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Too Many Peppers? Try This Sweet Pepper Relish
Here in Northern California, sweet peppers continue to ripen on the plants in October, turning rich shades of red, purple, and yellow. The result? Pe…
3 years, 11 months ago
Reducing the Wildfire Threat to Your Home & Yard
In today’s “Beyond the Garden Basics” podcast, we talk with Douglas Kent, author of “Firescaping: Protecting Your Home with A Fire-Resistant Landscap…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Safe are Organic Garden Chemicals?
America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, discusses garden chemical safety, including: when organic controls can be h…
4 years ago
How to Grow Citrus Indoors
Growing Citrus Trees Indoors
Here in California, or if you live in Arizona or Texas or Florida, you get to grow citrus in your backyard, year round. F…
4 years ago
Fresh Corn Soup Recipe
Fresh Corn Soup (plus the cob)
Recipe by Andi MacDonald, Sacramento Co. Master Gardener and Professional Chef
Serves 4
During the dog days of summer, th…
4 years ago
Grow A Yardful of Phytonutrients
In today’s newsletter podcast, we continue our chat with Dr. Laura Varich, from FreshPhysician.com , a conversation that we began on Episode 228 of t…
4 years ago
Cation Exchange Capacity for Gardeners
Debbie Flower, America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, brought up the subject of “Cation Exchange Capacity” back in Episode 193 o…
4 years, 1 month ago
Plant Hormones
In today’s newsletter podcast, America’s Favorite Retired Horticultural Professor, Debbie Flower, explains plant hormones, and how they can help you …
4 years, 1 month ago
All About Imidacloprid
A question into the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast raised more questions for myself and Debbie Flower, America’s Favorite Retired College Hor…
4 years, 1 month ago
Kaboom! Sudden Tree Limb Failure
It happens without warning every summer. A tree branch from an oak, eucalyptus, elm, ash, or other large, old tree crashes to the ground on a warm, n…
4 years, 1 month ago