{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"Grow More Food Without a Bigger Garden: Season Extension Made Simple","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1895,"description":"What if you could harvest more food from your vegetable garden without making it any bigger?\nExtending the growing season is one way to get more from the garden space you already have. And you don't need an elaborate greenhouse to get started.\n\nIn this episode, Steven Biggs chats with Sonja Peters of Greenbush Greenhouses and Farm in British Columbia's North Okanagan about practical ways to keep a garden productive longer.\n\nSonja shares tips on everything from simple floating row covers to low tunnels, cold frames, and greenhouses. They also discuss choosing the right protection for your climate, combining layers of protection, and using microclimates to your advantage.\n\nIn this episode:\nWhy extending the growing season can mean more food from the same space\nFloating row covers: how they work and when to use them\nMaking inexpensive low tunnels\nThe differences between low tunnels, hoop houses, and greenhouses\nLayering protection to keep crops going in colder weather\nCold frames and ways to build them\nHow microclimates affect season extension\nMonitoring temperatures and preventing overheating\nThe added pest-management benefits of row covers\nAbout Sonja Peters\nSonja is a horticulturist, greenhouse grower, and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. She and her partner, Dave, operate Greenbush Greenhouses and Farm near Lumby, British Columbia.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}