PlantNebraska Podcast

Is it time to put the garden to bed for winter? Not quite! In this episode of the PlantNebraska Podcast, Hanna is joined by Rachel Anderson, horticulture educator with Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County, to talk about getting your yard and garden ready for winter. From the must-dos (yes, unhook those hoses!) to recommended tasks and things you can skip altogether, we cover vegetable gardens, perennial beds, lawns, trees, and more. We also talk about leaving the leaves, protecting young tre

This week on the PlantNebraska podcast, Hanna and Sarah talk about creating fall and Halloween color in Nebraska gardens—from native plants and interesting seedheads to dark foliage, fall containers, pumpkins, grasses, and even a little garden lighting. They share ideas for making your garden interesting in the daylight and after dark, plus tips for slowing down fall cleanup so you can enjoy all those textures, colors, seedheads, and leaves a little longer. Whether you're decorating for Hallowee

Hell strips are tough—but they can also be some of the most interesting and visible spaces in a landscape. Hanna and Sarah talk about the challenges of planting between the sidewalk and street, from utilities, snow and salt to foot traffic, parking, visibility and corner-cutting. They also share plants that have worked in their own hell strips and ideas for making these spaces welcoming to neighbors and wildlife. For full show notes, including a list of all the plants we mentioned in this episo

Is your landscape a mullet? You know the look: business in the front, party in the back! In this episode of the PlantNebraska Podcast, Hanna and Sarah continue their Parts of the Yard series by looking at the front, back, and side yards and how each space can serve a different purpose. The front yard is often the more public-facing space, but that doesn't mean it has to be formal or boring. The backyard might be where the parties, vegetable gardens, dogs, kids, grills, and gardening experiments

Fall is for planting trees! In this episode, Hanna and Justin Evertson talk about some of their favorite trees and shrubs for fall color in Nebraska, from reliable red oaks and sugar maples to lesser-known gems like blackjack oak and shining sumac. Plus, they share tips for getting new trees established this fall. For full show notes, including a list of all the plants we mentioned in this episode, visit: https://plantnebraska.org/podcast Plant Sale Dates For early access to new episodes, pho

In this episode of the PlantNebraska Podcast, Hanna and Sarah tackle some of the garden problems they've encountered and share how they decide which problems are worth fixing, which ones can simply be tolerated, and which ones call for a chainsaw. From flopping plants and excessive rain to weeds, irrigation, heat stress, and plants that refuse to bloom, this conversation is full of practical problem-solving strategies and plenty of personal gardening stories. For full show notes, including a l