Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Monday, April 6, 2026

How to Protect Your Fruit Trees When a Frost or Freeze is Forecast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com (https://gardenbasics.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) We are entering the shiverin...

Monday, April 6, 2026

Onions Can Bring Tears to Your Eyes...

Growing onions can be confusing and try your patience, as listening to the above podcast will demonstrate. As our resident vegetable expert, Master Gardener Gail Pothour, knows first hand, growing gre...

Monday, April 6, 2026

Onions Can Bring Tears to Your Eyes...

Growing onions can be confusing and try your patience, as listening to the above podcast will demonstrate. As our resident vegetable expert, Master Gardener Gail Pothour, knows first hand, growing gre...

Monday, April 6, 2026

Onions Can Bring Tears to Your Eyes...

Growing onions can be confusing and try your patience, as listening to the above podcast will demonstrate. As our resident vegetable expert, Master Gardener Gail Pothour, knows first hand, growing gre...

Monday, April 6, 2026

Onions Can Bring Tears to Your Eyes...

Growing onions can be confusing and try your patience, as listening to the above podcast will demonstrate. As our resident vegetable expert, Master Gardener Gail Pothour, knows first hand, growing gre...

Monday, April 6, 2026

Ants!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com (https://gardenbasics.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) When it gets hot, the ants star...

Monday, April 6, 2026

What is Backyard Orchard Culture?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com (https://gardenbasics.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7) What is Backyard Orchard Culture? ...

Friday, October 10, 2025

412-B Goodbye, Garden Basics Podcast.

(FredNote: AI had a hand in creating this written summary. I took out the stilted parts and made it sound better to the eye…if that makes sense.) In this final episode, I provide an update on the tr...

Friday, October 3, 2025

412 Plant Frost Protection Tips

Debbie Flower, America's Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, drops by to discuss essential strategies for protecting potted and in-ground plants when a frost or freeze is expected. Topics...

Friday, September 26, 2025

411 Soil Building Tips

Today, we delve into the Garden Basics archive for three segments about the importance of building your soil in the fall. We talk with America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture professor, Debbie...

Friday, September 19, 2025

410 Fall Gardening Tips. How to Water.

We share essential fall gardening tips for both the garden and the orchard. Also, Debbie Flower offers a primer on correct watering techniques. Previous episodes, show notes, links, product informa...

Friday, September 12, 2025

409 Bird-Friendly Gardening

Farmer Fred interviews garden writer Jen McGuinness, author of "Bird-Friendly Gardening," who highlights the urgent need for creating habitats for declining bird populations in North America. Jen shar...

Videos

We'd Love To Chat!

Listen

Follow

Contact Us

Thanks for contacting us! We will get in touch with you shortly.

Subscribe, don't miss the next episode!

You're on the list, good choice - thanks for subscribing!