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Today I take another round of questions and feedback. *How does one transition from raised beds to in ground planting? What’s different, risks, rewards? *Step in Nova Scotia sent in this cool video about bee communication. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtegAOQpSs *How much fertilizer/compost/nutrients does a tomato plant need? *More tomato pruning questions. Why did my tomato plant quit . . . → Read More: Episode 101 Listener Questions and Feedback Today I discuss two garden insects that can do a lot of damage to your tomato crop (and tobacco if you are so inclined to grow it).
Hornworms are really neat insects to observe (far away from your tomato plot though!). They are colorful and large. *Two ways you can easily find . . . → Read More: Episode 100 Hornworms
Today’s episode is all about pollination. Pollination is frequently misunderstood as are the agents of pollination. I hope to dispel some myths and hopefully not be too confusing. By the end of this podcast I hope you are better equipped to arrange your garden around planting for pollinators.
A . . . → Read More: Episode 93 Pollination and Agents Today I take another round of questions and feedback. Thanks as always for those who wrote in. I also have a Google Voice account if you’d like to CALL IN your question I’d be glad to put you on the air. (502) 230-1787 Just let me know when you leave a voicemail via email so . . . → Read More: Episode 92 Listener Questions and Feedback In today’s show I do a brief overview of the 3 sub classes and 32 orders of insects. I think this is a worthwhile subject to give some idea of the process of insect identification. 32 Orders The Apterygota Generally not “garden” insects Protura Collembola- Springtails Thysanura- Silverfish Diplura- Two Pronged Bristle-tails The Exopterygota . . . → Read More: Episode 88 Insect Orders and Classification Well I didn’t really expect the response I received regarding Episode 78 Why I Garden. So at the risk of using up all the good will you great listeners have shown I’m expanding my philosophical shows a bit into the How part of this equation. I talk a little bit about practical things but mostly . . . → Read More: Episode 87 How I Garden I don’t normally share a lot of pictures of my garden because my garden isn’t “pretty” in the normal sense. To me its beautiful in its “wildness”. I see an ecosystem, not a bunch of rows of plants. But anyway I felt it was worth showing some of these. All of these are less than . . . → Read More: Some Pictures of My Garden |
 
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