Green Side Up
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Help houseplants through the winter
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the author: Richard Hentschel’s expertise extends across several subject areas with specialties in lawn care, fruit tree production, woody orn...
How to keep your Christmas tree fresh
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, discusses the history of our holiday tree and current good practices to keep the tree as fresh as possible o...
Winterize the home orchard
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel shares how to winterize the home orchard. Two primary concerns are preventing damage from:...
Don't forget late fall gardening tasks
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GSU Host Richard Hentschel discusses the last of the gardening season. November gardening gives us a chance to finish up routine projects and to catch...
Fall is a good time to start composting
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses the merits of composting and why late summer and fall are good times to start. I...
Time to bring the houseplants back inside
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel discusses one of those gardening chores that catches us off guard, bringing in the houseplants that have been out...
What happens to the garden for fall?
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Families may tend to “let the garden go” once school starts or the fall sports season begins because we are too busy, yet the garden has lots of l...
Weather and vegetable yields
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about garden vegetable yields this season and how they have been impacted by the weather pattern we ha...
Keep the yard looking great in summer
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoying the yard and keeping it looking great are connected. Great weather this spring allowed many plants to grow well and bloom longer. Now that th...
The good, bad, and ugly of garden insects
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the garden, no one likes to see holes in foliage, or fruits and vegetables being eaten, yet some feeding is expected if you rely on beneficial inse...
Choosing whether to water lawns over summer
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lawns are always a discussion over the fence with the neighbor. A green lawn can really look great, but it comes with added management. Learn more abo...
Watering tips for gardens and lawns
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Watering in the home landscape can bring up a lot of questions – how often, how much, what time of day, and what is the best method? All great que...
Keep your spring bulbs healthy
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, host Richard Hentschel covers some “best management practices” when it comes to our spring flowering bulbs. We enjoy them year in and ...
Expected and unexpected winter damage to the landscape
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about how our landscape plants faired this winter. We can always expect some damage on plants on the ed...
Timing is everything with vegetable gardening
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, helps explain the mystical frost free date when it comes to planting the home vegetable garden. Warming-lovi...
Protect your crabapple and apple trees
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses how to keep all the leaves on your ornamental flowering crabapples and fruiting apples in the home o...
Prepare for lawn season now
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses what you can do about your lawn and lawn mower long before you can start to mow. Doing some spring maintenance gets ...
How Insects Spend the Winter
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel addresses how insects spend the winter. Despite our hopes of the winter t...
Fruit Trees Questions Answered
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel continues his discussion of fruit trees for the yard and garden. Covered in this show are common questions, such as: Why has m...
Training your fruit trees
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, changes gears from vegetables and seeds to fruit trees for 2021. Training your fruit trees has several benefits includ...
Garden catalogs offer small fruit options
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about all the gardening catalogs arriving – whether either by email or our mailboxes – after the holidays. Besides ve...
Buying Seeds for your 2021 Garden
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses buying seeds for your 2021 garden. Gardening demand in 2020 created seed shortag...
Wildlife activity this winter
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses winter wildlife in the backyard. When you feed the birds throughout...
Fall garden and weed clean up
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, discusses our extended fall garden and bed cleanup in 2020. Unusually good weather has provided gardeners y...
Firewood tips and techniques
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, tackles a hot topic – firewood. Differences in moisture content, wood density, and how firewood is stored, all make...
Prepare houseplants to come inside for winter
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GSU’s Richard Hentschel sends a strong reminder about getting our houseplants in long before frosty and freezing weather moves in. Houseplants need ...
Weather and foliar diseases
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about how weather influences fungal foliar disease outbreaks. Many foli...
Growing season changes
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast addresses the changes naturally occurring as the growing season shifts toward fall. Tree and shrub foliage can move from that ni...
Lawn maintenance and repair
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about repairing lawns damaged by the summer weather and timing for seeding your lawn. Mid-August throu...
Summer rains
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GSU host Richard Hentschel gets into the expectations after rains return, and the good and bad that can happen in the yard and garden. All our plants,...
Hot weather and the vegetable garden
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses how the hot weather impacts garden productivity. Fruit development is affected as well as if they flower at all wit...
National Pollinator Week
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GSU Host and Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses National Pollinator Week designated for a week each year in June. Since 2007 when Poll...
Plants in summer
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Richard Hentschel explores how our plants are settling in to a good summer rhythm on care and putting resources away for flowers, fruits, n...
Tender And Warm-Loving Vegetables,Plants
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, addresses the difference between our tender and warm-loving vegetables. Tomatoes and peppers are often plant...
Proper Distancing Of Our Vegetable
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about proper distancing of our vegetable plants once the seedlings are up and out of the ground in the g...
Planning a garden
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GSU host Richard Hentschel talks to those first-time vegetable gardeners and what they need to know when planning a garden for the first time. No nee...
Spring Things
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel of University of Illinois Extension discusses the expected order of spring things showing up in the home landscape. It all starts wi...
Home Vegetable Garden
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel addresses the differences in getting a variety of vegetables sown or transplanted into the...
Green Things
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about our typical springtime delays that keep up us from doing those “green things” outside. Usually it is the cold w...
How to force blooms indoors
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Need a little spring this winter? GSU host Richard Hentschel shares how to “force” blooms indoors from your dormant pruning of the home orchard an...
Invasive Species
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel takes some time to discuss an invasive species that can impact our garden soils. Jumping worms were firs...
Home Orchard Set-up
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, discusses home orchard set-up and concerns in this podcast. He covers topics including winter hardiness of d...
Recycle a Real Christmas Tree
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel addresses how homeowners can recycle a real Christmas tree, outside of community programs. There are uses for ...
Cranberries
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel talks about cranberries this week. Cranberries have been around a long time and likely served up in the early 1860s. We often associ...
Fresh Christmas Trees - Start to Finish
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up host Richard Hentschel covers some the more common holiday tree selection concerns when you are at the cut-your-own field or purchasing ...
Holiday Gift Plant Care
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's the time of year when holiday gift plants are being given and received. Some basic care information will extend their beauty and use, well past ...
Holiday Baking Tip: How to Avoid Pantry Pests Later
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard talks about what the future holds if flour products are not handled the right way this holiday baking season. Two most common pantry pests ar...
Fall Color, Pests and Lawn Care
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension's Richard Hentschel discusses fall color, late season tree insects and diseases, and what's going on in the home lawn with mushroom...
Planning for Bulbs and Blooms
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator and GSU Host Richard Hentschel talks about timely summer bulb preparation and a reminder of when to plant those winter-har...
Break Up the Clean Up: End of Season Tasks
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Garden cleanup is the topic this week from Richard Hentschel, Illinois Extension Educator. Given our weather pattern this season, consider at least t...
Freaky Fungi: When to be Concerned
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up host Richard Hentschel talks about the increased amounts of decay fungi present during this season due to the weather patterns. Cool, m...
Late Season Vegetable Gardening
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses vegetable gardening late into the season. Hardy crops will continue until a hard frost or light freeze, some crops l...
How to End Blossom End Rot
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up host Richard Hentscel discusses a common fruit problem on tomatoes called Blossom End Rot. Blossom End Rot is not really a disease, but...
Is it Favorable for Fungi?
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, tackles yet another challenge homeowners are dealing with in the home landscape. Mushrooms can appear anywh...
Challenges and Competition with the Veggie Garden
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This time, host Richard Hentschel discusses our continued growing challenges with vegetable transplants and sowing from seed. Getting those seeds up a...
Spring Conditions and Plant Condition
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel addresses the large amount of calls to Extension about growing conditions this spring. Lots of perennials are bigger than norm...
How to Handle Swarming Insects
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host and Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses the good, bad and ugly of swarming insects.
How to Spot Winter Damage this Spring
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses plants in the home landscape damaged by this winter's severe conditions. Tree, shrub, perennial flowers and small fr...
Rain, Rain, Go Away
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel talks about our wet weather, how different types of soil handle the rain, and how it impacts planting an...
Seasonal FAQs: Early Spring 2019
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
GSU host Richard Hentschel covers a few popular annual questions, including crabgrass, fruit tree sprays and getting the vegetable garden started from...
Finishing Up Feeder Season
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about doing some needed maintenance on the bird feeder for the rest of the 2019 feeding season, and ways...
Winter Impact on Your Trees, Plants
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Host of Green Side Up Richard Hentschel discusses how very cold winter temperatures affect flower bud survival and what it takes to bring our plants o...
Fruit Tree Decisions
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses several areas when it comes to the home orchard. Tree size, space needed, and pollination req...
Breaking the Garden Catalog Code
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel talks about gardening catalogs, and explains some of those elusive initials and numbers that follow variety names...
Food Recalls and How to React
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nutrition & Wellness Educator Dru Banks continues to talk food safety with GSU host Richard Hentschel. This time they focus on food recalls and ho...
Food Safety for the Holidays
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nutrition & Wellness Educator Dru Banks joins GSU's Richard Hentschel to discuss food safety tips. They cover preparing, serving and storing meals...
The Power of Winterizing
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel discusses winterizing garden equipment with gasoline engine, corded and battery run garden equipment, plus hand tools and even the l...
Family Fun (& Responsibility) - Feeding the Birds
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel discusses a great winter activity for the whole family – feeding the birds. He stresses the need that once you start, don't stop f...
Leaves can Benefit the Landscape
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel talks more about ways to use fallen leaves from your shade trees, besides composting. He explores the benefits to...
October To-Do List
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses what we can be doing in the yard while the weather lets us in mid-October. Winterizing garden beds, groundcovers, do...
Fire Pit & Fireplace Season
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
With temperatures dropping, the outdoor fire pit and indoor fireplaces are coming back in use. Whether you cut, split and dry your own firewood or buy...
Boggled by Bulbs?
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Confused about spring and summer flowering bulbs? Host Richard Hentschel takes away some of the mystery on why we call them what we do and why we pla...
What to do with Powdery Mildew
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
ILLINOIS Extension Educator Richard Hentschel talks about a very common foliage disease that can be seen on a wide variety of landscape plants and in ...
Don't Forget the Garden this Fall
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel promotes using the family vegetable garden well into the fall, even though the start of school often seems to signal the end of...
Trees Need Water Too
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel continues to discuss the now critical need to water valuable landscape ornamental and shade trees. Tree...
What & When to Water
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses watering in early August. Wilting is an obvious sign that plants need water and is easy to see on flowers, vegetable...
Proper Care for Hanging Pots & Container Gardens
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses the best strategies for keeping hanging pots and container gardens looking great for the rest ...
Early Summer Rains & What They Mean
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about the early summer weather pattern and what it means for lawns, garden beds and trees. He outlines...
What's Growing & Going in the Garden
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses some early season vegetable concerns. Those early cool season vegetables may be going to seed by now and any leaves ...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Wet Weather
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, Host of Green Side Up, talks about the many good, and not-so-good, effects of all the rain in the home landscape. Lawns continue t...
Much Ado About Mulch
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses using mulch in the home landscape. Used in the right amounts, there are many benefits to our plants with very few co...
Mosquito Management
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel weighs in on a biting topic – mosquitos in the landscape. Learn what homeowners can do to lessen the potential of biting mo...
Dandelions, Thistles and Other Weeds
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses weeds in the landscape, perennial and vegetable beds. While dandelion and plantains and other...
Potpourri of Points for Spring
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, covers several smaller, but important topics this week. Managing spring flowering bulbs can be done as the b...
Grassy Weed ID and Control
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about three of the grassy weeds in the lawn that can cause confusion this time of year. Quackgrass and tall fescue are b...
When You Can Plant What & Why
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel discusses when we plant the vegetable garden based on the long-standing average frost free date. Soil and air temperatures are add...
Planting Season
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel does a phone interview with Dennis Bowman, a Commercial Agriculture Educator for U of I Extension located on campus. Dennis an...
Soil Temperatures Cause Delays
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses coping with our ever-changing spring weather in 2018. Average soil temperature this past week have only been in the ...
Waiting for Spring
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard talks about how the weather is going to change when we can get outside and plant or sow vegetables in the garden. Spring bulbs are going to b...
Spring Tree & Lawn Care
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about common questions coming into the Extension office - including early spring care of shade trees, ...
Spring Clean-Up Tasks
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
U of I Extension's Richard Hentschel discusses many of the early yard clean-up projects that can be done while we wait for the real spring weather. E...
Don't Stop Feeding the Birds
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses late spring bird feeding for migrating and local birds. Homeowners should make sure there is some water available now...
Pesticides
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know many of us likely use a "pesticide" almost every day, if not every day? The word pesticide, when broken down and back to its origin, mean...
Preparing for Home Orchard Work
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, addresses what should be done in the home orchard, starting with dormant pruning. First spray of the season is usuall...
Late Winter Yard To-Dos
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about what is going on out in the home landscape right now. Things are pretty brown, except the colorful food and snack ...
Seeds and Seed Packets
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses saved flower and vegetable seeds, and how to check them this time of year. He al...
Dormant Pruning
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
U of I Extension's Richard Hentschel discusses the need to do dormant pruning for our trees and shrubs. He provides the benefits of this strategy, inc...
Berries and Brambles
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Educator and podcast host Richard Hentschel talks about how to keep your brambles from becoming the preverbal bramble patch. Did you kn...
Tips for Picking & Purchasing Fruit Trees
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Click "download" to listen now Are those seed, plant and tree catalogs filling your mailbox? If fruit trees are on your to-buy list, host Richard Hent...
Crop Yields, Prices & Exports
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Click "download" to listen now Russ Higgins, commercial agriculture educator, calls-in to talk with host Richard Hentschel about how the record yields...