Ep. 249- The Healthiest Vegetables You Could Possibly Grow

This week, Nathan helps you plan your 2024 vegetable garden by talking about the healthiest vegetables you could possibly grow. Of course, the whole point to growing vegetables is to eat them once they're harvestable. Why not grow the vegetables

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Ep. 246- Grow Onions In Winter and All Year Long

This week is all about edible onions! Nathan describes four main groups of onions- bulb onions, leeks, scallions, and garlic- talks about their unique characteristics, and discusses what they need to grow and grow well. Many of these wonderful

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Ep. 245- Hugelkultur: What It Is and Should You Use It?

This week, Nathan talks about a strange practice of horticulture known as Hugelkultur. Many people in the permaculture and biodynamic gardening world are promoting this practice, but what is it and should you use it? Originating in Germany, "Hugelkultur" directly translates into English as "mound cultivation." Nathan talks about the murky history of Hugelkultur and talks about how to create a Hugelkultur mound. Then, he turns to what the science says about the details of this practice and tries to answer the question if we should be practicing Hugelkultur in our gardens and landscapes or not.

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Ep. 244- Budget-Friendly Hacks for the Garden

This week, Nathan helps you grow more while saving more! Nathan's budget-friendly hacks will help you get more plants in your garden without spending your life savings. He also talks about how repurposing containers and mulch bags

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Ep. 241- Working with Fruits and Vegetables Over Winter

This week, Nathan gives you ideas about growing vegetables and fruits over winter. Whether you only have a sunny patio or a full-blown orchard, Nathan talks about vegetables and fruits that are great for the south and wonderful to plant over fall and winter!

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Ep. 227- Growing a Fall Veggie Garden (Continued)

This week, Nathan continues the discussion on growing fall vegetables! Even though it's still summer, it's time to get started for fall. Don't be late to the planting party!

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Ep. 226- Growing a Fall Veggie Garden

Don't forget to get your fall veggies started before it's too late! This week, Nathan reminds you to take advantage of the warm weather to get your fall veggies a head start on growing and growing well! He talks about things to do in August through October to

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Ep. 214- Top Tips for Terrific Tomatoes

This week, Nathan talks about the Southeast's favorite garden vegetable: the tomato! Join him as he walks you through selecting the appropriate tomato for your needs, planting it well, mulching, feeding, and problem solving. In just a few more weeks, you should be able to harvest the tastiest tomato you've ever eaten!

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Ep. 206- Hydrangeas, Turtle Plants, and Rasied Bed Soils

This week, Nathan talks about reblooming hydrangeas and how growing them in your landscape can assure blossoms even after damaged by a hard winter. He then answers New Southern Garden's producer's question about plants to grow with turtles in a t

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Ep. 179- Growing Great Fall Vegetables

Bring in your garden harvest all winter long! It’s quite warm over winter here in the south. There are a great selection of plants, such as broccoli, kales, cabbages, carrots, and more, that can be planted in the warmth of autumnal soil and be ready to harvest in

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Ep. 169- Tomatoes Revisited and Other Veggie Favorites

This week, Nathan continues his discussion on issues in the vegetable garden and how to prevent and deal with them. He revisits tomatoes and adds a few other favorites to the list! Let's get to growing great vegetables this year!

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Ep. 168- Preventing Tomato and Squash Problems

Things are growing in the vegetable garden! As our veggie plants mature and begin to produce delicious fruits, pests like insect and disease begin to invade! This week, Nathan talks about some common issues you might experience or help prevent when

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Ep. 164- Garden Updates, Rehabilitating Gardenia, Peony Duties, and Plant Names

This week, Nathan discusses a variety of gardening topics. He begins by sharing what all is going on in his veggie garden and some ideas you can employ in your own! Then he goes in a deeper discussion of rejuvenating gardenias that might have been affected

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Ep. 161- Choking Out Pests...Early!

Let Nathan help you get ahead of the pests this spring! Usually pests in the garden become a major problem because we fail to take necessary measures in preventing them. This week, Nathan gives you a surefire method to reducing pest issues before they become

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Ep. 160- Foodscaping: Vegetables at the Front Door

What in the world is "foodscaping?" This week, Nathan gives you his take on landscaping with fruits and veggies. It's easy to grow a landscape that is both beautiful and nutritious by incorporating apples right beside the azaleas! Nathan gives you tips and

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Ep. 155- 7 Steps to Garden Self-Sufficiency

With prices of products on the increase and supply on the decrease, it's time we consider how to make our gardens self-sufficient. This week, Nathan gives you seven steps to making sure you can keep growing and growing well even if the zombie apocalypse

Ep. 151- Carrot Talk and The Southern Magnolia

This week, Nathan starts off the show by talking a bit about carrots and a couple of easy ways to sow and grow them! Then, he jumps into one of his favorite trees and a great native for our southern landscapes: the Southern Magnolia. Sure, it's a large tree, but it.

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Ep. 141- Q&A Week October

This week, Nathan goes to the inbox and answers your gardening questions! He discusses just what you need to do to care for your fall containers over winter. Then, he gives you some ideas for extending your fall vegetable garden well into the winter

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Ep. 137- Q&A Week- Growing Beets and Moving Perennials

This week we answer your questions from the month of September! (Sorry we are a bit delayed, but football takes priority air time over the fall season). Erik from south Louisiana is having a hard time growing beets, so Nathan breaks down a few points

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Ep. 134- My Mother, Seasons of Life, Labor Day Tasks, and Fall Plants

This week, Nathan starts off the show with a brief discussion about one of his key inspirations in his gardening life and, really, life in general: his mother. Recently, he lost his mother to a battle with a strange and rare form of cancer. Thanks for

Flowers., Planting, Plants, Pruning, Techniques, Vegetable GardeningNathan WilsonSeptember 4, 2021gardening inspirations, labor day, fertilizing, pruning, watering, mums, pansies, violas, iceland poppy, snapdragons Comments

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