- Author: Loren Nelson
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we have Part Two of Mark Fierle's interview with the founder of Square Foot Gardening - Mel Bartholomew.
This interview was recorded less than a year before Mel passed away in 2016. Mel has written the largest selling gardening book ever in America and is a true visionary.
The Square Foot Gardening method of growing gardens has fought hunger and has benefitted people around the world, including the gardening-challenged! The show will include some of Mel's seldom heard stories. Learn how Square Foot Gardening works so you can get your fall and winter gardens growing!
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Podcast Topic: Square Foot Gardening 1
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- Author: Loren Nelson
It's September now. Back to school AND back to the garden for winter planting.
This week is our regular monthly episode of “This Month in the Garden” on the In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners show.
Plant your P's and harvest your Q's! Snap peas, Snow peas, or Sugar peas are your planting go-tos for edible peas! Plant Sweet peas, of course, for visual holiday color! If you are into the unusual and happen to have a Quince tree, now is the time to start harvesting and planning on how to prepare since the fruit isn't desirable be eaten raw.
However, it is wonderful baked or preserved. Don't forget your leafy vegetables, too. These are just a couple of ideas so listen to UC Master Gardeners and KUCI Staff Hosts Katrina Kirkeby and Teena Spindler as they help you get off on the right garden clog this month In the Garden!
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Podcast Topic: This Month in the Garden – September 2018
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- Author: Loren Nelson
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, the subject is Creating a Defensible Fire Space. Time to get a buffer around your vulnerable, exposed property.
You don't have to be right on the interface of urban/open space to be impacted because embers can travel a mile or more away from an active fire situation.
Those embers can smolder in an attic for hours and when you think you are safe, you find out that you are not! Be careful of drought-tolerant but highly flammable plantings. Mexican Feather Grass plantings and old palm fronds are prevalent in So Cal right now.
On this show, UC Master Gardener and KUCI staff host David Letourneau speaks with Teri Merritt, Fire Prevention Specialist / Wildland Pre-Fire Management with the Orange County Fire Authority and Capt. Larry Kurtz. Together, they will help you prepare and protect yourself and your home from wildfires.
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Podcast Topic: This Month in the Garden – September 2018
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- Author: Loren Nelson
A BIG gardening event is coming on September 29th 2018 from 9 am to 2 pm. The UCCE Master Gardeners of Orange County and OC Water Quality and Water Resources is putting on the annual Urban Landscape and Garden Education Expo at the South Coast Center Research and Extension Center in Irvine.
This center is the home to the Master Gardeners and is a key resource for what we learn and, in turn, spread that knowledge to the public.
Like YOU, the listeners of In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners. And best of all, it is FREE. It is rare that the public can visit the research center. This is one of those times where you can bring your whole family and see many of the projects the Master Gardeners and other ANR organizations are actively working on such as Beekeeping, Composting, Irrigation, etc.
See first-hand about these topics you hear about on our radio program! Tram rides are offered for the public to sightsee around the center. Lectures, demos, and exhibits all day long. Tune in and get the whole scoop! It'll be fun! KUCI host David Letourneau will speak with MG Norma Yarbrough on today's show.
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Podcast Topic: This Month in the Garden – September 2018
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- Author: Loren Nelson
It's the end of September and officially Fall now. Let's start thinking about what to plant for spring color.
Today on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, KUCI Staff Host and UC Master Gardener Sally Richards talks with Horticulturist Steve Hampson from Roger's Gardens.
Sally and Steve will discuss the differences between two primary forms of underground food storage systems. That boring, technical description is exactly what Bulbs (e.g., Amaryllis, Daffodil) and Corms (e.g., Gladiolus, Freesia) are and why they produce such glorious color every year.
Steve Hampson is an expert on his favorite bulb, the Daffodil! Learn the best ones to plant in the fall and how to care for them.
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Podcast Topic: Fall Planted Bulbs and Corms
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