Garden for Life

A gardener removes weeds by the roots, a key step in maintaining healthy soil and preventing regrowth in spring garden beds.(Simon Kadula / Khaligo - stock.adobe.com)<p>April is the time for garden maintenance...

(jbuinac - stock.adobe.com / 550712846)<p>While many gardeners in the Rogue Valley treat Mother’s Day as the traditional start of planting season, experts say waiting until May can mean missing a prime growing window...

Lithia Park in the fall. ( Ashland Garden Club)<p><b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and Master Gardener <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> offer insights for gardeners in their button-up-for-winter segment. They discuss the final harvest of food...

Lithia Park in the fall. ( Ashland Garden Club)<p>Geoffrey Riley and Master Gardener Lynn Kunstman offer insights for gardeners in their button-up-for-winter segment. They discuss the final harvest of food gardens...

<p><b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and Master Gardener <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> talk about making the transition from summer crops to fall crops, and what kinds of soil amendments can help the health and productivity of your garden...

<p>Garden for Life co-hosts <b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> talk about how to protect plants from the summer heat, while beginning to take in the harvest of the garden.</p>

<p>Co-hosts <b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> talk about steps to improve soil quality WITHOUT tilling the garden, and how to encourage the good bugs to show up and eat the damaging bugs.</p>

<p>Garden for Life co-hosts <b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> offer tips for gardening in early summer. This episode is all about tending to new plants that are starting to grow, and keeping an eye on...

<p>Former Jefferson Exchange host <b>Geoffrey Riley</b> and Jackson County Master Gardener <b>Lynn Kunstman</b> discuss the 2025 Spring Garden Fair and late-spring gardening tips.</p>

<p>August started rather like July: hot, very hot. If you keep a garden, do not be surprised if your plants respond to the heat by snoozing. It takes a lot of energy for a tomato plant to set fruit in really hot...

<p>We're right around the time of year when it's unlikely that a garden (at least in the Medford area) will be visited by frost overnight. Just the same, it may take a while for the soil to warm up. The insects require...

<p>Some of the flowers popped up during the warm spell in February, long before the official start of spring. With spring just days away (March 19th), it's time to kick into gardening gear for some of us, which means we...

<p>If you live near a farm, you may notice green things still in the ground. There ARE vegetables--cabbages and carrots and more--that do just fine in the cold ground. But for most gardeners, this is the slow season. So...

<p>At least west of the Cascades, winters can be fairly mild in these parts, so some items will still grow in gardens through the cold season. October seemed to sneak up on us, so it's time to talk about cleaning out...

<p>Just about the time the tomatoes and cucumbers (and the plums and cherries and pears) started ripening, the big heat wave arrived. If gardeners didn't much want to go out there, how were the plants coping? </p><p>We...