{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 137 Garden tools and gadgets | #GoodGrowing","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cef54b66\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2294,"description":"On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we have a discussion about garden tools and gadgets. Learn about what we should be doing to get our tools ready for use this spring, some of our favorite garden tools, and more!\n\nWatch us on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/GXD12sUiI8w \n\nSkip to what you want to know:  \n  00:25 – Welcome, Ken, and what have we been up to in the garden?\n  02:15 – Don’t put your tomatoes out yet!\n  03:10 – Gardening needs patience\n  04:10 – What should we do to get our tools ready for the gardening season?\n  07:58 – Anything we should be doing for tools with small engines like lawnmowers?\n  11:10 – Sharpening lawnmower blades\n  12:45 – Make sure you put your tools away\n  14:40 – Some of our favorite tools\n      15:00 – hori-hori\n      17:50 – hand pruners\n      21:50 – knives\n      22:50 – folding saw and reciprocating saw\n    24:25 – weeding and cultivating in the garden      \n      25:00 – stirrup/scuffle hoe\n      26:10 – collinear hoe\n      27:04 – keeping up with weeding\n      30:15 – Rotary cultivator and hoes\n      32:05 – wire weeder\n  33:35 – What are the bare minimum tools you need for a garden?\n  36:25 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!\n      \n      \nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \n\nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: htps://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\n\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.  \nSoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573   \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 https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR   \nVurbl...","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}