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Beyond the Garden Basics — 182 episodes
More Heat-Beating Garden Tips
Controlling Starthistle, Summer's Most Evil Weed*
Your Garden vs. Summer Heatwaves
Other Vegetables That Love the Heat
A Deep Dive Into Citrus Containers
Your 7 Favorite Beyond the Garden Basics Newsletter Editions
The No-Turn, Easy Compost Pile
Is This the Longest Lasting Cut Flower? Perhaps. But, Beware.
Tips For Growing Blackberries
All About Basil
Growing Sweet Potatoes
Mycorrhizal Activity and Your Plants' Health
How Safe is Rain Barrel Water? When to Plant Warm Season Vegetables and Flowers.
The 2026 Tomato Preview Show!
Growing Citrus Trees in a Non-Citrus Environment
The Preserver's Garden
What is Backyard Orchard Culture?
Stock Tank Gardening
All About Grapes
First Food Garden? New Garden? We Have Tips.
All About Blueberries
New Roses for 2026
How to Protect Your Fruit Trees When a Frost or Freeze is Forecast
Onions Can Bring Tears to Your Eyes...
Tool Care Tips for Rainy Days (or Any Day)
January is Seed Starting Time For Many Vegetables (Resending)
January is Seed Starting Time For Many Vegetables
Winter Garden Cleanup Tips
How to Plant a Fruit Tree
2025 Tomato Review Show...And More!
Cut Christmas Tree Care Tips
2026 All America Selections Plant Winners
Rain-Draining Strategies for Your Yard and Garden
2026 Garden Seed Price Sticker Shock Is Arriving
Home Weather Station Setup Tips
Trees vs Storms, Expanded
Why There Should be a Chipper Shredder in your Garden
Ants!
"How Am I Going to Feed My Family?"
2025 Plant of the Year - Calendulas
Grow Better Soil (and Plants) with Worm Castings
Garlic Planting Time is Here!
Understanding a Soil Report
What Causes Odd-Looking Vegetables?
Can Vitamin B1 Help New Garden Transplants?
The Disease Triangle
Grow A Yardful of Phytonutrients
Feed Your Soil, Cool Season Edition
Who's Eating the Tomatoes?
More Tips for a Successful Garden
This Newsletter is for the Birds
Garden Tips from the Experts
Drip Irrigation: How Long Do I Water?
Aromatic Plants, and Roses Too!
Grow a Gratitude Garden
Prune Off Tomato Flowers?
Growing Microgreens
What Exactly is a Grocery Store "Vine-Ripened" Tomato?
More Effective Raised Bed Drip Irrigation Techniques
Peppers Worth a Try
Indoor/Outdoor Ant Control Tips
Backyard Chickens - How to Choose Them, How to Protect Them
Valentine's Day Garden Gifts
Persimmon Tips from the Pros
The Best Roses for America? One Master Rosarian's List.
Protecting Your Home with a Fire Resistant Landscape
2024 Tomato Winners (and losers)
Home Grown Tomatoes with Thanksgiving Dinner?
Who's Eating My Persimmons and Popcorn?
What Are The Best Tasting Avocados?
Why is It That Fall is For Planting?
Weed Killers Just Got More Confusing
The Catalina Cherry Tree. The Fruit is for the Birds.
What is a Crisis Nursery?
Why You Want a Chipper/Shredder, and not a Rototiller.
Can You Grow Rhubarb in a Warm to Hot Climate? Yes!
Dealing with Fruit Tree Varmints
Fruit Tree Pruning Steps
The Soil Texture Triangle
Why Are the Blackberries Turning White?
How to Grow Cilantro in the Summer in Hot Climates
In search of a Heat-Tolerant Leafy Green Vegetable
Can Termites Live in Mulch?
Helping Your Garden Cope with the Heat
A Tour of Debbie Flower's Garden
A Tour of Fred's Garden, with Debbie Flower
When Should You Fertilize Your Plants?
Composting Kitchen Scraps, Both Indoors and in the Garden. Is That a Good Idea?
Roly Polys, Sowbugs, Earwigs - Which One Is Guilty of Garden Destruction?
Thin Crowded Fruit Now, For a Lot of Good Reasons
Meet the Garden Beneficials, Pt. 2 (and Barn Owls!)
Meet the Garden Beneficials (and Bats, Too!)
2024 Tomato Preview
Small Trees for Small Yards. Medium-Sized Trees for Suburban Lots. Avoid a Tree Disaster in a Storm.
How to Stake a New Tree
The Benefits of Lingering in the Garden
How Was Your Tomato Crop This Year?
Planting Wildflowers or Cover Crops: Wait for Rain? Or Do It Now?
Potato Planting Tips
The "Fast Food" Garden: Microgreens & Baby Greens
Fall Worm Bin Care and Feeding
What is Organic Gardening?
What's Stressing Your Dogwood Tree? It Could Be You.
Tomatoes Not Ripening? Blame the Heat.
Japanese Maples vs. the Heat of Summer
More Hot Weather Garden Tips
Late Summer is the Time to Start the Fall Vegetable Garden
Jalapenogate
Drooping Leaves vs Heatwaves
Is Your Fertilizer Radioactive?
Six Common Tomato Problems
Selecting and Caring For Garden Hand Tools
Summer Cucumber Issues
Where's the Zucchini?
Growing Healthy Greens Year Round
11 Garden Tips for Success
Thin Your Fruits and Vegs, Now!
The Best Roses For Cut Flowers
Flea and Tick Control Tips
Can Human Food Also Be Plant Food?
Happy Tomato Planting Day! But Which Varieties?
You Grew It. Now Eat It!
Tomato Growing Tips For 2023
Backyard Beekeeping Advice
Jumping Worms: An Update, Again
If You Can’t Dig Down, Grow Up! Raised Bed & Container Planting Tips
How Honeybees Say, "Come and Get It!"
Pepper Seeds Slow to Germinate? Some Speedy Tips.
The Scoop on Worm Poop
Vegan Split Pea Soup
Freeze Damaged Plants? Embrace the Ugly.
Winter is Rose Pruning Time
Drain That Rain!
Bypass or Anvil Pruners? We Ask the Experts.
Ant Control
Poinsettia Pointers
All About Fruit Tree Chill Hours, and More
2023 All-America Plant Selections Winners
A Persimmon Primer.
Garlic Growing Tips
Roasted Tomatoes
Trees vs Storms
Can You Foliar Feed a Plant?
Curried Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Too Many Peppers? Try This Sweet Pepper Relish
Reducing the Wildfire Threat to Your Home & Yard
How Safe are Organic Garden Chemicals?
How to Grow Citrus Indoors
Fresh Corn Soup Recipe
Grow A Yardful of Phytonutrients
Cation Exchange Capacity for Gardeners
Plant Hormones
All About Imidacloprid
Kaboom! Sudden Tree Limb Failure
Roses That Can Take the Heat
Should Chicken Manure Fertilizer Be Considered "Organic"?
African Keyhole Gardens
What to Do With All Those Berries?
Garden Shows for the Nose
Why You Don't Want To Use Fertilizer or Rooting Hormones When Planting Trees and Shrubs
What's That Critter in My Compost & Worm Bins?
Backyard Chicken Egg Care Tips
Don't Let Drip Irrigation Become "Drip Irritation"
Weed Killers: Read The Fine Print
Crop Rotation and the Pizza Pie Garden
Plants To Attract Beneficial Insects, Pt. 2
The Truth About Compost Tea
Why Do Pepper Flowers Fall Off?
Top 10 Fragrant Roses (in the Podcast)
Different Mulches for Different Plants. Fruit Trees vs. Lawns
A Visit to the Luther Burbank Gardens
What's Your NQ*? (Nature Quotient)
Growing the Gumbo Garden
Peppers to Try in 2022
Should You Add Bagged Soil To Your Garden?
Tips for Garden Tool Selection & Care
Seed Starting Tips
The Best Roses for America? One Master Rosarian's List.
Cold Tolerant Succulents. Plants for a School Garden. Pepper Seed Germination Tips.
Tomato Varieties, Winners & Losers
Is Gravel Gardening Right For You?
BEYOND BASICS: JUMPING WORMS