Late blight is a fungus-like disease that mainly affects tomatoes and potatoes in the nightshade family.
Read MoreEpisode 55: Harvest and Store Your Onions and Garlic
Garlic and onions are some of the most satisfying crops you can grow in your home garden. Garlic is generally planted in the Fall, and onions are among the first transplants to be tucked into the early spring garden. These crops are both ready to harvest at the onset of peak harvest season, a harbinger of the forthcoming abundance. Luckily the crops are happy to be stored away for us to enjoy during less bounteous times of year. In this episode, we’re sharing some tips that will help you know when your crops are ready to harvest and how to store them.
Read MoreEpisode 54: Fall Brassicas
The Brassica family includes crops like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and kohlrabi, among others. These crops are cold-hardy, which makes them ideal for Fall gardens and in many cases, overwintering. The term ‘Fall Brassicas’ refers to crops that are planted anywhere between mid/late summer and early fall and are then harvested throughout the Fall.
Read MoreEpisode 53: Warm Season Salad Greens
This week we have Natalie Carver, from Love and Carrots, a DC-based edible landscaping company, to discuss warm weather salad greens with us.
Read MoreEpisode 52: July Listener Q+A
This past month we rounded the corner into summer so many of the questions we've been getting in our Slack group the past few weeks have been about pest and disease issues, harvesting, and pruning. This week we're going to disucss a question about leaf miners, a cauliflower harvesting dilmema, stunted greens beans and irregular sugar snap peas.
Read MoreEpisode 51: Brussels Sprouts
In this episode we discuss techniques that will help you grow bigger and better tasting Brussels sprouts.
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