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The Zesty Garden - May 28

Photo of red raspberries
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What kind of berries are grown in our climate? We know about raspberries, strawberries and blackberries…Wouldn’t it make sense that you could grow logan berries in Logan? Marion berries make a great pie. Then there are ligon berries, thimble berries, salmon berries…What can you really grow, and expect a harvest from, in our intermountain soils? Brent Black, USU Extension Fruit Specialist is in studio for today on the Zesty Garden. He’ll talk about how some berries are worth a try, but others are best left to either the bears or those living in more hospitable berry climes. Lindsay Bench, media spokesperson for the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers, talks about how well her pumpkin is coming along. It’s already six feet in length! She’ll give you some tips on how to grow large pumpkins, and least once it quits raining and you’re able to get into your garden. Then Nancy Williams reads another essay from Terry Tempest William’s Refuge.

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Listen to Brent Black, USU Extension Fruit Specialist

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Listen to Giant Pumpkin Interview (Pt. 2) with Lindsay Bench

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Listen to Petals and Prose/Nancy Williams-Refuge: Killdeer

Bryan Earl has been with UPR since 1993. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Journalism and completed an internship at KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, before coming to UPR full-time. When not in his garden, Bryan loves to travel with his family, ride trains, ski at Beaver Mountain, and sing with the American Festival Chorus.