Planting the Plains
Airs Thursdays at 10:30 am CT and Saturdays at 8:35 am CT
Every week, Anthony Reardon presents Planting the Plains, a weekly feature designed to provide the High Plains with timely, yet timeless, research-based, reliable, horticultural information that can assist in bettering everyday lives by easing the burden of troublesome landscape issues.
Each episode will bring a new horticultural, entomological, or wildlife topic to the forefront, furthering practical knowledge on how that topic pertains to the average person, and how that person may need to address such a topic in their own backyard.
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Latest Episodes
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Frost heaving can be a problem in areas like the High Plains, where soil can freeze and thaw repeatedly during the winter. This week, we'll talk about how and why this happens, and what steps can be taken to mitigate this cold-weather nuisance. -
It's easy to forget that seeds aren't just the key to getting your plants to grow, they're living organisms themselves. So with a little care, you can ensure that your seeds are best prepared to last for years, even decades, and we'll talk about how to do so in this week's episode! -
Planting the Plains: Holiday Floral ArrangementsWith a little thought and some understanding of what items display festivity at your home, you can put together some wonderful holiday floral arrangements that will highlight the season, and give joy to those around you. We'll talk this week about how you can show your creativity with your own arrangments! -
It might sound crazy to mulch your garden in the colder months, but this can really lead to solid benefits, and can help to insulate your soil to protect your plants. We'll talk more about how to do this, and how it can reduce stress on your plants over the winter, in this week's episode! -
Planting the Plains: November Gardening TasksNovember is the time to wrap up the growing season, and to prepare your garden for winter. This work can help to kick off next year's planting, if done correctly, and we'll talk this week about how to do the best preparation possible! -
With heavy metals like lead and chromium still existing in soil, particularly in cities, it's not necessarily safe to eat what you grow in your garden. However, all is not lost...it IS possible to utilize some methods to reduce these in your garden over time, but the first step is knowing what's in your soil, and we'll discuss that process in this week's episode! -
Low tunnel covering can be a great way to build a "miniature greenhouse" in your garden, to help retain warmth and moisture a bit longer, or to begin growing earlier in the new season. This week, we'll talk about how to create these, and what materials to use, as well as how late in the season you can expect these to work for you! -
Maintaining your garden obviously requires some planning and physical work, and preparing for the winter is much the same. We'll talk this week about how to get everything ready for the coldest months. -
October provides multiple opportunities to improve your garden, from wrapping up the last of your fall harvest, to soil improvements and early planting for next year. This week, we'll talk about how to make this autumn month a useful one! -
Cleaning your garden beds plays much more of a role in next year's garden than you might think. This week, we'll talk about how to handle this plant debris, and when not to keep it.
