Good Growing
Talking all things horticulture, ecology, and design.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 287
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Gardenbite - Amaryllis care and getting it to rebloom | #goodgrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast Chris Enroth talks about amaryllis care and how to get it to rebloom for next year's holiday season.
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Fri 13 Jan 2023
Gardenbite: Some things to consider while going through garden catalogs | #GoodGrowing
Garden and seed catalogs have been arriving for a while now. When flipping through catalogs, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the choices. Unfortunately, you probably don’t have room (or time) t…
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Fri 06 Jan 2023
Ep. 126 Last-minute gifts for gardeners | #GoodGrowing
Did you put off gift-buying this year? You’re in luck! On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we’re talking about last-minute gifts for gardeners. Get some ideas for gifts for the gardener in your life…
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Thu 22 Dec 2022
Gardenbite: Exploring reduced tillage in vegetable production | #GoodGrowing
This week on the Good Growing podcast local foods educator Nick Frillman examines the impacts of tilling the soil and alternatives to lessen the damage tilling can have.
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Thu 15 Dec 2022
Gardenbite - Squirrels: Illinois species and their shenanigans
This week we take a clip from a webinar about wildlife damage in the landscape. In this clip Illinois Extension horticulture educator Ken Johnson talks about the different species of squirrel that ca…
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Wed 07 Dec 2022
Ep 125 - Christmas trees: real, fake, potted, and alternatives
On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we’re talking Christmas trees. We discuss some of the different types of trees you can find, which are more sustainable cut or fake trees, potted Christmas trees,…
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Fri 02 Dec 2022
Ep. 124 The Local Thanksgiving Challenge | #goodgrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast we welcome a new podcast contributor, Nick Frillman! Nick is a local food system and small farms educator with University of Illinois Extension based in the Bloomi…
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Wed 23 Nov 2022
Gardenbite: Growing and harvesting cranberries | #GoodGrowing
The holidays are coming up, which means cranberries will be on many of our menus. Learn more about growing and harvesting these popular native fruits.
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Fri 18 Nov 2022
Ep. 123 Growing and Eating Black Walnuts | #GoodGrowing
This week on the Good Growing podcast we talk all about black walnut. This episode is full of information on black walnut from growing it to eating it. We start with learning to identify black walnut…
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Fri 11 Nov 2022
Ep. 122 - Identifying and managing garlic mustard | #GoodGrowing
On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk with Illinois Extension Forestry Specialist Chris Evans and Media Communications Coordinator Emily Steele about garlic mustard. This invasive plant can be…
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Fri 04 Nov 2022
Ep. 121 Spooktacular: Dangerous and Deadly Plants | #GoodGrowing
What do an ant and a rubber tree have to say about toxic plants? Apparently, more than one would think! This week Ken and Chris dress up in celebration of Halloween and talk about plants that could m…
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Fri 28 Oct 2022
Gardenbite: Three favorite native plants for Illinois | #GoodGrowing
This week for the Good Growing podcast we throw it back to 2021 when Visiting Outreach Associate Layne Knoche gives his three favorite native plants to include in a home landscape setting. Of course,…
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Fri 21 Oct 2022
Ep. 120 - Some invasive plants in Illinois and their management | #GoodGrowing
On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we continue our discussion on problematic plants in the landscape by getting into some invasive plants we have in Illinois. We discuss invasive bush honeysuckle, …
00:48:41 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
KILL Your Callery Pear & Burning Bush and plant these instead | #GoodGrowing
Are they invasive? Not legally in the state of Illinois. (Yet!) But we are seeing Callery pear and burning bush escape from our yards into natural areas across the state. Today Ken and Chris talk abo…
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Fri 07 Oct 2022
Ep. 118 - Good plant, bad plant part 1 | #GoodGrowing
On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about some problematic plants in the landscape, wintercreeper and Japanese barberry, They have been widely planted, but in many places, they have escaped …
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Thu 29 Sep 2022
Ep. 117 - Growing Fall Strawberries with Grant McCarty | #GoodGrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast Ken and Chris chat with Illinois Extension small farms and local foods educator Grant McCarty. First, we dive into the odd crops we grew this year and then Grant t…
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Fri 23 Sep 2022
Gardenbite: Growing mums | #GoodGrowing
As we approach fall, chrysanthemums, aka mums, start appearing in nurseries and garden centers. They are a staple in many landscapes and can provide some much-needed color to our landscapes when many…
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Fri 16 Sep 2022
Gardenbite: Landscape Fabric - Good or bad? | #GoodGrowing
This week on Good Growing we take an excerpt from our webinar on gardening myths to see if these are the best practices or not! In this video horticulture educator, Chris Enroth gives the scoop on th…
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Fri 09 Sep 2022
Ep. 116 - Tree planting and care with Emily Swihart | #goodgrowing
Trees are one of the biggest investments we have in our landscapes. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk with University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Emily Swihart about tree p…
00:46:19 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Ep. 115 - Monarch Butterfly Status Update with Brodie Dunn
This week on the Good Growing podcast we chat with Brodie Dunn about the recent listing of the monarch butterfly as an endangered species by the IUCN. What does that mean for us in Illinois where mon…
00:44:48 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
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