{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 152 Creating a water-conscious landscape | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2666,"description":"On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we welcome Emily Swihart back to talk about water-conscious landscaping! Learn why planning our landscapes with water in mind is important and how we can incorporate water-conscious landscaping into our landscapes. \n \nWatch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hfIY5e0axak \n \nSkip to what you want to know:  \n  00:30 – Welcome, Ken and Emily, and are our landscapes ready for frost?\n  06:30 – What is water-conscious landscaping? Is it just a fancy way of saying xeriscaping? \n  07:55 – Do we need to worry about saving water in Illinois? \n  11:15 - What are some ways we can incorporate water-conscious landscaping into our landscapes? \n    11:50 – Right plant, right place\n    18:05 – Mulch\n    22:47 – How do lawns fit in?\n    24:43 – Irrigation systems\n  31:20 – Vegetable gardens use a lot of water, how can we be water-conscious in them?    \n    36:50 – What about harvested water?\n  38:32 - Now that plants are starting to lose their leaves and go dormant, do we still need to worry about watering them? \n  43:00 - Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!\n  \n \n \nCheck out other Good Growing Podcast episodes! \n  2023 weather and what to expect for the winter: https://youtu.be/RYXakCpxO2c \n  All about mulch: https://youtu.be/sqw4Cwr7wjo \n\n \n \nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \nEmily Swihart: eswihart@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.\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}