Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Spring isn’t just for outdoor garden tasks. Your houseplants need some springtime love, as well. We chat with the author of “Houseplant Warrior”, Raffaele DiLallo about your houseplants’ needs for the right light, the right humidity, and he has a list of easy care houseplants for low light conditions. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Raffaele also has houseplant advice for those who must muddle through cold, dark winters, as well. And we talk about his business, OhioTropics dot com, and yes…he is growing outdoor tropical plants in Cleveland, even a banana plant!

Also, we get a Quick Tip from America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, who explains how careful pruning of outdoor plants can lessen the threat from pests and disease.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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Houseplants

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OhioTropics.com
Book: "Houseplant Warrior" by Raffaele DiLallo
Beginner-Friendly Houseplants
Light Fixtures for Houseplants
Houseplant Pruning Shears

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We pay a visit in today’s episode to the lush yards of a couple of notable gardeners. We chat with America’s favorite retired college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, in her garden, about what you should think about before you start your first garden: a checklist, if you will. It’s like learning from the mistakes of others. Or, to put it more politely, we're sharing garden wisdom.

And, Master Gardener Pam Bone talks about her favorite peach variety, as well as the benefits of getting out in the backyard orchard in early spring and thinning the fruit. Your peaches, apricots, plums, nectarines, apples and other deciduous fruit trees will thank you with big, beautiful tasty pieces of fruit this summer. Otherwise, you may come down with the warm season woes, gazing at undersized fruit as well as branches that are sagging - and breaking - under the weight of all that excess fruit.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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A garden of edibles, as seen from a kitchen window

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Farmer Fred Rant: Tips for the First Garden
Landscape Design Tools and References
Suncrest Peach
Farmer Fred Rant: Benefits of Thinning Fruit

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Farmer Fred website:
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Daily Garden tips and snark on Twitter
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The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog 
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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube
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Get your day off to a healthy start by adding fresh-picked berries - blackberries, raspberries, blueberries - to your breakfast.  Here in California, harvest season for those are perhaps six weeks away.  And wherever you live, you can probably grow some kind of berries.
We covered growing blueberries back in Episode 67.
Today, in Episode 182, we talk with Master Gardener and accomplished home blackberry, boysenberry and raspberry grower, Pam Bone, who has lots of good tips for growing these tasty, healthy treats. It’s all about berries!
We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots. And we will do it all in just a little over 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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Master Gardener Pam Bone and her Raspberry Garden

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Berry Varieties to Consider
UCANR Growing Caneberries in the Sacramento Region
Raspberry, Blackberry Production Guide (Cornell U.)

University of Massachusetts/Amherst  Soil Test Information
Colorado State University Soil Test Information

Farmer Fred Vegetable Planting Calendar for Northern California (downloadable)

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There are two very contemplative aisles that gardeners can encounter at big box stores or a well-stocked Garden Center…and that’s the drip irrigation parts aisle, and the garden pesticide aisle. Next time you go, check those aisles out. You’ll always find a gaggle of people, just staring at the products. Staring. Wondering. Considering. Contemplating. Today, Debbie Flower and I try to get you moving a little faster through the garden pesticide aisle. We have tips on what information to look for on the pesticide product labels, so that you make the right choice. Or, if you employ a pest control service, questions you should be asking them about the products that they are using.

Want to free up enough time in the garden so you can actually go visit someone or someplace this year? You remember, it’s called traveling. Then keep in mind these four words: Automate, Elevate, Eliminate, and Delegate. We’ll explain how to implement these very effective garden time savers.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Live links, product information, transcripts, and chapters available at the new home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred, GardenBasics.net or (for transcripts) Buzzsprout

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Garden Center Pesticide and Fertilizer Aisle

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UCANR: Soil Solarization

Plastic Sheeting for Soil Solarization (choose 1-2 mil thickness for best results)
UCANR: Sheet Mulching 1
UCANR: Sheet Mulching 2
UCANR: Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides
Sample Label of a Pesticide Containing Imidacloprid

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The Garden Basics with Farmer Fred Newsletter 
 https://gardenbasics.substack.com

Farmer Fred website: 
 http://farmerfred.com
 
 Daily Garden tips and snark on Twitter 
 https://twitter.com/farmerfred

The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog 
 http://farmerfredrant.blogspot.com

Facebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred" 

Instagram: farmerfredhoffman 
 https://www.instagram.com/farmerfredhoffman/

Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube 

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It’s "bat day" here on the Garden Basics podcast. By the way, we’re talking about the flying mammal, not the Louisville Slugger.  
Bats! They are a good friend of every gardener and farmer. Why? Because they’re eating a lot of the flying pests that otherwise would be chowing down on your crops and flowers… or you. We talk with noted bat expert, the University of California’s Rachael Long. 

Did you ever see that instruction on a seed packet or garden calendar that tells you when to set out plants? What, exactly, is setting out plants? America’s favorite retired college horticultural professor, Debbie Flower, walks us through the process of acclimating those tender young, greenhouse or indoor-raised seedlings to the harsh environment known as your garden.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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Bat with a Grasshopper

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Bat Houses at Amazon

Farmer Fred Interactive Vegetable Planting Calendar for Northern California

Farmer Fred Vegetable Planting Calendar for Northern California (downloadable)

All About Bats (National Wildlife Federation)

From UCANR: Well-Placed Bat Houses

From UCANR: Songbird, Bat, and Owl Boxes

UC IPM: Bat Identification and Control

UCANR: Bats for Walnut Orchards

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 https://gardenbasics.substack.com

Farmer Fred website: 
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 Daily Garden tips and snark on Twitter 
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The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog 
 http://farmerfredrant.blogspot.com

Facebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred" 

Instagram: farmerfredhoffman 
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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube
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The Poop Loop. No, we’re not talking about the reference in SpongeBob Squarepants (but we will have a link to that in the show notes). We’re not referring to a leash accessory that holds your dog's poop bag so you can finally be hands free to chat on your phone during your daily walks! (you’ll have to look that one up yourself). Nor is this an explanation of composting toilets. You’re going to have to go deep into the Google search engine to find out what we are talking about on this episode. It’s how Mother Nature feeds your plants, and what you can do to aid that process. The result? A healthier, more productive garden. Organic advocate, soil pedologist and underground poop expert Steve Zien has the details.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Live links available at the new home site for the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast and FarmerFred.com, GardenBasics.net
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Pictured:
Raised beds, and mulch, mulch, mulch

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SpongeBob Squarepants and the Poop Loop
Book: Grow Your Soil!: Harness the Power of the Soil Food Web to Create Your Best Garden Ever by Diane Miessler and Elaine R. Ingham
Worm Castings
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How in tune with nature are you? Probably more than you think, if you’re a gardener. We talk with Emily Murphy, author of the new garden book, Grow Now, about your NQ, your Nature Quotient. Plus, we talk with her about front yard gardening, the actual definition of full sun, and the special hands of a gardener. 

Got new, colorful spots on the leaves of your annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs? America’s favorite retired horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, has reassuring answers for one worried gardener. Those spots you see just might be a natural development in early spring. Oh, by the way, welcome to Spring!

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory (we’ll hear more from the dogs later on). It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in just a bit over 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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Front Yard Garden containing edibles and ornamentals

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Dave Wilson Nursery

Book: “Grow Now”, by Emily Murphy
Book: Sunset National Garden Book
Book: Sunset Western Garden Book
Book: Sunset Northeastern Garden Book
Soil Thermometers
Hunter MP Rotator Sprinkler Heads

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Daily Garden tips and snark on Twitter 
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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube

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If you have a small yard, or crummy soil or even just a sunny patio, you can grow tomatoes…in containers! If you have an area around the outside of your home that gets six hours or more of sun a day during spring and summer, you can be serving garden-fresh, container-grown tomatoes at meal time. However, there are some tomato varieties that are better suited for growing in large pots. Our favorite retired college horticultural professor, Debbie Flower, offers us tips on choosing the best tomatoes for containers.

Planning your first vacation in awhile for this year? If a car trip along the scenic Northern California  coast is in this plans, we have an amazing garden for you to visit. And it’s part of an old Russian fort. And it’s a state park. It’s the Call Garden at Fort Ross. And we’ll take you there on this edition.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory.  It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Live links, product information, transcripts, and chapters available at the Buzzsprout home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004629

Pictured:
Gardener's Delight  Cherry Tomato Plant in a Smart Pot Fabric Container

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More tomato varieties for containers
Container Tomato Growing Tips
The Call Garden: Full of History and Beauty
Call House Video
Plants around the Call House

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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube
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Looking for easy to grow succulents for a wide variety of climates? We cover the basics for growing these unthirsty plants both outdoors and indoors.
Spice up your salsa garden this year with the tomato relative, tomatillos. We have tips, and a warning.
We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory.  It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots  and  Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Live links, product information, transcripts, and chapters available at the Buzzsprout home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004629

Pictured:
Jade Plant, Crassula ovata

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Tomatillo Salsa Recipe from the CA Master Food Preservers
Tomatillo Seeds
Tomatillo Heirloom Varieties
Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale,  May 6-8
Harvest Day at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center,  Sat. Aug. 6, 2022 

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Daily Garden tips and snark on Twitter 
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The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog 
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Facebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred" 

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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube
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Welcome to the tug-of-a-war season. Is it late winter, or early spring? Will daytime highs be in the 60’s and 70’s? Or will the overnight lows dip below freezing? Or both? Deciduous fruit trees, such as peaches, apples, plums, apricots and more everywhere get confused when sunny, mild days are followed by a few freezing nights. And if those trees are blooming, and a frost or freeze is predicted, you just might have fewer fruit to harvest this summer. We have tips to help you stave off the loss of those fruit tree flowers when temperatures get temporarily chilly.
Also: do you know what regenerative gardening is? It’s a great way to get a more bountiful harvest of food and flowers, and it’s easy! You might already be a regenerative gardener. We talk with garden author Emily Murphy, who explores and explains that topic in her new book, “Grow Now”.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory.  It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots.  And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

Live links, product information, transcripts, and chapters available at the Buzzsprout home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004629

Pictured:
Pluot fruit tree flower.

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Dave Wilson Nursery
Frost Cloths
passthepistil.com (Emily Murphy website)
Grow Now, by Emily Murphy 
Grow What You Love: 12 Food Plant Families to Change Your Life, by Emily Murphy
The Secret Life of Trees, by Colin Tudge 
The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben
Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard 

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The Farmer Fred Rant! Blog 
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Farmer Fred Garden Minute Videos on YouTube
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