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All Things Gardening

Vermont Public Radio

A Podcast From Vermont Public Radio

  • 5 minutes
    Hand pruners: The gift you didn't know you needed to give
    Want to give your favorite gardener a gift that will last a lifetime? Try a hand pruner! This is an essential tool for multiple things in the garden or yard.
    22 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    For holiday decorations, think outside the balsam box
    Balsam fir trees are a traditional choice for holiday decorations. Other types and sizes can look festive, too, like spruce, pine and boxwood.
    15 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    Grow kumquats, limes, oranges and lemons indoors this winter — and outdoors in spring
    Choose the correct container and citrus variety, and you could have a mini indoor orangerie this winter.
    8 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    Leave dead trees and grow native berries in your yard to create a winter sanctuary for birds
    Treat the birds this winter to seed and suet, as well as dead trees, native berries and wood piles.
    1 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 59 seconds
    Not just for the holidays: Enjoy rutabagas and turnips on your plate all year round
    Turnips and rutabagas are a common part of traditional American holiday feasts. They are often overlooked at other times of the year. Try planting sweeter varieties of these brassicas and enjoying them cooked or raw year-round.
    24 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    Storing soil, cleaning tomato cages and protecting hydrangeas to prep for winter
    Charlie Nardozzi answers gardeners' questions and gives advice on how to get their gardens and tools ready for overwintering and storage.
    17 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 51 seconds
    Want to get into the holiday spirit? Start by planting some cactuses
    There are several different kinds of holiday cactuses: There's a Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus and an Easter cactus. Holiday cactuses earn their names because they tend to bloom near Christian holidays.
    10 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    Layer flowering bulbs in containers for spring blooms indoors
    You can plant crocus, daffodils and tulips outdoors now, as the soil is cool enough for them to overwinter and bloom next spring. And you can also plant bulbs in containers indoors. Use a layering technique and they will blossom for a month.
    3 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 6 seconds
    2 inches down and 6 inches apart: Get those garlic cloves planted now
    Love to use garlic in cooking? Consider planting your own. You can choose garlic types based on your taste. Then, as long as you've got composted and well-drained soil, you should get a good garlic harvest next summer.
    27 October 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 5 minutes
    Like late bloomers? Try hardy Montauk daisies
    Sometimes blooming up until — and even after — the first frost, flowers like Montauk daisies and stokesia provide a last gasp of late fall color.
    20 October 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 7 seconds
    Daffodils didn't deliver? Plant spring flowering onion bulbs this month
    If your daffodils and other flowering bulbs didn't grow well this past spring, try planting flowering onions. They are beautiful and fairly trouble-free. Purchase a few when you're getting other spring flowering bulbs ready to plant later this month.
    13 October 2024, 12:00 pm
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