Tuesday, April 19, 2022186 Are Fertilizers Overused? The Best Plant Photo ID Apps. Repotting Houseplants
Are fertilizers overused? That’s what America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, says. She also deciphers all that inf...
Friday, April 15, 2022185 What's Lasagna Gardening? Potato Planting. Fruit Trees vs Lawns
You’ve heard of No-Till gardening. How about No-Dig gardening? Or creating a Lasagna garden? Emily Murphy, author of the book, Grow Now, explains.In ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022184 Spring Houseplant Care
Spring isn’t just for outdoor garden tasks. Your houseplants need some springtime love, as well. We chat with the author of “Houseplant Warrior”, Raff...
Friday, April 8, 2022183 First Garden? A Checklist
We pay a visit in today’s episode to the lush yards of a couple of notable gardeners. We chat with America’s favorite retired college horticulture pro...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022182 Growing Raspberries, Boysenberries, Blackberries
Get your day off to a healthy start by adding fresh-picked berries - blackberries, raspberries, blueberries - to your breakfast. Here in California, ...
Friday, April 1, 2022181 Pesticide Safety Tips. Garden Time Savers.
There are two very contemplative aisles that gardeners can encounter at big box stores or a well-stocked Garden Center…and that’s the drip irrigation ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022180 Bats (They're Good). When to "Set Out" Plants?
It’s "bat day" here on the Garden Basics podcast. By the way, we’re talking about the flying mammal, not the Louisville Slugger. Bats! They...
Friday, March 25, 2022179 The Poop Loop: How Mother Nature Feeds Your Garden
The Poop Loop. No, we’re not talking about the reference in SpongeBob Squarepants (but we will have a link to that in the show notes). We’re not refer...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022178 What's Your NQ*? (*Nature Quotient). Dealing with Leaf Spots.
How in tune with nature are you? Probably more than you think, if you’re a gardener. We talk with Emily Murphy, author of the new garden book, Grow No...
Friday, March 18, 2022177. Best Tomatoes for Containers. The Call Garden.
If you have a small yard, or crummy soil or even just a sunny patio, you can grow tomatoes…in containers! If you have an area around the outside of yo...
