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Sunday, August 29, 2021
Why are your container plants dying? The Farmer Fred Minute.
College horticulture professor Debbie Flower offers a clue as to why your potted outdoor plants are drooping, despite your best ...
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Improving Clay Soil. The Farmer Fred Minute
Our favorite college horticulture professor (retired), Debbie Flower, has an inexpensive way to improve your heavy clay soil.
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Straw Bale Gardening Basics: The Farmer Fred Minute.
Curious about growing vegetables in straw bales? Master Gardener Gail Pothour provides a few tips. Find out more, on Episode ...
Sunday, August 29, 2021
The Farmer Fred Minute
Quick garden tips from the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast.
Monday, December 21, 2020
Farmer Fred Says Goodbye to KFBK, KSTE
After 28 years producing and hosting Get Growing on KSTE, as well as 20 years hosting and producing the KFBK Garden Show, ...
Friday, April 19, 2013
Hardening Off Tomato Plants
Starting your tomato seeds indoors? If so, gradually acclimate them to the outdoors. Here's how.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Blundstone boots
Blundstone boots, from Australia, are my favorite shoe to wear while gardening. They last for years, comfortable to wear all day, ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Banana Shrub: A Show For The Nose
The banana shrub - so named for the fruity aroma of its flowers in the springtime - blooms in mid-spring. Botanical name: Magnolia ...
Friday, April 5, 2013
Moving Air = Stronger Tomatoes
Starting tomato and pepper plants from seed in a sunny window or greenhouse this spring? Add light, water, fertilizer ... and ...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Set Out Yellow Jacket Traps in Late Winter
As the weather warms in late winter and early spring in California, set out yellow jacket traps. The queen will be emerging from ...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Privacy Screen? Sweet Bay
Looking for an easy to grow evergreen shrub that can serve as a privacy screen? Consider the Lauris nobilis, the sweet bay.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Seedbed Watering
How to keep newly planted seeds evenly moist without disturbing the seeds. Use a mister, mister! This is the one I use: ...

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