It’s a holiday weekend and you might be traveling. What about a Garden Basics playlist for that long car ride or for listening to while lounging around someplace cool? We have suggestions for that playlist - the five most listened-to Garden Basics episodes.

Also: wherever you live, you can probably grow some kind of berries. Today, we revisit our chat with Master Gardener and expert raspberry and boysenberry grower, Pam Bone, who has lots of good tips for growing these tasty, healthy treats.

And to wrap up this episode, we tackle the question, what are those slugs doing in the compost bin?

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. Let’s go!

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Pictured: Raspberry Trellis System.

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Other links mentioned in today’s podcast:

Top 5 Listened-to Episodes of the Garden Basics Podcast:
1. #319 How to Plant and care for a shade tree
2.#266 Cucumber Growing Basics
3. #256 Container Gardening Basics
4. #258 10 More Garden Quick Tips
5. #263 The Top Homegrown Vegetables, Pt 1

Growing Caneberries in the Sacramento Region
University Soil Testing Services: Texas A&M, Colorado State, UMass/Amherst

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