Show Notes
Episode Notes
In this episode we learn about Jonathan’s secret life as an oil baron. Jeannette will leave the leaves, so everyone please just shut up about it. We find a new community garden character trope and ask big questions like: are you a Thanksgiving marshmallow family?
In our plant spotlight we talk about the original cranberry sauce and how the American colonists capitalized on indigenous knowledge and slavery to create their yummy cranberry desserts. We explain why cranberries need our vibrators and ask, “Did our favorite 90s HBO series cause the downfall of US wetlands?” Listen 'til the end for Jeannette’s famous cranberry sauce recipe!
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See you in February!
Jeannette’s sources for her cranberry dissertation:
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https://www.npr.org/2006/11/23/6529449/a-cranberry-story-from-the-home-of-the-pilgrims
https://westernfinancialgroup.ca/Cranberries-Grown-Harvested
The Larry Meiller Show from Wisconsin Public Radio 10/21/25
https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Cranberries.aspx
https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2017/11/14/native-fruit-cranberry-seasons/
https://foodprint.org/blog/cranberries-bogged-down-in-water-and-pollution/
https://horticulture.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2014/04/Cranberry-cold-hardiness1.pdf
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/cranberries
https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2009/agr/A118-10-6-2008E.pdf
https://plentifulearth.com/magickal-correspondences-of-cranberries/
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