Gardening Utah Podcast

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Winterize Your Garden For Wildlife and your Winter Garden Questions Answered with Cameron Alcott from Progressive Plants Nov 20, 2020

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Jana speaks with Cameron Allcott with Progressiveplants.com about growing Kale and other vegetables hydroponically, and answers your winter garden questions around trees, roses and more. Why it's still important to water your evergreen trees and why you still have plenty of time to plant! We also pay respects to a friend that we just lost in the garden business – Grant Holdaway.

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us why it is important to winterize your garden for wildlife so you can provide a lifeline for many of our native species during the cold months.

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Remembering Grant Holdaway:

https://www.premierfuneral.com/obituaries/Grant-Holdaway-2/

https://utahstories.com/2016/08/grant-holdaway-a-farming-legacy/

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Animal Care in Winter and Quality Pet Food with Martha Page from Intermountain Farmers Association Nov 14, 2020

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Jana speaks with Martha about the special care your animals need over the winter. We also discuss quality pet and poultry food, as well as learn how we can support the animal food drive for local animal shelters at IFA.

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us why it is important to get rid of those suckers. Not the Halloween candy, but the suckers that grow from the roots of the trees.

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How to winterize your garden beds and other fall tasks Episode 27 Nov 06, 2020

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We're getting the vegetable gardens put to bed for the winter. Whether you have raised beds or a traditional garden or both, get the tips and tricks on exactly what to do and why! Also learn about all the amazing things you can do with pumpkins whether you've carved them or not. Jana's favorite recipe as promised here: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/pumpkin-soup-with-gruy-re

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us why it is SO important to identify your enemies. Weeds, that is! Understand annual vs perennial weeds to eliminate them the most efficient way possible.

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Put your Lawn to bed for Winter with Chanshare Sod Farms Episode 26 Oct 23, 2020

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We're getting our yards buttoned up for the winter and tackling all of our fall garden tasks. Eric Marble from Chanshare Sod Farms is back to help us get our fall lawn tasks tackled! Learn the most important tasks to do NOW to get your lawn put to bed for the winter. How to water, mow, fertilize and aerate for the perfect winter prep that will create a more waterwise lawn for next year.

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us why we shouldn't let those trees go into the winter dry and how a good soaking and mulch is the best protection for winter.

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Popularity of Plants over time and Poinsettia Care Episode 25 Oct 17, 2020

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One of Jana's favorite nurseries makes their Gardening Utah debut! Mike Goldberg from the nursery and grower Quality Flowers and Plants joins Jana to discuss Poinsettia growing and care, and how the climate has changed the popularity of certain annuals and perennials. He also shares some of his favorite stories from running his nursery the last 30+ years.

In the Tip of the Week, Jana gives us inspiration to not forget to take care of our garden tools as we put the garden to bed for the winter.

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Trees and Shrubs for Mountain-like Fall Foliage and Color Episode 24 Oct 17, 2020

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Cameron Allcott from ProgressivePlants.com joins Jana to give the best trees and shrubs to make your landscape have the fall colors of the mountains!

In the Tip of the Week, Jana tells us how easy it is to plant garlic and gives inspiration on new varieties to try.

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Planting Bulbs for Spring and More Fall Garden Chores Episode 23 Oct 03, 2020

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Horticulturist Liz Hamilton and Cameron Allcott from ProgressivePlants.com join Jana to answer more listener questions about fall planting and yard tasks

In the Tip of the Week. Jana encourages us to dig up and store our summer bulbs so we can replant next year in the Tip of the Week. She also gives some lessons learned from the garden in 2020 and tells us how she somehow ended up with 87 tomato plants.

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https://harvestgoldorganics.com/

https://progessiveplants.com

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Putting the Garden to Bed: Fall Tasks Tackled and Q&A Episode 22 Sep 24, 2020

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Horticulturist Liz Hamilton and Cameron Allcott from ProgressivePlants.com join Jana to answer all of our listener questions about fall planting and yard tasks. We discuss everything from how to compost, to spider mites and what to do to prevent them next year. We talk about what to cut back and what to leave while a hilarious discussion about what a Hot Box is in horticulture gives everyone a good laugh.

Jana also begs us not to bag and dump our leaves in the Tip of the Week and gives us the organic alternative we need!

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Trees, Trees, Trees! Episode 21 Sep 11, 2020

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Utah faced a natural disaster this week and lost over 1,000 trees. Jana and Cameron discuss what to do to the trees that just have branch damage, and learn many new and improved varieties of evergreen or deciduous trees that you can replace your lost trees with. Jana also tells us the difference between a frost and a freeze in the Tip of the Week.

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New Ideas for Preserving your Tomato and Vegetable Harvest Episode 20 Sep 03, 2020

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Jana tells us when your watermelons are ripe enough to pick in the Tip of the Week. Then we cover some new and different ways of preserving all different kinds of tomatoes from San Marzanos to cherry tomatoes! Jana shares her tried and true timesaving methods and recipes that will make your kitchen smell like an Italian kitchen!

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