Tagged: gardening

Gardening Tips
1:02 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

As the Worm Turns 4/22/2013

Credit Suze Smith
Lance Swigart's incredible garden on Redlands Mesa

Today Lance spoke about his planting schedule for the coming week :

Onions (by seed):  He likes Yellow Spanish, Newberger and Red Man onions - all good storage onions

Seed potatoes - planting potatoes for seed next year.  grows them like regular potatoes but picks the medium size taters for seed - choosing those that are the furthest and deepest from the stalk.  He also recommends not washing or cleaning the seed potatoes to prevent any kind of damage to skin = store in the state that they come out of the ground with.  

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THE MYSTIC'S ALMANAC
10:49 am
Tue April 9, 2013

The Mystic's Almanac - Family Heirlooms

Image: "Soul Sailing" by Missy Rogers
Credit Missy Rogers

Aired Sunday, April 7, 2013

Sorting through seeds saved over a couple of decades, I recognize them as family heirlooms.

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THE MYSTIC'S ALMANAC
10:00 am
Sun March 17, 2013

The Mystic's Almanac - Dreaming Seeds

Image: "Soul Sailing" by Missy Rogers
Credit Missy Rogers

Aired Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Gardeners dream in seeds. All winter those potent points of life slumber, waiting expectantly for the first stirrings of spring.

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Gardening
5:32 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

As the Worm Turns

“As the Worm Turns” is part of the “Free Range Radio” show that airs every Monday morning on KVNF.  It features an interview with local gardener Lance Swigart at about 10:05 am. Tips and tidbits from these interviews are posted here, and our listeners can make comments and ask Lance questions in the comments forum below.

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