Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Apr 16 2024 258
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Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Tuesday and Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for Northern California gardeners and farmers: The KFBK Garden Show, Get Growing with Farmer Fred, and the KSTE Farm Hour. Episode Website: https://gardenbasics.net

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326 Q&A Working with Coir vs Peat Moss, Reuse Old Potting Soil. Runaway Plum Tree!

Apr 16 2024 18 mins  
Q&A - Working with Coir, Peat Moss, Perlite, etc. Reusing Old Potting Soil. 00:24Q&A - Runaway Plum Tree! 16:10Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout.Pictured: Wheelbarrow with Homemade Potting MixLinks: Sub

325 Peach Leaf Curl Control Tips. All the Presidents' Gardens.

Apr 12 2024 31 mins  
Appearing now (or soon) on a peach or nectarine tree near you: Peach Leaf Curl? What is this fungus that causes the leaves on these trees to redden, pucker, and curl? And how can you control it? (Please note, I did not say, “eradicate”). America’s favorite retired college horticultural professor, Debbie Flower has some tips. Also, we go back about eight years for an interview

GB 324 Q&A - Nitrogen Sources. Soil for a Raised Bed.

Apr 09 2024 28 mins  
Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout.Pictured: Pizza Pie Crop Rotation GardenLinks: Subscribe to the free, Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter https://gardenbasics.substack.com Smart Pots https://smartpots.com/fre

323 Gold Medal Plant Winners. Thin Your Fruit Trees Now!

Apr 05 2024 39 mins  
Each year the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society puts out its list of Gold Medal winning Plants. Usually these plants are chosen for their adaptability to the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. This year, the chosen plants have a much wider range of possible success, including USDA Zone 9 and possibly up to Zone 10, and down to Zone 3. Also: Now is the time in warmer places

322 Q&A Transplant a Fruit Tree? How to Remove a Stuck Plant From a Nice Pot

Apr 02 2024 24 mins  
Q&A Transplanting Old, Large, Fruit Trees? (segment begins at 00:25)Q&A Why Are My Radishes Only Producing Leaves? (7:10)Q&A Remove an Overgrown Plant from a Nice Pot Without Breaking It? (12:19)Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapter

321 Spring Rose Care Basics - Diseases and Insects

Mar 29 2024 45 mins  
From now through Mother’s Day, roses will start putting on their first and best show across the country. What do your rose bushes need to get off to a good start in early Spring? Master Rosarian Charlotte Owendyk of the Sierra Foothills Rose Society talks about getting ahead of early spring rose pest and disease problems, before they can do too much damage to those brilliant firs

320 Q&A Citrus, Cats, Tomatoes

Mar 26 2024 22 mins  
Questions from listeners include:Why Your Citrus Tree Leaves May Be Yellowing (at 00:24 of podcast)Cat-Proofing Your Raised Bed Garden (13:03)Good Tomato Seed Sources (17:44)Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapters also available at Buzzsprout.Pi

319 How to Plant and Care for a Shade Tree

Mar 22 2024 51 mins  
Today, we cover the basics of correctly planting and caring for a shade tree. We chat with consulting arborist Gordon Mann, who reminds us, when it comes to choosing a spot to plant a shade tree, it’s all about the soil. Plus, he explains the importance of correct planting techniques, especially freeing up that tree’s root zone.But there’s a lot more. As Gordon explains, wate

318 Q&A Rosemary Propagation, Best Peach for Baking, Cover Crops, Blueberry Containers

Mar 19 2024 22 mins  
Q&A Rosemary Propagation? (at 00:24 of podcast)Q&A Best Peach for Cooking/Baking? (08:10)Q&A Cover Crop crimping? (12:14)Q&A Blueberry containers? (19:05)Want To Leave Us a Question? (21:22)Previous episodes, show notes, links, product information, and transcripts at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net. Transcripts and episode chapters

317 The 2024 Tomato Preview Show!

Mar 15 2024 69 mins  
It’s time for the annual Garden Basics Tomato preview show! Once again, you’re invited to easedrop on a conversation between two real tomatoheads, myself and Don Shor, proprietor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis, California.We recap our tomato successes and failures of 2023, and talk about what we will be planting in 2024, featuring the tried and true tomato varieties, along wi