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Autumn Olives - If You Can't Beat Them, Eat Them! with Dustin Kelly
Autumn olive shrubs (Elaeagnus umbellata) are considered an invasive species in North America. One way to cut down on their spread is to harvest the fruit and reduce t...
Dehydrating Fruit with Teresa Marrone
Teresa Marrone, author of The Beginner's Guide to Dehydrating Food, talks to us about making and using dried foods. We learn what types of home-grown or bought fruit a...
Easy Berries with Bob Bors
Bob Bors, co-author of the book "Growing Fruit in Northern Gardens" and the head of the Fruit Breeding Program of the University of Saskatchewan talks about his favour...
Hazelnuts and Truffles with Adam Koizol
Adam Koziol of Earthgen Tree Nursery in Ontario explains why hazelnut trees are becoming increasingly popular both in the home garden and as a cash crop. He also discu...
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 to join the discussion, along with celebrit...
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...
