Outta The Park

The Growing Season April 10, 2021 - Celebrating Spring Pt. 4

So its spring and you want to reno your garden. Now what? LET'S TALK DESIGN. On part 4 of the Celebrating Spring series, The McFarland's chat about a subject near and dear to their heart - Landscape Design. Jack and Matt discuss their process, their likes and dislikes and dive into anecdotes from the drafting table and jobsite that highlight topics of interest from their discussion. Get your pencil out and start drawing! Looking to book a consult for your property with spring upon us? We'd love to help. CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast. CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show. CLICK HERE.

Devon Travis April 4 2021

We catch up with former Jay Devon Travis for an exclusive talk as Devon hits a huge crossroad in his career. There's an awful lot covered in this chat, including the announcement of his retirement from playing. We also talk about the new gig he's landed, as Devon prepares for life as a coach with the Braves organization! Its not all baseball either, as Devon lets us in on some pretty seismic personal news as well, in this 'can't miss' talk!

The Growing Season, April 3, 2021 - Celebrating Spring 3

Suckers, water sprouts, latent buds and many other terms you may not have heard of come into focus on The Growing Season's Celebrating Spring pt. 3. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland examine the ins and outs of early flowering spring shrubs including magnolia, forsythia and eastern red bud. How do you prune lilacs? Are they pruned in the spring? What to do. What about blueberries? The McFarland's discuss edibles and the shrubs that grow them. Need a visual? The visual accompaniment to The Growing Season is here to help. CLICK HERE. Looking to book a consult for your property with spring upon us? We'd love to help. CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast. CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show. CLICK HERE.

OTP - Dalton Pompey - Mar 28, 2021

This week, we catch up with former Blue Jay Dalton Pompey. Dalton's ride with the Blue Jays was a bumpy one, with some unfortunate injuries making the struggle even harder. We chat with Dalton, who offers us some extremely honest insights into how his early career took a toll on him and how he has worked hard to overcome the bumps that his MLB experience threw his way.

The Growing Season, March 27, 2021 - Celebrating Spring Pt. 2

And we continue to SPRING forward into the 2021 growing season (pardon the pun). Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland continue their celebration of the beginning of spring and tackle a myriad of topics that are sure to whet your gardening whistles. Pruning your fruit trees, flowering shrubs and large trees are included in this week's chat. The proper pruning tools and what to look for when you buy some are also touched on. Splitting perennials and much more all feature. Julia Dimakos, The Growing Season's resident veggie Jedi, joins the McFarlands to chat about what she is seeding at this time of year. The quartet have fun, as usual. Visit Julia Dimakos online: CLICK HERE. Need a visual? The visual accompaniment to The Growing Season is here to help. CLICK HERE. Looking to book a consult for your property with spring upon us? We'd love to help. CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast. CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show. CLICK HERE.

OTP - Jason Frasor - Mar. 21

We catch up with former Blue Jay Jason Frasor, for a deep, brutally honest and often hilarious chat about everything from MLB's worst umpires, to how he met his wife!

The Growing Season, March 20, 2021 - Celebrating Spring Pt. 1

IT'S FINALLY UPON US! Spring is here. For some of us we still have snow on the ground. But, the sunshine and smells of spring are just around the corner. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland dive into how to get your lawn prepped for spring and the many things you can do to reverse the damages of winter. Gypsum, fertilizing and worms are all topics of discussion. Jack invents new words to hilarious effect. Need a visual? We gotchu. CLICK HERE. Looking to book a consult for your property to get ahead of the Spring rush? We'd love to help. CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast. CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show. CLICK HERE.

OTP - Alex Anthopoulos - Mar 14

We sit down with one of baseball's brightest minds, in an interactive discussion with Alex Anthopoulos. He seems to bring success to every team he touches and we take a pretty deep dive into some of his biggest deals as well as some of his most controversial. Did Alex know he was on the way out of Toronto when he pulled off all those stunning deals in 2015? Alex tackles this in a blunt revelation that's bound to throw a curve into how many fans in Toronto thought that season played out!

The Growing Season, March 13, 2021 - St. Paddy's Day 2021

"May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future..." - Irish Prayer. The McFarlands celebrate St. Paddy's day with you on The Growing Season. Jack, Lynne and Matt dive into the ins and outs of the historical potato famine, what created the conditions to make it possible and how we can avoid it, from a horticultural perspective, going forward. It wouldn't be St. Paddy's day without a little chat about alcohol and its connections to horticulture. You'll learn a lot along the way and smile doing so. Happy St. Paddy's Day! Slainté. Need a visual? We gotchu. CLICK HERE. Looking to book a consult for your property to get ahead of the Spring rush? We'd love to help. CLICK HERE. What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast. CLICK HERE. Watch "The Land Line," our LIVE streaming show. CLICK HERE.

OTP - Frank Catalanotto - Mar 7, 2021

This week we catch up with former Jay Frank Catalanotto, about everything from the changing nature of play in the MLB, to his days playing with Toronto and even what pizzeria in Toronto he felt was good enough to serve to his fellow team Italy players during the World Baseball Classic in 2009!