Garden Variety
Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
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Episodes (376)
How to know when it's time to mow
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Lettuce help you with your vegetable garden
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What your seedlings are needling
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Midwest isn't the easiest place to bee
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Prune-in to this show for fruit tree tips
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The Name Game (plant edition)
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Get rich in soil knowledge
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Don't cut your flowers' beauty short
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Plants that will give you their undying love
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You won't forking believe these gardening tips
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Ex-seed your expectations this year
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Tis the season to be a nutcracker
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Dreaming of a green Christmas tree
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Kind of a fig deal
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BONUS: A rare bee discovery
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Wicked witch of the pest
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A look at plant disease trends this year
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Shiver me timbers
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Gourd big or go home
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More like dry-owa
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Fall perennials are bloomin brilliant
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Bet your autumn dollar
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May the forced bulbs be with you
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'Tis the season for freezing
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Iowa's fields of green are turning gold
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Advice for hard-core apple lovers
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BONUS: Don’t fear the Ghost Plant
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Plentiful perennials
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Unwelcome beehavior
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BONUS: Pondering our pollinators
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How to dill with excess herbs
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What's shrub got to do with it?
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Friend or foe? Predator or prey?
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Practice what you peach
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Leaf your root worries behind
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Cease the disease
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Sweet corn is an a-maize-ing summer crop
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Nothing a homegrown tomato won't cure
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Contain your plants, not your excitement
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Born a bramblin man
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Welcome to the shrub club
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This episode is jam-packed with great advice
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In the mood to brood
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Highway to the hardiness zone
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BONUS: Cicadas
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Assets for your baskets
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BONUS: Invasive Species
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He speaks for the trees!
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A little mower lawn advice
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Blooming brilliant tips for beautiful trees
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