In The Garden from KSQD

Jeff Nilsen, owner and proprietor of Bokay Nursery on Hitchcock Road in Salinas, has never lived a day when he wasn’t involved in the nursery. His grandfather purchased and developed it into a Salinas institution before he was born. Nilsen shares the evolution of the nursery and landscape business in an informative and fun conversation […]

Until recently, Colombia was the 13th largest importer of agricultural commodities to the US. Top among them are coffee, tea, and spices, live trees and nursery plants, bananas and plantains, and snack foods. All totaling more than 2.7 billion annually. In this rebroadcast show from 2022 our guest Marco Poehner, who spends about half of […]

“People who garden always have something good to look forward to,” Dr. Martin Quigley. Join him, Steven E. Popp, and Joe Truskot — the “In The Garden” guys for their fun take on pine trees, poinsettias, and the holiday color palettes. Living things can create new holiday memories with their beauty, their scents, and their […]

In The Garden, KSQD’s weekly garden show, airs a conversation from February 8, 2025, with Dave Blume of Whiskey Hill Experimental and Educational Farm. Dave’s energy is infectious, and his nontraditional agricultural methods are jaw-dropping and inspirational; 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, September 6, 2025, Hosted by Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot with Dr. […]

Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot of In The Garden discuss how you can create an ecological balance in your backyard. We talk about ways to keep pests manageable and still have a bountiful harvest of fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Integrated Pest Management allows you to harness nature and focus it on keeping your garden […]

Garden books forever! Join Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot for a lively discussion of the most important garden books in their lives spent with plants. 9 to 10 a.m., May 31, 2025, on In The Garden. The program was recorded on August 5, 2023.

Ellen Baker and Freddy Menge discuss the avocados they grow at Epicenter Avocado Nursery in La Selva, California, south of Santa Cruz. They appeared on KSQD;’s weekly garden show “In The Garden” with Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot, 9 to 10 a.m., March 29, 2025

Mushrooms Rebroadcast featuring Veleny Pierce on KSQD’s In The Garden with Steven E. Popp and me. Learn about this incredibly useful organism from a pro, 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, February 3, 2024 on 90.7 – 89.7 – 89.5 FM and ksqd.org. Originally aired on Saturday, January 6, 2023.

They add oxygen to the air, absorb sound, thrive on carbon dioxide, and, perhaps most meaningfully help you express your aesthetic. In The Garden hosts Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot tell all the secrets of living with healthy houseplants.

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Internationally recognized orchid hybridizer Andy Easton joins Joe Truskot and Steven E. Popp on KSQD’s weekly garden show, “In The Garden.” Andy was visiting California from his new home in El Retiro, Colombia.

Steven E. Popp describes the benefits of growing plants under glass and explores the commercial greenhouses we see in the local landscape and also the small ones in backyards.

Join Joe Truskot and Steven E. Popp, hosts of KSQD’s In The Garden for their January 14, 2023 show on the basics of pruning. You’ll learn four reasons why it’s important to prune and also the four “D’s” of pruning. Plus inside information on getting more and bigger blossoms in the spring. It’s a fun […]