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Good Growing

Chris Enroth

Talking all things horticulture, ecology, and design.

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Gardenbite: Growing Asparagus | #GoodGrowing

Good Growing ·

2023/03/10

On this week's Good Growing Podcast, Ken Johnson talks about growing asparagus, including what type you should grow, how to plant, weed control, and fertilizing and harvesting. Check out the Good Growing Blog: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. -- You can find us on most podcast

4:51

Gardenbite: Our local food system through the eyes of...

Good Growing ·

2023/03/03

This week Nick Frillman takes us on a journey of our local foods system through his very own kitchen and a single loaf of bread. Listen in to learn how you can support a local food system with your food dollars.

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Ep. 132 Sunflowers for 2023 | #GoodGrowing

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2023/02/24

On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome back horticulture educator Emily Swihart to finally talk about sunflowers! We discuss the history of sunflowers, some of their benefits to the environment and bees, what sunflowers we’ll be growing this year, and more. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YLlwBnHp4qA Skip to what you want to know: 00:40 – Welcome Ken, and why isn’t Chris in Macomb? 01:45 – Welcome Emily 02:45 – An overview of sunflowers 04:00 – Sunflowers as

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Ep. 131 New Flowers for 2023 | #GoodGrowing

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2023/02/17

On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our flower gardens for the 2023 growing season. We tease talking about sunflowers for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So, look for that episode next week (we promise!). Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q_HGNwhTvqE Skip to what you want to know: 00:35 – Welcome Ken, and has Chris bought his seeds? 01:08 – What seeds has Ken

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Ep. 130 New Veggies for 2023 | #GoodGrowing

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2023/02/10

On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our vegetable gardens for the 2023 growing season. Plus, Chris has a monumental task of narrowing down his list of shade trees to only one for his front yard. We tease talking about sunflowers and ornamentals for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So look for that episode next week. Watch us on YouTube! https://youtu.be/hww7vEXP3_0 Skip to

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Ep. 129 Part 2 of growing ginger, turmeric, and...

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2023/02/03

This week on the Good Growing podcast, we finish our conversation on growing ginger, turmeric, and galangal. Last week we got through pre-sprouting indoors, this episode we dive into getting your sprouted rhizomes planted, growing, and then harvested. We take you through a growing season with these tropical spices in Illinois. Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/mGrZgSxOXJk Skip to what you want to know: 0:44 Hey Ken! 1:26 Hey Nick! 1:48 Recapping last week 2:40 Planting sprouted

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Ep. 128 Growing ginger, turmeric, and galangal in...

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2023/01/27

On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we have the long-awaited, often teased episode on growing ginger, turmeric, and galangal in Illinois! We discuss what they are, why you may want to grow them, where to grow them, presprouting, and more. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1V121FzkJus Skip to what you want to know: 00:40 – Welcome Ken and Nick 02:05 – Why would I want to grow ginger, turmeric, and/or galangal? 05:50 – What are the monetary and other incentives for growing

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Ep. 127 A year in review of our 2022 vegetable...

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2023/01/20

On this week's Good Growing podcast, we look back at 2022 to review what went well in our vegetable gardens, and also some lessons learned from the struggles of growing food in Illinois. From annoying critters to the beauty provided by some of our edible crops we cover it all. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/cmDVlZ00ecU Skip to what you want to know: 0:37 Hey Ken! 1:21 Our year in review of the 2022 garden 2:02 Types of poblanos Chris tried in 2022 2:43 Raccoons had different ideas

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Gardenbite - Amaryllis care and getting it to rebloom...

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2023/01/13

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. Check out the original text by Ken Johnson https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-12-03-how-take-care-amaryllis-and-get-them-rebloom Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the

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Gardenbite: Some things to consider while going...

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2023/01/06

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) to grow everything you see, no matter how amazing it seems. So how should you go about choosing what to grow this year?

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Ep. 126 Last-minute gifts for gardeners | #GoodGrowing

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2022/12/22

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. We also take a look back on 2022’s podcasts and look forward to what the new year is bringing. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wO41vGCKKnw Skip to what you want to know: 00:40 – What’s the plan for winter break? 03:05 – A look back at 2022 08:10 – Last-minute gift ideas for

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Gardenbite: Exploring reduced tillage in vegetable...

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2022/12/15

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. Check out The Vegetable Beet podcast on reducing tillage when growing vegetables https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reducing-tillage-in-vegetable-production-an/id1511218540?i=1000583310715 Low and No-Till Gardening UNH document https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2020/10/low-no-till-gardening Contact us! Chris Enroth:

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Gardenbite - Squirrels: Illinois species and their...

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2022/12/07

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 can be found in Illinois, identifying their damage and what to do to manage squirrels from damaging your home and garden. Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/DjAM9YFgRqk Contact us! Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Check out the Good Growing Blog:

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Ep 125 - Christmas trees: real, fake, potted, and...

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2022/12/02

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, as well as some alternatives to the typical evergreen tree. Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/1Ask9-9KcPo Skip to what you want to know: 00:31 – How was your Thanksgiving? 01:45 – Christmas trees, what type do we have? 04:23 – What’s the best type of cut Christmas tree? 07:20 – Good

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Ep. 124 The Local Thanksgiving Challenge | #goodgrowing

Good Growing ·

2022/11/23

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 Bloomington/Normal area. This week Nick, Ken, and Chris talk about the local Thanksgiving Challenge, which is sourcing items for the Thanksgiving meal from a local grower or market. Nick gives us some tips on what may be available locally and lets us know that local food at Thanksgiving doesn't have

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Gardenbite: Growing and harvesting cranberries |...

Good Growing ·

2022/11/18

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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Ep. 123 Growing and Eating Black Walnuts | #GoodGrowing

Good Growing ·

2022/11/11

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 and where we would typically find it in the wild. Watch out for the tree of heaven as this non-native can be misidentified as black walnut. Then we welcome our special guest, Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness educator Jenna Smith. Jenna describes how we can harvest, store, and use black

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Ep. 122 - Identifying and managing garlic mustard |...

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2022/11/04

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 found in forested areas throughout the state of Illinois. Learn about why we should care about garlic mustard, how to identify and manage it as well as some research updates! See our smiling faces and garlic mustard pictures on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8LS9gLiT5uM 00:30 – Ginger, turmeric,

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Ep. 121 Spooktacular: Dangerous and Deadly Plants |...

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2022/10/28

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 make you sick or *gulp* kill you! Did somebody eat something they shouldn't? Contact the Poison Control Hotline at (800) 222-1222 Those experiencing symptoms after eating a toxic substance should contact their physician, go to the emergency room, or call 911. See us all dressed up in our

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Gardenbite: Three favorite native plants for Illinois...

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2022/10/21

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, Layne has many more natives he would like to include, but we were mean and only let him give his top three! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SVMogGrQ1Hc Skip to what you want to know: 1:24 Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) 5:14 Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) 9:01

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