Teaming With Microbes podcast
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: How plants survive winter
Jeff shares fascinating new research explaining how shrubs and trees survive winter through cellular adaptation.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: The science of thermogenesis
This week, Jeff and Jonathan kick off their weekly conversation by exploring “forcing the bulb”—a technique that tricks bulbs into blooming early by mimicking the natural temperature cycles of fall, winter, and spring.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Winter lawns
Ways to care for a lawn in the colder season, particularly in places that don’t get much snow but experience prolonged deep frosts.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Tis the season — for gardening
Known as “poor man’s fertilizer,” snow acts as an insulator, adds nitrogen to the soil, and releases nutrients slowly as it melts.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: The neophyte gardener
Jeff’s on vacation so Jonathan and gives Evan some gardening tips
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Fall gardening tips
Should you rake your leaves or mulch them?
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Science and poinsettias
This week, Jeff is teaming with science, sharing some exciting new studies about the effect of white noise on fungi.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Understanding how frost affects your garden
Jeff and Jonathan explain the difference between “hard frost” and “soft frost” (or “light frost”), and how these different types of frost impact plants.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Growing garlic
Jeff and Jonathan talk about types of garlic suitable for planting in Alaska and how to help it flourish.
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Cluster flies in the garden
Jeff recounts his favorite gardening column of all time, where he wrote about the intricate relationship between cluster flies and the soil food web.