Wednesday, December 25, 2024

366 Thwarting Ant Invasions. Fair-Winning Preserves.

Farmer Fred and Debbie Flower discusses ant management in raised beds. Master Food Preserver Wendy Rose talks about garden food preservation techniques and how to wow the judges at county and state fairs with your homemade preserves. Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) . Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004629) Pictured:  Ant Control Product in Fruit Tree Container Links: Subscribe to the free, Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter https://gardenbasics.substack.com (https://bit.ly/3tq9WY0) Smart Pots (https://bit.ly/3aKIrlN) https://smartpots.com/fred/ Dave Wilson Nursery (https://bit.ly/3H9V9Xe) https://www.davewilson.com/home-garden/ Flashback: Ep. 197 Compost Tea Explained (https://gardenbasics.net/episodes/197-compost-tea-explained-734) Debbie Flower’s Recipe for Ant Control (http://farmerfredrant.blogspot.com/2018/10/knock-knock-whos-there-ants.html) CA State Fair Canning Competition Guide (https://calexpostatefair.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/190279_2020-Canning-Baking-Guide-tagged-4_10_20.pdf) UC Master Food Preserver Program (https://mfp.ucanr.edu/) The National Center for Home Food Preservation (https://nchfp.uga.edu) (U of GA) All About Farmer Fred: The GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) website The Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Newsletter, Beyond the Basics (https://gardenbasics.substack.com/) https://gardenbasics.substack.com Farmer Fred website (https://bit.ly/3xLZ1KN) :  http://farmerfred.com The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog (https://bit.ly/3QoD10a) http://farmerfredrant.blogspot.com Facebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred"  (https://bit.ly/3Ov2B1N) Instagram: farmerfredhoffman (https://bit.ly/3QoDfEy) https://www.instagram.com/farmerfredhoffman/ Blue Sky: @farmerfred.bsky.social (https://bit.ly/3AIHU0W) Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube (https://gardenbasics.net/videos) As an Amazon Associate (https://amzn.to/36MhR9W) , I earn from qualifying purchases from possible links mentioned here. Got a garden question?  • Leave an audio question without making a phone call via Speakpipe (https://bit.ly/3HiE11E) , at https://www.speakpipe.com/gardenbasics • Call or text us the question: 916-292-8964.  • Fill out the contact box at GardenBasics.net (https://bit.ly/3tnEh9K) • E-mail: fred@farmerfred.com  Thank you for listening, subscribing and commenting on the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast (https://gardenbasics.net/) and the Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter (https://gardenbasics.substack.com) .