The heat of the summer can be a mixed blessing, depending on your garden. What are the best ways to approach it?

In this episode, Don and John discuss our current stretch of hot weather and give you the best advice for keeping your garden happy. Plus, what to do if your trees are damaged by woodpeckers.

The Red River Valley Garden Tour is coming up July 15 and 16, offering a one-of-a-kind opportunity to tour the yards of passionate Master Gardeners in our area.

In this episode, Don and John are joined by Master Gardener Sandra Vigen for a preview of the tour. Plus, she has a question for Don about potato blight.

For more details about the Garden Tour, visit https://rrvgardentour.com/.

The Fourth of July is one of the season's best milestones. You're able to ease up on garden duties just in time to celebrate with friends and family.

In this episode, Don and John go over some of the considerations to make as we mark this time during the season (and our nation's history). Plus, Don gives some insight in the eviable task of judging the fair's best rhubarb.

The Red River Valley Fair is approaching, and behind all those corndogs and funnel cakes are a lot of hard-working 4-H'ers.

In this episode, Don and John talk with Lilly Beana and Samantha Weidner from the Cass County Extension Office about the upcoming fair and valuable experiences that 4-H can bring to young growers and producers.

We would all love to see lush gardens laden with perfect vegetables and pristine blossoms...but we all know that, more often than not, things don't go as planned.

In this episode, Don and John go over some strategies for how to spot and approach issues in your vegetable, perennial and annual gardens, as well as your trees and shrubs.

Although we're well into June and the weather is heating up, you still have plenty of time to get plants into the ground.

In this episode, Don and John go over all the basics of planting annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs.

Spring is quickly turning into summer, and there's a lot of gardeners with questions as their yards and gardens start to take off for the season.

In this episode, Don and John open the mailbag to answer questions from listeners.

If you love gardening shows (and we know you do!), our latest episode is a special treat.

In this episode, Don talks with host Mary Holm and series producer Mike Cihak from the Pioneer PBS program "Prairie Yard & Garden." Mary and Mike discuss how they make the show and the work they put into featuring beautiful gardens across our region.

For more about Prairie Yard & Garden, visit their website: https://www.pioneer.org/pyg/

Rather than actually springing, this spring has been more of a "now you see it, now you don't" situation, and that's given gardeners in our region a twinge of anxiety.

In this episode, Don and John go over some ways to help get your growing season off to a great start, even if the weather didn't get the memo.

Will marigolds protect your plants from pests? Can you tell whether a pepper is male or female? Does insecticide made from chewing tobacco work?

In this episode, Don and John are joined by Esther McGinnis, an associate professor of plant science at North Dakota State University, to help set the record straight on some gardening myths that may have come across your social media feed.