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Joe Gardener Says More Young People Should Garden
12.06.2023 - 01:12 / gardenerspath.com / Gretchen Heber
Why More Young People Should Get Into the Garden, with Joe GardenerJoe Lamp’l, the host of PBS’s “Growing a Greener World,” says he thinks interest in backyard gardening is growing rapidly across the country, especially as more and more people want to be in control of what they put in their mouths.
“A lot of it is starting around foodies and loving to cook,” Lamp’l said in a recent interview with Gardener’s Path. “You think about all the ingredients that go into what you eat — a lot of it comes from the garden, and people want to have more control over that part of the process.”
Lamp’l, also known as Joe Gardener, attributes the renewed interest he’s seen to a wide variety of new products on the market that make gardening easier and more accessible to more people, as well.
“The availability of the things that make gardening easier has improved so much,” he says. “The soils are easier to work with these days. You’ve got more variety. Just everything’s gotten easier.”
“So there’s no excuse not to try,” he says. “Everybody needs to try it and make some mistakes, because that’s how they’re learning.”
Many of the modern tools available at outlets such as Home Depot, including soaker hoses and sophisticated timers, make it simpler for gardeners to automate processes, according to the gregarious TV personality.
“You’re going to start with a great plant. You’re going to create the best growing environment possible with great soil.”
“You work with irrigation with automatic, battery-operated timers, so you don’t have to be there to water your plants. You use high quality hoses that let the water out gradually so you’re not flooding or drowning your plants,” he says.
“Now that doesn’t mean you walk away and forget about it,” he says. “But
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