How to Grow Thriving Garlic in the Pacific Northwest
Excited to plant garlic? Join Erin Hoover as she walks listeners through how to plant and care for your garlic to grow a thriving crop.
A Podcast for Home Gardeners
Brought to you by the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program
and the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State
A Podcast for Home Gardeners
Brought to you by the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program
and the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State
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Clean Plant Center Northwest: Protecting Fruit Trees, Grapes, and Hops
Start Clean, Stay Clean: Director of the Clean Plant Center Northwest Dr. Sudarsana Poojari joins us to talk about how we prevent disease spread in our crops.
Bulb Season: Setting Up Your Garden for Colorful Spring Blooms
Are you ready for bulb season? Host Erin Hoover defines a geophyte and gives listeners a refresher on the differences between bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers, along with practical advice on planting spring blooming bulbs to set your garden up for success next spring.
Cover Crops: The Easy Way to Improve Your Soil
Guest Twinflower Wilkie joins Erin Hoover to discuss the benefits of cover crops and how to use them in your garden to improve soil health and biodiversity.
Research-Based Gardening Advice: What Does It Mean?
Dr. Bryce Battisti and Erin Hoover discuss what it means for gardening advice to be “research-based" and why it should matter to gardeners.
How to Clean Up Your Fall Garden to Support Overwintering Insects
Master Gardener and Xerces Society Ambassador Julie Banken joins us to chat about actions gardeners can take during fall garden cleanup to help overwintering insects thrive.
Garden Mistakes and Lessons Learned Over Time
Host Erin Hoover shares gardening mistakes and lessons she has learned in her garden, focusing on self-sowing plants, infrastructure improvements, and how plans that turn out unexpectedly might not always be a bad thing.
How to Keep Gardening Fun and Safe as We Age
Guest Sally Bagshaw joins Erin Hoover to discuss strategies to help gardeners keep gardening and thrive in the garden as they age. They talk about how to make gardening more manageable and how gardening can help build community and create opportunities for mentorship of younger generations.
Gardening When Water is Scarce
Learn water conservation strategies that focus on soil health and efficient watering techniques to help your gardens thrive in our changing climate, while saving water.
From Tubers to Blooms: A Practical Guide to Growing Dahlias
Unsure of where to start with growing dahlias? Guest Ed Adams joins Erin Hoover to discuss all things dahlias, from growing conditions they thrive in to how to deal with dahlia pests and diseases.