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Winter Wheat & Dicamba Soybeans

11 Jan 2018

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Click "download" to listen now Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, continues a 3-part phone interview with Russ Higgins, Commercial Agriculture ...

Weather and Farming

04 Jan 2018

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Click "download" to listen now During a call-in interview, host Richard Hentschel and Commercial Agriculture Educator Russ Higgins discuss how the 201...

Gardening Resolutions

28 Dec 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about making some gardening resolutions for 2018 and how easy some of t...

Houseplant Care for Winter

21 Dec 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Host Richard Hentschel discusses winter care of our houseplants long after the holiday gift plants are gone. Houseplan...

Winter Tasks and Reminders

14 Dec 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Horticulture Educator and GSU Host Richard Hentschel provides some quick reviews and reminders on bird feeding, firewoo...

Gift Ideas for Gardeners

07 Dec 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks gifts for the gardener in the family. Tools are always welcome, especial...

Christmas Trees Support the Environment

30 Nov 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Host Richard Hentschel discussed some interesting facts regarding the impacts of our Christmas Tree industry across the...

Switching Gears - Mower to Snowblower

22 Nov 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about those late November outdoor gardening activities like the last mowi...

Choosing the Holiday Tree

16 Nov 2017

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Click "download" to listen now Picking the not so perfect holiday tree may not be so bad. GSU Host Richard Hentschel shares tips for picking the fami...

Indoor Info: Houseplants & Fireplaces

09 Nov 2017

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Click "download" to listen now U of I Extension's Richard Hentschel discusses two different topics this week: Fireplace safety and Houseplants. The in...

Root Crops and Winter Squash Storage

02 Nov 2017

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Green Side Up's Richard Hentschel covers common storage of root crops right in the garden and places to store hard rind, or winter, squashes in the ho...

Fall Yard Work (even with the rain)

26 Oct 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about getting those garden chores done with our recent heavy rains. Lawns have turned green again and mowing should cont...

Planning for Bird Feeding & Firewood this Winter

19 Oct 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about birds, winter bird feeding and keeping the birds watered. He also explores good management when purchasing and stor...

Recent Rains Could Alter To-Do List

12 Oct 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about our very recent rains and the gardening and yard activities that will be easier now that our soi...

Fall Clean Up and Compost

05 Oct 2017

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Many home gardeners are beginning to clean up vegetable beds and others are preparing to deal with all those falling leaves. Host Richard Hentschel ou...

Broadening the Watering

28 Sep 2017

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In northern Illinois, we currently are in an extended droughty period. This means homeowners need to pay attention to those trees and plants that seem...

Lawn and Bulb Care

21 Sep 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about watering seeded and sodded yards and what to do with summer bulbs from the yard. Watering seede...

Soil Testing

14 Sep 2017

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Fall is a good time to test soils. Host Richard Hentschel discusses the importance of taking a soil test of your garden beds to improve plant growth a...

We May Not Miss the Rain but We Should

07 Sep 2017

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Northern Illinois has experienced a cool weather pattern, but we haven't had the rain we'd expect. You may not miss it, but our lawns, gardens and pla...

Top Lawn Pests of 2017

31 Aug 2017

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Richard Hentschel, Green Side Up Host and U of I Extension Educator, reviews his list of the worst lawn pests of 2017 and what it may mean for your 20...

Late Summer/Early Fall Yard Work

24 Aug 2017

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Green Side Up host Richard Hentschel discusses what is to do in the vegetable garden until the snow flies. Late summer and early fall lawn care includ...

Beetles, Grubs and Lawns

17 Aug 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about the Japanese and Masked Chafer beetles and the potential need to manage these insects in the home lawn. While the ...

Cranky About Crabgrass

10 Aug 2017

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Do you have crabgrass where you always do? Do you have crabgrass where you have never seen it before? You are not alone this year. Chalk this up to ou...

Evidence Based Diets

03 Aug 2017

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Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr talks with Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel about evidenced based diets, or eating plans, and America...

Preserving Garden Produce

27 Jul 2017

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U of I Extension Educators Richard Hentschel and Laura Barr continue to talk about using the best garden produce to preserve as you prepare to water b...

Preserving Garden Produce

20 Jul 2017

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Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr once again joins Host Richard Hentschel as they discuss extra produce out of the garden and how best to p...

Summer Food Safety

13 Jul 2017

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Richard Hentschel talks with U of I Extension's Laura Barr about basic summer food safety and concerns with youth, immune compromised and older adults...

Vegetable Gardens and Healthy Eating

06 Jul 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks with U of I Extension Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr about why we grow our own food. Folks that grow that g...

Leafhoppers and Yellow Nutsedge

29 Jun 2017

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Extension Educator Richard Hentschel covers information about leafhoppers on a wide range of trees in the landscape and natural areas, and how they di...

Common Diseases this Year

22 Jun 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, discusses some pretty common diseases in the landscape and home orchard. Black spot of roses has been very e...

"Out in the Garden" Chores

15 Jun 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discussed several "out in the garden" chores that could be done starting with the removal of spent bulb foliage and continued s...

Growing Degree Days

08 Jun 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about the impacts of our above normal collection of Growing Degree Days on insect development and uses the Viburnum Leaf ...

Spring Diseases

01 Jun 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses several updates to spring disease spread and insects that are ahead of schedule. Cedar Apple Rust is done putting sp...

Gardening when it’s Wet

25 May 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about just a few things we might be able to do outdoors while the weather remains so cool and wet. Vegetables and flowers...

Foliar Diseases in Apples

11 May 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about foliar diseases, especially those that affect our ornamental flowering crabapples and our apple trees in the home o...

Weather Patterns this Season

04 May 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses a recent national and Midwest weather pattern report from a number of weather-related organizations and its impacts o...

Avoiding garden insect pests

27 Apr 2017

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Sometimes it is easy to avoid some of our garden pests just by planting the right thing or at the right time. The squash vine borer is a good example....

Fruit trees failing to bear

20 Apr 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, talks about problems with fruit trees not bearing fruit. There are some good reasons why fruit trees will no...

Boxwood blight and gypsy moth in the news

13 Apr 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel notes recent changes in gypsy moth monitoring and treatments for northern Illinois in 2017. A recent news release from the Illi...

April 6 2017 Water quality and soil health

06 Apr 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel talks with Russ Higgins, Ag Educator for the University of Illinois. Soil health is becoming much more important more research...

Planting dates for 2017

30 Mar 2017

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Richard Hentschel discusses planting dates for our major farm crops with Russ Higgins, Agriculture Educator for University of Illinois Extension. One...

Farming and yields in 2016 and previous

23 Mar 2017

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Russ Higgins, Ag Educator talks with Host Richard Hentschel about corn and soybean yields in 2016 2016 averages were 197 Bushels and 59 bushels for so...

farming with the weather

16 Mar 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses spring farming with Russ Higgins, Agriculture Educator. Farmers are dealing with weather just like the homeowner. ...

Pruning Shrubs – part 4

09 Mar 2017

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Richard concludes the pruning shrubs in the home landscape with discussion on the third technique called heading back cuts. Often heading back cuts ar...

Pruning Shrubs – part 3

02 Mar 2017

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Richard Hentschel continues the pruning series by discussing renewal pruning of shrubs in the home landscape. Renewal pruning allows a portion of the...

Pruning Shrubs – part 2

23 Feb 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the first of 3 pruning techniques. This week covers rejuvenation pruning. This technique works well on fine texture...

Pruning Shrubs – part 1

16 Feb 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side up begins a 4 part series on pruning shrubs in the home landscape. Early spring before growth starts is a great ...

Thinning Fruit Trees

09 Feb 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses fruit thinning in the home orchard. While emotionally difficult to remove fruits after working so hard to get the fru...

Home Orchard Conclusion

02 Feb 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up concludes a several week series on the home orchard. The last show covers differences of care between young n...

Care of Young Fruit Trees Through Mature Trees

26 Jan 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel covers care of young fruit trees through mature trees. Besides the training of scaffold branches, protection from insects and d...

Fruit Tree Training

19 Jan 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel continues the series on home orchards this week. Previous shows have covered siting the orchard to benefit from the best sunlig...

Home Orchard: 2

12 Jan 2017

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Host Richard Hentschel continues the series of growing fruit trees in home orchard. this week Richard discusses proper siting of fruit trees in the ya...

Home Orchard: 1

05 Jan 2017

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up begins a series of shows on home orchards starting with a discussion on pollentaion. Most apples will need to...

Super Bowl Food Safety

29 Dec 2016

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Dru Banks talks with host Richard Hentschel, discusses food safety during the upcoming Super Bowl season and other sports tournaments. some general ru...

Poinsettia General Care

15 Dec 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about how to pick and by a fresh poinsettia and the general care to provide longest lasting blooms possible. You should e...

Food Trends - Fermented Food

08 Dec 2016

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Richard and Dru discuss the latest in food trends. Interest in fermented foods are increasing for the pro-biotics they contain. Pickled vegetables are...

Dietary Guidelines and Coffee Drinking Habits

01 Dec 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks more with Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness educator on the Dietary Guidelines and our coffee drinking habits. Americans ...

Food Safety During the Holidays

17 Nov 2016

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Richard Hentschel talks with Dru Banks on eating during the holidays, food safety is key. Improperly handled foods by leaving out too long and general...

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

10 Nov 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans with Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator. The focus is now reducing sugar...

Last of the Garden Chores

03 Nov 2016

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Last of the garden chores are covered by Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up. Late season vegetable gardens should be about done right now so go ...

Fall Tree Planting

13 Oct 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up discusses fall tree planting. Tree selection is key to a tree being able to grow to maturity and last our lif...

Home Landscape

06 Oct 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel catches us up on what is going on out in the home landscape. Lawns have enjoyed the rains and cooler weather and are vigorously...

2016 Farm Crops with Russ Higgins - Part 3

22 Sep 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the 2016 farm crops with Russ Higgins. Richard talks with Russ about this year's harvest season. Crop yields are cert...

2016 Farm Crops with Russ Higgins - Part 2

08 Sep 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the 2016 farm crops with Russ Higgins. Russ details more on how and when pollination occurs with field corn. Corn has...

2016 Farm Crops with Russ Higgins

01 Sep 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the 2016 farm crops with Russ Higgins. The weather this year has been really good and are expecting some record yield...

Fungal Activity

25 Aug 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses the fungal activity associated with all the rainfall, especially in the lawns. Hentschel cautions about not working i...

Pollination Possibilities in the Vegetable Garden

18 Aug 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses pollination possibilities in the vegetable garden. We can be very surprised if you grow seeds saved from fruits last ...

Insects

11 Aug 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses insects, what is happening in the vegetable garden, especially those vine crops giving us cucumbers, squashes, gourds...

Recent Rains: Gardens and Landscapes

04 Aug 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses several garden and landscape topics with our recent rains. Even though we have had a lot of rain, as soon as it dries...

Recent Rains and Impacts on Root Systems

04 Aug 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses more on the recent rains and impacts on root systems with our annuals and newly planted perennials. Fruit development...

Damage to Tree Canopies

28 Jul 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discuses recent events related to recent rains. Damage to tree canopies and broken branches in shrubs. Proper pruning of those ...

Beetle and Grub Control

21 Jul 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses Japanese beetles this season and potential grub control. Mushroom in the lawn can be from decaying ash tree roots aft...

Grub Control

14 Jul 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel dissuses the potential need for grub control in home lawns this year. We have had adequate soil moisture and green lawns, yet p...

Recent Rains

07 Jul 2016

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Richard Hentschel talks about recent rains. Rains or watering is needed at critical times in the vegetable garden. Good moisture is needed for pod fil...

Home Landscape

30 Jun 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses several areas in the home landscape. Lots of our annuals and newly planted perennials have not established the expect...

Decline of Austrian Pines

23 Jun 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up discusses the severe decline of Austrian Pines due to the kind of weather we have had this spring. Diplodia t...

Scale Insects

16 Jun 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses several insects currently in the home landscape. scale insects are active right now on several kinds of plants. The b...

Home Orchards

09 Jun 2016

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Home Orchards can be very rewarding but take a lot of work, including a very routine schedule of sprays to protect the young developing fruits and lea...

Spring Blooming Bulbs

02 Jun 2016

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Dealing with our spring blooming bulbs the right way an be rewarding with better or more blooms in 2017. Foliage should be leaf intact until the bulb ...

Mowing and Lawn Care in Cooler Wet Weather

26 May 2016

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Mowing and lawn care can be a real challenge with our cooler, wetter weather. Lawns are growing very strong right now. Mowing more frequently is easy ...

Planting Trees Bought at Nurseries and Garden Centers

19 May 2016

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How your trees are bought at the retail nurseries and Garden Centers can make a difference on how they are planted and cared for. Smaller trees can of...

Planting Trees in May

12 May 2016

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May is a great month to be planting trees. Replacing trees lost from the Emerald Ash borer or from the drought of 2012. Placement in the home landscap...

Lawn Mowing When Wet Out

05 May 2016

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Lawn mowing is a real struggle this time of year. Changing the height of the cut is one way to help catch up. Longer grass is often wetter as well, ma...

Early Vegetables in April

14 Apr 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, discusses those very early and early vegetables that can be planted in early April thru late April. To get t...

Early Gardening for Temperature Sensitive Vegetables

07 Apr 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about early gardening and what that means for our 4 groups of temperature sensitive vegetables. Our typical average frost...

Early Spring Lawn Care

31 Mar 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up discusses early spring lawn care. Hand raking to remove left over winter debris and dead grass. It is good ti...

Dormant Pruning

24 Mar 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about dormant pruning . Dormant pruning can be down anytime now before spring growth begins. This is good for most trees ...

Growing Your Own Transplants

17 Mar 2016

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Gardening season will be with us soon enough. Getting those vegetable seeds sown for growing your own transplants. Other considerations as you plan th...

Eating Habits and Choices in the School Lunch Programs

10 Mar 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior study with Laura Barr, Nutrition and Wellness Educator. Studies are...

National Nutrition Month and the MyPlate Message

03 Mar 2016

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Richard Hentschel talks with Laura Barr, Nutrition and Wellness Educator about March being National Nutrition Month and how best to use the 'MyPlate' ...

Revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2016

25 Feb 2016

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Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up continues to talk with Laura Barr on the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2016. It is more about l...

National Heart Month with Laura Barr

18 Feb 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel discusses National Heart Month with Laura Barr, Extension Nutrition and Wellness Educator. Cardiovascular diseases are the numb...

Average and Absolute Frost Free Date

11 Feb 2016

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about the differences in what we call the average frost free date and absolute frost free date and what that means to a g...

Initials Used in Fruit and Vegetable Catalogue

04 Feb 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up discussed the importance of knowing and understanding all those initials seen in the vegetable and fruit cata...

General Care for Young Fruit Trees

28 Jan 2016

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Richard Hentschel concludes his home orchard series this week discussing general care and protection for the young fruit trees in the backyard home or...

Growing Fruit Trees: Part 3

21 Jan 2016

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Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up continues with part 3 of a series on growing a home fruit Orchard. This week covers Pollination and bees. Most...

Growing Fruit Trees: Part 2

14 Jan 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up with a second week of information on beginning the home orchard. This week covers training the young fruit tr...

Growing Fruit Trees: Part 1

07 Jan 2016

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Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up begins a 4 part series on growing fruit trees in the home orchard. Site selection is a good starting point. S...

Repurpose the Holiday Tree

24 Dec 2015

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Host Richard Hentschel talks about several ways to re purpose the Holiday tree. The tree works very well as a feeding station or weather protection fo...

Holiday Eating Tips

17 Dec 2015

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Host Richard Hentschel and Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator talk about holiday eating tips. Avoiding holiday weight gain should be the goal ...