Soils & Fertilizer Archives | Gardening with Charlie: Recent Episodes
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Charlie makes food and ornamental gardening and edible landscaping fun. His easy manner, and informative style, engages listeners, viewers, and readers alike.
“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil. There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” That was Charles Kellogg writing in the USDA Book of Agriculture about 100 years ago. There’s a new appreciation of our soils underfoot, especially as we search for ways to slow the […]
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Listen to this podcast on how to use fallen leaves in your garden and landscape Fall is great for shuffling through a layers of dried, fallen leaves. I love the smell, sound, and feeling of the leaves underfoot. But leaves are also a great resource for your garden, lawn and yard. So, let’s look at […]
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Listen to this podcast on gardening easier and smarter with no dig gardening. I’m starting to work on a new book. It’s on No-Dig Gardening. It’s a topic that I’ve been playing around with in our vegetable and annual flower gardens for years and I’m excited to dive deeper into it. I’m rereading the […]
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Listen to this podcast on how to take soil test. While fall is a time of garden cleanup and planting bulbs and garlic, it’s also a perfect time to test your soil. Soil testing is one of those good garden ideas that often gets forgotten. Testing your soil now has some advantages. There’s less […]
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Listen to this podcast about snakeworms and how this earthworm-like creatures hurt the soil. Earthworms are generally thought of as a good sign in a healthy garden. But as with anything, there are two sides to the story. Our common earthworms came to North American with the Europeans and have been spreading ever since. […]
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Listen to this podcast on how to apply fertilizer as a side dressing in summer and which plants need it. It’s been an interesting summer so far. Lots of rain, humidity and not necessarily high temperatures. But, the vegetables are still growing and now is a time to give them a little mid summer […]
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Learn how to build mounded soil beds and grow plants with logs through Hugelkultur. Listen to podcast: Permaculture is a whole system garden design that seeks to reproduce the sustainability of a natural system. I have used some permaculture techniques over the years, such as keyhole raised beds, but not hugelkultur. What’s hueglekultur? This German […]
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Learn the best ways to reduce the effects of drought on your plants. Listen to podcast: Baby it’s hot out there…. and dry. Some areas of our region have received only 50% to 75% of their normal rainfall. That combined with hot, sunny days has an impact on the garden. The first thing you’ll notice […]
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Learn about organic fertilizers including the best types to supply nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium to your soil. Listen to Podcast: Spring is time to get your soil ready for planting. Organic matter is key to soil health and building it with annual additions of compost is a good idea. But sometimes, especially in a vegetable […]
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Learn how to grow tomatoes and other vegetables in straw bales with less work and weeds. Listen to podcast: I’ve seen vegetables planted in just about everything. Whether it be old bathtubs, broken down cars, old shoes or even a used gas grill, gardeners can get creative when it comes to space saving techniques. Well, […]
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