Just Grow Something | Evidence-Based Home Gardening | Podcast Guru

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Grow a better vegetable garden, whether you're a seasoned gardener or have never grown a thing in your life. Karin helps home gardeners learn to grow their own food using evidence-based techniques and research. She talks all about specific plants, pests, diseases, soil and plant health, mulch, garden planning, and more. It's not just the "how" but also the "why" that makes us better. The goal? For everyone to know how to grow their own food no matter what sized space they have or their experience level. Tune in each week to plan, learn, and grow with your friend in the garden, Karin Velez.

Recent Episodes

Seed Saving: Harvesting, Drying and Storing for Next Season - Ep. 322

Whether saved seed grows into the plant you loved is decided at pollination and protected or lost in storage. This episode covers hybrids versus open-pollinated and heirloom varieties, the easiest crops for beginners, why plants only cross within a species (and why squash species matter), how often peppers cross, isolation methods (time, containment, distance), population size for corn, and the three levels of seed saving.

43 MIN

Preserving Without Canning - Ep. 321

In this episode, we're opening up the rest of the preserving toolbox: freezing, drying, fermenting, refrigerator pickles, and good old-fashioned cold storage.

42 MIN

Home Canning Myths Debunked - Ep. 320

In this episode, we're taking on four home canning myths that keep circulating in gardening groups, on food blogs, and in family recipe boxes: oven canning, open-kettle canning (and its cousin, flipping jars upside down), packing tomatoes and garlic in oil, and the idea that a salsa recipe can be tweaked however you like as long as it tastes right.

34 MIN

End-of-Season Tomato Rescue: Ripening, Freezing, and Preserving - Ep. 319

Frost is on the way, and the vines are still loaded with green tomatoes. In this episode, we sort out which green tomatoes will finish ripening on your counter (the mature greens and the blushers) and which ones belong in the skillet, the freezer, or a tested relish recipe.

30 MIN

Cover Crops in the Home Garden - Ep. 318

In this episode, we get into why cover crops work in both in-ground beds and raised planters, which ones perform best when you sow them in fall, and which ones are worth a spot in your rotation come spring. Then we'll cover how to actually terminate a cover crop so it feeds your soil instead of becoming a weed problem of its own.

36 MIN