{"podcast":{"title":"Garden Variety","slug":"garden-variety-5435935","podcast_index_feed_id":5435935,"rss_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/garden-variety/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/garden-variety","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4737b65/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/2000x2000!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F86%2Fe7766cfe4e6b98640e00a3b379f9%2Fgarden-variety-podcast.png","author":"Iowa Public Radio (digitalservices@iowapublicradio.org)","episode_count":194,"summary":"Whether you're a master gardener, just getting started or somewhere in between - there's always something new to learn in your garden and landscape. On each episode we'll talk with horticulturists, foresters and other experts. We'll learn about vegetable gardens, lawns, native plants, trees and more. Garden Variety is the podcast for all the things you'd like to grow or grow better. Garden Variety is a horticulture podcast from Iowa Public Radio and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935"},"episode":{"title":"Small but might-tree","slug":"small-but-might-tree","published_at":"2026-04-17T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935/small-but-might-tree","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/garden-variety/2026-04-17/small-but-might-tree","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/d9502a0e-fb36-43f5-b1e2-ae7d010c9d58/f7c4ebec-783f-4844-a1b7-b42f010ee682/audio.mp3","summary":"A towering oak, a giant sycamore, a stately walnut-big trees are awe-inspiring, but sometimes the landscape needs a little tree. Today, Iowa State University Horticulturist Jeff Iles gives his picks for trees on the smaller side.","meta_description":"A towering oak, a giant sycamore, a stately walnut-big trees are awe-inspiring, but sometimes the landscape needs a little tree. Today, Iowa State Univers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":762,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-variety-5435935/episodes/small-but-might-tree/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935/small-but-might-tree.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}