Gardening: Get Good At It
on KPOV Radio 88.9FM
"The Point"
Each 1st and 3rd Tuesday morning between 9 and 9:30am Central Oregon Master Gardeners talk about the adventure and challenges of gardening in
Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties
(click a title below to read a transcript & resources)
(click here to listen to archived audio episodes)
(click to listen to KPOV podcasts of Gardening: Get Good at It)
2022
June 7: Growing Herbs
May 3: Becoming a Sustainable Gardener
March 1: Small Space Vegetable Gardening
February 1: Native Birds and the Gardener
January 4: New Year's Resolutions
2021
December 21: Holiday Gift Ideas
December 7: Dividing Perennials
November 9: Winter Landscape Garden
November 2: Five Easy Houseplants
October 19: Sustainable Gardening
October 5: Putting Your Garden to Bed
September 21: Build a Cloche!
September 7: Enticing Pollinator Plants
August 31: Roses in Central Oregon
August 17: Spiders
August 3: Season Extension Techniques
July 20: Clematis
July 6: Fire-wise Landscaping
June 29: Small Space Gardens
June 15: Bug Trivia
June 1: Adaptive Gardening - Making Gardener Easier
May 18: Low-Water Perennials
May 4: Water-wise Gardening
April 20: Project Happy Apples
April 6: Dazzling Dahlias
March 30: Butterfly Gardens
March16: Seed Packets: Mini-Reference Guides
March 2: Choosing Seeds for Your Veggie Garden
February 16: Save Money, Grow Your Own Vegetables
February 2: Tooling around the Garden
January 19: Demonstration Gardens in Central Oregon
January 5: The Sagebrush Sea
2020
December 29: Winter Birds
December 15: Selecting a Christmas Tree
December 1: Pollinator Gardens
November 17: Winter Chores
November 3: Native Plants
October 20: Spring Bulbs to Plant Now
October 6: Putting Your Beds to Bed
September 15: Harvesting Your Herbs
September 1: The Lowdown on Fertilizers
August 4: Problem Veggies?
August 18: Those DARN DEER
July 21: Summer Lawn Care
July 7: Timely Tomato Tips
June 2: Plant Clinic - Termites & Arborvitae
June 16: Critter Control
June 30: Veggie Garden Care
May 19: Composting
May 5: Veggie Garden Site Preparation
April 21: What to Plant
April 7: Gardening on the Cheap
March 17: Summer Bulbs to Plant Now
March 3: Companion Planting
February 18: Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon
February 4: Central Oregon Climate and How It Relates to Gardening
January 21: Why and When to Prune
January 7: Succulents For Winter
2019
December 24: A Master Gardener's Christmas
December 17: A Holiday Wish List
December 10: Design for Winter Interest
December 3: Fun Facts about Poinsettias
November 26: Winter Tree Care
November 19: GMO vs Hybrid
November 12: Living Christmas Trees
November 5: Houseplants to Get You Through Winter
October 29: What Worked, What Didn't
October 22: Spring Soil Starts Now!
October 15: Over-Wintering Pests
October 8: Rose Care
October 1: Fertilizing Your Lawn in the Fall
OSU Extension and other Horticulture publications:
UC Guide to a Healthy Lawn
Efficient Lawn Irrigation
Central Oregon Climate and How It Relates to Gardening
June July Garden Tips
Build your own Raised Bed Cloche
Central Oregon Vegetable Garden Calendar
Recommended Vegetables For Central Oregon
Soil Temperatures for Vegetable Seed Germination
Vegetable Gardening in Oregon
Grow Your Own: Tomatoes
Fertilizing Your Garden
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