S3E9 Seven tips to a higher yield, Adding coffee grounds to the garden, Guest Christy Wilhelmi TWVG Radio show

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Topics: Joey and Holly talks Talk about in segment 1 7 tips to get more out of your garden
1.Build Up the Soil
2.Use square foot garden method
Best for use of space
Example: 4x8 foot bed = 32 sq feet
32 sq ft of radishes (16 plants per sq ft) = 512 radishes
Same bed- 4 rows -1 foot apart, seeds spaced 1 per inch = 96 plants per row = 384 radishes
Difference of 128 radishes
Another example – Bush beans
Same bed 32 sq ft (9 plants per sq ft) = 288 bean plants
4 rows – 4 inches spacing (1 foot apart) = 96 plants
Difference of 192
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3. Grow Vegetables Vertically
4. Grow Different Crops
5. Practice Succession Planting
6. Stretch the Season
7. Weeding is a must

In segment 2 Joey and Holly talk about what you need to know before adding coffee grounds in your garden

Why add them
How to add - Can I add the filters
When to add
How much to add
Where to get them from
Will they add acid
How much nitrogen

In Segment 3 Joey and Holly welcome their guest Author Christy Wilhelmi from https://gardenerd.com/

Christy Wilhelmi empowers people to grow their own food, to be more self-reliant, and to reduce pollution and waste, one garden at a time. Christy is an author, and founder of Gardenerd (gardenerd.com), the ultimate resource for garden nerds, where she publishes information-packed monthly newsletters, weekly blog posts, YouTube videos, and podcasts. She also specializes in small-space, organic vegetable garden design and consulting. Between 70-80 percent of her family’s produce comes from her garden of less than 300 square feet. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband, some chickens, and two gardens.

Your background is a dance and drama theater, modeling where when was the time were or how did you get into the world of gardening
We all learn from each other that is why we bring people on the show like yourself to educate all of us. We would like you to share the benefits using worm casting around your plants and how the can eliminate aphids
Composting is easy if you have a big piles and equipment to turn it but for many of us we are is small backyards and limited space we are some easy ways we can all compost and it not take up a large area ?
How can we grow lettuce in the summer leaf lettuce that is because of the long days and the heat cause the plants to go to bolt go to seed what is your tips ?
We get this question more and more at our garden talks and that is what flowers are the best to plant to bring in the bees what are your suggestions for the best flowers?
Let's talk about your newest digital book 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success: where can we find it at as well as your other books.

Segment 4 Joey and Holly answer gardeners questions

Q:Betsy ask:I have grown leeks for years, but lately they are almost all bolting. What is going on?
A: the most common answer to that questions is that a the leeks are planted when it is cool as we do then it get warm hot early in the season then cold again then turns to summer the up and down of temps effects the plant to make it think it is in it second year of growing so then it bolts my suggestion would be to wait a little longer before planting them so the risk of up and down temps are less

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