Learn With Us, Week of December 20

12/20/15 What’s the Weather for 2016?
We gardeners are a grumpy lot.  We’re never really happy with the weather.  Too hot, too cold, too rainy….you know the drill.  The USDA provides weather forecasting resources for farmers to help them manage their crops. Back last November Lise Jenkins visited the USDA to find out how we gardeners could use their information and what’s in store for this year. Listen live on WCOM 103.5 FM (Carrboro) on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM or visit http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/ to listen to shows you’ve missed.

Learn With Us, week of November 22

11/28 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Rehabbing Old Raised Beds
Just like gardeners, raised beds also deteriorate over time.  Charles Murphy is here to help us learn what we can do to rehab our old raised beds and get them productive again.  Now if he can only do something about the gardeners….   Listen live on WCOM 103.5 FM (Carrboro) on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM or visit http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/ to listen to shows you’ve missed.

Learn With Us, week of November 15

Soil – Durham Garden Forum
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson Street, DurhamHave you ever stopped to think of all that soil provides? Food, water management, a habitat for our building foundations. Bryce Lane will discuss a variety of ways to work with your soil for improved gardening.
$10.00 fee per class or annual membership fee. No pre-registration necessary.

11/19 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Do You Need a Garden Coach?
We swim in a sea of gardening information and advice, but making it apply to your garden can be a challenge.  Harold Johnson meets a garden coach and they talk about the things that real gardeners struggle with in their own landscape.   Listen live on WCOM 103.5 FM (Carrboro) on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM or visit http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/ to listen to shows you’ve missed.
11/21 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Poinsettia Are Here!
Poinsettias have started showing up…everywhere.  NC State plays a big role in bringing new cultivars to the marketplace and you can see what’s new at the JC Raulston Arboretum Poinsettia Open House on December 6th.  Find out more as Lise Jenkins talks with Dr. John Dole, department head for horticultural science at NC State and a poinsettia researcher.  Listen live on WCOM 103.5 FM (Carrboro) on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM or visit http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/ to listen to shows you’ve missed.