Fall is here, and the days are shorter and colder. Many of us are winding down in our gardens, but not in our garden questions! This episode has a veritable potpourri of topics, including garden pests, keeping pathways weed-free, how to dry cayenne peppers, drip irrigation, and planting garlic.
Read MoreEpisode 56: Late Blight
Late blight is a fungus-like disease that mainly affects tomatoes and potatoes in the nightshade family.
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This week my new co-host, Kellie Phelan, and I will be talking about how to identify and prevent leaf miner damage.
Read MoreLessons from the Farm: Making Friends With Your Weeds
All photos by Hilary Dahl
Weeds can be a good thing. It's seems a little counter intuitive as a gardener/farmer to say, but in a lot of ways they really are. Over the past year I started working on our certified organic Urban Fringe Farm in Woodinville. I thought it would be interesting to bring the farm experience back to the backyard by sharing some of what I've learned. The weeds on our farm have been nothing short of challenging to tame, but as I began to study the enemy, I started to realize they are just the opposite of an enemy.
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