We are approaching mid-May. Today's show can help get you in a gardening frame of mind.

Guest: Tim Walsh, nursery manager, MUN Botanical Garden

In a time of big defence spending and the re-tooling of the Canadian military we spend the hour talking about it what it means for this province.

Guest: Mark Norman, retired vice-admiral who commanded Canada’s Navy and was vice-chief of Defence.

It is the 5th time for The Signal to attend the Municipal Symposium in Gander. We take the show on the road each year because we get to meet municipal leaders from right across the province.

Today’s show is about the joys and challenges of motherhood with a guest panel full of moms just in time for Mother’s Day.

GUESTS - Opeyemi Jaunty-Aidamenbor, Mom of two and owner of St. John’s Kumon Math and Reading Centre;Terrilyn Pickett, mom of 3, and owner of Making Music Academy; Damilola Akingbola, Mom of 3; Ogaga Johnson, Mom of 2 and business owner; Tess Hartmann. postpartum doula.

It's the first gardening show of the season. Horticulturist Todd Boland joins us to talk tips and take questions from callers.

On this episode we are taking a look at education in Newfoundland and Labrador. More specifically we talk about the demand for teachers and the challenges of recruitment and retention. We also highlight a Memorial University program that is trying to help teachers stay rural towns.

GUESTS - Pamela Osmond-Johnson, dean and professor at Memorial University’s faculty of education; Dale Lambe, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association; Corey Samson and Theresa OKeefe , education students in the MUN’s rural cohort.

The provincial budget is out and people are taking in what it may mean for the year ahead. It focuses on affordability and spending promises made by Premier Tony Wakeham's Progressiv Conversatives, but also flags some big decifits in the years to come. Today on the show, we drill into what it may mean for you.

Today on the show we're talking to authors and publishers about Breakwater Books' spring launch, and what goes on behind the scenes to get these books from inspiration to the shelves.