Just Grow Something | Evidence-Based Home Gardening
A podcast helping home gardeners grow vegetables using research-based techniques, covering plants, pests, diseases, soil health, and garden planning for all experience levels.
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Sep 15, 2026 · 36 minCover Crops in the Home Garden - Ep. 318Karin explains cover crops for both in-ground and raised beds, from nitrogen-fixing legumes like crimson clover and hairy vetch to soil-building grasses and fast summer oSep 8, 2026 · 34 minFall-Planted vs. Spring-Planted Onions: Choosing the Right System for Your Garden - Ep. 317The science of day-length triggers and cold exposure that decides whether fall-planted onions bulb or bolt, so you can pick the right planting system for your climate.Sep 1, 2026 · 38 minChoosing a Garlic Variety Based on the Science - Ep. 316Karin breaks down hardneck versus softneck garlic based on vernalization requirements, clove structure and storage life, and explains how to match a variety to your climaAug 25, 2026 · 26 minHow to Know When Winter Squash is Ready to Harvest (and How to Store Them) - Ep. 315How to spot maturity on butternut, acorn and other winter squash, plus curing and storage methods that keep the harvest through winter.Aug 18, 2026 · 30 minWildlife Damage in Gardens - Ep. 314How to identify damage from squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, deer, raccoons, groundhogs and armadillos, with university research on which deterrents actually work for each.Aug 11, 2026 · 31 minNutrition: Organic vs. Conventional vs. Homegrown - Ep. 313What peer-reviewed research says about nutritional differences between organic and conventional produce, and how soil health and storage time affect nutrient density in hAug 4, 2026 · 36 minWhy I Trust University Extension - Ep. 312If you've listened to this show for any length of time, you've heard me point to University Extension again and again as my go-to source. But I've never actually explaineJul 28, 2026 · 41 minThe Science We Got Wrong: How Plant Research Rewrote the Rules for Gardening - Ep. 311For most of the last century, gardeners were taught to cultivate their soil after every rain to conserve moisture, to think of plant roots as lone competitors, and to treJul 21, 2026 · 40 minThe Mid-Season Soil Check - Ep. 310Your garden is at its busiest in July, and so is the wear and tear on your soil. In this episode we get past the fertilizer conversation and into whether your soil is stiJul 14, 2026 · 25 minBattling Blossom End Rot the Right Way - Ep. 309If you've grown tomatoes or peppers for more than one season, you more than likely know the feeling been waiting that first tomato to ripen, finally see it’s blushing redJul 7, 2026 · 31 minHeat Stress vs Drought Stress in the Vegetable Garden - Ep. 308It's two o'clock on a July afternoon. You walk out to check the garden, and your squash leaves are drooping so low they're nearly touching the mulch. Your tomato plants lJun 30, 2026 · 26 minHow to Time Your Fall Brassicas - Ep. 307Fall gardening doesn't start in September. For the crops that take a long time to produce, your broccoli, your cauliflower, your cabbage, your Brussels sprouts, it startsJun 23, 2026 · 42 minMid-Season Fertilizing: How to Know What Your Vegetables Actually Need - Ep. 306It’s June, your tomatoes are climbing, your corn is waist-high, and the internet is full of fertilizing advice—most of it missing the most important variable: timing. In Jun 16, 2026 · 41 minEarly Blight Versus Late Blight in Tomatoes: Don't Get This One Wrong! - Ep. 305Every June, one of the most common questions that floods gardening groups, emails, and extension offices is some version of: “My tomato leaves are turning brown — do I haJun 9, 2026 · 45 minHow to Manage Squash Vine Borer - Ep. 304Every year, gardeners across the country watch their squash plants collapse overnight and have absolutely no idea why until it’s too late. The culprit is the squash vine Jun 2, 2026 · 53 minHow to Identify and Manage Perennial Weeds (Without the Viral Sprays) - Ep. 303Perennial weeds are in a different category than annuals. They don’t just re-seed, they regrow from the ground up, season after season, from root systems that can run thrMay 26, 2026 · 51 minMulch Matchmaking: Choosing the Right Mulch for Your Vegetable Garden - Ep. 302Mulch is one of the highest-return investments you can make in your vegetable garden and yet most gardeners are using whatever happens to be available rather than whateveMay 19, 2026 · 52 minSpring-Planted Bulbs and Summer Blooms: A Guide to Growing and Storing Dahlias, Gladiolus, and More - Ep. 301A listener asked for a deep dive on dahlias and I’m delivering, from the ground up (pun intended). But we’re not stopping there. In this episode, I’m covering the full woMay 12, 2026 · 1h 7mEpisode 300: The Questions You Keep Asking (and What the Research Actually Says)We made it to 300 episodes! And to celebrate, I’m doing something a little different. I went looking for the questions home gardeners are asking most, the ones showing upMay 5, 2026 · 28 minTopping Peppers: What does the science say, yay or nay? - Ep. 299The subject of whether you should top your pepper plants can bring on a pretty strong debate among gardeners. That’s because this is one of those topics where the answer Apr 28, 2026 · 26 minGrowing Tomatoes, Peppers, and Lettuce in Pots - Ep. 298Last week on the show we talked about the basic considerations for growing in containers, and that included how to evaluate whether a crop is a good candidate for growingApr 21, 2026 · 41 minContainer Gardening 101 - Ep. 297No yard? No tiller? No problem. If you've got a patio, a porch, a balcony, or even a sunny driveway, you can grow a real, productive vegetable garden in containers. TodayApr 14, 2026 · 37 minSuccession Planting 101: How to Keep Your Garden Producing from Spring Through Frost - Ep. 296Empty beds mean missed harvests. But with the right plan, they're completely avoidable. Today on Just Grow Something I'm walking you through succession planting and relayApr 7, 2026 · 42 minInterplanting Done Right: The High, Low, Fast, Slow Method for Bigger Harvests - Ep. 295What if you could get more food from the exact same garden space, without expanding a single bed? That's the promise of interplanting, and today on Just Grow Something I Mar 31, 2026 · 41 minYour Greenhouse Operating Manual - Ep. 294Get my greenhouse selection guide to help you choose which protected growing structure is right for you: https://justgrowsomethingpodcast.com/greenhouse A protected growi
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