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Garden Variety

Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Pest in show

12 mins; April 03, 2026

Grow with what you know

12 mins; March 27, 2026

Spot and treat those plant spots early

13 mins; March 20, 2026

Stumped on which tree to pick?

12 mins; March 13, 2026

The root to great fruit

10 mins; March 06, 2026

The bugs are back in town

13 mins; February 20, 2026

Fine pruning your fruit trees

12 mins; February 06, 2026

BONUS: Exploding trees? Please!

5 mins; January 30, 2026

Prune with purpose

12 mins; January 23, 2026

Getting to the root of African violets

11 mins; January 09, 2026

BONUS: A ditch tree for free

2 mins; December 22, 2025

Mistletoe, holly, and all plants jolly

12 mins; December 19, 2025

A look at the Christmas indus-tree

10 mins; December 05, 2025

BONUS: Trouble in tropical plant paradise

4 mins; December 01, 2025

Follow these cider house rules

12 mins; November 21, 2025

Berry good winter prep

12 mins; November 14, 2025

BONUS: Respect your insects

5 mins; November 11, 2025

Leaf me alone

12 mins; November 07, 2025

Scare your plants off

12 mins; October 31, 2025

Too bug to fail

13 mins; October 24, 2025

Daffodil with it

12 mins; October 17, 2025

Put your vegetable garden to bed

13 mins; October 10, 2025

BONUS: An acorn storm

2 mins; October 06, 2025

Fall aboard!

12 mins; October 03, 2025

Vine and dandy

13 mins; September 26, 2025

Flower you doing?

13 mins; September 19, 2025

Mighty morphing flower rangers

0 secs; September 12, 2025

Lawning for the perfect yard

13 mins; September 05, 2025

Wait until the time is ripe to harvest your fruit

12 mins; August 29, 2025

Don't judge a crop by its cover

13 mins; August 22, 2025

How to avoid an identi-tree crisis

13 mins; August 15, 2025

Glow your own way

12 mins; August 08, 2025

Switch it up with switchgrass

13 mins; August 01, 2025

Try out this gardening root-ine

13 mins; July 25, 2025

The ultimate power plants

13 mins; July 18, 2025

Better than all the pest

12 mins; July 11, 2025

Tools for the turf war

10 mins; June 20, 2025

Conducting tree-age before it's too late

13 mins; June 13, 2025

Now that's un-bean-lievable!

12 mins; June 06, 2025

A conifer-sation with a plant expert

13 mins; May 30, 2025

These blooms are iris-sistable

13 mins; May 23, 2025

Kiwi berries? Fur-get about it

12 mins; May 16, 2025

Import-ant advice for your home and garden

13 mins; May 09, 2025

Become a succession boss

13 mins; May 02, 2025

Diseases with the gall to kill our plants

13 mins; April 25, 2025

How to know when it's time to mow

12 mins; April 18, 2025

Lettuce help you with your vegetable garden

0 secs; April 04, 2025

What your seedlings are needling

12 mins; March 28, 2025

Midwest isn't the easiest place to bee

12 mins; March 21, 2025

Prune-in to this show for fruit tree tips

0 secs; March 14, 2025

The Name Game (plant edition)

0 secs; March 07, 2025

Get rich in soil knowledge

0 secs; February 28, 2025

Don't cut your flowers' beauty short

0 secs; February 14, 2025

Plants that will give you their undying love

0 secs; January 31, 2025

You won't forking believe these gardening tips

13 mins; January 17, 2025

Ex-seed your expectations this year

0 secs; January 03, 2025

Tis the season to be a nutcracker

0 secs; December 20, 2024

Dreaming of a green Christmas tree

0 secs; December 06, 2024

Kind of a fig deal

0 secs; November 22, 2024

BONUS: A rare bee discovery

17 mins; November 18, 2024

Wicked witch of the pest

0 secs; November 15, 2024

A look at plant disease trends this year

0 secs; November 08, 2024

Shiver me timbers

0 secs; November 01, 2024

Gourd big or go home

0 secs; October 25, 2024

Fall perennials are bloomin brilliant

0 secs; October 11, 2024

Bet your autumn dollar

0 secs; October 04, 2024

May the forced bulbs be with you

0 secs; September 27, 2024

'Tis the season for freezing

0 secs; September 20, 2024

Iowa's fields of green are turning gold

0 secs; September 13, 2024

Advice for hard-core apple lovers

0 secs; September 06, 2024

BONUS: Don’t fear the Ghost Plant

4 mins; September 03, 2024

Plentiful perennials

0 secs; August 30, 2024

Unwelcome beehavior

0 secs; August 23, 2024

BONUS: Pondering our pollinators

17 mins; August 20, 2024

How to dill with excess herbs

0 secs; August 16, 2024

What's shrub got to do with it?

0 secs; August 09, 2024

Friend or foe? Predator or prey?

0 secs; August 02, 2024

Practice what you peach

0 secs; July 26, 2024

Leaf your root worries behind

0 secs; July 19, 2024

Cease the disease

0 secs; July 12, 2024

Sweet corn is an a-maize-ing summer crop

0 secs; July 05, 2024

Nothing a homegrown tomato won't cure

0 secs; June 28, 2024

Contain your plants, not your excitement

0 secs; June 21, 2024

Born a bramblin man

0 secs; June 14, 2024

Welcome to the shrub club

13 mins; June 07, 2024

This episode is jam-packed with great advice

13 mins; May 31, 2024

In the mood to brood

13 mins; May 24, 2024

Highway to the hardiness zone

13 mins; May 17, 2024

BONUS: Cicadas

11 mins; May 14, 2024

Assets for your baskets

13 mins; May 10, 2024

BONUS: Invasive Species

11 mins; May 07, 2024

He speaks for the trees!

13 mins; May 03, 2024

A little mower lawn advice

13 mins; April 26, 2024

Blooming brilliant tips for beautiful trees

13 mins; April 19, 2024

Take the petal to the metal

13 mins; April 12, 2024

Advice for when insects make you want to flea

13 mins; April 05, 2024

Breaking bud

13 mins; March 29, 2024

What to do when mustard has you flustered

13 mins; March 22, 2024

Sowing seeds of knowledge

13 mins; March 15, 2024

These plants really deliver

13 mins; March 08, 2024

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