Green Side Up is a weekly radio gardening program produced by WDCB (College of DuPage) and University of Illinois Extension. It is hosted by Richard Hentschel, Extension Educator, Horticulture.
Discussion with Drusilla Banks, Food Science and Nutrition Programming on National Nutrition Month and eating healthy. Topics include how to best clean fruits and vegetables just prior to use; buying fresh vegetables and consuming them while they are fresh; and how long can we store a fresh vegetable.
Discussion with Drusilla Banks, Food Science and Nutrition Programming on National Nutrition Month. This episode covers how we should be making better food choices, starting with a basic plan to get healthy with proper nutrition and how to handle food once it is home for safety and freshness.
Vegetable gardening at home is an increasing activity involving the whole family with the strong interest in knowing what we are eating. Talking about edible landscapes, limited gardening to get started again. Get your seeds early and be ready.
Discussion of early yard work in the home landscape, general clean up and inspection helps get us organized for when the weather warms. Check the lawn for weed populations, areas that are bare and making plans to address these issues.
Enjoy the beautiful blooms of our flowering trees and shrubs early by forcing them in the home. These flowers can last anywhere for up to three weeks. You can force crabapples, apples, lilac, forsythia. If your shrubs naturally bloom in the early spring, then you have an opportunity to force them to bloom indoors.
