"Ed Buyarski"

If you’ve listened to Garden Talk before, you’ve heard the term “master gardener.” But what do they do?

Buyarski says gardeners should be “pulling weeds, pulling weeds, and pulling some more weeds.” 

Before you put your seedlings in the ground, you’ll have to get them ready.

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski says it’s time to start doing the work that will set you up for success.

If the goal is a spring cutting garden, productivity can be extended by strategically planting mid- and late-season blooming varieties in the fall.

Some cucumber and tomato varieties do particularly well in Southeast Alaska greenhouses.

Chickweed has a mild taste and is nutritious when eaten fresh.

After garlic is harvested, it can be cured by hanging in a warm, dry place with good air circulation for a few weeks.

Starting now through mid-August, garlic plants will be ready to harvest. But gardeners should look out for botrytis, a fungus disease that can spread throughout crops.

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