Get Growing with Farmer Fred
Summary: Learn more about gardening in northern California with Farmer Fred. Farmer Fred Hoffman is a University of California Certified lifetime Master Gardener and Garden Columnist for The Lodi News Sentinel. Fred Hoffman covers topics like, cultivating vegetables, using mulch, and many other gardening related information.
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Podcasts:
Consulting rosarians Charlottle Owendyk and Baldo Villegas talk winter rose care and planting. Cherie Sintes-Glover on Backyard Chickens.
Master Gardener Lori Ann Asmus of Emerald City Interior Landscape Services on indoor holiday decorating tips, houseplant care. Garden Grappler. Snark.
Master Food Preserver Dennis Prendergast offers tips for drying, freezing, and canning your garden produce. Bev O' Brien on Living Christmas Trees.
A happy soil leads to happy plants. Put on a dirty smile with today's tips. Guest: Steve Zien, Living Resources Co. Garden Grappler.
Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis drops by to talk bare root plants, now arriving at area nurseries. Controlling Fireblight. Garden Grappler.
Sacramento County Farm Advisor Chuck Ingels discusses the worst garden bugs in Sacramento in 2015. Linda Chalker Scott - "Garden Myths". Amy Stewart - "Worms". Garden Grappler.
Sacramento County Master Gardener Nicolai Laquaglia discusses composting basics, including composting with worms: vermicomposting. Decorative window flower boxes. Garden Grappler.
Frost prevention tips, fall planting. The Nov. 8, 2015 show features Quentyn Young from the Fair Oaks Blvd Nursery
23rd Anniversary of Get Growing. The show's very first guest, Brad Gay, of JB's Power Equipment in Davis, comes back to talk about Fall Garden Tool Care. Author Ann Ralph: "Grow a Little Fruit Tree". Garden Grappler.
Caring for your citrus and other fruit trees. Guest: Ed Laivo, Four Winds Growers. Author Robert Kourik: "Understanding Roots". Garden Grappler.
Caring for your rose bushes now can help insure a great bloom for later this year and next year. Sierra Foothill Rose Society members Baldo Villegas and Charlotte Owendyk have the details. Master Gardener Shannon Gordon talks about upcoming events at the
Get your organic garden ready for fall. Guest Prof. Deborah Flower - ARC Hort. Dept. Juliet Voightlander - El Dorado Nursery and Gardens
Get your organic garden ready for fall. Guest: Steve Zien, Living Resources Co. Shellie Perry, El Dorado CA Native Plant Society Sale.
Get your yard ready for fall. Guest: Debbie Flower, ARC Horticulture Professor. Garden Grappler. Growing avocados in Northern California, with Tom Spellman, Dave Wilson Nursery.
Low water use trees and shrubs; caring for drought-stressed trees. Guest: Master Gardener and Urban Forester Pam Bone. Events at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, with Master Gardener Shannon Gordon.
