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715: What Is Happening In the World of Seeds

A Chat with an Expert on, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, SeedsBy TheresaJanuary 13, 2023Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the December 2022 class discussing what is happening in the world of seeds. Bill recently returned from the 9th Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in New Delhi. He shares what he learned about how the…

701: Seed Starting Challenges (with Kari Spencer)

A Chat with an Expert on, Gardening Basics, Podcast - Patron Only, SeedsBy TheresaOctober 14, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – There is nothing more satisfying than getting a jump on the gardening season by starting seeds in flats or in the ground. What do we need to know to be successful? Soil composition, temperature, moisture and light all determine whether we are jumping…

696: Warm and Cool Season Crops

A Chat with an Expert on, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, SeedsBy TheresaSeptember 16, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – Do we plant cool season crops in the fall and warm season in the spring? How is it that cool season varieties get sweeter as the weather gets colder? Can warm season crops last through blistering heat? Can we strengthen the genetics of any crop through selection and…

691: Seed Harvesting

A Chat with an Expert on, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, Seed Varieties, SeedsBy TheresaAugust 12, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – Before you know it, all your crops will be going to seed. Rather than deadhead and “clean everything up,” learn how to be your own best seed detective. What are the characteristics of the plants from which you should be saving seed? How do you decide when and how to…

687: Squashes, Summer & Winter

A Chat with an Expert on, cucurbits, Podcast - Free, SeedsBy TheresaJuly 15, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. — This is the June 2022 class discussing squashes. Help! How can we tell the difference between summer and winter squashes and why is it important? What are the challenges with cross-pollination and why don’t the three different species of squash cross? And what are…

683: Pollinators & Wildflowers

A Chat with an Expert on, Beneficial Bugs, Business and Farming, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, SeedsBy TheresaJune 17, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – A diverse and integrated garden requires many different elements. Top on that list are pollinators and wildflowers. If you have a robust flower component to your cultivated gardens, so much of the extra workload is handled by these workhorses as they…

675: Seed Dehybridizing

A Chat with an Expert on, Business and Farming, Gardening Basics, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, Seed Varieties, SeedsBy TheresaApril 22, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the March 2022 class discussing seed dehybridizing. We love hybrid vigor and what hybridized seed can offer. The only downside to using hybridized seed is you can’t save it. Wait a minute. What if you found out that isn’t true? That you could capture the best…

662: Starting Your Seed Indoors

A Chat with an Expert on, Gardening Basics, Podcast - Free, SeedsBy TheresaMarch 11, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Kari Spencer. – Kari shares insights on how to get a head start on your spring gardens by starting your seeds indoors in trays. We will talk about germination temps, timing, and nutrition as well as how to avoid common problems. Then we discuss how to transplant your.…

660: Harvesting the Future from Your Garden

A Chat with an Expert on, Gardening Basics, Podcast - Free, Seed conversation, SeedsBy TheresaFebruary 25, 2022Leave a comment

A Garden Chat with Bill McDorman. – Your tastiest vegetables can be grown again and again from your own garden! Future harvests are just a few steps away from what you are growing now and Bill McDorman can help you see the path to the future you want. Explore the benefits of seed saving, learn how to take those…

659: Companion Planting

A Chat with an Expert on, Companion Planting, Managing Plant Issues, Podcast - Free, SeedsBy TheresaFebruary 18, 2022Leave a comment

A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the December 2021 class discussing companion planting. Why work so hard in your garden? Gardening should be fun, relaxing and stress free. Unfortunately many of us don’t subscribe to that philosophy. We worry, we fret and we fear we aren’t doing…

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