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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
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
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
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
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
369 Container Food Gardening Basics
If you are about to set foot into a garden for the first time in the coming new year, or looking to expand your gardening horizons, and you are wondering where to begin, a good tip is to start small…w...
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 fa...
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
369 Container Food Gardening Basics
If you are about to set foot into a garden for the first time in the coming new year, or looking to expand your gardening horizons, and you are wondering where to begin, a good tip is to start small…w...

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