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12 - 12:45pm EST
First Aired - 04/04/2013 12:45PM
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This week on Rooftop Farming with Ben Flanner, Ben calls in to talk with Erin Fairbanks about transplanting kale and compost. Learn how to transplant seedlings into the ground, and find out why compost needs to cure in order to curb weed outbreaks! Find out how local businesses have helped Ben with mulching!
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What's Poppin'? (8:44)
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Japanese turnips, lettuce, salad greens, carrots, peas, Ben Flanner, root balls, cover crops, alfalfa meal, natural, nitrogen, organic, seeding, fresh compost, weeds, peppers, compost inputs, Mast Brothers, chocolate husk, waste product, mulch, kale,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/08/2012 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks checks in with Jeanne Hodesh of GrowNYC. Erin and Jeanne talk about all of the vegetables, cheeses, and meat that will be available at Greenmarkets throughout New York City. Tune in to hear about the some of the new spring garlic, how weather and time changes the taste of maple syrup, and the upcoming availability of goat cheeses and meats. Listen to Jeanne discuss regional grains, home gardening events, and the upcoming Taste of Greenmarket. This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"What types of grains grow well in our region? Now that we have them in our market, we want to introduce them to people. We have things like spelt flour, and people might not know what to do with that." -- Jeanne Hodesh of GrowNYC
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New for Spring (18:09)
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Jeanne Houdesh, GrowNYC, greenmarkets, spring crops, greenhouse, bean shoots, sprouts, garlic, maple syrup, seasonal, feta, chevre, goat, goat cheese, Consider Bardwell, meats, heirloom tomato, bacon, social media,Grains, Gardens, and Eggs (13:10)
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,,, ,, home-bakers', meetup, garden, plot, seedlings, Brooklyn, Bloom, window, box, farmland, report, Taste, of, Greenmarket, eggs, emu, Evolutionary, organicsGrain to Glasshomebakinggrainsregional grainsspirits",To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/03/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Carmen hosts the monthly fruit episode on apples. Steven Hoying of Cornell University calls in to explain how apple growers have kept their trees disease and pest free, why apple trees are genetically promiscuous, and why those bright red apples from the cafeteria taste so absurd. Tune in for an episode on orchards, hard cider, and apple pie from The Big Apple. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch: purveyors of fine grass-fed beef from the California coast.
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We Dig Plants Introduction - Fruit of the Month: Apples! (17:56)
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We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Carmen DeVito, Hearst Ranch, Jimmy Carbone, Pig Island, harvest season, fruit of the month!, today's fruit: the apple, Malus domestica, humans have tinkered with the apple to make it taste better, ornamental fruits, domestic apples are genetically diverse, one tree can produce a diveristy of seedlings, Steven Hoying, Cornell University Extension, apple growing in New York State, root stock, hard cider, growing apples to make cider, New York is second only to Washington state in apple production,Steven Hoying of Cornell University (18:39)
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the difference between apple orchards, Huson Valley vs western New York, 8th generation apple growers in upstate New York, by 1820, New York was exporting apples, apples are important to New Yorks economy, www.nyapplecountry.com, new planting systems with 1000 trees per acre, root stocks, training systems, apple picking, trees planted no longer than 3 feet apart, apple picking in the Hudson Valley, The Apples in New York, Honey crisp apples, relatively new variety, Empire, Sweet Tango, mealy Red Delicious apples, not easy to know when to harvest them, early market windows are more profitable, the gene gun to fight fire blight, many gardeners are afraid to raise fruit trees, advice for home growing apple trees sustainably, disease free apples,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
