This episode includes a round-up of crops that mature in 40 days or less. We picked 40 days because there are very few crops that can mature in fewer than this many days, but it is still a short enough period (just over a month) that it is easy to plan for and execute even in the waning days of the summer. Consider this your last call for planting and get out there and sow some seeds!
Read MoreEpisode 58: Spinach
Spinach is an annual that grows to maturity in about 25-40 days. It is a hardy cool-season crop that does best at temperatures of 60 to 65ºF, but can withstand temperatures as low as 20ºF. That means that spinach thrives when planted early in the spring for a late spring harvest, and late in the summer for a fall harvest.
Read MoreEpisode 57: Slack Q+A
Many of the topics we cover in this episode actually start to turn our attention toward Fall. This includes our own Fall garden line-ups, including our favorite carrots and kale, the best way to store seeds, a debate about self-seeding crops, and last, a tricky question about onions.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 20: Fall Garden Journaling
Spending a little time in the fall taking notes on what happened in your garden over that past season is a great way to get a jump start on your garden planning for the following spring. In this episode we are going to briefly introduce garden mapping and then Kellie and I will share our favorite crop varieties of the 2016 garden season.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 18: Applying Compost to the Fall Garden
Over-wintered broccoli in early March. The plant was surrounded with compost and the empty spaces in the garden were covered in compost.
This week we will be discussing how to use compost as a fall garden amendment. In particular, we're going to talk about it how you can use compost to improve and protect your soil over the wet winter months.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 17: Cover Cropping
In this episode, we discuss how cover crops work and why they are an incredibly important and effective way to maintain soil health and capture soil on site, but also why the practice of cover cropping can be tricky to employ in a home garden.
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