Recorded live at Brooklyn Botanic Garden during Plant-O-Rama: Lessons in Built Ecology by Rebecca McMackin.

This week on Hard Core, trek through orchards with us to deepen your knowledge of the impact that farming practices, tourism, policy, and collaboration can have on farms and cidermakers.

In this episode, we’re looking at the science behind cider making and apple growing. We start with a chemistry lesson on fermentation and assess how microscopic organisms affect cider’s taste.

Bushwick is home to what may be the world's only real estate brokerage where you can simultaneously rent an apartment and...buy smokable hemp?

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[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Plant-O-Rama-2018.mp3"][/audio] On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 we attended the 22nd annual Plant-O-Rama at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The event, put on by the Metro Hort Group and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an annual trade show, jobs fair & symposium for horticulture professionals. We recorded Dan Pearson's keynote lecture on "The Power of Sensitive Public Plantings."

On our season finale, host Carmen Devito visits Zone 1 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes Alaska, and also revisits Zone 13, which includes Puerto Rico.

This month on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito visit Zone 2 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes Fairbanks, Alaska, where our first guest Cyndie Warbelow is a gardener.

This month on We Dig Plants, hosts Alice Marcus Krieg and Carmen Devito visit Zone 3 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which includes parts of Alaska.