{"podcast":{"title":"Growing Together: A Gardening Podcast","slug":"growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555","podcast_index_feed_id":6052555,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/461421/rss","website_url":"http://sites.libsyn.com/461421/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/d/3/a/fd3a190e2e1f534ce55e3c100dce7605/GrowingTogether_GardenPodcast-1400-LIBSYN-20240708-41buj0jhu1.jpg","author":"Forum Communications Co.","episode_count":172,"summary":"In this podcast, lifelong gardener Don Kinzler joins host John Lamb for a weekly dig into the fruitful topic of gardening in the upper Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, eastern Montana and southern Manitoba). Don Kinzler is a horticulturist with North Dakota State University Extension for Cass County. He has been a trusted resource for gardeners in the region for decades. Lamb is an arts and entertainment reporter for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and a novice gardener, ready to learn. Questions for Don? Email him at donald.kinzler@ndsu.edu.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T18:17:11.921676+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555"},"episode":{"title":"Some garden tasks you can do in early spring...and some you shouldn't be doing","slug":"some-garden-tasks-you-can-do-in-early-spring-and-some-you-shouldn-t-be-doing","published_at":"2026-04-17T19:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555/some-garden-tasks-you-can-do-in-early-spring-and-some-you-shouldn-t-be-doing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555","url":"https://0ee13004-72d4-4403-bb75-4982513822d8.libsyn.com/some-garden-tasks-you-can-do-in-early-springand-some-you-shouldnt-be-doing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/0ee13004-72d4-4403-bb75-4982513822d8/E161_final_mix.mp3?dest-id=3892593","summary":"We've had a couple stretches of warm weather in the upper Midwest, and if you're like us, you're probably itching to get out into the yard and garden. In this episode, Don and John talk about some early spring tasks you can do to set yourself up for planting, like getting out to the garden centers to take advantage of sales. They also discuss a few things you probably shouldn't do this early.","meta_description":"We've had a couple stretches of warm weather in the upper Midwest, and if you're like us, you're probably itching to get out into the yard and garden. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2590,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555/episodes/some-garden-tasks-you-can-do-in-early-spring-and-some-you-shouldn-t-be-doing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-together-a-gardening-podcast-6052555/some-garden-tasks-you-can-do-in-early-spring-and-some-you-shouldn-t-be-doing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}