The Garden Mixer: A Gardening Podcast · May 22, 2026 · 25 min

Hot Flashes in the Garden! (actually, microclimates)

Before “microclimates” became a gardening buzzword, Leslie and Marianne were already having hot flashes in the garden. 🔥🌿 In this vintage One More Sip episode of The Garden Mixer, we talk about: • hot vs cool pockets in the garden • why some plants fry in summer and freeze in spring • raised beds, slopes, walls, and heat traps • tropicals, hostas, wisteria heartbreak, and elephant ears • Thomas Jefferson’s surprisingly clever vegetable garden design • and how understanding your own garden is the real gardening superpower Also included: 🍸 Marianne’s legendary goddess dress 🍸 Leslie comparing gardening to golf bunker shots 🍸 Hot Girl Summer Gardening™ 🍸 More botanical pronunciation adventures than anyone asked for This episode originally aired for paid One More Sip subscribers and is now being released publicly one year later. #gardening #gardenpodcast #microclimates #gardeningtips #plants #thegardenmixer #horticulture #gardendesign