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Winter Sowing of Native Plants with Dr Bieke Puncochar, PhD. Episode 129
August 28, 2026
Believe it or not, Now is the time to begin planning next years garden!
Our guest today is Dr Bieke D Puncochar, PhD. Bieke is a Child Psychologist by training and profession and in her life outside of work is deeply involved in the Native Gardening movement. She is one of the cofounders of the Nashville non profit “Neighbors 4 Native Plants”
In the effort to make a wide variety of plants available in abundance to Nashville gardeners at a low cost, she has learned how to propagate many species of plants from seed. She uses a technique called “Winter Sowing”. This technique takes advantage of the normal life cycle of plants, together with seasonal change, to bring new plants to life under controllable conditions.
Beike and Mark have a chat and share some tips about Winter Sowing.
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About Mark
Mark Thomas Fraley is a lawyer (now retired) in Nashville, Tennessee (USA). Prior to starting law practice in 1987, Mark was active in the field of Parks and Recreation. He was the first Parks and Recreation Director for the cities of Gatlinburg and Sevierville Tennessee. He was the founding program administrator for the Parks and Recreation Technical Advisory Service (PARTAS) and served as Assistant Commissioner of Conservation and Director or Parks and Recreation for the State of Tennessee. In 1987 Mark was designated a “Fellow” of the Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association.
Mark practiced law in Nashville Tennessee from 1987 until retirement in 2017. He had a general practice with an emphasis on Social Security Disability claims. He was a faculty member of the Nashville School of Law ( 1997-2009) teaching the course on Social Security Law.
Education
University of Cincinnati, 1974, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)
Nashville School of Law, 1983, Doctor of Jurisprudence
Licensure
License to Practice Law, Tennessee Supreme Court (1983) BPR# 10448
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (1987)
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, (1994)
Pictured with his wife Helen E. (Beth) Tanner.
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