288-The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: A Model of Gardening for the Greater Good
Wherever you live, if you're a gardener, you should get to know the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Their mission is to inspire gardening for the greater good. On this week's podcast, PHS Presiden...
24 Nov 202245min
287-No-Till Gardening and The Living Soil Handbook, with Jesse Frost
The reasons to adopt no-till gardening methods are many, from improving soil health for more vigorous plants to reducing the workload on the gardener. To explain the range of benefits that come with d...
17 Nov 20221h 3min
286-Naturalizing Bulb Lawns
It's easy to naturalize flower bulbs under turf to create a bulb lawn that will put on a spectacular display each spring indefinitely with no further bulb plantings necessary. To share the history and...
10 Nov 202249min
285-Growing Indoors Hydroponically
Building an indoor hydroponic gardening system from scratch is a tall feat for newcomers to hydroponics, but these days there are a number of compact hydroponic systems on the market that are easy to ...
3 Nov 202254min
284-Gardening Sustainably in a Changing Climate
The reality of climate change should spark gardeners to both reduce their carbon footprints and adapt. With earlier springs, warmer summers, droughts and extreme weather events becoming the norm as cl...
27 Okt 202254min
283-A Soil Chemistry Primer: How Protons and Electrons Influence Soil Moisture and Fertility
Gardeners know that adding organic material to soil improves its fertility, but to understand the reasons why organic matter is such an effective soil amendment, it's necessary to get down to the mole...
20 Okt 202249min
282-The Vital Role of Soil Bacteria in the Garden, with Jeff Lowenfels
Our understanding of the soil food web has increased rapidly in the 21st century as microscope technology improves and soil biology research continues, and this opens new doors for gardeners and farme...
13 Okt 202250min
281-The Chemical Age: How Tools of War Became Agricultural Chemicals
Some of the most important and ecologically damaging chemicals used in agriculture historically — and still today, in some cases — have their origins in warfare. To share the fascinating history of ho...
6 Okt 202254min
