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Composting Kitchen Scraps, Both Indoors and in the Garden. Is That a Good Idea?
Composting, Indoors and Out
Today’s newsletter podcast deals with options for indoor food scrap composting equipment, specifically kitchen composters …
1 year, 11 months ago
Roly Polys, Sowbugs, Earwigs - Which One Is Guilty of Garden Destruction?
In today’s newsletter podcast, our America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, talks about earwigs, a garden scavenger …
1 year, 11 months ago
Thin Crowded Fruit Now, For a Lot of Good Reasons
If you’re looking to harvest bigger pieces of fruit from your trees and vines this summer, now's the time to get out your hand pruners and thin off t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Meet the Garden Beneficials, Pt. 2 (and Barn Owls!)
The podcast included with this newsletter features an interview with Rachael Long, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Emerit…
1 year, 11 months ago
Meet the Garden Beneficials (and Bats, Too!)
The podcast included with this newsletter features an interview with Rachael Long, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Emerit…
2 years ago
2024 Tomato Preview
Our cohort in all things tomato, Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis, got into a lot of helpful information for tomato gardeners besides just t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Small Trees for Small Yards. Medium-Sized Trees for Suburban Lots. Avoid a Tree Disaster in a Storm.
Today’s newsletter podcast (recorded in January 2021) features an arborist discussing ways you can spot when your trees may be in danger of falling, …
2 years, 5 months ago
How to Stake a New Tree
Simple instructions from the Placer County (CA) Master Gardeners on proper tree staking:
Q: I just planted a new tree and want to know the best way to…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Benefits of Lingering in the Garden
In today’s newsletter podcast, Debbie Flower, America’s Favorite Retired College Horticultural Professor, extols the benefits of spending time in the…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Was Your Tomato Crop This Year?
In today’s newsletter podcast, nursery owner Don Shor and I share success and failure stories from our 2023 tomato gardens. We both agree that one of…
2 years, 6 months ago