Garden Basics with Farmer Fred
By Fred Hoffman
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Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for Northern California gardeners and farmers: The KFBK Garden Show, Get Growing with Farmer Fred, and the KSTE Farm Hour. Episode Website: https://gardenbasics.net
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390 Pepper Growing Basics
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May 02, 2025 |
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389 Digging Squirrels? Soil Irrigation Basics
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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388 Squash Growing Basics
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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387 Q&A: Reaction Wood and Seedlings. Controlling Scale. Plants and Mulch.
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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386 Grape Growing Basics (And More!)
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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385 The Repurposed, Sustainable, and Creative Garden
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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384 Ideas for a Successful First Garden!
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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383 The 2025 Tomato Preview Show!
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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382 Delayed Winter Pruning of Fruit Trees, and More!
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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381 Backyard Chickens vs. Bird Flu. Composting tips.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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380 Flower Seed Starting Basics
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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379 AAS Award-Winning Garden Plants for 2025
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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378 Battling Four-Legged Fruit Tree Pests
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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377 Tomato Seed Planting Tips. Rose Pruning Success.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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376 Heal-All Herb Growing. Hackberry Aphids. Leaf Mulching Winter Garden Beds.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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375 Cool Season Pea Planting. Tulip Tips.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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374 Success with Pepper Seeds and Seedlings. Fire-Wise Landscaping.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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373 Greatest Garden Hits of 2024
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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372 Tomato Winners (and Losers) of 2024
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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371 America's Top 10 Vegetables to Grow (and Enjoy!)
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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370 Grow Your Own Immunity Boosting Foods
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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369 Container Food Gardening Basics
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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368 Trees vs. Invasive Shot Hole Borers
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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367 Ten Secrets of Successful Gardeners
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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366 Thwarting Ant Invasions. Fair-Winning Preserves.
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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365 Fall is for Shade Tree Planting
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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364 10 Quick Tips for a Successful Garden
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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363 Weed Killers Just Got More Confusing
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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362 Fall Plants for Winter and Spring Color
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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361 Defensible Space Landscaping Tips
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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360 Avocado Growing Basics
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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359 Tree Surrounds, Cardboard Mulch Pros-Cons. Winter Tomatoes
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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358 Fall Garden Prep. The Catalina Cherry.
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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357 Plant Cool Season Vegetables Now. What is a Crisis Nursery?
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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356 Q&A - Controlling Fruit Tree Pests, Soil Solarization around trees, The Asian Garden Beetle
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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355 Rhubarb Growing Basics for Warm Climates
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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354 Lawn Substitutes
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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353 It's All About the Soil (for a Successful Garden!)
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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352 Mint Choices for Cooking. All About Zinnias.
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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351 Honey, I Shrunk the Fruit Trees!
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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350 New Home? First Garden Tips
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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349 Stressed? Your Garden Can Help.
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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348 The Tastiest Peaches and Plums. Improving Sandy Soil. Raised Bed Drainage Tips.
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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347 Travelers' Garden Basics Playlist. All About Berries. Slugs in Compost.
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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346 All About Soil Thermometers, pH Testing, Cardboard Mulch
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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345 The Heart Healthy Garden, Live!
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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344 Q&A - Tomato Seed Saving? Seeding Mulched Area?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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343 A Tour of Debbie Flower's Garden
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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342 Q&A Grow Carrots in Summer? Weed Cloth - Good or Bad?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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341 Fred's Garden Tour with Debbie
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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340 Q&A Cross-Pollination Concerns, Best Cities and States for Gardening
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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339 How To Water Clay Soil (and more clay gardening tips!)
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May 31, 2024 |
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338 Q&A Squash Flowers? Fertilizer Application? Tart Cherries?
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May 28, 2024 |
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337 How To Choose Nursery Plants. Tips for Starting a School Garden.
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May 24, 2024 |
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336 Q&A Kitchen Scraps in the Garden? When to Plant a Magnolia Tree?
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May 21, 2024 |
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335 Roof Rat Controls, Asparagus-Lemon Recipes
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May 17, 2024 |
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GB 334 Q&A Rhubarb for Hot Climates? Lights for Seedlings?
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May 14, 2024 |
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333 Controlling Snails & Slugs, Feed Your Soil, Grow Your Own Protein
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May 10, 2024 |
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332 Q&A Whiteflies? 1st Tomato? Planting Citrus?
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May 07, 2024 |
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331 Cucumber Starting and Training Tips
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May 03, 2024 |
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330 Q&A Bermudagrass Control? Black Plastic for the Garden?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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329 How to Water
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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328 Q&A Add Fertilizer to Compost Pile? Can Later Ripening Peach Trees Survive Peach Leaf Curl?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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327 The Heart Healthy Garden
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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326 Q&A Working with Coir vs Peat Moss, Reuse Old Potting Soil. Runaway Plum Tree!
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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325 Peach Leaf Curl Control Tips. All the Presidents' Gardens.
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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GB 324 Q&A - Nitrogen Sources. Soil for a Raised Bed.
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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323 Gold Medal Plant Winners. Thin Your Fruit Trees Now!
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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322 Q&A Transplant a Fruit Tree? How to Remove a Stuck Plant From a Nice Pot
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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321 Spring Rose Care Basics - Diseases and Insects
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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320 Q&A Citrus, Cats, Tomatoes
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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319 How to Plant and Care for a Shade Tree
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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318 Q&A Rosemary Propagation, Best Peach for Baking, Cover Crops, Blueberry Containers
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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317 The 2024 Tomato Preview Show!
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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316 Master Gardener Secrets - Peach Pruning to Growing Tomatillos
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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315 Choosing Backyard Chickens. What is HPAI Disease?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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314 Q&A Garden Time Savers
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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313 Heirlooms vs. Hybrids. Battling Aphids in Trees.
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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312 What is Fusarium Wilt? (And Why You Don't Want It!)
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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311 Tomato Seed Starting Tips
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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310 Q&A Homegrown Chicken Food?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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309 Pepper Seed Starting Tips. What is Coppicing?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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308 Q&A Lawn Drainage. Perennial Pruning.
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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307 First Garden? New Garden? We Have Tips.
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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306 Q&A Mason Bee Basics
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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305 All About Blueberries
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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304 Q&A Seed Starting Tips. Weed Control
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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303 AAS Plant Winners for 2024
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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302 Q&A: Good Garden Gifts
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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301 2024 Garden Trends
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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300 Choosing, Planting Bareroot Roses
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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299 Pt.2 2023's Greatest Garden Hits: The Top 5
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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298 The Greatest Garden Basics Hits of 2023, Pt. 1
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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297 Christmas Tree Care. Citrus Problems
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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296 New Plants for 2024
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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295 Growing Pawpaws and Native Persimmons
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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294 Apple Tree Rehab. Gravel Gardens.
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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293 Codling Moth Controls for Apples. Succulents vs. Winter
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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292 Controlling Nematodes - and Deer - In the Garden
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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291 Top 10 Habits of Successful Gardeners
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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290 More Greenhouse Basics
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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289 Garlic Basics. Persimmons. Fall Garden Cookbook.
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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288 Tomato Review 2023
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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287 Fall Berry Care. Debbie Explains Stuff.
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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286 Bulb Planting Basics. Young Fruit Tree Care.
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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285 Electroculture Gardening vs the Scientific Method
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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284 Ranking Garden Mulches. Fall Worm Bin Care.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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283 Master Gardener Fall Preparation Tips; Old Pesticides
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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282 The Cut & Come Again Food Garden
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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281 Cool Season Organic Garden Basics
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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280 Shade Cloth Basics. Fall Lawn Care.
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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279 Fall Gardening Basics
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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278 Hot Summer Garden Tips LIVE!
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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277 Summer Recipes - You Grew It, Now Eat It!
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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276 Container Rose Growing Basics
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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275 Spittlebugs, and More Yucky Questions
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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274 Can You Plant in Straight Compost? Clover Lawns
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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273 Spotted Lanternfly, Q&A
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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272 Q&A - Bugs!
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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271 Eleven Tips for Garden Success, Live!
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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270 Dragonfly Basics. Up-potting Tomatoes.
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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269 Growing Your Brain Food Garden: Boosting Cognitive Health with a Plant-Based Diet and Lifestyle
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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268 Ant Invasion Solutions and Winning Food Preservation Secrets
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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267 More Garden Tips, LIVE!
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May 26, 2023 |
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266 Cucumber Growing Basics
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May 19, 2023 |
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265 Soil Irrigation Basics
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May 12, 2023 |
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264 The Top Homegrown Vegetables Pt 2
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May 05, 2023 |
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263 The Top Homegrown Vegetables Pt. 1
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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262 Spring Potato Basics
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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261 Multi-Budded Fruit Tree Basics
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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260 Raising Chicks and Hens
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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259 The 2023 Tomato Preview Show!
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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258 10 More Garden Quick Tips
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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257. Questions? Answers!
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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256 Container Gardening Basics
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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255 To Repot or Not?
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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254 Plants That Are Shows for the Nose
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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253 Garden Tips to Save Time, Money, Water. Live!
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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252 Winter vs Summer Fruit Tree Pruning, Container Drainage, Cool Vegetables
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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251 Garden Basics 2022 Greatest Hits Pt. 4 Spring Garden Tips, Live!
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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250 Garden Basics 2022 Greatest Hits, Pt. 3. A First Garden Checklist
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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249 Garden Basics 2022 Greatest Hits, Part 2, Berries, Lasagna Gardens
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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248 Garden Basics Greatest Hits 2022 Pt. 1 Tomato Mania
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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247 Trees vs. Storms
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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246 Gardening Trends 2023 Pt. 2
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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245 Gardening Trends for 2023 Pt. 1
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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244 2023 Fruit Tree Planning
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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243 All America Selections 2023 Plant Winners
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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242 Biochar. Roof Rats.
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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241 House Strip Planting Ideas. Microgreens
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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240 All About Potatoes
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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239 Overwintering Pepper Plants. Roses for the Heat. Leaf Footed Bugs.
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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238 Teaming with Bacteria
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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237 Bagged Worm Castings - Two Views
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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236 Heat vs Fruit Trees. Deer Control.
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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235 Horse Manure as Fertilizer? Wildfire Landscaping Tips
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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234 Fall Cleanup. Grow Berries. Winter Mulch
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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233 Soil Questions. Winter Tomatoes? Yes!
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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232 Making Citrus Infused Beverages
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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231 Joe Lamp'l Vegetable Gardening
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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230 Establishing Low Water Use Plants. Cover Crops
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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229 Vegetables, Grapes vs. Heat; Black Widow Spiders
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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228 Healthy Gardening, Healthy Foods
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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227 Understanding Drip Irrigation
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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226 Quick Tips - The Greatest Hits
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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225 Cool Season Vegetable Tips
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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224 Mushrooms. Roses for the Heat. Soil Improving Tips.
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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223 Browning Tomato Leaves? Making Hypertufa Pots.
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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222 Insect Traps - The Good, The Bad, The Bugly
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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221 Whitefly Control. Bermudagrass Eradication Tips
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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220 Aphid Control Tips. Chickens vs. Heat
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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219 Summer Fruit Tree Pruning. Lemon Verbena. Tomato Troubles.
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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218 Smarter Irrigation Controllers
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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217 Jumping Worms Update. Donate Your Excess Garden Harvest
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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216 Drying Fruits and Vegetables
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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215 How to Stake a Tree
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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214 Your New Friend, the Soldier Fly. Worm Bins. Slow Compost Cure.
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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213 Controlling Earwigs. Summer Fruit Tree Pruning
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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212 Summer Berry Problems
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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211 Spider Mites! Fireblight!
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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210 Mid-Summer Tomato Planting Tips. Parsnips. Sleep, Creep, Leap!
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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209 New Plants Drooping? Do This.
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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208 Abiotic Disorders of Tomato Plants
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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207 Ticks. Heat. Nectarines. It Must Be Summer!
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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206 Worm Composting Basics
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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205 Fruit Tree Trellising. Growing Tobacco.
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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204 Backyard Chicken Basics
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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203 Plant Tomatoes in June? YES!
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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202 Tips, Myths About Watering Your Garden
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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201 Garden Basics Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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200 Tulip Tips. Bug Photography. What's Your Trees' Value?
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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199 How to Water, Fertilize Houseplants
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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198 Ten Very Fragrant Roses. The Cure for Lumpy Lawns.
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May 31, 2022 |
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197 Compost Tea, Explained
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May 27, 2022 |
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196 Indoor Composting Machines. Garlic Harvest Tips.
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May 24, 2022 |
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195 The Best Roses for Cut Flowers
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May 20, 2022 |
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194 Tips for Reusing Old Potting Soil. Growing Pawpaws
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May 17, 2022 |
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193 A Warning About Bagged Worm Castings. Growing Roses From Seed.
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May 13, 2022 |
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192 The Easiest Tomatoes To Grow
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May 10, 2022 |
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191 Prune Tomato Flowers? Tips for a Sustainable Food Garden.
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May 06, 2022 |
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190 Bamboo Privacy Screen. Battling Rose Aphids.
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May 03, 2022 |
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189 Stop Tomato Blossom End Rot Now. Grow Your Soil.
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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188 Bermudagrass Control Tips. How Plants Communicate. Thin Your Seedlings!
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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187 Bring the Outdoors, Indoors. Edible Roses. Therapy Gardens.
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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186 Are Fertilizers Overused? The Best Plant Photo ID Apps. Repotting Houseplants
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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185 What's Lasagna Gardening? Potato Planting. Fruit Trees vs Lawns
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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184 Spring Houseplant Care
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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183 First Garden? A Checklist
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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182 Growing Raspberries, Boysenberries, Blackberries
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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181 Pesticide Safety Tips. Garden Time Savers.
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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180 Bats (They're Good). When to "Set Out" Plants?
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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179 The Poop Loop: How Mother Nature Feeds Your Garden
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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178 What's Your NQ*? (*Nature Quotient). Dealing with Leaf Spots.
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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177. Best Tomatoes for Containers. The Call Garden.
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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176 Succulent Basics. Tomatillos Instead of Tomatoes? A Warning.
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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175. Fruit Tree Flowers vs Frost. Regenerative Gardening
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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174. Spring Garden Tips, LIVE!
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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173. Staving Off Spring Frost Damage. Sweet Potatoes
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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172. Old Potting Soil Is Your Friend (But Your Friend Could Use a Little Help)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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171. Flowering Fruit Trees. Planting Fruit Trees in Pulp Pots.
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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170. Buying a Greenhouse? Ask Yourself These Questions First
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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169. More Vegetable Winners for Your 2022 Garden
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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168. Award Winning Vegetable Varieties to Try in 2022
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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167. Is Gravel Gardening Right For You?
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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166 Roses vs Weeds. Transplanting Tips.
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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165 Garden Tool Care & Selection
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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164 Citrus Fruit Picking Tips. Winter Garden Cleanup.
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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163 Speedy, Successful Seed Germinating Tips
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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162 'Prune'-ciples: Rose Pruning Tips for Maximum Roses!
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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161 Succulent Tips. Starting a School Garden.
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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160 Garden Basics Greatest Hits, 2021 - All About Tomatoes!
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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159 Garden Resolutions. Heavenly Bamboo.
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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158 Life is Too Short To Put Up with a Problem Plant. The Holly
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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157 Composting Tips. The Cyclamen
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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156 Heavy Rain vs. Garden Irrigation. Air Pruning. The Cotoneaster
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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155 Battling Bermudagrass. The Persimmon Tree.
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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154 Why Lawns? Puncturevine Control. Liquidambar Tree
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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153 Controlling Oxalis Weeds. The Ginkgo Tree.
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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152 Green Tomato Ripening Tips. Mulch vs Roots. Mums
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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151 Harvesting Popcorn. All About Pumpkins.
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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150 Field Bindweed Control. Generator Safety Tips
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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149 Tomato Seedling Tips. The Marigold.
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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148 Lawn Reseeding Tips. Persimmons.
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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147 Salt Heliotrope weed. "Autumn Joy" Sedum. Water Trough Gardening
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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146 Houseplant Fertilizers. No Beans?!?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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145 Harvesting Popcorn. Autumn Sage
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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144 Using Wood Ash in Your Garden. Easy Healthy Soil Tips.
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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143 Wind vs. Your Garden. The Goldenrod.
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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142 Cut Flower Display Tips. How to Water a Houseplant
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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141 Controlling Nutgrass. The Michaelmas Daisy.
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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140 Avocados for Marginal Climates. How to Be a Better Observational Gardener.
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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139 Fall Organic Lawn Care Tips. The Gaillardia
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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138 Worm Bin Basics. Grape Varieties Worth a Try.
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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137 Aphid Control Tips. Cool Season Vegs. The Petunia.
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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136 Battling Gophers. Cucumber Problems.
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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135 Easy Houseplants. Mulch Worries. The Gardenia.
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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134 Smoke vs Your Garden. Know Your USDA Zones. Plant Protection Preparation.
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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133 Japanese Beetle Control Tips. The Oxblood Lily.
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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132 Veggie Overload? Slow to Grow Plants?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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131 Grape Growing Tips. Carrot Varieties. The Autumn Daffodil, Sternbergia
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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130 Ease Fertilizing Chores with Fertigation
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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129 Cool Season Quick Maturing Vegetables. The Oleander. Pot Size Matters!
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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128 Straw Bale Gardening Basics. The Yezberry plant.
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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127 Summer Tomato Troubleshooting. The Naked Lady.
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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126 Jumping Worms! Human Food vs. Plants
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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125 Lavender. Crape Myrtle Tree. Harvesting and Storing Fruits and Vegetables
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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124 Mulching the Easy Way. Tomatillo pollination. Breaking Up Clay Soil and Hardpan.
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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123 Droopy Cucumbers. Dahlias. Butterfly Bush.
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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122 Summer Veggie Redo. Watering tips. Cover Crop Prep.
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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121 Mix Up Your Plants! Daylilies. Japanese Maples. Pine Needle Mulch.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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120 How a Tree Works. Dahlia Rescue!
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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119 How to Grow Passion Fruit. The Golden Raintree.
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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118 Attracting Pollinators. Wasp: Friend or Foe? Mystery Fungus.
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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117 All About Smart Pots. The Asian Lotus Flower.
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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116 Less Water for Fruit Trees. Growing Citrus in Containers.
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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115 Firescaping. Plant of the Week: Hydrangeas.
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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114 Benefits of Crop Rotation. Working with Clay Soil.
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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113 Avocado Growing Tips. The Coral Yucca.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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112 Does Mulch Rob Soil Nitrogen?
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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111 Tips for Establishing Low Water-Use Plants. The Smoke Tree. Tart Cherries.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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110 Tomato Troubleshooter Part 2. Harvesting Garlic
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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109 Tomato Troubleshooter, 2021 Pt1. Feather Grass.
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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108 Water Trough Gardening
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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107 Worm Castings. Poppies. Supermarket vs Homegrown Nutrition
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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106 Should You Remove the First Tomato? White Knockout Apricot.
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May 28, 2021 |
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105 High Chill Apples for Low Chill Areas. Plant of the Week: Weigela
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May 25, 2021 |
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104 Fabulous Fruit Friday - The Shiranui Mandarin. Cicadas vs. Your Garden
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May 21, 2021 |
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103 Is Fish Fertilizer Safe? The Buckeye Tree.
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May 18, 2021 |
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102 Red Baron Peach. Tomatoes in the Shade?
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May 14, 2021 |
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101 Growing Sweet Potatoes. The Peruvian Lily.
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May 11, 2021 |
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100 Garden Basics Greatest Hits (So Far)
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May 07, 2021 |
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099 Ants in Pots. Rose History. Vacation vs. Your Garden
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May 04, 2021 |
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098 Scarlet Halo Peach. How Long to Water with Drip. Quick Salad Greens.
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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097 Grow Fig Trees from Cuttings. Protecting Plants From Heat. Zinnias. The Mock Orange shrub.
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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096 O'Henry Peach. Downsizing Fruit Trees. Why Thin Fruit.
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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095 Okra Growing Tips. Thwarting Rose Diseases. The Beauty Bush.
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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094 Blushing Pearl Columnar Peach. Damping Off Disease. Lumpy Lawns?
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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093 Tomato Transplanting Tips. Compost vs Mulch.
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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092 Honey Halo Nectarine. Visit to a Palm Tree Nursery. The Most Important Garden Task.
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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091 Potato Planting Pointers. Daphne
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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090 The Sweetheart Cherry. Painting fruit trees. How to stop fruit tree suckers. It's Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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089 Drip Emitters vs Micro Sprayers - Which is Better? Rototillers vs Chipper/Shredders. Plant of the Week: the Redbud Tree
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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088 Empire Apple on Fabulous Fruit Friday! Pruning Tomatoes for Earlier Production. Gasoline Tips for Outdoor Power Equipment.
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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087 Hardy Palm Trees. Palm Transplanting Tips. Does Vitamin B-1 Help Your Plants?
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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086 The Golden Sweet Apricot on Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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085 Tips for the Overheated Garden. Figs and Pomegranates. Shamrocks.
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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084 The Snack Time Donut Nectarine on Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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083 Feed the Soil, Not the Plants. Snail, Slug Control Products Explained. Daffodils
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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082 Fabulous Fruit Friday - The Black Republican Cherry. Stink Bug Control. Attracting Birds to control insect pests.
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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081 Unusual Tasty Vegetables. Insectary Plants. Forsythia
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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080 Wildflower Planting Tips. Cleaning a Birdbath. White House Gardens.
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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079 Seed Starting Tips. Can You Reuse Potting Soil? Winter Jasmine.
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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078 Plant Partners Fight Pests. Fruit Tree Planting Depth.
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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077 Tackling Tree Roots. Pruning Advice. Wintersweet. Garden Gratitude.
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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076 Avoiding Overhead Watering. Raspberry and Grape Varieties. Shovel, Pruner Choices.
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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075 Tomato Preview, Part 2. Wild Boar Farms. Plant of the Week-Cornelian Cherry.
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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074 Tomato Variety Preview, Part 1. Tomato Terminology Explained. Trees vs. Storms.
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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073 How to Plant a Rose Bush. Why Cut Back Bare Root Trees? Plant of the Week: Holly.
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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072 Avoiding Gardeners' "Sophomore Slump"
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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071 Germinate Pepper Seeds Faster! Blackberries.
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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070 Are Those Old Seeds Still Good? Here's How to Tell. Grow tasty Pluots.
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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069 Protecting Succulents from the Cold (One Answer May Surprise You!)
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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068 Rose Basics. The Future of Gardening
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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067 How to Plant a Fruit Tree. Best Blueberry Varieties. Frost Protection Tips.
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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066 Tasty Peaches, New Plants for 2021, Tree Sunburn
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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065 Tree Issues? Consulting Arborists Can Help
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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064 Oh, Deer! How To Protect Your Plants. Christmas tree care. Poinsettia tips.
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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063 Growing Microgreens Indoors.
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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062 Will Green Tomatoes Ripen? Here's How to Help Them Along.
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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061 Edible Succulents
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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060 Unusual Cool Season Vegetables. Snail Control Tips.
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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059 Avocado Basics on Fabulous Fruit Friday! Battling Spider Mites.
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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058 Backyard Tractor Basics. Less Toxic Weed Killers. Control SAD with Gardening.
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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057 Fabulous Fruit Friday - White Diamond Nectarine. Drainage. Fruit trees from seed?
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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056 Cold Climate Greenhouse Basics. Growing Winter Tomatoes.
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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055 Fabulous Fruit Friday! Chill Hours Explained. Apple Jelly
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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054 Indoor Citrus Basics. Leaf Mulching Made Easy.
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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053 Mulch Basics. Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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052 Cut Flower Basics. Winter Chicken Care.
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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051 Chipper/Shredder Basics. Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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050 Fall Planting Carrots, Peas, Broccoli and More
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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049 Growing Cool Season Greens. Fabulous Fruit Friday!
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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048 No Bare Soil! Blueberry Basics. Black Widow Spiders and Your Garden.
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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047 Part 2 Understanding Seed Packets
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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046 Understanding Seed Packets Pt. 1
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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045 Feed Your Soil - The Cool Season Garden Edition
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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044 Don't Overdose Your Plants with Fertilizer. Making raisins. Plants that smell great!
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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043 Veggies for Fall
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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042 Cool Season Garden Basics
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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041 Who's Eating My Tomatoes, Part 3. Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects.
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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040 Who's Eating My Tomatoes? Part 2. Barn Owl Basics.
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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039 Who's Eating My Tomatoes? Pt. 1.
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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038 Where are the Tomatoes and Zucchini? Blueberry Basics.
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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037 Drip Irrigation Basics
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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036 When To Fertilize. Growing Celtuce. Peak Harvest and Storage Tips.
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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035 Flavorful Roses
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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034: Edible Flowers. Mulch vs Disease.
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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033 Mystery Seeds from China? Don't plant them!
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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032 Too Many Tomatoes? Here's What to Do.
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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031 Using Worm Castings in the Garden
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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030 Raising Honeybees. Growing Parsnips.
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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029 Know Your Soil Products. Fruit Tree questions. Roses Don't Have Thorns (really!)
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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028 Anyone can grow a peach or plum tree. The cure for bitter cucumbers.
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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027 Root cutting. I did not know that!
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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026 How To Plant a Fruit Tree
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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025 Peppers, the Hot and the Sweet: How to Grow Them, How to Eat Them
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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024 Soil Solarization Kills Weeds, Pests.
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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023 Fertilizer Confusion. Battling Squash Bugs.
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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022 How Plants Work. So, You Want to Grow an Avocado Tree? (good luck)
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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021 Tomato Troubleshooter
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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020 The No-Till, No-Dig Garden. Excess harvest donation tips. Reading pesticide labels.
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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019 Watering Tips. Zucchini Sex. Worm Bin Basics.
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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018 Greenhouse Basics
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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017 All About Apples. Compost Do's and Dont's.
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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016 How to Water. Chard Tips. Garden Time Savers
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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015 Tomato Mistakes to Avoid. Tips for planting and watering new seedbeds.
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May 29, 2020 |
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014 Garden Myths. The Best Mulch. Blueberries!
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May 26, 2020 |
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013 Grow Fruit Bushes Not Fruit Trees. Seed Germination Tips. Zinnias for Mental Health!
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May 22, 2020 |
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012 First Garden? Tips for Success! Gardening Can Be Your "New Normal" for Health and Happiness.
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May 19, 2020 |
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011 How to Grow Tomatoes in Pots. Choosing fertilizers. Carrot seed planting tips.
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May 15, 2020 |
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010 Snails! Slugs! Earwigs! How to Control Them. The Pollinator Victory Garden.
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May 12, 2020 |
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009 Grow Your Own Protein
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May 08, 2020 |
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008 Kids' Choice Garden Veggies
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May 05, 2020 |
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007 Feed Your Soil, Not Your Plants
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May 02, 2020 |
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006 Chickens! Weeding Easy.
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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005 Garden Money (And Time) Savers
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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004 Grow popcorn. Battling aphids. Family gardening tips.
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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003 How to Plant Tomatoes and Peppers (You might be surprised!)
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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002 Growing microgreens. Backyard blueberry plants. Importance of thinning vegetables, fruit.
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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001 Garden Basics: Starting Your Victory Garden 2.0
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Apr 11, 2020 |