Nuisance wildlife — from deer and rabbits to raccoons, moles and voles — pose major headaches for gardeners. In this week's encore presentation, I am revisiting my conversation with wildlife damage management specialist Marne Titchenell on effective solutions for deterring wildlife.

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A continuous vegetable garden is about more than succession planting for a longer growing season and a greater harvest. As my returning guest Charlie Nardozzi explains, when a gardener applies certain techniques, a vegetable garden can resow itself continuously for a truly perpetual food garden.

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In many parts of the United States, ticks and tick-borne diseases are a growing concern for gardeners and others who enjoy spending time outdoors. To explain what's important to understand about these blood-sucking arachnids and the threat they pose, tick expert Dr. Thomas Mather (a.k.a "The TickGuy") joins me on the podcast this week.

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When forests are treated purely as commodities, with no regard for preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, we all suffer for it, humans and wildlife alike. But my returning guest, forestry scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard, explains that a conservation-minded approach to logging can protect forests while still satisfying economic interests.

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Rosemary Gladstar is one of the most influential voices in modern herbalism, having educated generations of herbal enthusiasts through her teaching, books and lectures around the world. This week, she joins me to explore the rich history and benefits of herbalism.

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Our gardens are more than just places to grow plants — they are home habitats, where gardeners can provide a refuge for struggling wildlife to thrive. To explain how we can care for wildlife in our own yards, National Wildlife Federation naturalist David Mizejewski returns to the podcast this week.

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Gardeners often have a love-hate relationship with insects — loving the bees and ladybugs and hating the aphids and flea beetles, for example — but all insects have value, even if it isn't always apparent to us. To discuss how insect allies are important partners in gardens and elsewhere, joining me this week is entomologist and artist Barrett Klein.

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Craig LeHoullier is the gardener who gave the beloved Cherokee Purple tomato its name and the author of "Epic Tomatoes" and "Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales." He's also my fellow instructor in the Online Gardening Academy™ Growing Epic Tomatoes course and a great friend. He joins me this week for a catch-up on his latest gardening and seed breeding projects.

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