Saturday, September 14, 2024

GardenDC Podcast Episode 210: Fall Garden Prep

In this episode, we talk with Annette Cormany, Master Gardener Coordinator in Washington County, MD, about Fall Garden Prep. The plant profile is on Marigolds and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events and this week's garden tasks in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Apple Growing During Climate Change from Christy Page of Green Prints.

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If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 184: Spring Garden Prep

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-183-spring.html

This episode is archived at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/episodes/Fall-Garden-Prep-e2o9kuu

SHOW NOTES available after 9-17-2024.

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Fenton Friday: Cool Season Crops


This week, we planted three kinds of Brassicas -- five seedlings each of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, and Cauliflower. They are all cool-season crops, so we watered them in thoroughly and I placed a rowcover over them as the temps are still in the 80s and I'm also worried that the insects will skeletonize the leaves if given a chance.

I haven't tried to grow Brussels Sprouts in years, but figured it was time to try it again and see if we have better luck this season. All the Brassica family plants are pretty "iffy" in our region, so I never have high hopes for them. Maybe this fall will be different... 

Next week, I hope to plant radish and carrot seeds along with a few rows of salad greens.

What are you growing in your edible garden this week?

About Fenton Friday: Every Friday during the growing season, I'll be giving you an update on my community garden plot at the Fenton Street Community Garden just across the street from my house in zone 7 Mid-Atlantic MD/DC border. I'm plot #16. It is a 10 ft x 20 ft space and this is our 13th year in the garden. (It opened in May 2011.) See past posts about our edible garden by putting "Fenton" into the Search box above (at the top, left on this blog).

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Monday, September 09, 2024

Monday Thoughts: There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~ Mirabel Osler

 There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~ Mirabel Osler 


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Saturday, September 07, 2024

GardenDC Podcast Episode 209: Seed Catalogs

In this episode, we talk with  Debby Ward of Prior Unity Garden about all aspects of Seed Catalogs. The plant profile is on Ground Cherry and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events and this week's garden tasks in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Seed Libraries from Christy Page of Green Prints.

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If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 30: Seed Saving

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/09/gardendc-podcast-episode-30-seed-saving.html

This episode is archived at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/episodes/Seed-Catalogs-e2o46li

SHOW NOTES available after 9-10-2024.
Here is the link to the free PDF with Debby's 15 criteria to vet a seed catalog/company: https://priorunitygarden.com/scc/ 

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Interview Edit and Show Notes: Zachary Intrater
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Friday, September 06, 2024

Fenton Friday: Garden Theft and Beauty

The bad news first, I went to the plot today to harvest a zucchini I had examined yesterday while watering and decided to let grow for one more day. Well, it was gone. Not a trace. I never would've known it was even there if I hadn't seen it and noted it the day before. Such is life in the community garden in a very public urban location. I don't suspect my fellow plot gardeners and no trace of it remains so that rules out messy wildlife. It was a clean cut and whoever took it left two beautiful red tomatoes on the vine right nearby, so they must've been keeping an eye on it too. The sadder news is that today the zucchini plants are covered in powdery mildew, which means there will not be many more fruits to harvest as the season winds down.

On the good news side of things, I did harvest those two gorgeous tomatoes and some gherkins. I also cut a bouquet of flowers for my talk/demo at tomorrow's DC State Fair.

The great news is that the two variegated red cotton seedlings, that I was gifted by a gardener on the Daylily Society's Region 3 Meeting back at the end of June, have not only recovered from their tragically sad-looking start in my plot to be absolutely gorgeous plants. (See pic above of the flower and at right image of one of the leaves.)

Next week, we hope to have some cool-season vegetable starts to plant and to start the transition from summer to fall/winter in the garden.

What are you growing in your edible garden this week?

About Fenton Friday: Every Friday during the growing season, I'll be giving you an update on my community garden plot at the Fenton Street Community Garden just across the street from my house in zone 7 Mid-Atlantic MD/DC border. I'm plot #16. It is a 10 ft x 20 ft space and this is our 13th year in the garden. (It opened in May 2011.) See past posts about our edible garden by putting "Fenton" into the Search box above (at the top, left on this blog).

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Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Meet the New Intern


This fall, I have taken on an editorial intern, Zachary Intrater. Look for his author byline in our upcoming Washington Gardener Magazine issues and on this blog as well as in our GardenDC podcast credits. As a first assignment, I asked him to write a short introduction to our readers so you can get to know him.

Hello everyone, my name is Zachary Intrater and I’m very excited to be interning with the Washington Gardener this fall! I’m currently a senior journalism major at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. At UMD, I work as the assistant managing editor for our student-run publication, The Diamondback. I worked my way up to this position after serving as a copy editor and then as copy chief over the past couple of years. As assistant managing editor, I’m the last person to look over a story before it gets published for fact-checking, grammar, structure, style, etc. I grew up right here in the DMV (Silver Spring, MD) and I’m very excited to use my skills as both an editor and a writer to contribute to the Washington Gardener in these coming months!
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Monday, September 02, 2024

Monday Thoughts: "Emotional ties to plants are binding." - Lee May


"Emotional ties to plants are binding." - Lee May

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