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Growing Together: A Gardening Podcast

Growing Together: A Gardening Podcast

By: Forum Communications Co.
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 In this podcast, lifelong gardener Don Kinzler joins host John Lamb for a weekly dig into the fruitful topic of gardening in the upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, eastern Montana and southern Manitoba). Don Kinzler is a horticulturist with North Dakota State University Extension for Cass County. He has been a trusted resource for gardeners in the region for decades. Lamb is an arts and entertainment reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and a novice gardener, ready to learn. Questions for Don? Email him at donald.kinzler@ndsu.edu.©2025 Forum Communications Co. Biological Sciences Science
Episodes
  • How to care for mums and bring an explosion of color to your fall

    How to care for mums and bring an explosion of color to your fall
    Oct 10 2025

    Mums (or chrysanthemums, if you're fancy) bring a big blast of color to your life in the fall, and you can find them just about anywhere, making them a perfect low-effort way to bring some cheer into the late growing season.

    In this episode, Don and John talk about buying and caring for mums. They also talk about "perennializing" them into a part of your landscape.
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    40 mins
  • Jesse Ritka talks about a stormy summer, a warm fall and gardening with her family

    Jesse Ritka talks about a stormy summer, a warm fall and gardening with her family
    Oct 3 2025

    WDAY Chief Meteorologist Jesse Ritka had a busy summer, with turbulent storms and widespread tornado damage. And now, like the rest of us, she's reaping the gardening benefits of an unseasonably warm fall while waiting for sweather weather to finally arrive.

    In this episode, Jesse joins Don and John for a chat about recent weather and how the stormy summer affected her garden. Ever the scientist, she talks about spending time "experimenting" in the garden with her own family.
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    40 mins
  • Bring the color inside by overwintering plants

    Bring the color inside by overwintering plants
    Sep 26 2025

    Just because summer is over and winter is on the horizon, it doesn’t mean gardening has to be done for the year.

    In this episode, Don and John talk about how to keep geraniums, mandevilla and other plants growing through the winter so you can get a head start on summer color.
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    40 mins
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