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6 days ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Charlie Nardozzi |Mary Engisch
A number of years ago, a listener sent a note to Charlie, letting him know she was having some success growing peanuts in Vermont. The listener even sent along some seeds so he could plant the crop in his backyard garden. After some experimentation — and failures, thanks to hungry mice — Charlie came up with a system that does, indeed, work for growing peanuts in our region.
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1 week ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Charlie Nardozzi |Mary Engisch
Sometimes pests can pester your pepper plant. Or perhaps your hibiscus or hydrangea seem lifeless. Or maybe your tomato seedling is scrawny. Should you keep it, compost it or cut it? In certain common gardening scenarios, it can be hard to know which direction to go. Charlie Nardozzi runs through a few gardening quandaries and provides the proper path to take for each. Keep it, compost it or cut it? Gardening scenario #1: Cutworms cut off my pepper stem, but the remaining stem is still green.
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2 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Charlie Nardozzi |Mary Engisch
Warmer temperatures this week, plus rain forecast for next week provides perfect conditions for your garden to really take off. And along with growing plants, flowers, trees and shrubs come questions. The All Things Gardening inbox is full of queries about a variety of garden-related topics, and Charlie Nardozzi answers a few of them:What's the best soil and compost for raised beds? Q: I will be planting flowers and vegetables in two, 12" x 48" raised beds.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mary Engisch |Adiah Gholston
Thousands of musicians from across the country have been waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. This week, NPR announced the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mary Engisch |Adiah Gholston
Thousands of musicians from across the country have been waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. This week, NPR announced the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mary Engisch |Adiah Gholston
Thousands of musicians from across the country have been waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. This week, NPR announced the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mary Engisch |Adiah Gholston
Thousands of musicians from across the country are waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. That’s because NPR will soon announce the winner of the annual Tiny Desk Contest, which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it. Nearly 40 artists from Vermont submitted entries this year, and we’ve chosen a few to share with you.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Mary Engisch |Adiah Gholston
Thousands of musicians from across the country are waiting to see whether they’ll get to perform on one of the biggest stages in music media today. That’s because NPR is currently judging entries for the annual “Tiny Desk Contest,” which provides an unsigned artist with the opportunity to record one of the namesake shows — and get all the exposure that comes with it.
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3 weeks ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Charlie Nardozzi |Mary Engisch
Perennial flowers like Siberian irises may already hold a special place in your gardens and landscape. But there's another flower in the iris family that you might consider adding for its color and movement, especially if you've got some soggy spots in your yard. It's the Japanese iris. The perennial Japanese iris, or Iris ensata, blooms later in the season, in June or early July, after the Siberian irises and other flowering perennials have come and gone.
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1 month ago | 
vermontpublic.org | Charlie Nardozzi |Mary Engisch
Spring's wetter and warmer weather encourages garden growth, of course, but those conditions also make weeds flourish. Now is the time to remove them, lest they grow, well, like weeds. The key to successful weed removal lies in knowing which kind of weeds you have, because removal techniques vary. So, refrain from just ripping out weeds and identify them before you begin.
