Yardwork: Gardening is Heavy Metal (Guest Episode)

The Forest Garden

Hey there podcast listeners, today we have a special treat for you - featuring voices other than our own! Tune in for a fantastic guest episode from the folks at Outside/In, a show from New Hampshire Public Radio. We chose to feature this guest episode because it poses a very important question for us (and probably for you too) "is the soil in my backyard safe to grow food in?". For those of us who garden in an urban context, this is a very important question! We also recommend checking out the other two episodes featured in the Yardwork series, we found each episode illuminating in very different ways. Find them at outsideinradio.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode Description from Outside/In: Every so often, when she’s digging in her backyard garden, amateur gardener Maureen McMurray encounters something she didn’t expect: a lump of coal. She’s planted vegetables in the same soil for a few years now. But as she prepared for an upcoming growing season, she wondered: is her homegrown produce poisoning her family? The answer is nicer than you might think. Featuring Maureen McMurray, Nate Bernitz, and Ganga Hettiarachchi. Reported by Justine Paradis. Full episode details, credits, and transcript available here. Links: http://outsideinradio.org/ https://www.instagram.com/outsideinradio/