Ep. 177 Getting your garden ready for vacation | #GoodGrowing

Have you ever gone on vacation only to come back to an out-of-control landscape or, even worse, dead plants? Check out this week’s Good Growing Podcast to learn about some steps we can take to get our landscapes ready for when we’re on vacation.  Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JiC1RavU3kk  Skip to what you want to know:    00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily!  01:45 – What kind of gardens do we have?  04:30 – What should we be thinking about when planning our gardens and vacations?  08:27 – Getting plants water  11:22 – How can we prepare our potted plants?  14:05 – How does Emily ensure plants are getting water?  17:32 – How do you ‘train’ someone looking after your garden?  23:36  – What can we do about pests, diseases, and weeds before we leave?  27:10 – Vacation vs. leaving for a few months  28:30 – Getting your lawn ready   30:50 – Taking equipment in for maintenance while you’re gone  33:04 – Preparing houseplants for vacation  37:15 – Be careful of too much water  38:42 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!   How Should I Water My Plants blog post: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2017-10-11-how-should-i-water-my-plants How to hand water your landscape plants Gardenbite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwhrFc0kkM   Contact us! Chris Enroth: [email protected] Johnson: [email protected] Emily Swihart: [email protected]   Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR   Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/   Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/   Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902   Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us   Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD