Garden Talk
Gardening tips and information from KTOO in Juneau. Tune in Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. on Juneau Afternoon.
Gardentalk – Picking for peak ripeness and flavor
"Timing is real important." Tasting apples, gooseberries, raspberries, and kiwis as you go.
Read More »Gardentalk – Pickling
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski shares his Mom's quick and easy brine recipe for pickling cucumbers, zucchini, peas, beans, and other vegetables.
Read More »Gardentalk – We’re jamming!
Learn how to make freezer and cooked jam from local raspberries, salmonberries, and blueberries.
Read More »Gardentalk – Exploders
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski suggests a quick harvest of fruit and vegetables that may crack and split after this month's heavy rainfall.
Read More »Gardentalk – Garlic harvesting and late season planting
It's time to harvest if remaining scapes are uncurling and leaves are turning yellow. Also, a $30 billion water pipeline from Washington state to California doesn't make much sense if the entire West Coast is suffering from dry conditions.
Read More »Gardentalk – Garlic scapes
Early bulblets from hardneck garlic can be used as a substitute for green onions and garlic bulbs in salads, soups, sauces and pesto, or make flavored vinegar and olive oil.
Read More »Gardentalk – Porcupine and buttercups
Recent Gardentalk segments include how to defend your garden from the ravages of porcupine and a feature of popular plants in the buttercup family.
Read More »Gardentalk – Orange hawkweed
UAF Cooperative Extension Service Agent Darren Snyder provides a primer on orange hawkweed, an invasive perennial that has gained a foothold in the Juneau area.
Read More »Gardentalk – Pests
Imported currant worms, slugs, aphids, and root maggots have been spotted in Juneau gardens this season.
Read More »Gardentalk — Spread it!
Ed Buyarski has a few tips for applying the right kind of fertilizer evenly throughout your lawn.
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