Garden Variety

By Iowa Public Radio

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Episodes: 155

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Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Episode Date
Try out this gardening root-ine
Jul 25, 2025
The ultimate power plants
Jul 18, 2025
Better than all the pest
Jul 11, 2025
Tools for the turf war
Jun 20, 2025
Conducting tree-age before it's too late
Jun 13, 2025
Now that's un-bean-lievable!
Jun 06, 2025
A conifer-sation with a plant expert
May 30, 2025
These blooms are iris-sistable
May 23, 2025
Kiwi berries? Fur-get about it
May 16, 2025
Import-ant advice for your home and garden
May 09, 2025
Become a succession boss
May 02, 2025
Diseases with the gall to kill our plants
Apr 25, 2025
How to know when it's time to mow
Apr 18, 2025
Lettuce help you with your vegetable garden
Apr 04, 2025
What your seedlings are needling
Mar 28, 2025
Midwest isn't the easiest place to bee
Mar 21, 2025
Prune-in to this show for fruit tree tips
Mar 14, 2025
The Name Game (plant edition)
Mar 07, 2025
Get rich in soil knowledge
Feb 28, 2025
Don't cut your flowers' beauty short
Feb 14, 2025
Plants that will give you their undying love
Jan 31, 2025
You won't forking believe these gardening tips
Jan 17, 2025
Ex-seed your expectations this year
Jan 03, 2025
Tis the season to be a nutcracker
Dec 20, 2024
Dreaming of a green Christmas tree
Dec 06, 2024
Kind of a fig deal
Nov 22, 2024
BONUS: A rare bee discovery
Nov 18, 2024
Wicked witch of the pest
Nov 15, 2024
A look at plant disease trends this year
Nov 08, 2024
Shiver me timbers
Nov 01, 2024
Gourd big or go home
Oct 25, 2024
More like dry-owa
Oct 18, 2024
Fall perennials are bloomin brilliant
Oct 11, 2024
Bet your autumn dollar
Oct 04, 2024
May the forced bulbs be with you
Sep 27, 2024
'Tis the season for freezing
Sep 20, 2024
Iowa's fields of green are turning gold
Sep 13, 2024
Advice for hard-core apple lovers
Sep 06, 2024
BONUS: Don’t fear the Ghost Plant
Sep 03, 2024
Plentiful perennials
Aug 30, 2024
Unwelcome beehavior
Aug 23, 2024
BONUS: Pondering our pollinators
Aug 20, 2024
How to dill with excess herbs
Aug 16, 2024
What's shrub got to do with it?
Aug 09, 2024
Friend or foe? Predator or prey?
Aug 02, 2024
Practice what you peach
Jul 26, 2024
Leaf your root worries behind
Jul 19, 2024
Cease the disease
Jul 12, 2024
Sweet corn is an a-maize-ing summer crop
Jul 05, 2024
Nothing a homegrown tomato won't cure
Jun 28, 2024
Contain your plants, not your excitement
Jun 21, 2024
Born a bramblin man
Jun 14, 2024
Welcome to the shrub club
Jun 07, 2024
This episode is jam-packed with great advice
May 31, 2024
In the mood to brood
May 24, 2024
Highway to the hardiness zone
May 17, 2024
BONUS: Cicadas
May 14, 2024
Assets for your baskets
May 10, 2024
BONUS: Invasive Species
May 07, 2024
He speaks for the trees!
May 03, 2024
A little mower lawn advice
Apr 26, 2024
Blooming brilliant tips for beautiful trees
Apr 19, 2024
Take the petal to the metal
Apr 12, 2024
Advice for when insects make you want to flea
Apr 05, 2024
Breaking bud
Mar 29, 2024
What to do when mustard has you flustered
Mar 22, 2024
Sowing seeds of knowledge
Mar 15, 2024
These plants really deliver
Mar 08, 2024
Throwing shade and catching rays
Mar 01, 2024
BONUS: Philadelphia Flower Show
Feb 19, 2024
The key to a successful garden - variety!
Feb 16, 2024
Flowers for that special some bud-y
Feb 02, 2024
Water hydroponics good for anyway?
Jan 19, 2024
Extra, extra! Seed all about it!
Jan 05, 2024
BONUS: Behind the Scenes with the Hort Gang
Dec 22, 2023
Tree-mendous advice for your holiday plants
Dec 15, 2023
Holidays are betta with a poinsettia
Dec 08, 2023
Bird is the word and less is more
Dec 01, 2023
Let's get to the root of the issue
Nov 10, 2023
Do weekend garden tasks before clocks fall back
Nov 03, 2023
Don't believe the web of lies about spiders
Oct 20, 2023
BONUS: Getting ready for fall
Oct 16, 2023
A very prairie episode
Oct 13, 2023
Color me glad
Oct 06, 2023
Mum is the word, and we're telling everyone
Sep 29, 2023
Honeyberry, I'm home!
Sep 22, 2023
The shrub can't even handle me right now
Sep 15, 2023
We're keen for greens this fall
Sep 08, 2023
Social Wasps do their own sting
Sep 01, 2023
BONUS: Fireflies in Iowa
Aug 30, 2023
Mower lawn care advice
Aug 25, 2023
BONUS: Everything melon
Aug 23, 2023
A bunch of grape advice
Aug 18, 2023
BONUS: Our favorite garden Q&A
Aug 16, 2023
Is the grass greener? Choosing new plants
Aug 11, 2023
Singing Scissor Grinder Cicada all summer long
Aug 04, 2023
Who turnip-ed the heat?
Jul 28, 2023
Sweet re-leaf
Jul 21, 2023
Can I offer you a cucurbit of advice?
Jul 14, 2023
Beetlemania
Jul 07, 2023
Don't forget the trees!
Jun 30, 2023
Keep your tomato plants feelin vine
Jun 23, 2023
Puns and roses
Jun 16, 2023
Have you tried turning it melon and off again?
Jun 09, 2023
International flavors, grown at home
Jun 02, 2023
Fern up the volume
May 26, 2023
What's your damage?
May 19, 2023
Check out our tick talk
May 12, 2023
And they lived appley ever after
May 05, 2023
BONUS: the morel of the story
May 02, 2023
Tree advice you can be-leaf in
Apr 28, 2023
Not just tu-lip service
Apr 21, 2023
Building a healthy garden from the ground up
Apr 14, 2023
Keeping that lawn green
Apr 07, 2023
Don't let this shrub you the wrong way
Mar 31, 2023
Mow grass, mow problems
Mar 24, 2023
Fruit tree advice that's pear-fect for spring
Mar 17, 2023
Late winter advice that's cool as a cucumber
Mar 10, 2023
You wood not make it without this tree and shrub advice
Mar 03, 2023
The window to prune is closing soon
Feb 17, 2023
I like you a vio-lot
Feb 03, 2023
And this zone is just right
Jan 20, 2023
Getting the bugs worked out
Jan 06, 2023
Celery-brate the holidays with the 2022 gardening gift guide
Dec 16, 2022
Impeckable advice for supporting bird populations
Dec 02, 2022
Branch out this winter with our forestry expert
Nov 18, 2022
How to get holiday blooms on your cactus
Nov 14, 2022
Insect puns bug me
Nov 04, 2022
Clean, gourd fun
Oct 28, 2022
Find the greener ornamental grass
Oct 14, 2022
It's leaf peeping season in Iowa
Oct 07, 2022
Turf's up
Sep 30, 2022
Daffodils for spring? Groundbreaking
Sep 23, 2022
Core knowledge for great apples
Sep 16, 2022
Not just good, grape
Sep 09, 2022
Bees are reveling in fall pollen
Sep 02, 2022
Fall in love with late season perennials
Aug 26, 2022
Pining after healthy conifers
Aug 19, 2022
Strong to the finish, overwintering spinach
Aug 12, 2022
Making your lawn seed-sational
Aug 05, 2022
Answering berry important questions
Jul 29, 2022
How can we help monarch butterflies?
Jul 22, 2022
Insert corny pun here
Jul 15, 2022
What to do when all h*ll oaks loose
Jul 08, 2022
Happy little trees
Jul 01, 2022
Stalk talk: caring for broccoli and cauliflower
Jun 24, 2022
Ch-ch-changes: talking about growth and how landscapes evolve
Jun 17, 2022
Find the best groundcovers for your yard
Jun 10, 2022
Bonus episode: gardening and native plants
Jun 07, 2022
Ants in your plants
Jun 03, 2022
Late bloomers: it’s not too late to plant sweet potatoes
May 27, 2022
Peony for your thoughts
May 20, 2022
How to care for apple trees
May 13, 2022
You say tomato
May 06, 2022
Introducing: Garden Variety
May 03, 2022