Garden Variety

International flavors, grown at home 02.06.2023 ↓

Many of the vegetables found in your favorite international cuisine can be grown in your home garden.

Fern up the volume 26.05.2023 13:07 ↓

Ferns predate the dinosaurs — they’ve survived for hundreds of millions of years, and the odds are good that they can survive in your yard.

What's your damage? 19.05.2023 ↓

Commercial fruit crop specialist Randall Vos offers advice on protecting fruit from frost damage and disease.

Check out our tick talk 12.05.2023 13:06 ↓

Advice for avoiding ticks so you can keep enjoying the outdoors

And they lived appley ever after 05.05.2023 12:44 ↓

Harvest is still months away, but apple trees all over the state are blooming. Here’s how to care for them.

BONUS: the morel of the story 02.05.2023 17:30 ↓

On this Garden Variety bonus episode, Charity heads into the woods with master mushroom hunter Mark Vitosh.

Tree advice you can be-leaf in 28.04.2023 12:58 ↓

How to choose and nurture trees.

Not just tu-lip service 21.04.2023 12:52 ↓

We celebrate one of the shining jewels of springtime — tulips! — with horticulture specialists.

Building a healthy garden from the ground up 14.04.2023 ↓

If you want healthy plants, you need healthy soil.

Keeping that lawn green 07.04.2023 ↓

Turf grass is so last season. Host Charity Nebbe discusses environmentally friendly lawn alternatives with horticulture experts.

Don't let this shrub you the wrong way 31.03.2023 ↓

Host Charity Nebbe and ISU Extension horticulturist Aaron Steil talk about spring flowering shrubs.

Mow grass, mow problems 24.03.2023 ↓

Grass specialist Adam Thoms discusses spring lawn chores and how to know when it’s time to mow.

Fruit tree advice that's pear-fect for spring 17.03.2023 ↓

You may need mittens, but now is the best time to prune fruit trees.

Late winter advice that's cool as a cucumber 10.03.2023 ↓

Your garden may be resting under a new blanket of snow, but planting time for cool season crops is just around the corner.

You wood not make it without this tree and shrub advice 03.03.2023 13:08 ↓

Pruning advice (because we're not good with dating advice) for your trees and shrubs.

The window to prune is closing soon 17.02.2023 ↓

Pruning oak trees and talking oak disease

I like you a vio-lot 03.02.2023 12:54 ↓

Roses are red, and African Violets can be many different colors. Listen for advice on taking great care of them.

And this zone is just right 20.01.2023 12:52 ↓

According to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone maps Iowa is in Zone 5. Here's what that means and how that knowledge can help your garden.

Getting the bugs worked out 06.01.2023 13:07 ↓

Indoor plants can also attract unwanted visitors. An entomologist joins the show to tell us how to keep houseplants pest-free.

Celery-brate the holidays with the 2022 gardening gift guide 16.12.2022 ↓

Aaron Steil and Cindy Hayne share ideas for all the gardeners on your shopping list.

Impeckable advice for supporting bird populations 02.12.2022 13:06 ↓

A wildlife specialist discusses how gardeners, homeowners and landscapers can support bird populations throughout the year.

Branch out this winter with our forestry expert 18.11.2022 13:06 ↓

We're discussing late fall and winter forest stewardship — like IDing invasive species — and why winter is the best time to enjoy the woods.

How to get holiday blooms on your cactus 14.11.2022 ↓

While the cold has claimed outdoor plants for the season, holiday cactus is just getting ready to bloom.

Insect puns bug me 04.11.2022 13:07 ↓

An entomologist joins the show to tell us how insects survive the winter and how it’s possible for so many species to show up instantly the moment warm temperatures return.

Clean, gourd fun 28.10.2022 12:56 ↓

Discussing decorative and delicious gourds with an ISU extension commercial vegetable and specialty crop specialist.