Garden Talk
Gardening tips and information from KTOO in Juneau. Tune in Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. on Juneau Afternoon.
Gardentalk — Why timing is critical for harvesting garlic scapes
Snap them off when they start bending over and looping on themselves or you may have small garlic bulbs at harvest time.
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Gardentalk — Fruit trees and berries still craving more warm sunshine
Blueberries, raspberries, apples and cherries all seem to be late this season, likely because they have little energy left over from last year's cool and wet conditions.
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Gardentalk — Harvesting and using wild celery and devil’s club
Other common edible plants in the Juneau area include dandelion, broadleaf plantain, broadleaf avens, chickweed, sourdock, fireweed, and salmonberry.
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Gardentalk – How to recycle kitchen scraps, yard debris to make your own garden compost
Lisa Daugherty prefers layering carbon on top of food scraps in a compost bin so that it doesn't attract flies, squirrels, ravens, and bears.
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Gardentalk – How to plant and hill potatoes this season
Seedlings from Alaska certified seed potatoes should have soil mounded up around them as they grow every two- to three-inches.
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Gardentalk – How to plant flower and garlic bulbs this fall
Plant garlic bulbs pointy end up, about two inches deep and about six inches apart. Flower bulbs may be planted, depending on variety, from two to six inches deep.
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Gardentalk — How to stretch your harvest well into fall
Buckets of water and fleece blankets can slow the freeze-and-frost process
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Gardentalk – Preparing your ornamentals for winter hibernation, safe from Juneau’s cold
Ornamental plants like petunias, begonias, dahlias and fuchsias won't survive even a mild Southeast Alaska winter outdoors. We need to bring them into a space that won't freeze.
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Gardentalk – How to stop a fungus invasion and why your veggies might be turning yellow
Wilting and yellowing vegetation must be trimmed off fast — before they succumb to slugs and fungus.
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Gardentalk – Pick those apples and turn them into pie, jelly and applesauce
While picking apples, check the tree's interior growth to make sure that future apples on the north side of the tree will get enough sunlight to ripen.
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