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How can an earthquake impact soil and soil quality? We checked in with Alice Marcus Kreig co-owner of Groundworks a garden design, installation and maintenance firm and co-host of We Dig Plants on HRN.

This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen & Alice are joined by Bruce Bailey, owner of Heavy Petal Nursery in Moses Lake, WA. Bruce explains what makes him a rock and roll gardener and how horticultural life is so unique in Moses Lake.

This week's focus on We Dig Plants is the indigo plant. Learn more about the plant (and color) and what an important role it's played in our horticultural history.

This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen talk West Coast plants after a journey Carmen made to Venice Beach and The Getty Museum.

This week, Jimmy and Ray are joined by Bierkraft's Ben Granger and HRN's own Carmen Devito & Alice Kreig (We Dig Plants). The topic: HOPS!

We Dig Plants is all about fertilizer this week: the good, the bad and the ugly. Carmen & Alice discuss the history of fertilizer and highlight the differences between organic and synthetic fertilizers.

This week on We Dig Plants Carmen and Alice explore the world of INVADERS: very small plants or animal species that can be very large headaches, and can be the cause of everything from a minor nuisance to a major catastrophe.

This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen spoke to Kerry Meyer, a former plant breeder and now project manager at Proven Winners, one of the biggest forces in plant marketing and naming.

This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen sit down with Lorraine Brooks of the Cornell University Cooperative Extension.