In this bonus episode of Granite State Gardening, Nate Bernitz discusses the drought, both of podcast episodes and rainfall.

UNH Extension’s Home Horticulture Team is Hiring

The Home Horticulture Program Manager leads gardening and landscaping education and outreach for New Hampshire residents. Working in tandem with Master Gardener volunteers, home horticulture staff work statewide to develop educational programming on the ground and in digital channels. Home Horticulture staff and volunteers are a trusted source for New Hampshire gardeners, answering questions, conducting outreach on relevant and seasonal topics throughout the year, and providing engaging horticulture skills-training for the public and volunteers. Topics of focus include ornamental horticulture and landscaping, native plants, and fruit and vegetable gardening.

Learn more at extension.unh.edu/unh-extension-seeks-home-horticulture-program-manager

Resources

• Pollinator Garden Certification Program
• Drought Tolerant Plants for New Hampshire Landscapes
• How Do I Keep My Lawn Alive An A Drought?
• Using Water Efficiently In The Landscape

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From stunning spring blooms to juicy and delicious fruit summer to fall, cultivating apples, pears, peaches, cherries and more is appealing to many New England gardeners and homesteaders. And while growing fruit trees isn’t necessarily easy, thoughtful planning can lead to healthier, more productive and lower maintenance trees for years to come. In this episode of Granite State Gardening, Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz talk about selecting and preparing your orchard site, choosing rootstock and varieties, planting, and care of young trees. The episode's featured plant is pawpaw (Asamina triloba).

Promotions

• Listener Survey
• NH Farm, Forest and Garden Expo
• Webinar: Hydroponics at Home
• Webinar: Extending the Gardening Season
• Webinar: Propagating Trees and Shrubs in the Winter Months

Resources

• Growing Low Input Fruit Trees
• Recommended Tree Fruit Varieties for Northern New England
• Training and Pruning Young Apples and Pears

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Transcript by Otter.ai

Supporting birds on your property goes well beyond putting up bird feeders, although they can be helpful and enjoyable. In this episode on supporting birds in your yard and garden, Matt Tarr, Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz talk about why birds need our help, how to assess your property and the needs of birds, and how to meet the needs of wild birds through landscaping choices and other strategies.

· Featured Question: Which landscape plants are best for hummingbirds?

· Featured Plant: Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

· Closing Tip: Purchasing Bare Root Trees

Promotions

· Listener Survey

· NH Farm, Forest and Garden Expo

· Webinar: Hydroponics at Home

· Webinar: Extending the Gardening Season

Resources

· All About Nest Boxes

· Winter Bird Feeding

· UNH Extension’s Wildlife Program Website

· Cornell Lab of Ornithology

· How to make your yard more bird friendly (Audubon)

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Transcript by Otter.ai