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About the author: Richard Hentschel’s expertise extends across several subject areas with specialties in lawn care, fruit tree production, woody ornamentals, and home and community gardening. During his 45-year career in horticulture and agricu
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 once in the home. Fresh trees will have a good smell, needles, and stems will bend and won’t be
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel shares how to winterize the home orchard. Two primary concerns are preventing damage from: 1) cold weather damage and 2) rodents. Whether it is rabbits or field mice, using protective
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 up on overdue gardening tasks. Late season vegetable gardening can mean harvesting the last o
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses the merits of composting and why late summer and fall are good times to start. It is easy since all the ingredients are readily available this time of year – lawn clippings f
Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel discusses one of those gardening chores that catches us off guard, bringing in the houseplants that have been outside for the summer. With a little planning and inspection, that job can be a lot easier and t
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 life left until we really get cold weather. All the root crops can stay right where they are until
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 have had in northern Illinois. Early cool weather has given us plenty of leafy greens and early
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 the season has settled down, keeping the yard looking good only takes a bit of work, if done rou
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 insects to help manage pest problems. Predatory insects will not show up unless the population of
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 about making the decision to water or not water your lawn, and how to culturally help out a dorma
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 questions but there is not one simple answer. There are a variety of factors, from what you are wate
This week, host Richard Hentschel covers some “best management practices” when it comes to our spring flowering bulbs. We enjoy them year in and year out, yet often neglect them once the bloom is gone. It is the simple things that keep them he
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel talks about how our landscape plants faired this winter. We can always expect some damage on plants on the edge of their hardiness, but what was unexpected was the damage on our usually hardy plants.
Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up, helps explain the mystical frost free date when it comes to planting the home vegetable garden. Warming-loving vegetables put out too early can be killed by frosts, while cold-loving vegetables may bolt
Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses how to keep all the leaves on your ornamental flowering crabapples and fruiting apples in the home orchard. Apple scab is one of the most common diseases impacting these trees, and protection i
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 the lawn mower ready to go before you have to mow, and a general lawn clean-up will make the l
In this episode, University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel addresses how insects spend the winter. Despite our hopes of the winter taking out those insects for us, they have survived quite well. Richard talks about how and whe
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 my fruit tree not produced flowers yet?” and “Are flower buds being killed over the winter?” He
Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, changes gears from vegetables and seeds to fruit trees for 2021. Training your fruit trees has several benefits including easier spring pruning, quicker monitoring for insects and disease, encouraged fruit produc
Host Richard Hentschel talks about all the gardening catalogs arriving – whether either by email or our mailboxes – after the holidays. Besides vegetable and flower seeds, catalogs now offer small fruits like strawberries, currants, gooseberrie
Host Richard Hentschel talks about all the gardening catalogs arriving – whether either by email or our mailboxes – after the holidays. Besides vegetable and flower seeds, catalogs now offer small fruits like strawberries, currants, gooseberrie
University of Illinois Extension Educator Richard Hentschel discusses buying seeds for your 2021 garden. Gardening demand in 2020 created seed shortages, with garden centers selling out as many new gardens were planted. Hentschel talks about us
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Richard Hentschel discusses winter wildlife in the backyard. When you feed the birds throughout the winter, gardeners should expect to see other kinds of wildlife visiting, including the fo
This week, Richard Hentschel, host of GSU, discusses our extended fall garden and bed cleanup in 2020. Unusually good weather has provided gardeners yet another opportunity to get caught up on tasks. Besides the usual cutting back of perennials
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