In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners
An informative garden podcast hosted by University of California Master Gardeners of Orange. Podcasts cover home horticulture, pest management and sustainable landscape practices. Listen to researched based information on all things gardening.
Episodes
15 episodes
Bromeliads
This week “In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners” on 88.9 FM KUCI Irvine explores the captivating world of bromeliads. In this episode, Master Gardener Bill Brooks sits down with Cristy Brenner, President of the Sad...
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49:34
Square Foot Gardening - Part Two
Part Two of Two of Master Gardener Mark Fierle’s interview with the founder of Square Foot Gardening - Mel Bartholomew. An engineer by training, Mel researched and developed the Square Foot Gardening method and first publishe...
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Hydroponics - Growing Made Easy
Sally Richards, Hydroponics Master Gardener expert, joins us today and gives us the story of the team she was instrumental in creating within our local county Master Gardener organization.Year-round venues fe...
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46:44
Compost and Organic Waste
California is almost ten years into the legislation, planning, and implementation of one of the most significant environmental plans ever developed. Senate Bill 1383 was passed in 2016 with the goal of diverting methane-producing o...
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56:35
Creating a Defensible Space Against Wildfires
The hot and dry season can occur year round in California. Our intrepid “In the Garden” host Master Gardener David Letourneau is bringing you a much-needed episode called “Creating A Defensible Space Against Wildfires”. Davi...
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58:37
Square Foot Gardening - Part One
Have a small space and love to grow food? A reprise of a popular show on “In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners", our beloved former “In the Garden” host Mark Fierle spoke to an icon of the gardening world – Mel Bartholomew. In this sho...
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52:18
Carnivorous Plants
Plants that eat bugs? You read that right! You know gardeners need to control bad bugs eating our beautiful gardens, right? But believe it or not, there are certain types of plants that seek their nourishment from insects and others th...
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55:43
Coyote Cacher: The UC Coyote Alert Program
The growing incidents of human/coyote conflicts such as the encounter on the sand in Huntington Beach in April 2022 exhibit a need to discuss ways of measuring and then managing for the coexistence of the urban homeowner/gardene...
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56:52
Garden Innovations at the Giving Farm
In the Garden presents a new episode titled “Garden Innovations at The Giving Farm,” hosted by Bill Brooks. In this episode, Brooks explores groundbreaking work happening at Westminster High School’s The Giving Farm. Located on the...
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54:58
Raised Bed Gardening
You might be anxious to revamp your garden layout. You might want to try a method that will put issues like pest control, soil quality, and accessibility all in YOUR hands! The subject of this edition of “In The Garden with UC Master Gar...
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55:26
Bird Friendly Gardens
The topic this week on “In the Garden” with UC Master Gardeners is Bird-Friendly Gardens. We join Melissa Rapp, a current UC Master Gardener AND Executive Committee President at the Sea and Sage Audubon Society on bird friendly gardens.....
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48:12
This Month in the Garden - March
It’s time for This Month In The Garden for the month of March. The key emphasis at this time of year are three words: Plant, Feed, and Control. But don’t jump the gun. Remember to think about what plant you want where....
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55:35
Catalina Conservancy and the Ackerman Native Plant Nursery
26 Miles Across the Sea! This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we head that way with Master Gardener Bill Brooks. Bill spent the day talking to various plant propagators at the Catalina Conservancy’s Ackerman Native Pla...
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