Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. It’s a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns and his popular series of books.
As the weather transitions from summer to fall, it’s time to consider how this change affects your garden.
Jeff encourages listeners to apply organic matter to their gardens now to prepare for next year’s crops. He also suggests that this is an ideal time to get your soil tested. However, he emphasizes the importance of using a reputable soil tester that employs either the Reams Method or Albrecht Method. Jeff recommends Kinsey Agricultural Services or International Ag Labs.
After the break, the guys delve deeper into ways to prep the garden for next year. They stress the importance of being strategic about where you apply fertilizers. For instance, they advise against putting fertilizer in areas where you’ll be walking or where weeds tend to grow.
To wrap up, they field a question from a very special guest about the reason pumpkins grow so large in Alaska.
Have a question? Ask Jeff and Jonathan at teamingwithmicrobes@me.com
Sponsored by Number 2 Organics, Big Foot Microbes and Down to Earth Fertilizers
Hosts: Jeff Lowenfels and Jonathan White. Produced by Evan Phillips.
This podcast is a collaboration between the hosts and Anchorage Daily News.
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Read Lowenfels’ weekly columns on gardening and growing at ADN.com.
Read Jeff’s books: “Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web,” “Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition,” “Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Grower’s Guide to Mycorrhizae,” among others.
