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Nativegate: The Native Plant Debacle

The episode that could likely be our demise with rabid native plant lovers. Also, Jean Ann announces her new boyfriend, P Allen Smith and Amanda talks about eating babies. Andrew Keys of Garden Smackdown and Plants That Suck guest stars.

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Good Enough Gardening: As Threatened, I Mean Promised.... The Resentment Podcast

Or, the Resent-O-Cast... It's a little snappier. JeanAnn has a list of resentments, and also the swine flu. Amanda just alienates everybody.

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Good Enough Gardening: Something Wickedly Awesome This Way Comes

Seed catalogs, salt/hate, our new sitcom and soapboxes.

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Jean Ann and Amanda Elf Yourself

Our Good Enough Gardening Holiday Gift to You!

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Compost This!: The Podpost

All you need to know about composting including what to do if you live in a small place, how much fun bokashi is to say, and a game of "To Toast Or To Compost?" that never really gets off the ground...

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Genetically Modified Seed Maker Monsanto Under Fire for Monopoly on Corn and Soy | TakePart Social Action Network: Controversial Issues, Activism, Environmental, Human Rights, Political News

Ready seeds. Currently, 93 percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the United States are Roundup Ready; they have been altered genetically, and that alteration is patented by Monsanto.

via www.takepart.com

This is really scary...we should all have great concern over the fact that GMO food is a monopoly.

Free Garden Gifts at the Good Enough Gardening Store!

Hey kids, we have a special promotion at the brand spanking new Good Enough Gardening Store. It's $25 worth of FREE stuff! Yep, just go to the store and pick out $25 worth of garden goodness and it will be delivered to your door.

And, it is a great excuse to buy extra stuff because you can convince yourself that since the first $25 was free, you get to spend more! Or maybe that's just how I shop... Anyway, The OpenSky folks who host our store are limiting the free-ness, so get over there today before it is too late. 

You will need our coupon code and here are some additional details:

Coupon code is: goodeg2509

-          Good for any OpenSky item
-          No minimum purchase
-          Free shipping
-          Limit one per customer

-          Starts: Monday, November 30, 2009

**Good grief! All of the coupons are already gone! That's insane! We will have other specials, too...so keep your eyes peeled...

Good Enough Gardening Podcast: What We Are Thankful For... And Our Upcoming Resentment

Jean Ann and Amanda talk about what they are thankful for this Thanksgiving day... and what they plan on resenting later on.  Topic include: Carmex, annuals that rock, Adam Lambert, plant sales, Sweden and coffee.

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This Stew's For You!

Warning: Contents may be meatier than they appear. Guest star Bridget Pilloud gets intense about stew- recipes, methods, techniques, tricks, shortcuts and Talking Italian.

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Good Enough Gardening Store

Hey Kids...you may remember that Amanda and I have been collaborating with the cool peeps over at OpenSky to build our very own GEG OpenSky store. It is a store that reflects our preferences (some would say weirdness) in garden stuff. We are just starting up, and will be adding new products as we go along.

One of the great things about it is that we will write reviews of our products and tell you the ways in which we use them...ok,most of the ways, some may be inappropriate for public consumption. Anyway, once you get the product home...let us know if you have any questions about it. All you have to do is go to our Facebook Fan Page and leave us a comment. It's sort of like having your own personal garden consultants...if they were sarcastic, rambling, drinking consultants.

So to get us started, I am going to post a couple of links to my all time fave rakes. The Garden Shark and the GroundHog. Now, I wrote a review about these last year on Gardener to Farmer....and I loved them so much that I had to add them to our store. Here's an excerpt from that post:

"In our spring clean up, we decided to test two rakes sent to me by Radius. The green one is the Garden Shark and the orange is the Groundhog. 

The Garden Shark rake is for spreading mulch and de-thatching lawns and the Groundhog rake is for leaves, branches, and other garden debris.

So here's the scoop on these two lovelies. Let me start by saying I have always hated traditional rakes...I have to stoop over and work too hard to get a minimal amount accomplished. These rakes have an extra long handle and are ergonomically designed to work for you, not the other way 'round. Both of us agreed that these two rakes are by far our favorites.

I am big on finding tools for the garden that are more friendly to my body. Conserving energy and effort means I can stay in the garden longer...which is exactly what we did. We worked ourselves tired (four hours later) but felt completely satisfied...and much like expectant mothers, we have gone outside every day since to check on our babies...no sprouting yet."