Green Side Up
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Food Trends for 2016
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel continues discussions with Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator on a variety topics; this week being food trends for 2016...
Food Trends for 2016
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel continues discussions with Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator on a variety topics; this week being food trends for 2016...
Refrigerator Safety
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks with Nutrition and Wellness Educator Dru Banks about Refrigerator Safety. About 80 percent of refrigerators studied in a ...
Refrigerator Safety
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks with Nutrition and Wellness Educator Dru Banks about Refrigerator Safety. About 80 percent of refrigerators studied in a ...
Refrigerator Safety
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks with Nutrition and Wellness Educator Dru Banks about Refrigerator Safety. About 80 percent of refrigerators studied in a ...
Food Safety for the Holidays
19 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator is interviewed by host Richard Hentschel about Food Safety for the Holidays. Dru discusses handling food sa...
Risks of Eating Processed Meats
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discussed the recent World health organization release on the potential risks of eating red meat and other processed meats with...
November Gardening Activities
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about November gardening activities that still can be done yet this year. Planting spring bulbs is still a project to be ...
End of Fall Tools, Cleaning, and Maintenance
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel talks about tools, cleaning, maintenance, the last of the actual ongoing gardeing activities like late planting of the spring bulbs,...
Fall Watering and Winter Protection For Trees
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel disusses late fall watering and winter protection for trees, shrubs and evergreens, especailly those are newly planted. Waterin...
Planting Trees In October
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up discusses October as a good month for planting trees, shrubs and evergreens. Proper planting ensures a good he...
Using Mulch
08 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about the uses of mulches in the home landscape. Mulches benefit the plants and the microbial like within the soil. Organ...
Core Aeration for the Home Lawn
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses the benefits of core aeration for the home lawn and other benefits of a sharp mower blade, mowing heights and topdres...
Harvest Equipment Preparation
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Russ Higgins, Commercial Agriculture Educator located at the Northern Illinois Agriculture Research Center near DeKalb talks with program host Richard...
Cover Crops
10 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up continues to talk with Russ Higgins, Commercial Agriculture Educator located at the Northern Illinois Agricul...
Current Crop Conditions in Northern Illinois
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel interviews Russ Higgins, Commercial Agriculture Educator located at the Northern Illinois Agriculture Research Center near DeKa...
Magnolia Scale
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discussed Magnolia Scale, an insect that has soared in numbers this season, causing concern and clean up problems for homeowner...
Japanese Beetles & Squash Bugs
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses 2 insects that will continue to be with us the rest of the summer. Japanese beetles while their numbers are down for ...
Grubs and the Emerald Ash Borer
06 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about 2 insects that homeowners know quite well. Grubs in the lawn and the Emerald Ash Borer. August is the time grubs be...
Harvesting Vegetables
30 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel discusses the vegetable garden out in the yard. To be sure the garden continues to produce by harvesting regularly to encourage mor...
Composting
23 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses composting in 2015 with all the weather and what is available in the yard to compost. Lawn grass clippings are good ...
Growing Degree Days
16 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel discusses growing degree days when in comes to growing vegetables and insect development. Plant development is slower than normal ...
Wet Weather & Lawn Care
09 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel continues to discuss how the weather has been impacting our lawn care. Mowing has been a real challenge. Taller grass means a wett...
Yard Work Through Heavy Rain
02 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about how to deal with all the yard work with all the rain we have been having. Keep the weeds in the garden and landacap...
Weeds in the Home Landscape
18 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about weeds in the home landscape and why they seem to be worse. Managing the weeds while they are very is much simpler a...
Home Fruit Orchard
11 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up, talks this week about taking care of the home fruit orchard. Cover sprays are applied to protect the developi...
Spring Flowering Bulbs
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up addresses what to do with our spring flowering bulbs once the bloom show fades. Bulb foliage should be left a...
Landscape Plants
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up, talks this week about selecting landscape plants for replacements for plants that have not survived since the...
Vegetable Gardening
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about vegetable gardening and dealing with the varied spring weather this year. Better to plant or sow seeds based on cur...
Crabgrass Management
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about Crabgrass management, covering how preventer works and what you can do if you see young crabgrass plants in the law...
Early Season Gardening
16 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about early season gardening. Northern Illinois has about 160 to 170 days of growing days. Southern Illinois has for exam...
Very Early Season Gardening
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about very early season gardening. Very hardy plants can be transplants or seeds can be put out 4-6 weeks ahead of our av...
Early Lawn Care
02 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks about early lawn care. Removal of winter debris by hand is a good activity to start out our lawn program for the year. Pe...
Pre and Pro Biotics
12 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up talks with Nutrition and Wellness Educator about pre and pro biotics. We feed our probiotics with pre-biotics...
Pruning Fruit Trees
05 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel discusses the need to prune fruit trees to balance pruning and fruiting. Home Orchardists will need to prune each year to manag...
Training Fruit Trees Early
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel host of Green Side Up continues talking about the home orchard and other aspects of managing the orchard. Training the fruit trees e...
Home Fruit Orchard
15 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel begins to discuss the home fruit orchard. Apples are the hardiest of our fruit trees for Norhern Ilinois. Dwarf fruit trees sho...
Gluten-Free Facts and Fiction
18 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up talks with Dru Banks, Extension Educator about Gluten-free foods. Clearly there is a need for those who have...
Holiday and Party Food Safety
11 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel and Dru Banks talk Holiday and Party Food Safety. Dru covers the safer temperatures food should be held at to ensure food safety. ...
Food Trends in 2015
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks with Dru Banks, Nutrition and Wellness Educator about food trends in 2015. Restaurant Food trends that the public are lo...
Spruce Evergreen Diseases
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel ends the 4 part series of shows with retired Extension Plant Pathologist on diseases that have impacted our Spruce evergreen tr...
Needle Diseases
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Hentschel Host of Green Side Up talks with Jim Schuster, retired Extension Plant Pathologist about the many needle diseases impacting our ever...
Oak Wilt and Bacterial Leaf Scorch
06 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel continues the discussion of diseases that have plagued northern Illinois during 2014. Richard asked guest Jim Schuster to talk...
Tree Rust Diseases
30 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Host Richard Hentschel talks with Jim Schuster about the past year and all the diseases that homeowners have had to deal with. Many of these diseases...