Podcast Episodes

If You Can’t Dig Down, Grow Up! Raised Bed & Container Planting Tips

In today’s “Beyond the Garden Basics” newsletter/podcast, we revisit a chat we had three years ago with Linda Chalker-Scott, Washington State Univers…

2 years, 11 months ago

How Honeybees Say, "Come and Get It!"

One in every three bites of food you take comes courtesy of a bee. Without their pollination efforts, our diet and our gardens would be, to say the l…

2 years, 11 months ago

Pepper Seeds Slow to Germinate? Some Speedy Tips.

In today’s Newsletter podcast, we revisit some advice given to us by America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, on how…

2 years, 11 months ago

The Scoop on Worm Poop

In today’s newsletter podcast, we delve into the world of earthworms and red wrigglers with garden writer Amy Stewart, who authored the 2005 book, “T…

3 years ago

Vegan Split Pea Soup

Here is Andi MacDonald’s “More Than Basic Split Pea Soup” vegan recipe. It serves 6-8 people. She explains its origins:

“My Aunt Carol lived on the Ce…

3 years ago

Freeze Damaged Plants? Embrace the Ugly.

Newsletter podcast excerpted from Episode 253 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast. Recorded live, at the Elk Grove, CA Garden Club.

Please n…

3 years ago

Winter is Rose Pruning Time

Rose Pruning Time is Here

    Mid to late winter is rose pruning time, wherever you can grow roses. Here in California and in other USDA Zone 9 areas,…

3 years, 1 month ago

Drain That Rain!

“Where does the water go?”

That’s a question I frequently ask myself while bicycling throughout the region, staring at rain-soaked suburban yards. Th…

3 years, 1 month ago

Bypass or Anvil Pruners? We Ask the Experts.

In today’s newsletter podcast (above): America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, discusses the pros and cons of bypas…

3 years, 2 months ago

Ant Control

The recent bout of colder, wetter weather means ants have begun their march towards the warmth and comfort of your house, greenhouse or outbuildings.…

3 years, 2 months ago