{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 111 Tips for Pollinators & favorite plants | #goodgrowing","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d1c8ee18\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2240,"description":"On this week’s Good Growing podcast we are celebrating National Pollinator Week! We give helpful tips for helping out pollinators plus our favorite pollinator plants. Plus, tons of resources if you’re looking to include pollinator habitat in your landscape.\n\nWatch us YouTube https://youtu.be/YhxRfaGN2PU \n\n0:26 - Hi Katie!\n0:36 - Those Darn Racoons\n2:25 - Hi Ken!\n4:11 - What are pollinators?\n8:10 - Tips for helping pollinators\n8:51 - Reduce pesticide use and minimize pollinator exposure if spraying\n12:18 - Create nesting habitat\n15:26 - Protect existing habitat\n17:16 - Plant more flowers\n18:59 - Utilize different blossom shapes\n21:51 - Advice for designing a pollinator garden\n27:51 - Favorite plants\n28:08 - Ken: Purple coneflower, butterfly milkweed, rattlesnake master, blanket flower, sunflowers, grey-headed coneflower, obedient plant\n29:46 - Katie: Beebalm (Monarda), lantana, beardtongue\n31:34 - Chris: Zinnia, parsley, Autumn Joy sedum, giant alliums\n34:40 - Resources for those wanting more\n- Pollinator Pockets https://extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/pollinator-pockets\n- Illinois Extension Pollinator Website – coming soon!\n- Pollinator partnership https://www.pollinator.org/\n- Xerces society  https://www.xerces.org/\n- Monarch Waystation Project https://monarchwatch.org/waystations/\n- Indiana/Illinois Sea Grant Pollinator Garden brochures https://iiseagrant.org/resources/publications-products/results/?_sft_creator=c-eliana-brown\n- Become an Illinois Master Naturalist https://extension.illinois.edu/mn\n- iPollinate https://ipollinate.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.","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}