Lawn and Garden Podcasts 2020

Welcome to Season 3!

January 17, 2020
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• Alfalfa Weevils

Videos

• Hay You: Hay Sample
• Christmas Tree Care

Wild About Wild Birds

February 21, 2020
Guest: Jacelyn Downey
Education Programs Manager
Audubon of the Rockies
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• The Hummingbird: Attracting and Enjoying Wyoming’s Most Fascinating Bird
• Building and Locating Backyard Birdhouses

Videos

• Landscaping to Attract Birds
• Bird Feeder Cleaning

Parks & Rec Tree Care

March 16, 2020
Guest: Amy Seiler
Director of Parks/Recreation & Leisure Services, Gering, NE
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• Landscaping: Recommended Trees for Wyoming
• Lilac/Ash Borer

Videos

• Tree Care
• Young Transplanted Tree Care
• Transplanted Tree Care

Soil & Compost

April 10, 2020
Guest: Caitlin Youngquist
UW Extension Educator, Washakie County
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• Landscaping: Container Gardening
• Gardening: Growing Herbs in Wyoming

Videos

• Victory Garden 2020
• Home Gardening | Cent$ible Nutrition Around the State

It's Time to Start Seeds!

April 24, 2020
Guest: Donna Hoffman
UW Extension Educator, Natrona County
Transcript (pdf)

Videos

• Starting Seeds
• Starting Seeds Indoors
• Is it Too Early to Start My Garden?

Thinking Green: Season Extension

May 1, 2020
Guest: Brian Sebade
UW Extension Agriculture & Horticulture Educator
Transcript (pdf)

Publications & Websites

• High Tunnel Handbook
• Barnyards & Backyards Live!

Videos

• Spring Season Extension

Pruning & Starting Seeds

May 8, 2020
Guest: Roberta Luke
Master Gardener, Goshen County
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• Master Gardener Program Guidelines

Videos

• Fruit Tree Pollination
• Washing and Storing Produce for Food Safety

Mosquito & Weed Control

May 15, 2020
Guest: Jenna Meeks
Assistant Supervisor, Goshen County Weed & Pest
Transcript (pdf)

Websites

• Goshen County Weed and Pest
• UW Extension Entomology Resources
• Integrated Pest Management

Videos

• Pre-Emergent Herbicides
• Choosing the Right Herbicide
• Tips for Improving Herbicide Success

Community Forestry

May 22, 2020
Guest: Chrissy Land
Community Forestry Specialist, UN-Lincoln
Transcript (pdf)

Websites

• Nebraska Forest Service
• UNL Extension Landscape Design & Care Resources

Videos

• Large Tree Pruning
• Small Tree Pruning
• Removing a Tree

Home Turf: Pest Control & Weed Management

May 29, 2020
Guest: Gary Stone
UN-Lincoln Extension Educator
Transcript (pdf)

Publications

• Wyoming Weed Control in Turf and Ornamentals

Videos

• Turf Grass
• Watering Lawns

Gardening in Fort Laramie

June 5, 2020
Guest: Joyce Evans
Mayor, Fort Laramie, WY
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Native Bees
• Promoting Pollinators on Your Place

Videos

• Fort Laramie: Exploring the Nature of Wyoming
• Leafy Greens & Community Supported Gardens

Continuing the Gardening Season

June 12, 2020
Guest: Tom John McCreery
Avid Gardener; Treasurer, Eastern Wyoming College
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Soil Salinity, Tolerance, Growth Potential
• Gardening: Extending the Vegetable Growing Season

Native Plants

June 19, 2020
Guest: Jane Dorn
Native Plant Expert
Transcript (docx)

Websites & Publications

• Audubon Society Habitat Heroes Program
• Plants with Altitude Book

Videos

• Native Shrubs for Landscapes
• Saving Seeds

All Things Green

June 26, 2020
Guest: Bernie Lewis
Gardener, Goshen County
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• CoCoRaHS
• Potato Diseases in Home Garden
• Army Cutworm

Videos

• CoCoRaHS
• Preventing Deer Damage to Trees
• Gophers
• Vertical Gardening with Fish

Vegetable Varieties

July 3, 2020
Guest: Brian Sebade
UW Extension Agriculture and Horticulture Educator
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Selecting and Showing Produce
• Gardening: Vegetables in Wyoming

Videos

• Annual Vegetables
• Garden Rotation

Helping Our Crops Grow

July 10, 2020
Guest: Abby Perry
UW Extension Rangeland Educator, Carbon County
Transcript (docx)

Websites

• Carbon County Extension: Range Management

Videos

• Noxious Weeds of Wyoming

Mulching & Building Soil

July 17, 2020
Guest: Lucinda Mays
Public Horticulturist, Chadron State College
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Common Wyoming Pest Grasshoppers
• Pest Grasshoppers of the West (poster)

Videos

• Speciating Grasshoppers
• Mulch Rings for Trees
• Coffee Ground Mulch

Summer & Fall Turf Care

July 24, 2020
Guest: Donna Hoffman
UW Extension Educator, Natrona County
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• WyoScape: Landscaping for the Wyoming Climate
• Landscaping: Turf in Wyoming

Videos

• Turf Grass
• What’s Causing My Brown Grass?
• Grass Physiology

Audubon of the Rockies

July 31, 2020
Guests: Tom McCreery and Zach Hutchinson
Transcript (docx)

Websites & Publications

• iNaturalist
• Feeding Birds in Your Backyard: A great way to attract wildlife
  

Videos

• Pine Cone Bird Feeders

Some Other Rabbit Hole

August 7, 2020
Guest: Gary Stone
Transcript (docx)

Websites & Publications

• Wyoming Master Gardener Program
• What’s in Your Toolbox? Pest Control

Videos

• Wyoming Extension Master Gardener Promo
• Master Gardener Program

What's Wrong with My Tomato Plant?

August 14, 2020
Guest: Tom McCreery
Transcript (docx)

Websites

• Ask an Expert

Videos

• Selecting Tomato Plants from the Garden
• Green Tomatoes

Trees are Communal

August 21, 2020
Guests: Tom McCreery and Amy Seiler
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Scrappy Trees Raw & Exposed
• Dwarf Mistletoe

Videos

• Why do Cottonwood Trees Produce Cotton?
• Right Tree in the Right Place
• Dwarf Mistletoe

Late Season Weed Control

August 14, 2020
Guests: Tom McCreery and Jenna Meeks
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Wyoming Weed Watchlist Field Guide
• Weeds of the West

Videos

• Grazing Cheatgrass | WYO RangeCast
• Fall Weed Control
• Pre-emergent Herbicide

Late Season Plants for Pollinators

September 4, 2020
Guest: Jenny Thompson
UW Extension Small Acreage Outreach Coordinator
Transcript (docx)

Websites & Publications

• Barnyards & Backyards: Rural Living in Wyoming
• Promoting Pollinators on Your Place

Videos

• Attracting a Diversity of Pollinators
• Pollinators & Pesticides

Surprise Winter Weather

September 11, 2020
Guest: Donna Hoffman
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Minimizing Extreme Weather Impacts: Cover Crops 101

Videos

• Ice Melt & Plant Damage

Wyoming Bird Bioblitz

September 18, 2020
Guests: Tom McCreery and Jacelyn Downey
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Bioblit Guide
• Wyoming Open Spaces: Targeting Conservation Easement Purchases to Benefit Wildlife

Videos

• Migratory Birds
• Migration: A Two Way Street

End of Season Considerations

September 25, 2020
Transcript (docx)

Websites

• Goshen County Master Gardener Giant Pumpkin Contest 2020

Videos

• Growing Giant Pumpkins
• Pumpkin Raisin Bread

Fall Yard Cleanup

October 16, 2020
Guest: Donna Hoffman
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Backyard Composting Using Simple Small-scale Methods

Videos

• Changing Leaf Colors
• Leaf Composting

Geo Domes Across Wyoming

November 13, 2020
Guest: Coleman Griffith
Master Geo Dome Builder
Transcript (docx)

Websites

• Sustainability for a Healthy Food Pantry

Videos

• Geo Dome Frame Build Timelapse

Winter Tree Care

December 20, 2020
Guests: Tom McCreery and Amy Seiler
Transcript (docx)

Publications

• Winter Watering
• Spruce Tree Winter Injury

Videos

• Winter Watering
• Pruning Trees in Winter
• Managing Winter Die Back