This week the team shares early season gardening tips, and answers listener queries.
Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. It’s a companion to Jeff’s
This week, the team eagerly digs into early season gardening. To start, Jeff discusses hardening off your plants in his Jeff also offers a wealth of gardening advice, sharing his favorite hacks. These include ways to keep your fingernails clean when gardening, ensuring your hose can reach every garden corner, and labeling everything.Lastly, they respond to a variety of listener questions. Topics range from the complexities of compost tea to the potential benefits of adding birch water to your garden.
Jeff Lowenfels has written a weekly gardening column for the ADN for more than 45 years. His columns won the 2022 gold medal at the Garden Communicators International conference. He is the author of a series of books on organic gardening available at Amazon and elsewhere. He co-hosts the "Teaming With Microbes" podcast.Jonathan White is the co-host, with Jeff Lowenfels, of the "Teaming with Microbes" podcast.
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