130. Garden Magic, Animal Friends, and Back to School w/ Deserae Lindsley

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What's up, Plant People?? Ya'll, I'm so excited about today's episode, because I got to chat with me good friend Deserae Lindsley, of GardeningWithDez fame. She's such a bright hopeful spot in a dark world and you're going to love thi. Whether we were chatting about the need for better nature education or garden spiders, I promise Dez's enthusiasm for life and the world her is absoslutely infectious. Check out this convesation for lots of yapping about:


• Dez’s origin story in her grandparents’ garden and the tomato memories that stick 
• A winding career path from cosmetology to horticulture content creation 
• Posting gardening online during the pandemic and growing a community fast 
• Becoming a Texas Master Gardener and enrolling in an online horticulture degree 
• Plant physiology lessons that add nuance to everyday gardening decisions 
• Fighting plant blindness by teaching people to notice what plants do for us 
• Building relationships with “garden critters” like spiders, lizards, frogs, and butterflies 
• Why naming a bug can reduce fear and increase curiosity 
• Insect education, host plants, and choosing learning over pesticides 
• What to grow, especially in hot dry climates, and why “grow what you’ll use” matters 
• Composting choices, mulching strategies, and dense planting for soil health and moisture 

You can find Dez as @GardeningWithDez basically anywhere you like to consume content online!

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Planthropology is written, hosted, and produced by Vikram Baliga. Our theme song is "If You Want to Love Me, Babe, by the talented and award-winning composer, Nick Scout. Midroll tunes are by Rooey.