Garden Talk
Gardening tips and information from KTOO in Juneau. Tune in Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. on Juneau Afternoon.
Garden Talk: How to harvest garlic scapes, and some things you can do with them
If they haven't already, your full-sized garlic plants may soon produce long, curled shoots called "scapes." What they are and what to do with them, on this week's episode of Garden Talk
Read More »Garden Talk: June 29, 2022
In this week’s episode, Ed Buyarski talks about the best practices for watering your plants during this long hot and dry spell. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: June 22, 2022
This week, Ed Buyarski shares a wide variety of methods for combatting slugs in your garden. Also, how to prepare your crops for a summer heat wave. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: June 15, 2022
Ed Buyarski is eating homegrown salads every night and you can too! Tips for midsummer–making use of garlic scapes, best flowering summer perennials, planting second crops of leafy greens, and more. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: June 8, 2022
On today’s episode, we’ll hear about the importance of thinning seedlings for better quality produce. And, Ed Buyarski recommends what to do with the sprouts. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: June 1, 2022
On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarksi discusses the different ways that flowers, vegetables, fruits and berries need to be pollinated. Bees, birds, wind, and sometimes the gardeners themselves are all needed to make it happen. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: May 25, 2022
On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski shares techniques on thermoregulating your vegetable plants in hotter temperatures, particularly in greenhouses. He also updates us on what he’s planting this time of year. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: May 18, 2022
Ed Buyarski says gardens are slow in coming to fruition this year, due to cooler weather. But he says it’s still a good time to fertilize your plants. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Read More »Garden Talk: May 11, 2022
In this week’s Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski talks with KTOO’s Rhonda McBride about how to help your strawberries survive an onslaught of threats — from mold, mildew and slugs, to porcupines that dine voraciously on their leaves, as well as the squirrels who love the berries. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call…
Read More »Garden Talk: May 4, 2022
On this episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski extolls the virtues of cultivating flowers. If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
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