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Bulb Season: Setting Up Your Garden for Colorful Spring Blooms

Episode 80

Fall may feel like the end of the gardening season, but for many spring-flowering plants, it's just the beginning.

In this episode of The Evergreen T…

5 hours ago

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Cover Crops: The Easy Way to Improve Your Soil

Episode 79

Cover crops can protect and improve garden soil during the time of year when our gardens are resting. In this episode, Erin talks with Twinflower Wil…

2 weeks ago

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Research-Based Gardening Advice: What Does It Mean?

Episode 78

Every gardener has encountered advice that promises amazing results, from family traditions passed down through generations to the latest trend makin…

1 month ago

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How to Clean Up Your Fall Garden to Support Overwintering Insects

Episode 77

In this episode of The Evergreen Thumb, Erin Hoover chats with Julie Banken, a Master Gardener with a background in entomology, about creating pollin…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Garden Mistakes and Lessons Learned Over Time

Episode 76

Every gardener has decisions they would make again…and a few they probably wouldn't.

In this episode, Erin Hoover reflects on the gardening choices t…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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How to Keep Gardening Fun and Safe As We Age

Episode 75

Gardening changes as we do. Tasks that once felt easy may take more planning, different tools, or a new approach. In this episode of The Evergreen Th…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Gardening When Water is Scarce with Lisa Taylor

Episode 74

In this episode, Lisa Taylor returns to share tips on saving water while gardening. Lisa focuses on how being intentional with water use improves soi…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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From Tubers to Blooms: A Practical Guide to Growing Dahlias

Episode 73

In this episode of The Evergreen Thumb, we talk with Master Gardener Ed Adams about growing dahlias in Western Washington, including what it takes to…

3 months ago

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The Hidden World of Insect Collections and Native Bees

Episode 72

In this episode of The Evergreen Thumb, we talk with Dr. Joel Gardner from the WSU M.T. James Entomological Collection about native bees, including D…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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How to Make Gardens More Accessible In Every Sense with Monica Meyer

Episode 71

Explore the development of a sensory garden designed to be accessible and therapeutic for neurodivergent individuals, veterans with PTSD, and others …

4 months ago

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