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At a time when our gardens large and small often feel more important than ever, I think our focus on exactly what our gardens contain and consist o...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Bees are dying worldwide from pesticide use, disease, and habitat loss, which is putting our food supply at risk. One company is looking to help sa...

Bought by KUNC & The Colorado Sound and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 2
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In the heat of the dog days of summer, Cultivating Place celebrates the farms and gardens striving to not draw down resources but to contribute res...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: image courtesy of Sarah Chase Shaw, author of On the Roof of the Rocky Mountains, the Botanical Legacy of The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail’s Alpine Treasure (2021).
This week on Cultivating Place we continue our high-elevation garden view, now in Vail, Colorado at The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, leaders in the r...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: David and son in home garden, Credit: images by Caitlin Atkinson, All Rights Reserved.
David Godshall is a landscape architect, gardener, and meta-garden philosopher making his way with his young family and his Terremoto Landscape Arc...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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What does it take to keep your lawn looking green and healthy? A lot of people say you need to use fertilizer. But do you really? And what’s the co...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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As our podcast series concludes and our cicada friends begin their new 17-year cycle, Dr. Gene Kritsky from Mount St. Joseph University talks about...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 24:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Images courtesy of Kelly D. Norris, all rights reserved.
At a time in the gardening world when we're hearing the phrase "ecologically functional gardens" and "ecological landscape design" with great regul...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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What are our visitors doing when you don't hear their distinctive mating buzz? If you've noticed they get quiet at night or when it rains, do you k...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 17:59
Caption: Photos courtesy of Jessica Walliser, All Rights Reserved.
Jessica Walliser is an avid gardener and professional horticulturist – working in the business of plants and gardening since the tender age of 15. ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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In this episode, Dr. Gene Kiritsky and Cory Sharber discuss how did our unseasonable April and May weather impact the Brood X emergence.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 19:51
  • Purchases: 1
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For the past few weeks or so, my eyes have been scratchy and I’ve had a runny nose. And I’m not alone. A lot of people are feeling the effects of s...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Brood X, as you might be hearing, has emerged and they are looking to do the one thing they’ve been waiting 17 years to do – mate! The loud buzzing...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 19:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Debra Prinzing is the founder and leader of The Slow Flowers Society – She joins Cultivating Place in this first week of summer (after Memorial Day...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The scientific name of the ringtail is Bassariscus astutus. It’s in the Procyonidae, the same family as our local borderlands’ critters the raccoon...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:56
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The genus Artemisia is found in the sunflower family Asteraceae and there are over 200 species found around the world in the northern hemisphere. W...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
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I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is fun. And by the way, it was my friend and Willcox resident Steve Marlatt who reminded me of ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
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Human beings have been fascinated with cicadas for generations. These visitors have spurred stories, symbols and artifacts because of their rare ap...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 19:55
  • Purchases: 1
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We’ve always been told about the importance of maintaining our ecosystems, but how do 17-year cicadas fit into that delicate balance? According to ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 17:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Researcher Sridhar Ravi of UNSW Canberra looks to the humble bumblebee to answer questions about how to program a more nimble drone. The way he and...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Our expert, Dr. Gene Kritsky, has devoted a great deal of his professional life to the study of cicadas. But who studied them before him?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 16:29
  • Purchases: 1
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If you look closely, cicadas do look prehistoric, so how long have they been around and how have they survived so long on our ever-changing planet?

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 2
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As we begin our 10-week journey of the 2021 Brood X emergence, Dr. Kritsky and Cory Sharber discuss the very basics of cicadas – what are they, wha...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 17:01
  • Purchases: 2
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This will be the summer of Brood X, the emergence of the 17-year cicadas in trees throughout our area and many parts of the country.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1