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768: Integrated Pest Management – A Garden Chat

September 22, 2023

A Garden Chat with Teresa Watkins. – Integrated pest management is a concept that looks at all the ways of managing pest pressure and uses the least impactful one first. Greg talks with Teresa Watkins about how to use the least harmful method of pest control to the environment first, which could mean picking off insects off the plants, or even spraying aphids off a plant with water. It means using the best management practices to help prevent pests or diseases before they arrive…

767: Bugs, Disease, Weather and Animals – A Seed Chat

September 15, 2023

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the August 2023 Seed Chat discussing the impact that climate change is having on our crops. With all the excitement in the world Bill proposes to get all the diversity you can into your yard, into your neighborhood, into your community. That means more different kinds of varieties of the favorite crops that you wanna grow and more different kinds of crops off the scale. The more genetic and crop diversity that we have in our communities the better.

766: Kat Savage on Magic of Mocktails

September 8, 2023

Kat Savage wildcraft harvests many plants from the wild around her home in Asheville, North Carolina and uses fermenting to bring out the best flavors and herbal impacts. She has spent her lifetime observing nature and studying permaculture to bring the magic of local flora to her work.

765: Choosing the right trees for your yard – A Rosie on the House Replay

September 5, 2023

A Rosie on the House Radio Show. This is the Aug 2023 show replay. Join Greg as he discusses fruit trees and picking the right one for you. Learn how to understand the value (what you should be paying for a tree) along with the three important success factors. While this is primarily a conversation about low desert varieties there is a bunch of great information for where ever you live

764: Dee Stevens on Easy Fruit Picking

September 1, 2023

We meet Dr. Dee Stevens, one of group of friends who took an idea about harvesting fruit easier and safer, and created a product that is innovative and simple to use. They worked through several designs until they came up with one they loved. Greg learns how they came up with the idea, how they navigated through some of the challenges of fruit harvesting, and ended up with a patented solution that backyard orchardists can really appreciate.

763: Diane Blazek on New Plant Evaluations

August 25, 2023

Organizing trials of new plant varieties with professional judges throughout North America. We are introduced to the organization behind a logo found on seeds and plants found most everywhere. Diane Blazek explains how different plants and plant breeders get recognized as standout winners amongst their peers and earn this logo through All American Selections annual plant trials.

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Find more episodes:

768: Integrated Pest Management – A Garden Chat

767: Bugs, Disease, Weather and Animals – A Seed Chat

766: Kat Savage on Magic of Mocktails

765: Choosing the right trees for your yard – A Rosie on the House Replay

764: Dee Stevens on Easy Fruit Picking

763: Diane Blazek on New Plant Evaluations

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