Ken Johnson
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties
Appears in 271 Episodes
Gardenbite- How Does Winter Help The Garden
On this week's Good Growing podcast, Katie talks about the benefits of winter to our gardens! You may be getting tired of the cold and snow from winter, but it does pr...
Ep. 98 Winter Hostful
On this week's Good Growing podcast, the hosts discuss our upcoming snow storm and some fun February garden activities that we can do. Join Ken and Katie to learn more...
Ep. 97 Developing Team Leadership Skills with Dr. Travis Burke #GoodGrowing
Are you a farmer with employees? Do you manage crews for a landscaping company? What type of leadership skills does someone who grows plants for a living need? On this...
Ep. 96 Answering your winter gardening questions
On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we discuss questions we’ve gotten from webinars, blogs and articles we’ve written, and emails to the office the past year. We disc...
Ep. 95 Talking Community Supported Ag (CSA) with Nick Frillman
In this week's podcast we talk with Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Nick Frillman about Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Nick shares a lot of great informat...
Ep. 94 Good Growing Holiday Hostful
On this week's Good Growing podcast, the hosts discuss some last minute Christmas gifts for a gardener, the winter solstice, and our recent winter weather. Listen in a...
Ep. 93 Talking all about nematodes with Chelsea Harbach #GoodGrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast we welcome Dr. Chelsea Harbach, commercial ag educator with University of Illinois Extension and nematode expert! We dive into what...
Ep. 92 Talking Plant Diseases with Diane Plewa #GoodGrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast we chat with plant pathologist Diane Plewa about disease observations in 2021 and what gardeners can do when plant disease rears it...
Ep. 91 Talking High Tunnel Production with Bronwyn Aly #GoodGrowing
Join the Good Growing crew as they chat with University of Illinois Extension Local Food and Small Farm Educator Bronwyn Aly as she shares with them some of the work b...
Gardenbite: A thankful gardener on this Thanksgiving #GoodGrowing
On this week's Good Growing podcast, Chris talks about his list of things he is thankful for during this Thanksgiving week! If you've ever wondered what a gardener and...
Gardenbite: What's the difference between sweet potatoes and yams?
In this week's Good Growing podcast Ken discusses the differences between sweet potatoes and yams, which may prove helpful come Thanksgiving. Check out the Good Growi...
Ep. 90 Good Growing Winter Webinar Series Promotion #goodgrowing
December 1st is the start of the Good Growing Webinar Series, and you won't want to miss it! Topics to be covered by the webinar series include Unique Plants for the H...
Ep. 89 Fall Garden Cleanup Tips #GoodGrowing
After an unseasonably long wait for our first frost, we finally got hit the first week of November. Frost in the Midwest sets about a chain of natural events in the la...
Ep. 88 Halloween Spooktacular #GoodGrowing
This week's Good Growing podcast is a Halloween Spooktacular episode. We're all dressed up for Halloween as we discuss soil testing, jumping worms, creepy crawlies mov...
Ep. 87 Growing Paw Paws with Doug Gucker #goodgrowing
In this week’s episode of the Good Growing podcast, we chat with Extension Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Doug Gucker about Paw Paw trees. Doug explains to us ho...
Ep. 86 Growing Garlic with Nick Frillman #goodgrowing
In this week’s episode of the Good Growing podcast, we chat with Extension Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Nick Frillman about garlic. We dive into growing this t...
Ep. 85 Favorite flowering plants with Elizabeth Wahle #GoodGrowing
On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we talk with Commercial Agriculture Educator Elizabeth Wahle about some of her favorite plants. In addition to some of her favorit...
Gardenbites: Emerald ash borer and a final use for ash trees
In this week's Good Growing podcast Chris remarks on the observation of dying ash trees and one final landscape use for a dead ash tree. Check out the Good Growing Bl...
Ep. 84 Illinois weather and climate with Trent Ford #GoodGrowing
In this week's episode of the Good Growing podcast, we talk with Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford. We ask Trent about our weather observations from 2021 startin...
Ep. 83 Fall garden updates with Grant McCarty #goodgrowing
On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we talk with Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Grant McCarty about how things are going in northern Illinois and some of the di...
