S4:E04 Sweet Potatoes with Jon Traunfeld

The Garden Thyme Podcast

Hey Listener,
In this month's episode, we are excited to welcome back Jon Traunfeld, Principal Agent and Program Director of the fantastic UME Home and Garden Information Center. 2023 is UME HGIC year of the Sweet Potato, and Jon is here .o give us some tips about growing and harvesting them, and in return, we share recipes for eating them with him.
We also have our:

• Native Plant of the Month (Mountain laurel) ~36:00
  • Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaugnh4I4tE
• Bug of the Month – (pink-spotted hawkmoth) ~40:40
• Garden Tips of the Month - ~45:00

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Κεφάλαια

1. Sweet Potato planting time (00:10:15)

2. Sweet Potato watering (00:15:50)

3. Sweet Potato Pests (00:21:03)

4. Sweet Potato Havesting (00:23:40)

5. Sweet Potato Recipes (00:29:27)

6. Native Plant of the Month (00:36:00)

7. Bug of the Month (00:40:43)

8. Garden Tips of the Month (00:45:00)