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Good GrowingEp. 199 The return of the Grow Along | #GoodGrowingLooking to try something new in the garden this year? You’re in luck because, back by popular demand, the Good Growing Grow Along returns with a fresh lineup of unique and beautiful plants for 2025. Check out this week’s Good Growing Podcast to learn about the plants we’ll be growing for this year's Grow Along, how you can participate, and more. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4pCC_Ndkkeg Skip to what you want to know: 00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily. What should we call this year’s Grow Along?2025-02-0751 min
Good GrowingEp. 197 Discovering Dogwoods: From trees to shrubs and even groundcovers!In this episode, horticulture educators Chris Enroth, Ken Johnson, and Emily Swihart dive deep into the fascinating world of dogwoods (genus Cornus). Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, you'll discover the diverse beauty and versatility of dogwoods, from majestic trees to charming shrubs and even groundcovers.Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/_eCVKqEyFm8Skip to what you want to know:00:35 Hey Ken!01:02 Hey Emily! Dogwood Shrubs02:45 Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)08:19 Redosier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)14:07 Bloodtwig Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)15:15 Tatarian dogwood (Cornus alba)16:02 H...2025-01-1854 min
Good GrowingEp. 195 Community Tree Care Series: Online learning for those who care for and about trees | #GoodGrowingIllinois Extension's core mission is to be a source of research-based knowledge that helps community members solve challenges and improve their lives. On this week’s Good Growing podcast, Chris and Emily are joined by horticulture educators Sarah Vogel and Ryan Pankau to discuss the upcoming Community Tree Care series. This only learning opportunity is open to anyone who cares about trees or does the work of caring for trees. Listen to the end for a fun lightning round of tree questions with our guests. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C01ODX3-7u82025-01-0348 min
Good GrowingEp. 193 Our Favorite Gardening Books for Winter Reading, Gifts, or Anytime of Year | #GoodGrowingThis week on the Good Growing Podcast, Emily Swihart joins Ken and Chris to discuss our favorite gardening and landscaping books. We discuss reference books, fiction and nonfiction, and even children's books. Beyond our favorites, we also interviewed our fellow horticulture educators to get their recommendations. This is a longer episode, so be sure to use the timestamps in the episode description to jump to your favorite sections. Happy listening!Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/RskDlYC8TRk 00:31 Hey Ken!01:00 Welcome Emily!01:35 What are our reading habits? 03:38 How do we choose bo...2024-12-061h 20
Good GrowingGardenbite: Windbreaks - the history, function, and benefits of diminished wind speedsWindbreaks, also known as shelter belts, play a crucial role in protecting the land from powerful Midwestern winds. Traditionally used on rural lands, windbreaks are living barriers that intercept wind, thereby reducing velocity and impact. During this week’s Gardenbite, Horticulture Educator Emily Swihart looks back at the history of Roosevelt’s ‘tree army’ and planting efforts in response to the Dust Bowl provides best practices for maximizing results, and encourages communities to manage the urban forest to capture windbreak benefits.Contact us! Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.eduKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Emily...2024-11-0106 min
Good GrowingGood Growing Grow Along final check-in for 2024 | #GoodGrowingIt’s time for our last Grow Along check-in for 2024. Each year we at Good Growing decide to try growing some new (to us) vegetables. This year we invited you to grow along with us. This video is for those who signed up to receive seed for our Grow Along. In this video, we are trying the fruits of our labor. We share some of the different ways we have prepared the produce we grew as part of the Grow Along.We want to hear back from you! You should have gotten an email with a survey li...2024-10-0724 min
Good GrowingGardenbite: Toothache plant: What is it and how to grow it | #GoodGrowingThis week on the Good Growing Podcast, we’re trying something new: toothache plant. Learn more about this interesting plant, what happens when you eat it, and how you can grow it yourself! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z7ywlxrKWTM Skip to what you want to know: 00:40 – Introduction to toothache plant 05:50 – Eating toothache plant reactions 10:20 – How to grow toothache plant 13:13 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye! Toothache plant picture: 葉子, Public Domain, iNaturalist Contact us! 2024-09-2016 min
Good GrowingGood Growing Grow Along second check-inIt’s time for another Grow Along check-in. Each year we at Good Growing decide to try growing some new (to us) vegetables. This year we invited you to grow along with us. This video is for those who signed up to receive seed for our Grow Along. In this video, we check in and share how our Grow Along crops are progressing in our gardens, answer some of your questions, and share some of our plans for the produce we harvest.We want to hear back from you! You should have gotten an email with a su...2024-08-0637 min
Good GrowingGardenbite: Fall Tree Planting | #GoodGrowingMany of us skipped planting trees this spring to avoid damage from periodical cicadas. But now that we’re approaching fall, we have an opportunity to plant some trees. Our Gardenbite this week goes back to 2022 when we had a conversation with Emily Swihart about fall tree planting. We discussed what trees can be planted in the fall, things to consider when planting trees, how to plant and care for trees, and more! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G3hUNwf3lcI 00:55 – We commonly hear fall is a good time to plan...2024-08-0223 min
Good GrowingEp. 179 Plants we wouldn’t plant or would think twice about before planting again| #GoodGrowingWhile we tend to focus on the positives of plants, not all plants work well in all gardens or for all gardens. Whether they are too aggressive, require too much time and maintenance, or we just don’t like them, there are a variety of reasons we may not want to grow certain plants. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss some of the plants we’ve grown in our gardens that we wouldn’t plant again and some that we would think twice about planting. It’s not all bad, though; we also discuss some plants we will al...2024-07-121h 05
Good GrowingGood Growing Grow Along 1st Check-inEach year we at Good Growing decide to try growing some new (to us) vegetables. This year we want to invite you to grow along with us. This video is for those who signed up to receive seed for our Grow Along. In this video Emily, Ken, and Chris check in and share how this year's crops are doing in their gardens and our plans for culturing these plants through the summer. We want to hear back from you! You should have gotten an email with a survey link if you received Grow Along seed from us. D...2024-07-0117 min
Good GrowingEp. 177 Getting your garden ready for vacation | #GoodGrowingHave you ever gone on vacation only to come back to an out-of-control landscape or, even worse, dead plants? Check out this week’s Good Growing Podcast to learn about some steps we can take to get our landscapes ready for when we’re on vacation. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JiC1RavU3kk Skip to what you want to know: 00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily! 01:45 – What kind of gardens do we have? 04:30 – What should we be thinking about when planning our gardens and vacations? ...2024-06-1440 min
Radio MonmouthUniversity of Illinois Emily Swihart Discusses WindbreaksUniversity of Illinois Horticulture Educator Emily Swihart discusses windbreaks, from its historical significance to planting new trees.
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Good GrowingEp. 167 Garden Trends for 2024 | #GoodGrowingThis week on the Good Growing podcast we chat with horticulture educator Emily Swihart about garden trends to be on the lookout for in 2024. We talk about the rise in popularity of incorporating native plants, trying to make our landscapes more biodiverse, and also just plain fun horticulture trends like colors and using our gardens at night. Skip to what you want to know:17:06 The trend of eco-optimism.18:44 The trend of native plants.20:40 The trend of densely planted landscape beds.24:41 Chris attempts to start a trend.25:25 The trend of improving our urban f...2024-03-1558 min
Good GrowingGardenbite: Martha's Picks: Three native plants for your yard | #GoodGrowingThis week we take a look at a clip from 2021 when the Good Growing team sat down with three horticulturists/landscape designers to learn about their favorite native plants. We asked each one to come up with their top three favorites. In this clip, retired Illinois Extension educator Martha Smith showcases her three favorite native plants that she has growing in her yard. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/58IDd070g-QSkip to what you want to know:1:22 American fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) a.k.a White fringetree4:50 Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) a.k...2024-03-0116 min
Good GrowingEp. 166 Grow something new with us: Good Growing Grow Along | #GoodGrowingDo you like growing new things in the garden? Then come grow along with us! On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we roll out our newest project, the Good Growing Grow Along. We’ve selected six new plants/cultivars to grow in our gardens, and you can grow them along with us. We also discuss some new plants that have been in the news lately. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sUH6D73-fFg Skip to what you want to know: 00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily! 01:45 – What’s new in...2024-02-2350 min
Good GrowingEp. 152 Creating a water-conscious landscape | #GoodGrowingOn this week’s Good Growing podcast, we welcome Emily Swihart back to talk about water-conscious landscaping! Learn why planning our landscapes with water in mind is important and how we can incorporate water-conscious landscaping into our landscapes. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hfIY5e0axak Skip to what you want to know: 00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily, and are our landscapes ready for frost? 06:30 – What is water-conscious landscaping? Is it just a fancy way of saying xeriscaping? 07:55 – Do we need to worry about saving water in I...2023-10-1344 min
Good GrowingEp. 149 All About Mulch: Lay it on thick and keep it chunky | #GoodGrowingOn this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we welcome Emily Swihart back to talk about mulch! Learn about what mulch is, what it’s good for, what mulches we should avoid using, and why our mulch should be thick and chunky. We also dispel some common misconceptions about mulch. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sqw4Cwr7wjo Skip to what you want to know: 00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily, and Chris’ existential crisis 02:45 – What is mulch, and what is it good for? 04:50 – What are our favorite types...2023-09-2242 min
Good GrowingEp. 144 Derechos & Tree Damage | #GoodGrowingThis week on the Good Growing podcast we relive the recent derecho with horticulture educator Emily Swihart. Emily and Chris swap stories about their experiences with past and present derechos. But what does all this wind do to our trees? We talk about cleaning up our trees after severe windstorms and how to prepare our trees for future wind events. Watch us on YouTube0:36 Hey Ken!2:05 Welcome Emily!3:20 Recounting the Iowa derecho8:01 What happened during the most recent July 2023 Illinois derecho10:42 Tornadoes vs. derechos14:07 Ken defines a derecho https...2023-07-2150 min
Good GrowingEp. 132 Sunflowers for 2023 | #GoodGrowingOn this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome back horticulture educator Emily Swihart to finally talk about sunflowers! We discuss the history of sunflowers, some of their benefits to the environment and bees, what sunflowers we’ll be growing this year, and more.
Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YLlwBnHp4qA
Skip to what you want to know:
00:40 – Welcome Ken, and why isn’t Chris in Macomb?
01:45 – Welcome Emily
02:45 – An overview of sunflowers
04:00 – Sunflowers as food and a quick history of sunflowers
11:19 – Sunflower pollen benefits for bumble bees
12:50 – Effectiveness of honey bees and bumble bees on sunflowers
14:00 – Sunflowers as hyper accumulators...2023-02-2454 min
Good GrowingEp. 131 New Flowers for 2023 | #GoodGrowingOn this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our flower gardens for the 2023 growing season. We tease talking about sunflowers for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So, look for that episode next week (we promise!).
Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q_HGNwhTvqE
Skip to what you want to know:
00:35 – Welcome Ken, and has Chris bought his seeds?
01:08 – What seeds has Ken started?
01:55 – Welcome Emily, has she started seeds?
02:25 – Has Chris been keeping up with his New Year’s Resolution...2023-02-1750 min
Good GrowingEp. 130 New Veggies for 2023 | #GoodGrowingOn this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our vegetable gardens for the 2023 growing season. Plus, Chris has a monumental task of narrowing down his list of shade trees to only one for his front yard. We tease talking about sunflowers and ornamentals for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So look for that episode next week.
Watch us on YouTube! https://youtu.be/hww7vEXP3_0
Skip to what you want to know:
0:20 Hey Ken
1:20 Welcome Emily - lamenting on the...2023-02-1042 min
Good GrowingEp. 116 - Tree planting and care with Emily Swihart | #goodgrowingTrees are one of the biggest investments we have in our landscapes. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk with University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Emily Swihart about tree planting and care. We discuss how to plant and care for trees, some good trees for fall color, getting trees ready for winter, and more!
See our smiling faces and some pictures over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b4RWZi_7OsA
00:20 – Welcome Ken and artichoke flowers
01:50 – Why is Chris so itchy?
02:45 – Welcome Emily
05:59 – We commonly hear fall is a good time to plant trees. Is this true? Why or why not...2022-09-0246 min
deepredradioDinner in AmericaJulia und Tobe geben sich einer Hardcore-Romanze hin.
Heimkino: 31.03.2022 (Koch Media)
Dinner in America
Genre: Komödie
Land: USA 2020
Laufzeit: ca. 108 min.
FSK: 16
Regie: Adam Rehmeier
Drehbuch: Adam Rehmeier
Kamera: Jean-Philippe Bernier
Musik: John Swihart
Produzenten: John Covert, David Hunter, Ross Putman, Sam Slater, Ben Stiller, …
Mit Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Lea Thompson, Sidi Henderson, Nico Greetham, Sean Rogers, Nick Chinlund, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pat Healy, Griffin Gluck, …2022-06-2827 min
The Backyard ClubRight Place & Right TimeSustainable Landscaping with our special guest Emily Swihart! Merging the lines between aesthetics & ecological benefits in your landscape.
In this podcast episode, we're talking to our special guest, Emily Swihart! Emily is a field coordinator and landscape architect at Trees Forever here in Cedar Rapids, IA. We talk to her about the importance of balancing nature for our own use and for the benefits of nature, why she thinks turf is okay, and how it all comes down to a right time and a right place when it comes to being sustainable in our landscapes.2021-06-1135 min