{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 218 Midsummer Lessons: What’s Growing (and Dying) in Our Yards | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3201,"description":"In this candid and photo-filled episode of the Good Growing Podcast, horticulture educators Chris Enroth and Ken Johnson take you on a tour of their own backyards. You will see the good, bad, and pretty. Learn about battling verticillium wilt and jumping worms to celebrating volunteer wildflowers and thriving pollinator beds. During the show, Chris tries a cucumber melon for the first time, and Ken shares his ever-expanding front yard prairie project. They share what’s working, what’s not, and what they’ve learned during a hot, humid, and rain-soaked Illinois summer.\nWatch us on YouTube - https://youtu.be/RYNgQSKxXxc\nSkip to what you want to know:\n00:39 Hey Ken!\n01:12 The growing conditions up to this point in our 2025 gardens\n04:11 A dead tree and confirmed diagnosis: Verticillium wilt. Dealing with Verticillium wilt of trees and shrubs.\n08:37 Checking out how things are growing in Ken's backyard\n13:15 Chris found the invasive jumping worm in his landscape bed\n20:27 Checking in on Ken's vegetable garden\n29:16 Is this a melon or a cucumber? It's a cucumber melon!\n31:55 Passive tick control - tick tubes\n34:04 Ken's passive mosquito control - mosquito bucket of doom!\n36:07 What's growing along Ken's driveway?\n37:09 Check out our hydrangeas\n40:57 Ginger midsummer update\n45:00 Ken’s summer wildflower display - Kill your lawn!\n51:37 Thank yous and coming up next week\nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu\n \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\n \nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\nBarnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk\n \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     \nTunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/  \nSpotify -...","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}