Microgreens are a great way to produce food all year long with minimum space and time. In this episode we'll discuss how to grow microgreens and crops that are best suited for this type of production.
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 19: Garden Soil pH
This episode we are going to delve into the wonderful world of soil pH. Managing the pH of a garden may sound super complicated or perhaps a bit over-the-top for the beginning gardener. However, checking and adjusting the pH of your garden soil is actually very easy and very important.
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.
Read MoreEncyclopedia Botanica Podcast, Episode 16: The Organic Seed Alliance Field Day
In this episode, we’ll discuss Organic Seed Alliance’s mission and some of the work they do and we’ll also share their technique for saving tomato seeds.
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