Horticulture » Horticulture Radio http://www.hortmag.com The Art & Science of Smart Gardening Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1The Art & Science of Smart Gardening Horticulture no The Art & Science of Smart Gardening Horticulture » Horticulture Radio http://www.hortmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rss-128x128.pnghttp://www.hortmag.com/category/horticulture-radio Garden How-To:: Episode 15: Gro Green Organicshttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-15-gro-green-organics http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-15-gro-green-organics#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:21:35 +0000 Kathy Ballard Cropp http://www.hortmag.com/?p=74681
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-15-gro-green-organics/feed 0 In this episode, Kathy Cropp talks with Adina Nance of Gro Green Organics. Adina left a career in corporate management to run her own business related to her lifelong passion for gardening. Through Gro Green Organics, In this episode, Kathy Cropp talks with Adina Nance of Gro Green Organics. Adina left a career in corporate management to run her own business related to her lifelong passion for gardening. Through Gro Green Organics, Adina makes and sells materials and equipment with which home gardeners can make TerraTea, an aerated aerobic compost tea. Listen to her story, plus get some tips for improving soil health.Sign up for Horticulture's FREE email newsletter and be the first to know when a new episode of Garden How-To is live! PLUS, you can subscribe quickly and easily to Garden How-To from iTunes!You can find more information as it relates to this podcast at the Garden How-To Resource page at Gardeners Four Generations. There you will find handouts, some book recommendations, Cooperative Extension websites and more. Horticulture no 31:29 Garden How-To :: Episode 14: Vines and Climbers in the Gardenhttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-14-vines-and-climbers-in-the-garden http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-14-vines-and-climbers-in-the-garden#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:02:14 +0000 Kathy Ballard Cropp http://www.hortmag.com/?p=66771
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-14-vines-and-climbers-in-the-garden/feed 2 climbers,garden how-to,gardening podcasts,podcast,vines Kathy Cropp talks with Dan Long, owner of Brushwood Nursery, about choosing and caring for vines and climbing plants. Kathy Cropp talks with Dan Long, owner of Brushwood Nursery, about choosing and caring for vines and climbing plants. Horticulture no 29:58 Garden How-To :: Episode 13: The Wonder of Watermelonshttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-13-the-wonder-of-watermelons http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-13-the-wonder-of-watermelons#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:37:38 +0000 Kathy Ballard Cropp http://www.hortmag.com/?p=66061
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-episode-13-the-wonder-of-watermelons/feed 2 garden how-to,podcasts,propagation,seeds,vegetable gardening In this episode, Kathy Cropp talks with Don Dobbs, who has been the general manager of Willhite Seed for 50 years. Don shares new developments in seed varieties—especially in watermelons, which have long been a Willhite specialty—and he offers advice o... In this episode, Kathy Cropp talks with Don Dobbs, who has been the general manager of Willhite Seed for 50 years. Don shares new developments in seed varieties—especially in watermelons, which have long been a Willhite specialty—and he offers advice on growing watermelons at home. Willhite Seed, Inc. is a mail-order seed company based in Texas, with a 93-year history of producing and providing quality seeds. They offer a wide range of open-pollinated and hybrid vegetable, flower and herb seeds, and they've posted plenty of information on their website to help home gardeners. Visit Willhite Seed at willhiteseed.com._____________________________________________________________________Sign up for Horticulture's FREE email newsletter and be the first to know when a new episode of Garden How-To is live! PLUS, you can subscribe quickly and easily to Garden How-To from iTunes!You can find more information as it relates to these podcasts at the Garden How-To Resource page at Gardeners Four Generations. There you will find handouts, some book recommendations, Cooperative Extension websites and more.Listen to more Garden How-To episodes.__________________________________________________________________Take an online gardening class, on your own schedule and at your own pace—with Garden How-To host Kathy Cropp: Sign up for Garden How-To University.Browse gardening books and tools at GardenersHub.com, where you'll find many great resources on growing your own vegetable garden.  Horticulture no 41:15 Welcome to Garden How-To Universityhttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/welcome-to-garden-how-to-university http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/welcome-to-garden-how-to-university#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:15:17 +0000 Kathy Ballard Cropp http://www.hortmag.com/?p=61797
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/garden-how-to-horticulture-radio/welcome-to-garden-how-to-university/feed 0 garden how-to,podcast Listen to this free podcast to hear Kathy Cropp describe the benefits of Garden How-To University and talk with Diana Warren about garden learning in general. Kathy is the instructor for the 6 classes that make up Session 1. Listen to this free podcast to hear Kathy Cropp describe the benefits of Garden How-To University and talk with Diana Warren about garden learning in general. Kathy is the instructor for the 6 classes that make up Session 1. In this podcast she also talks with Diana Warren about the value of gardening education. Kathy and Diana chat about their own gardening experiences—what they thought they knew when they started gardening, and what they came to find out, plus some of their favorite ways to learn more.Visit the Garden How-To University page to read about the classes and enroll.The book Kathy mentions in this episode is Eat Your Yard by Nan Chase. Horticulture no 31:01 Nest In Style on Horticulture Radio: Episode Six: Maintaining the Gardenhttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-on-horticulture-radio-episode-six-maintaining-the-garden http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-on-horticulture-radio-episode-six-maintaining-the-garden#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000 Nest In Style http://www.hortmag.com/?p=60943
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-on-horticulture-radio-episode-six-maintaining-the-garden/feed 28 Want to keep your garden looking great all summer long? - Don't miss these garden maintenance tips from co-hosts Jayme Jenkins and Teresa O'Connor of Nest In Style. They share summer garden advice on some of the best methods and products to deal with ... Want to keep your garden looking great all summer long?Don't miss these garden maintenance tips from co-hosts Jayme Jenkins and Teresa O'Connor of Nest In Style. They share summer garden advice on some of the best methods and products to deal with weeding, deadheading, fertilizing, staking and fighting pests. Plus, there's a great Garden Care Contest to enter with exciting prizes!Enter to Win the July's Garden Care ContestThe prizes in the Garden Care Contest will help one lucky winner keep his/her garden looking terrific the rest of the growing season:Garden Rules: The Snappy Synopsis for the Modern Gardener - autographed by Jayme Jenkins! Corona eGrip Weeder w/Cast Aluminum Head Corona Dual Cut Bypass Pruner (1 inch cut) Jobes Organic Fertilizer Garden Safe Organic Garden Weed Preventer (100 % corn gluten) Softbinder Plant TiesIt's Easy To Enter Our Garden Care Contest:Simply leave us a comment below and tell us how you keep up with your garden chores. How do you keep motivated with less enjoyable garden tasks? Do you have a time-saving technique to share? Just want to wax poetically about weeds? That's fine too. We're all ears. Good luck in this random drawing.Last Month's Winner: Congratulations to Laura for winning an autographed copy of Our Shadow Garden, and a Kid's Garden Tool Set from aHa! Modern Living. And to Kim for winning a copy of How to Grow A School Garden. Thanks to everyone who participated in the June drawing. We loved hearing why you thought it was important for kids to garden. Let's all work to get more children playing outdoors.Podcast Resources:Managing Weeds by N.C. State University ExtensionKilling Weeds with Solarization by Oregon State UniversityPreventing Weeds With Corn Gluten (Research) from Iowa State UniversityGarden Maintenance - Pinching, Deadheading and Cutting BackInsect Control: Soaps and Detergents from Colorado State UniversityWinchester Gardens Organic Vegetable and Berry Fertilizer SpikesAuthentic Haven Brand Manure TeasPoopeas Organic Pellitized Manure CompostJobes Organic Fertilizer with BioZomeRoss Tree NettingRow Covers at Johnny SeedsTune in next month for another episode of Nest In Style on Horticulture Radio! Have an idea for a future podcast? Let us know.Don't forget ... you can always find more gardening information at Teresa O'Connor's Seasonal Wisdom and Jayme Jenkins's aHa! Modern Living. Meanwhile, go grow something. Horticulture no 38:19 RadioGarden :: Episode 6 : Friend or Foehttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/radiogarden-episode-6-friend-or-foe-part-i http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/radiogarden-episode-6-friend-or-foe-part-i#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:19:18 +0000 Andrew Keys http://www.hortmag.com/?p=60668
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/radiogarden-episode-6-friend-or-foe-part-i/feed 1 garden radio shows,gardening podcasts,horticulture radio,podcast,podcasts,poisonous plants,radio garden,radiogarden Plants are the source, at least in part, of most of our most basic needs--food, clothing, and shelter--and as gardeners, we know they give us beauty, wonder, livelihood. As gardeners, we also know plants aren't all good, Plants are the source, at least in part, of most of our most basic needs--food, clothing, and shelter--and as gardeners, we know they give us beauty, wonder, livelihood. As gardeners, we also know plants aren't all good, and in fact some are downright dastardly. Are they friend or foe? Horticulture no 19:44 Nest in Style on Horticulture Radio:: Episode 5: Gardening with Kidshttp://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-episode-5-gardening-with-kids http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-episode-5-gardening-with-kids#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:24:57 +0000 Nest In Style http://www.hortmag.com/?p=60268
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]]> http://www.hortmag.com/horticulture-radio/nest-in-style-episode-5-gardening-with-kids/feed 15 School's out, and it's time for kids to play outside ... not sit in front of a video game. That's why co-hosts Teresa O'Connor and Jayme Jenkins of Nest in Style on Horticulture Radio are sharing great ideas for gardening with children. - School's out, and it's time for kids to play outside ... not sit in front of a video game. That's why co-hosts Teresa O'Connor and Jayme Jenkins of Nest in Style on Horticulture Radio are sharing great ideas for gardening with children.You'll hear the latest on "nature deficit disorder" among many kids in our society, and learn about products, plants and tools that make gardening with children more enjoyable.  There are even tips for starting a school garden and farm-to-school program in your community. And, of course, we have another great giveaway...But first, before we discuss this month's giveway, we're delighted to announce the winner of May 2011's Nest in Style on Horticulture Radio drawing. Congratulations to Patricia C for winning an autographed copy of Graham Kerr's Growing At The Speed of Life; P. Allen Smith's Gardening How-To Cards for Veggies and Herbs; and a Greenland Gardener raised garden kit!Enter to Win the June's Kids Garden GiveawayTwo exciting prizes will be awarded this month, including:First Prize: An autographed copy of Our Shadow Garden by Cherie Foster Colburn. This charming story engages young readers and introduces them to the magic of night gardening. Featuring artwork by the children of the Children's Cancer Hospital at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Plus, a darling Kid's Garden Hand Tool Set from aHa! Modern Living.Second Prize: A copy of How to Grow A School Garden by Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle. Packed with sample letters, strategies, detailed lesson plans and tricks of the trade for starting a school garden in your community.To enter: Simply leave us a comment and tell us your thoughts on the topic. Why is it important for kids to learn about nature and gardening? How do you entertain your kids in the garden? What are some of your favorite memories of being a child outdoors and gardening? Regardless of whether you have children or not, we want to hear from you.Gardening with Kids Resources:Junior Master Gardeners How to Start a School Garden National Garden Association on Kids Gardening National Farm-to-School Program Naples Botanical Garden and online Children's Garden Games and pictures of children's garden on Teresa's blog. Atlanta Botanical Garden's Kids Activities Why This Kid Wants to Be an Organic Farmer Star Wars Way to Teach About Organic Foods Vintage School Book Teaches Kids About SoilCool Products that inspire, educate and engage kids...Insectigations Bug Bingo Ladybug House Praying Mantis Pergoda Butterfly Poster Bird-opoly DIY Native Bee Nests Instructions Vegetable Coloring Book Eat Right Cards The Kid's Book to Weather Forecasting Strange Plant Collection Venus Fly Trap KitTune in next month when we give easy tips for maintaining your garden. You can find more gardening advice at aHa! Modern Living and Seasonal Wisdom. Until then, go grow something. Horticulture no 34:20