Edie Tanem is live on the air this morning with Bob Tanem In The Garden; the Bay Areas' premiere live radio talk show about gardening.  We had open phones for gardeners of all stripes this morning and the lines loaded up!

The program has been lightly edited to remove musical content in order to satisfy podcasting license restrictions.

Edie Tanem is live on the air this morning with Bob Tanem In The Garden; the Bay Areas' premiere live radio talk show about gardening.  We had open phones for gardeners of all stripes this morning and the lines loaded up!
The program has been lightly edited to remove musical content in order to satisfy podcasting license restrictions.

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Bob Tanem In The Garden, January 21 2024, 9:00 am

Our first guest this morning was Suzanne Muller, a woman of many hats at the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt -- a non-profit all-volunteer run garden nurturing an amazing collection of miniaturized trees in the Japanese Bonsai tradition.   Top of mind is the Gardens' annual fundraiser event -- the Mammoth Auction and Sale is this coming Saturday and Sunday March 7 and 8.  

Our second guest was Bonsai enthusiast and podcaster Addison Galambos.  Addison is a board member at the Garden and a Bonsai "Builder" himself -- in fact he runs a podcast called the "Bonsai Builders Podcast" that is available at your favorite podcast site or on YouTube.  

The rest of todays' broadcast was discussion of current gardening stuff, and listener calls.  This podcast is a repackaging of our original radio broadcast on 810 KSFO; all music and most ads have been edited out.

Our first guest this morning was Suzanne Muller, a woman of many hats at the <a href="https://bonsailakemerritt.com">Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt</a> -- a non-profit all-volunteer run garden nurturing an amazing collection of miniaturized trees in the Japanese Bonsai tradition. &nbsp; Top of mind is the Gardens' annual fundraiser event -- the <a href="https://bonsailakemerritt.com/mammoth-auction-sale-fundraiser/">Mammoth Auction and Sale</a> is this coming Saturday and Sunday March 7 and 8. &nbsp;
Our second guest was Bonsai enthusiast and podcaster Addison Galambos. &nbsp;Addison is a board member at the Garden and a Bonsai "Builder" himself -- in fact he runs a podcast called the "<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonsai-builders-podcast/id1833396540">Bonsai Builders Podcast</a>" that is available at your favorite podcast site or on YouTube. &nbsp;
The rest of todays' broadcast was discussion of current gardening stuff, and listener calls. &nbsp;This podcast is a repackaging of our original radio broadcast on 810 KSFO; all music and most ads have been edited out.

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, March 1 2026, 9:00 am

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Good morning and happy February from all of us here at Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem...!  We are joined this morning by Jeff Harris of the San Francisco Orchid Society, here to talk up the 2026 Orchid Exposition he'll be presiding over at the SF County Fair building in Golden Gate Park, starting Thursday Feb. 26 and running through Sunday March 1.   Jeff reminded us of just how fabulous an event this is for anyone interested in orchids; whether seeing the best on display or actually buying plants at the marketplace they include at the event.  And as Jeff further pointed out, this is a terrific time of year to take a walk among some of the other park attractions that are right there, as well as the area's abundant walk-up restaurants.

In the second half of the show we took calls from our live audience; this podcast is a repeat of the actual broadcast at 9:00 local time in San Francisco on 810 KSFO; the musical interludes and the bulk of the adverts have been lifted out for your protection.

Good morning and happy February from all of us here at Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem...! &nbsp;We are joined this morning by Jeff Harris of the San Francisco Orchid Society, here to talk up the 2026 Orchid Exposition he'll be presiding over at the SF County Fair building in Golden Gate Park, starting Thursday Feb. 26 and running through Sunday March 1. &nbsp; Jeff reminded us of just how fabulous an event this is for anyone interested in orchids; whether seeing the best on display or actually buying plants at the marketplace they include at the event. &nbsp;And as Jeff further pointed out, this is a terrific time of year to take a walk among some of the other park attractions that are right there, as well as the area's abundant walk-up restaurants.
In the second half of the show we took calls from our live audience; this podcast is a repeat of the actual broadcast at 9:00 local time in San Francisco on 810 KSFO; the musical interludes and the bulk of the adverts have been lifted out for your protection.

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, February 1 2026, 9:00 am

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It's Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the podcast edition -- featuring this weeks' guest, show favorite Ed Laivo, known to the Interwebs as Ed Able of Ed Able Solutions -- which is the name of his YouTube channel of many years.  The subject? Fruit Trees!  Ed is an expert on this subject, and on citrus in particular.  Today Edie and Ed discussed among other things the trend toward summer pruning to keep trees lower; in addition to keeping the fruit where you can reach it, keeping your trees to 7 feet or below also enables putting a grow cover over them to disrupt pests at key times, and causes the trees to require less water -- without materially affecting production volume.   Ed works with a number of growers and nurseries in the California central valley, and recently re-wrote the "Back Yard Orchard Culture" feature on Dave Wilson Nursery's web site (the first time that article was updated in many years).  Ed makes a wonderful guest, and the hour flies by.

This podcast edition our show has been lightly edited to remove musical content and much of the advertising.  The show airs live in its' entirety on Sunday mornings at 9:00 on 810 KSFO, and streaming on KSFO.com

It's Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, the podcast edition -- featuring this weeks' guest, show favorite Ed Laivo, known to the Interwebs as Ed Able of<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EdAbleSolutions-qw9zb"> Ed Able Solutions</a> -- which is the name of his YouTube channel of many years. &nbsp;The subject? Fruit Trees! &nbsp;Ed is an expert on this subject, and on citrus in particular. &nbsp;Today Edie and Ed discussed among other things the trend toward summer pruning to keep trees lower; in addition to keeping the fruit where you can reach it, keeping your trees to 7 feet or below also enables putting a grow cover over them to disrupt pests at key times, and causes the trees to require less water -- without materially affecting production volume. &nbsp; Ed works with a number of growers and nurseries in the California central valley, and recently re-wrote the <a href="https://www.davewilson.com/home-garden/backyard-orchard-culture/">"Back Yard Orchard Culture" feature</a> on Dave Wilson Nursery's web site (the first time that article was updated in many years). &nbsp;Ed makes a wonderful guest, and the hour flies by.
This podcast edition our show has been lightly edited to remove musical content and much of the advertising. &nbsp;The show airs live in its' entirety on Sunday mornings at 9:00 on 810 KSFO, and streaming on KSFO.com

Bob Tanem In The Garden with Edie Tanem, January 25 2026, 9:00 am

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Bob Tanem In The Garden, January 21 2024, 9:00 am

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