-garden-actually-microclimates","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-garden-mixer-3555201","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegardenmixer/episodes/Hot-Flashes-in-the-Garden--actually--microclimates-e3jgfrm","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/5318eb94/podcast/play/120126774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-19%2Fdb96efb9-97b6-75da-9546-26283a020097.mp3","summary":"Before “microclimates” became a gardening buzzword, Leslie and Marianne were already having hot flashes in the garden. 🔥🌿 In this vintage One More Sip episode of The Garden Mixer, we talk about: • hot vs cool pockets in the garden • why some plants fry in summer and freeze in spring • raised beds, slopes, walls, and heat traps • tropicals, hostas, wisteria heartbreak, and elephant ears • Thomas Jefferson’s surprisingly clever vegetable garden design • and how understanding your own garden is the real gardening superpower Also included: 🍸 Marianne’s legendary goddess dress 🍸 Leslie comparing gardening to golf bunker shots 🍸 Hot Girl Summer Gardening™ 🍸 More botanical pronunciation adventures than anyone asked for This episode originally aired for paid One More Sip subscribers and is now being released publicly one year later. #gardening #gardenpodcast #microclimates #gardeningtips #plants #thegardenmixer #horticulture #gardendesign","meta_description":"Before “microclimates” became a gardening buzzword, Leslie and Marianne were already having hot flashes in the garden. 🔥🌿 In this vintage One More Sip epi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-garden-mixer-3555201/episodes/hot-flashes-in-the-garden-actually-microclimates/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/hot-flashes-in-the-garden-actually-microclimates.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}