Burpee Home Gardens Tip Of The Week Podcast

Click the Arrow to Listen Now The best gardeners learn from their prior success and failures. It's all a learning experience. It's part of gardening. So with that in mind, making notes and taking pictures of your garden as it grows through the season is a key part to ensuring a bountiful and healthy garden in future seasons. But what's important to note and where do you begin? This week, Joe Lamp'l walks you through the process he goes through, starting before the first plant goes in the ground. Keeping good records is one of the best habits you can form as a gardener and this podcasts includes lots of great ideas on what to know. The post BHG006 – Using Notes & Pictures for Gardening Success appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.

Click the Arrow to Listen Now This week, we focus on raise beds. How to make them properly and why they work so well for creating the ideal growing conditions for your plants to thrive. Given the option, I can’t imagine not gardening in raised beds. They provide the best growing environment for plant roots to thrive by creating essential elements for success below ground, namely, good soil structure and drainage. The post BHG005 – Raised Beds; The Best Growing Environment for a Productive Garden appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.

Click the Arrow to Listen Now This week, we focus on the basics of making compost and how to do it quickly! it's my all time favorite soil amendment. The post BHG004 – How to Make Compost appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.

Click the Arrow to Listen Now This week, we focus on my all time favorite soil amendment and why I love is so much! To set the stage, one of my favorite garden quotes that I put into practice all the time is; “feed the soil and let the soil feed the plants”. It’s true. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants. It helps add life and fertility, and improves the soil structure. Yet of all the organic matter you can add to improve you soil, compost is king! There is no store bought product better for the garden, and I believe it’s the single most important ingredient we can add to our gardens.. The post BHG003 – Why Compost is the Best Soil Amendment for Your Garden appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.

Click the Arrow to Listen Now The Burpee Home Gardens Tip of the Week Podcast provides practical information from gardening expert and national television host, Joe Lamp'l on how to grow a bountiful vegetable garden. From planting to harvest, we have what you need to know, every step of the way. In this episode, we focus on what exactly makes “rich healthy soil” and how do you know when you get there. The post BHG002 – It’s All About The Soil; A Formula For Success appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.

Click the Arrow to Listen Now The Burpee Home Gardens Tip of The Week Podcast provides practical information and tips from gardening expert and national television host, Joe Lamp'l on how to grow a bountiful vegetable garden. The post BHG001-The Three Most Important Things To A Bountiful & Productive Vegetable Garden appeared first on Growing A Greener World®.