Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Friday, January 17, 2025

375 Cool Season Pea Planting. Tulip Tips.

We delve into cool season gardening with Master Gardener Gail Pothour and retired college horticultural professor Debbie Flower. We explore best practices for growing peas, focusing on varieties like ...

Friday, January 10, 2025

374 Success with Pepper Seeds and Seedlings. Fire-Wise Landscaping.

Tips for starting pepper seeds. How to care for pepper seedlings. With Debbie Flower. Protecting your yard and home from wildfire. With Kevin Marini, University of California Defensible Space advisor...

Friday, January 3, 2025

373 Greatest Garden Hits of 2024

We're kicking off the 2025 season with the garden interviews that were the Top 3 topics that drew the most interest from you, the listeners, in 2024. Debbie Flower and I have the tips to start your ...

Friday, December 27, 2024

372 Tomato Winners (and Losers) of 2024

In this episode, we reflect on the ups and downs of Northern California’s 2024 tomato gardening season, with Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis, California. We share insights on the successful...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

360 Avocado Growing Basics

Today, we are talking avocado cultivation with Greg Alder, he’s an avocado grower in Southern California, a San Diego County Master Gardener, and he’s the director of the California Avocado Society. ...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

359 Tree Surrounds, Cardboard Mulch Pros-Cons. Winter Tomatoes

They’re known as tree rings, or tree surrounds. Basically, it’s a demilitarized zone for your trees, where the trunk and roots are safe from weed whackers and lawn mowers as well as competing plants (...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

359 Tree Surrounds, Cardboard Mulch Pros-Cons. Winter Tomatoes

They’re known as tree rings, or tree surrounds. Basically, it’s a demilitarized zone for your trees, where the trunk and roots are safe from weed whackers and lawn mowers as well as competing plants (...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

358 Fall Garden Prep. The Catalina Cherry.

Have you done the necessary work to have a thriving fall vegetable garden? What about the soil? What have you done to give those new plants a great start? We talk with Sacramento County Master Garden...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

357 Plant Cool Season Vegetables Now. What is a Crisis Nursery?

The change in the September weather is your best opportunity for a new round of planting vegetables in your garden, the cool season crops: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, garlic, kale, onions, peas, p...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

358 Fall Garden Prep. The Catalina Cherry.

Have you done the necessary work to have a thriving fall vegetable garden? What about the soil? What have you done to give those new plants a great start? We talk with Sacramento County Master Garden...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

361 Defensible Space Landscaping Tips

We examine the wildland-urban interface and its growing wildfire risks for homeowners, particularly in fire-prone areas like California and other western states. We talk about the concept of hardening...

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

361 Defensible Space Landscaping Tips

We examine the wildland-urban interface and its growing wildfire risks for homeowners, particularly in fire-prone areas like California and other western states. We talk about the concept of hardening...

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