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A garden without some level of “pest” presence is not a healthy garden.
Its paradoxical I know. If you don’t have “pest” insects then you don’t have . . . → Read More: Episode 171 The “Truth” About Pests
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This is the first in a new series of posts called Two Insects You Should Get to Know! These will be posts about two insects. Totally randomly I’m picking out . . . → Read More: Two Insects You Should Get to Know! Today we are joined by Steve Hazzard, President and Founder of Organic Control Inc. (www.organiccontrol.com) Also known Orcon, Steve has chosen to support the show by becoming a sponsor. . . . → Read More: Episode 167 Beneficial Insects with Steve Hazzard Name: Bean Leaf Beetle Eats: Your bean plants. What makes them good: They only really eat beans. What makes them a pain: I call them the teflon bug. You . . . → Read More: Two Insects You Should Get to Know! On today’s show I talk about resilient gardens and just what - in my mind – constitutes a resilient garden. Furthermore, what can you do to make your garden more resilient . . . → Read More: Episode 157 Resilient Gardens I wanted to talk about herbs that are common, easy to find, not thought of as cooking herbs. I believe as many do that a good deal of food is . . . → Read More: Episode 141 Essential Practical Medicinal Herbs Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732 I like this quote because of the hidden meaning. Ostensibly the author is talking about . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #7 On every stem, on every leaf,… and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #3 I’m not sure myopia is even a word. If it is it would be the collective act of being myopic. For instance there is a lot of myopia surrounding the . . . → Read More: Myopia! So, during my downtime I decided to do some video reviews. Everytime I get the least little bit unhumble something happens to knock me off my high horse. Here I . . . → Read More: If You Can’t Laugh at Yourself…
Today’s show is a special Halloween show and it is a two-parter. The first part is about pumpkins: *The general history, naming, etc. *Some uses. Some common and . . . → Read More: Episode 129 Ghosts, Demons, Pumpkins and Zombies Today I cover (pun intended) Cover Crops! You all have been requesting this for some time but until someone put in the Paypal receipt for their FSKP purchase did I . . . → Read More: Episode 124 Cover Crops In today’s episode I wanted to talk a little about some of the creatures that improve garden utility and aesthetics – Birds and Bats. *Why gardening self-sufficiently isn’t just . . . → Read More: Episode 120 Gardening for Birds and Bats It is my belief that birds have a bad reputation in the garden. We tend to look at them as seed eaters and beneficial insect assassins. While there are certain . . . → Read More: Episode 109 Bluebirds So I’ve done fall gardening shows before but I feel like I’ve never done them justice. So I’m going to come at today’s show at a bit of a different . . . → Read More: Episode 105 Fall Gardening Revisited |
 
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