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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
371 America's Top 10 Vegetables to Grow (and Enjoy!)
In today’s episode, we explore America’s top 10 homegrown vegetables. We are guided by Master Gardener and vegetable expert Gail Pothour. From tomatoes—America’s favorite, with 86% of gardeners growin...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
371 America's Top 10 Vegetables to Grow (and Enjoy!)
In today’s episode, we explore America’s top 10 homegrown vegetables. We are guided by Master Gardener and vegetable expert Gail Pothour. From tomatoes—America’s favorite, with 86% of gardeners growin...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
371 America's Top 10 Vegetables to Grow (and Enjoy!)
In today’s episode, we explore America’s top 10 homegrown vegetables. We are guided by Master Gardener and vegetable expert Gail Pothour. From tomatoes—America’s favorite, with 86% of gardeners growin...
Sunday, April 9, 2023
Tomato Watering and Fertilizing Tips
From Episode 259 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, "The 2023 Tomato Preview Show". Nursery Owner Don Shor and myself talk about which tomato varieties are the best performers, as well as ...
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Garden Basics Podcast: To Repot or Not?
Thinking of repotting an indoor or outdoor plant? We offer ways to tell that it's time for a change! It may sound brutal, but it's successful. More at GardenBasics.net Thanks for listening (or reading...
Monday, November 14, 2022
Tips for Controlling Leaf Footed Bugs
In Episode 239 of the Garden Basics podcast, we tackle a question from listener June in the Delta about the leaf footed bugs that have been attacking her fruits and vegetables. But be careful tackling...
Friday, January 21, 2022
Roses Don't Have Thorns (Really!)
When is a "thorn" not a thorn? When it's a spine or a prickle. What's the difference? Retired college horticultural professor Debbie Flower explains (in 7 minutes). Originally aired in Episode 29 of t...
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Quick Pepper Seed Germination Tips
More details about germinating pepper seeds in the "Beyond the Garden Basics" newsletter, on Substack. Plus in that issue: a list of cold tolerant succulents; and, links to great plants for a school g...
Friday, January 7, 2022
Harvest Tomatoes Before a Triple Digit Heatwave
The Garden Basics newsletter now has its own podcast. On the latest, Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis, CA has a nifty trick for saving your tomatoes from heat-related issues such as sunburn o...
Friday, December 24, 2021
Backtiming Tomato Production
Does the arrival of colder fall weather doom those tomatoes that haven't ripened yet? Retired college horticulture professor Debbie Flower explains how to backtime your tomato production to insure tha...
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Bermudagrass is Forever. (But it Can Be Controlled)
On Episode 155 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, our favorite retired college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, explains why Bermudagrass is Forever (but she has tips for controlling...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
How To Get Rid of Liquidambar (Sweet Gum) Seed Balls
Although the tree has beautiful fall color, the Liquidambar (aka Sweet Gum) tree has a lot going against it, including surface roots that can crack driveways, sidewalks and patios; branches that break...

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