January To-Do: Paging Through Baker Creek's Stunning Seed Catalog (Extended Version)

Best Early Spring Planting Advice You'll Need!

I cannot wait to introduce fellow Farmcrunchers to home and terrace gardening experts with immediate fantastic advice for plant shopping and plant planting.  Get ready to meet Joe Matera of Matera's Nursery in Ridgefield to discuss how to best plant a new tree or hardy shrubs. If you're more of a container gardener, you'll love the advice that Alan Sandberg of Closter's Victoria's Nursery has for selecting and caring for plants and trees on your terrace or patio! Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms! Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.

Fisher Farm's Fresh Finds & Fuzzy New Friends!

Met the engaging and knowledgeable Shay Fisher of Fisher Farm. Learn how to grow carrots, radishes and more with confidence using her expert tips. Additionally: New Chicks alert at Farmcrunch! What it's like to pick them out yourself when confronted with tons of cuteness at JerseyChickens.com here in NJ! Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms! Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.

Meet Don: Community Garden Designer, Town Welder and Citrus Grower

Meet Renaissance Man, Don Zwernemann- Fort Lee's community garden designer, town welder, and amazing citrus growing expert!  Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms! Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.

Starting Your Seeds Indoors & Cold Weather Chicken Update

Master Gardener Karen Rutberg returns to Farmcrunch to share her tips for growing veggies, flowers and pollinators from seed, starting the process indoors.  Then Marc and I discuss how our hens are faring during this insanely cold weather. Spoiler Alert: They are doing just dandy. Then we cover how awesome our new Chickens magazine is and all the awesome stuff we learn/confirm from reading it! Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms! Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.

January To-Do: Paging Through Baker Creek's Stunning Seed Catalog (Extended Version)

For over 600,000 people, the arrival of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog in your mailbox is an event! Nobody can make you drool over seeds more than these guys. With stunning photos of glorious new plants and veg to grow every year, honestly you shouldn't live without it! On this episode we visit with horticulture rock star John Lenz who tells us all the things we want and need to know about a successful growing season! From using plant food, to indoor grow lights, to how chocolate colored tomatoes taste- he will share it all. I personally love when he says, "well, I probably shouldn't tell you this but...". Backyard Chickens! Urban Farming! Really cool community gardens, backyard plots and actual farms! Experience it all from a wide range of chicken lovers, veggie enthusiasts and other creative outdoor endeavors.