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Garden Talk

Gardening tips and information from KTOO in Juneau. Tune in Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. on Juneau Afternoon.

Primula Aricula

Gardentalk – Seed collection

A primer on collecting seed pods, separating seeds and preparing for vegetable and perennial starts this coming spring.

Bulbs

Gardentalk – Preparing for bulb planting

For the next several weeks, store your bulbs in an open paper bag in a dry and dark corner of your garage that's expected to stay between 40 and 50 degrees.

Gardentalk – Greenhouse tomatoes

As the end of the garden season draws near, it's time to clip new budding flowers on tomato plants and thin out some branches and leaves.

Gardentalk – Late summer preparations

Stake up young and vulnerable trees so that they don't get blown over this fall, and store any newly purchased bulbs in a cool, dry place for now.

Gardentalk – Submit your entries for the Harvest Fair

Get your flowers, vegetables, fruits, and jams and jellies ready for this Saturday's Harvest Fair at the Juneau Community Garden. Also, some tips for care and early harvesting of potatoes.

Tomato

Gardentalk – Greenhouse pest control

Aphids, ants and spider mites are common pests that may infest greenhouse vegetable plants.

Salmonberry

Gardentalk – Picking for peak ripeness and flavor

"Timing is real important." Tasting apples, gooseberries, raspberries, and kiwis as you go.

Zucchini pickles

Gardentalk – Pickling

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski shares his Mom's quick and easy brine recipe for pickling cucumbers, zucchini, peas, beans, and other vegetables.

Gardentalk – We’re jamming!

Learn how to make freezer and cooked jam from local raspberries, salmonberries, and blueberries.

It's way too late to eat these split and cracked pie cherries.

Gardentalk – Exploders

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski suggests a quick harvest of fruit and vegetables that may crack and split after this month's heavy rainfall.

Garden Talk