Connecticut Garden Journal

By Connecticut Public Radio

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Connecticut Garden Journal is a weekly program hosted by horticulturalist Charlie Nardozzi. Each week, Charlie focuses on a topic relevant to both new and experienced gardeners, including pruning lilac bushes, growing blight-free tomatoes, groundcovers, sunflowers, bulbs, pests, and more. Learn more about Charlie at gardeningwithcharlie.com.


Episode Date
Connecticut Garden Journal: ‘Genovese’ is one variety in a world of basil colors and flavors
May 01, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Lasting alternatives to “No Mow May”
May 01, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow a hearty summer and fall favorite - Dahlias
Apr 16, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: 5 Ways gardeners can celebrate Earth Day
Apr 16, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Try growing interesting varieties of kohlrabi and broccoli raab
Apr 02, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: To prune hydrangeas properly, ID them first
Apr 02, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Keep deer away with unappetizing plants and shrubs
Mar 27, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: For the freshest peas, grow your own
Mar 20, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: The best phlox varieties for home gardeners
Mar 07, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Zinnias are colorful, diverse and pollinator magnets
Mar 05, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow ground covers for pollinators
Mar 04, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: The three keys to growing indoor greens
Feb 22, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Twenty years in the making, a new GMO tomato is ready to grow
Feb 22, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Gardeners, what’s your sign?
Feb 06, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for growing succulents indoors
Jan 24, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for urban gardening
Jan 22, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: While winter roars outside, grow lion’s mane and oyster mushrooms inside
Jan 17, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: New veggie varieties to grow in 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: When you shop local, think of seeds, too
Jan 03, 2024
Connecticut Garden Journal: Make holiday plants last into spring and beyond
Dec 28, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Ecological or regenerative gardens are in tune with nature
Dec 12, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Celebrate the holidays around a living Christmas tree
Dec 12, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: The new hardiness zone map reflects a changing climate
Nov 28, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Time to revive your amaryllis bulbs
Nov 28, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Decorate with succulents
Nov 23, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: The benefits of raised bed gardening
Nov 14, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Fall is the time to sow wildflower meadows
Nov 01, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to dig up and store dahlias and cannas for the winter
Oct 31, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Carve a turnip, squash, or pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern
Oct 16, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to grow and when to harvest American persimmons
Oct 16, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Cuttings help turn annuals into perennials
Oct 05, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Dry your gourds for crafts that last years
Oct 05, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Jumping worms are a menace to forests—are they in your garden?
Sep 21, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to cut hydrangeas and dry them for winter
Sep 21, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: A new approach to fall garden clean up
Sep 13, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Planting native berry plants helps our birds
Sep 07, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Sunflowers in their late-summer glory are glorious to eat, too
Aug 23, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Colorful fall bulbs are about to have their moment
Aug 23, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: When to harvest zucchini, tomatoes, onions, and more
Aug 09, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for preventing powdery mildew on phlox
Aug 09, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tomato problems? Could be genetics.
Jul 24, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Summer flowering shrubs add color and fragrance
Jul 24, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to protect your berries from birds
Jul 10, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Succession plans for food and flowers all summer long
Jul 10, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Poison ivy isn’t all bad. Here’s how to coexist.
Jul 06, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Reduce squash bugs naturally
Jun 29, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: The upside of earwigs in your garden
Jun 14, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Strawberry varieties for every garden
Jun 14, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: The many flavors of basil and how to grow 'the king of herbs'
Jun 01, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for growing dahlia varieties, large and small
May 23, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Lily of the valley and sweet woodruff make perfect ground cover
May 23, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Don’t sleep on the benefits of gardening in raised beds
May 10, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to grow and prune blackberries for summer and fall fruit
May 10, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: New daylilies to grow—and eat
Apr 26, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Beets to grow and eat for all seasons
Apr 26, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: To work with nature, plant more moss
Apr 12, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tomato plants need support, so plan ahead
Apr 12, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Cool, new hydrangea varieties to grow
Mar 27, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Delphiniums are fickle plants, but certainly worth growing
Mar 27, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: For delicious Asian eggplants this summer, start your seeds now
Mar 15, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Shamrocks may be lucky, but consider these classic Irish plants for St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 15, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Look for newer varieties of forsythia
Mar 02, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: The benefits of planting companion plants
Mar 02, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: You don’t need to be a pro to design a great garden
Feb 14, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Despite what poems say, sweet peas are the most romantic flower
Feb 14, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Orchids and other gifts for plant-loving Valentines
Jan 31, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Top 5 picks for new flowers to get excited about
Jan 31, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to control common houseplant pests
Jan 17, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Try growing new versions of classic houseplants
Jan 17, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: New tomatoes to grow in 2023
Jan 03, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for growing citrus indoors
Jan 03, 2023
Connecticut Garden Journal: Recycle your live holiday trees and wreaths
Dec 21, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: DIY bird feeders can be a fun craft for kids
Dec 13, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Mimic Nature by sowing wild seeds
Dec 13, 2022
Sniff before you buy. Paperwhite narcissus is a decorative daffodil some say stinks
Nov 29, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Waxed amaryllis bulbs are for gardeners with a black thumb
Nov 29, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Mending fences. . .and hoses and pruners, and trimmers, and more
Nov 14, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for decorating outdoor containers for winter
Nov 14, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for storing root vegetable crops indoors
Nov 01, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: The dirt on soil tests and why they’re worth doing
Nov 01, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Pumpkins and gourds make fun decorative planters
Oct 20, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Fall garden cleanup requires less work than you think
Oct 20, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to plant tulips, daffodils, crocus, and hyacinths in layers–right now– for blooms all spring long
Oct 12, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Halloween pumpkins of every size, shape, and color to display or eat
Oct 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: It’s time to move some herbs indoors for the winter
Sep 28, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: You can build better soil for your garden. Start now
Sep 14, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: September is the time to plant perennials
Aug 30, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: How and when to harvest homegrown potatoes
Aug 30, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Enjoy the late summer blooms of a Rose of Sharon shrub
Aug 17, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for starting a school garden
Aug 17, 2022
CT Garden Journal: Harvesting Melons
Aug 09, 2022
CT Garden Journal: Fall Blooming Perennials
Aug 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: When harvesting berries, timing is everything
Jul 20, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for reducing, controlling, and preventing powdery mildew disease
Jul 20, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: The plant of the year is bluestem grass. Here’s how to grow it
Jul 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for growing and nurturing melons in your garden
Jul 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Honey bees aren’t the only efficient pollinators
Jun 21, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to keep potato beetles from ruining your harvest
Jun 21, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: A quick guide to growing baptisia
Jun 07, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow sweet corn in your backyard garden. Here’s how and when.
Jun 07, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Cottage gardens feature a riot of color and texture
May 24, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Short on space? Grow these climbing vegetables vertically
May 24, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Fences make good neighbors–and protect your plants
May 09, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: When growing irises, location is key
May 09, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Ways to save on Mother’s Day flowers
Apr 19, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Save some green, grow your own purple and white asparagus
Apr 19, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: French filet beans are satisfying to grow and melt in your mouth
Apr 19, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Easter lilies are traditional, but consider growing calla lilies too
Apr 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow a variety of fast-maturing Asian greens for salads
Apr 05, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Pussy willows are harbingers of spring
Mar 22, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow native plants for a healthier yard, community and state
Mar 22, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Snap to it. It’s time to start planning those garden peas
Mar 08, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Grow these St. Patrick's Day plants and skip the green carnations
Mar 08, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Looking forward to this year’s sweet and hot pepper crop
Feb 23, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: For a blast of spring–and gardening inspiration–head to a regional flower & garden show
Feb 23, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for choosing which soil mixes are best for your plants
Feb 09, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Miniature roses make great Valentine’s Day gifts. Here’s how to grow them.
Feb 09, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: When planning shade gardens, consider light and moisture levels
Jan 24, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for growing indoor begonias
Jan 24, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Growing onions from seed is easier than you think
Jan 17, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: Indoor succulents are easy to care for and make great houseplants
Jan 10, 2022
Connecticut Garden Journal: From lettuce to eggplant, new vegetables to grow in 2022
Dec 29, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Growing moth orchids
Dec 28, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Caring for the more unusual plants you receive as gifts
Dec 14, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: If cared for properly, live Christmas trees can be replanted after the holidays
Dec 14, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Add color and cheer to holidays with houseplants
Nov 30, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Get your plants ready for winter now
Nov 30, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: How to care for holiday cactus
Nov 17, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Plants and cuttings make festive holiday centerpieces
Nov 16, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Prep geraniums to overwinter indoors
Nov 10, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Blight-resistant chestnut trees are available. Here’s why you should plant one
Nov 03, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Soil fungus is part of a healthy plant ecosystem
Oct 27, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips for making your jack o’ lanterns last
Oct 21, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Climbing Hydrangea
Oct 13, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Popcorn
Oct 07, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Unusual Onions
Sep 30, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Rain Gardens
Sep 22, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Johnny Appleseed
Sep 15, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Preserving Tomatoes
Sep 08, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Asian Pears
Sep 01, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Boltonia
Aug 25, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Kerala
Aug 18, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Hardy Hibiscus
Aug 11, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Tips For Growing Mint
Aug 04, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Spotting Tomato Hornworms
Jul 28, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Squash Pests
Jul 21, 2021
Connecticut Garden Journal: Poppies
Jul 21, 2021