{"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":"The root to great fruit","slug":"the-root-to-great-fruit","published_at":"2026-03-06T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935/the-root-to-great-fruit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-variety-5435935","url":"https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/garden-variety/2026-03-06/the-root-to-great-fruit","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/d9502a0e-fb36-43f5-b1e2-ae7d010c9d58/eb766040-7066-4f61-adc4-b40501101c63/audio.mp3","summary":"Spring is the perfect time to start planting fruit trees, bushes, vines and brambles. While it may take some time before you can enjoy the fruits of your labor, choosing the right cultivars can make all the difference in creating a successful home harvest. Randall Vos, an Iowa State University Extension horticulture specialist, talks about how to select the best cultivars for your garden.","meta_description":"Spring is the perfect time to start planting fruit trees, bushes, vines and brambles. While it may take some time before you can enjoy the fruits of your…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-variety-5435935/episodes/the-root-to-great-fruit/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/the-root-to-great-fruit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}