{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 27 Unique veggies and fall gardening with Grant McCarty","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2343,"description":"This week the Good Growing team welcomes local foods educator, Grant McCarty to the show. Grant enjoys trying new and unique vegetables and talks about what he has growing in his garden. Time to get a pen and paper out to start making that list of veggies to try for next year! Grant also gives tips for gardeners looking to the fall gardening season. Do you have your garlic ordered yet?\nWe also answer your home gardening questions. This week’s questions include:\nWhat’s eaten all my cucumber leaves?\nMy hops are early this year. Should I harvest them now?\nWhat organic options do I have when dealing with Japanese beetles and spotted wing drosophila on blueberries?\nHow can you tell when to harvest potatoes?\nTips for harvesting zucchini\nDoes reusing black plastic mulch for tomatoes carry disease over to the next year?\n\nVegetable seed finder pickacarrot.com \nNorthwest IL Local Foods Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/ExtensionJSWLocalFoods\n\nContact the hosts:\nChris Enroth cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson kjohnso@illinois.edu\nKatie Parker keparkr2@illinois.edu","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}