Serious Grower

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she recently lost quite a few apple trees to rodent damage despite her best efforts to protect them. We discuss behavior & pest management of voles and deer causing injury to trees, with the help of publicly-funded research brought to us by the US Department of Agriculture .   Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstra...

Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing. Learn more about Community Supported Research Oregon State Extension resources for backyard berries and fruit tree pruning Saffron Lifecycle   Container growing for blueberries?  Growing Sweetpotato? What could go wrong?    Music...

Susan is a professor of agriculture in the seacoast region of New Hampshire. She runs a community garden and works with students and community members across a wide range of age groups. She's an experienced commercial farmer but she has thoughts on how we value the non-commercial aspects of growing. Listen into this wide ranging conversation about unique pests in high tunnels, as well as a deep di...

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer, growing in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she encountered a planting of cowpeas during a recent tour of her ag experiment station that was meant to support wasps. She wants to know what gives? We chat about stinging wasps and the non-stinging parasitic wasps who provide biocontrol of pest insects. Full interview with Dr. Veronica Yurchak Extension Specialist in C...