{"podcast":{"title":"Flower Power Garden Hour","slug":"flower-power-garden-hour-330822","podcast_index_feed_id":330822,"rss_url":"https://flowerpowergardenhour.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.marlenesimon.net","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/9/5/5/5955518afcbf7b1f/marlene_logo_Podcast.png","author":"Joe Santos","episode_count":238,"summary":"Musings with people in the world of gardening, botany, horticulture and nature. Marlene takes her years of gardening experience, success and failures and turns it into an unpretentious, humorous listen. From organic vegetable gardening, houseplants, bee keeping, flowers, and everything in between -- this podcast covers it.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flower-power-garden-hour-330822"},"episode":{"title":"FPGH 224: January To Do List & Listener Q&A","slug":"fpgh-224-january-to-do-list-listener-q-a-2","published_at":"2025-12-31T13:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flower-power-garden-hour-330822/fpgh-224-january-to-do-list-listener-q-a-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flower-power-garden-hour-330822","url":"https://flowerpowergardenhour.libsyn.com/fpgh-224-january-to-do-list-listener-qa","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/flowerpowergardenhour/FPGH_224_January_To_Do_Final.mp3?dest-id=660881","summary":"It is the January To Do List – lots of fog in the California Central Valley recently, so a good amount of moisture even without significant rain. Temperatures have been on the lower side, but no major freezes. Even though it's the heart of winter, there are things that need to be done during the dry periods. It is time to plant: Asparagus plants Bareroot trees, roses, shrubs Radishes Lettuce Kohlrabi Peas Onions Bok choy Fava beans Chores include: Protect from frost. Watch weather report for potential frost days Don't work wet soils --- very important Spray for peach leaf curl and other fungal diseases Can prune fruit trees – but listen to the caveats in the episode Help support feral cat rescue/spay-neuter/finding good homes by contributing at Flower Power Garden Hour Patreon. To ask questions for future shows, submit them at: Facebook Instagram email Marlene at marlenetheplantlady@gmail.com Find Marlene over on YouTube , Instagram and Facebook","meta_description":"It is the January To Do List – lots of fog in the California Central Valley recently, so a good amount of moisture even without significant rain. Temperat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flower-power-garden-hour-330822/episodes/fpgh-224-january-to-do-list-listener-q-a-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flower-power-garden-hour-330822/fpgh-224-january-to-do-list-listener-q-a-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}