Podcast
All Things Gardening Podcast
Each week, Charlie Nardozzi joins Vermont Public host Mary Engisch for a conversation about gardening, and to answer your questions about what you're seeing in the natural world.
- Home & Garden chart
- #124
- Episodes
- 23
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 5 min
- On air since
- 2026
- Latest episode
- 2 days ago
Episodes
23 episodes, newest first
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5 min
Fall garden chores, part one
Show notes
Begin with certain garden chores to ready your gardens, raised beds and landscape for fall and winter.
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5 min
Decorate for fall with warty pumpkins, colorful gourds and wispy grasses
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For this year's autumn decorations, incorporate natural materials — some of which may already be in your landscape.
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5 min
Try these 3 different kale varieties for hardy, cool-weather greens
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Kale is an excellent choice for late-season gardens, with multiple varieties that get sweeter with cool nights.
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5 min
Avoid critter nibbles with these 3 bulb planting strategies
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Chipmunks, squirrels and mice like to nibble on buried flowering bulbs. Learn how to deter them with some simple tips.
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5 min
Plant trees before the freeze and 'cook' the soil to get rid of jumping worms
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Tree and shrub roots need time to get established before the ground freezes.
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5 min
How to overwinter cuttings of certain potted plants indoors
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Certain foliage and flowering annuals can thrive as indoor potted plants during the winter. Find out which ones and how to bring in cuttings.
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5 min
How to grow hazelnuts for you and the squirrels
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Start growing these small shrubs now, and in a few years, hazelberts will produce nuts for you and nearby wildlife.
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5 min
Perennial flowers that provide color in the garden's quieter season
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Include perennial flowers like helenium and Russian sage in your gardens. They'll bloom in late summer to extend color throughout the season.
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5 min
Late-summer gardening questions: Cherry tree affliction, deer deterrent and a blueberry mystery
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An odd growth on blueberry bushes, leathery lichen and hungry deer are just a few of the late-summer issues plaguing listeners.
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5 min
How to grow grapes in your backyard
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Many home gardeners think grape-growing is only the milieu of vineyards, but you can plant a small number of grapevines in your yard and have enough delicious fruit to feed your family (and a hungry bird or two).
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5 min
Late summer garden questions: Lily beetles, hydrangea with no blooms and destructive voles
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Charlie Nardozzi answers garden questions that have been cropping up in late summer.
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5 min
Bring the garden inside: How to cut and prep flowers so they'll last
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Learn how to cut flowers like rudbeckia, delphinium, gladiolus and more and enjoy them inside for days.
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5 min
Fruit-picking tips for a sweeter harvest
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If you spend time and care growing fruits, knowing a few harvesting tips can help ensure the best-tasting results.
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5 min
A day in the life of a back porch tomato plant
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Sometimes, plants grown in containers on back decks and porches outperform expectations. We'll meet one named "Big Beef."
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5 min
'Cowboy toilet paper' can play a role in your garden, too
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Mullein grows tall with soft leaves and does best in well-drained soil and lots of sun.
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5 min
Sow cool-season crops in hot July for a continuous vegetable harvest this fall
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Starting cool-season plants in peak summer will ensure a harvest bounty come fall.
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5 min
More than just tawny orange, choose daylilies with other color and petal variations
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Along with the cheery orange daylilies, look for different colorways and petal patterns for your yard and gardens.
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5 min
Plant sweet potatoes now for an early fall crop
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Home gardeners still have time to plant sweet potatoes, and there's still time to get a crop by fall!
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5 min
Garden question lightning round: controlling rampant mint, runaway chervil and more
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Some local home gardeners have out-of-control plants and weeds.
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5 min
Covering ground with perennial geraniums
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Home gardeners looking for slow-spreading ground covers that keep weeds out and support pollinators should consider perennial geraniums.
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