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Willow Mulch for Fruit Trees with Dr. Glynn Percival
Dr Glynn Percival manages the UK and Ireland Bartlett Tree Research and Diagnostic Laboratory based at the University of Reading and talks about how new growth on will...
Herbs in Your Pollinator Garden with Brittany Wood Nickerson
Brittany Wood Nickerson, author of The Herbal Homestead Journal and Recipes from the Herbalist's Kitchen, and founder and primary instructor of Thyme Herbal, talks abo...
Edible Landscaping & The Use of Animals with Gary and Joel Salatin
Animals can be an asset in your garden or orchard!This is such an interesting topic, Susan asks Gary from Reality Radio 101 and radio show listeners to join the discus...
Aphids & Fruit Trees with Stephen A. Marshall
Entomologist Stephen A. Marshall, who teaches entomology at The University of Guelph in Ontario is the author of the classic tome Insects: Their Natural History and Di...
Maintaining Your Fruit Tree Pruning Tools with Ben Cullen
Garden writer Ben Cullen talks about about the importance of choosing the right fruit tree pruning tools and maintaining them properly to ensure your pruning cuts don’...
Mulching Fruit Trees - Which Mulches are Best? with Professor David Granatstein
Professor David Granatstein of Washington State University's Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources about the best types of mulch for your fruit trees...
Growing Olive Trees with Cary Cloud (Guest Host by Steve Biggs)
The guest host of the Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast will be horticulturalist and award-winning author Steven Biggs talks to Cary Cloud, co-owner of Olive Tree ...
Preventing Lyme Disease with Rossana Magnotta
Rossana Magnotta of the Magnotta Winery in Ontario talks about Lyme disease. Rossanna's husband Gabe died of Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick. Rossana is the ...
No Fuss Fruit with Steve and Emma Biggs
Fruit trees can be fussy - but there are some types of fruiting plants that even a child can grow successfully. The father daughter gardening and writing team Steve an...
Apple Cold Storage and Honeycrisp Challenges with Dr. Randy Beaudry
Dr. Randy Beaudry, a post-harvest physiologist working at Michigan State University talks about Honeycrisp apples and why they are tricky to grow and store. Learn mor...
Kickstarting Your Soil with Elizabeth Stell
Elizabeth Stell, author of Secrets to Great Soil, talks about how to care for your soil so that your fruit trees and other plants will thrive. ABOUTOrchard People, fo...
What is IPM? with Kristy Grigg-McGuffin
Kristy Grigg-McGuffin, Horticulture IPM Specialist from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs explains what Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is and h...
Protecting Fruit Trees from Deer, Squirrels and other Critters with Rhonda Massingham Hart
Rhonda Massingham Hart explains how to protect fruit trees from wildlife damage. She's the author of Deerproofing Your Yard & Garden and Squirrel Proofing Your Home & ...
How to Grow Beach Plums with Ken Asmus
Ken Asmus of Oikos Tree Crops in Kalamazoo, MI has spent decades developing beach plums that taste great and are genetically diverse (rather than grafted clones). He t...
Battling Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs with Tracy Leskey
Entomologist Dr Tracy Leskey, Director of the Appalachian Fruit Research Station at Kearneysville, WV, talks about Brown marmorated stink bugs and how you can keep the...
All You Need To Know About Pawpaws with Dan Bissonnette
Horticulturalist Dan Bissonnette, author of The Pawpaw Grower's Manual For Ontario, talks about pawpaw trees, a native tree to North America that produces delicious fr...
The Best of Urban Forestry Radio 2016
Listen to the best of The Urban Forestry Radio Show on RealityRadio101.com! We'll talk about growing seabuckthorn, cultivating beneficial insects, battling fireblight ...
Growing Fruit Trees in the Desert with Greg Peterson, and Native Edibles with Russ Cohen
Greg Peterson of www.urbanfarm.org talks about growing fruit trees in Phoenix, Arizona.And Russ Cohen from Arlington, Massachusetts talks about edible native plants. A...
Growing Chestnut Trees with Alen Rosic, and Disease Resistant Chestnut with Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Alen Rosic, a 39-year-old immigrant from the Balkan Peninsula talks about an annual chestnut festival in Iowa that he organizes for the strong Bosnian community there....
The Next Great Apple with Rob Wyles, and the Science Behind Apple Tasting and Breeding with Daryl Somers
Rob Wyles of Washington State talks about how he discovered the new "Foxtrot" apple.Daryl Somers of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario talks about ...
Learning From Leaves with Linda Chalker-Scott, and Cherry Rootstock with Lynn Long
Linda Chalker-Scott, an associate professor and horticulturist at Washington State University and the author of "How Plants Work: The Science Behind The Amazing Things...
How to Make Cider with Ben Watson, and Girls in the Trees with Katrina van Osch-Saxon
Learn how to make cider with your apple harvest with Ben Watson, Author of Cider Hard and Sweet.And learn why women are being encouraged to look for jobs in arboricult...
Fireblight with Dr. Kari Peter, and Persimmon Passion with Bill Preston
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Assistant Professor of Fruit Tree Pathology at Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Centre talks about how to protect your apple and pear trees f...
The Sex Lives of Insect Pests with Dr. Gary Judd, and Fruit Tree Irrigation with Chuck Ingels
Entomologist Dr. Gary Judd of B.C. (British Columbia)'s Summerland Research and Development Centre explains why it is important to understand the sex lives of fruit tr...
How to Grow Seabuckthorn with Bill Schroeder, and Rescuing a Private Apple Tree Collection by Cloning with Joanie Cooper
Bill Schroeder of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre in Indian Head, Saskatchewan talks about growing nutrient-rich seabu...
A Fruit Tree Growing App with Guido Schnabel, and Cycling for Trees with Warren Hoselton
Clemson University fruit specialist Guido Schnabel talks about the MyIPM (Integrated Pest Management) app.Arborist Warren Hoselton of the Canadian Tree Fund who talks ...
Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare with Greg Peck, and Food Preservation with Joel MacCharles
Greg Peck of Cornell University discusses how climate change is going to affect the way we grow our fruit trees.And...what to do with your bumper crop with Joel MacCha...
No Room For a Cherry Tree? Try a Cherry Shrub! with Dr. Bob Bors, Loretta Bors, and Virginie Gysel
Dr. Bob Bors of the University of Saskatchewan talks about a dwarf cherry shrub breeding program. Loretta Bors, Dr. Bors' wife, talks about her cookbook “Cooking with ...
The Socioeconomic Impact of Trees - Shade Grown Coffee with Ryan Hatt, Ernie Grimo on Nut Trees, and Sue Arndt on Fresh Fruit
This episode invites three guests to discuss how harvesting the fruit on fruit trees, nut trees and coffee plants can help combat global hunger.Ryan Hatt, Business Dev...
How Good Bugs Can Protect Your Fruit Trees From Pests with Jessica Walliser and Brian Spencer
Learn how beneficial insects can protect your fruit trees from pests and insect infestations in this hour-long podcast featuring Jessica Walliser, Author of Attracting...
