{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 177 Getting your garden ready for vacation | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2456,"description":"Have you ever gone on vacation only to come back to an out-of-control landscape or, even worse, dead plants? Check out this week’s Good Growing Podcast to learn about some steps we can take to get our landscapes ready for when we’re on vacation. \n \nWatch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JiC1RavU3kk \n \nSkip to what you want to know:  \n  00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily!\n  01:45 – What kind of gardens do we have?\n  04:30 – What should we be thinking about when planning our gardens and vacations?\n  08:27 – Getting plants water\n  11:22 – How can we prepare our potted plants?\n  14:05 – How does Emily ensure plants are getting water?\n  17:32 – How do you ‘train’ someone looking after your garden?\n  23:36  – What can we do about pests, diseases, and weeds before we leave?\n  27:10 – Vacation vs. leaving for a few months\n  28:30 – Getting your lawn ready \n  30:50 – Taking equipment in for maintenance while you’re gone\n  33:04 – Preparing houseplants for vacation\n  37:15 – Be careful of too much water\n  38:42 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!\n  \n \nHow Should I Water My Plants blog post: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2017-10-11-how-should-i-water-my-plants \nHow to hand water your landscape plants Gardenbite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwhrFc0kkM \n \n \nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \nEmily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu \n \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.\n \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   \nStitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   \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}