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Yvonne Savio is the Master Gardener Coordinator for <a href="http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/UC_Master_Gardener_Program/">UC Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County</a>. In this episode of the podcast we pick her brain about:
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<li>Why you should grow your own food.</li>
<li>Favorite vegetables.</li>
<li>How to harvest vegetables.</li>
<li>How to prepare a vegetable garden.</li>
<li>Making compost.</li>
<li>The problems with municipal compost.</li>
<li>Raised beds vs. growing in the ground.</li>
<li>Where to buy soil.</li>
<li>Testing soil.</li>
<li>How to irrigate vegetables in a drought.</li>
<li>Buried buckets for watering vegetables.</li>
<li>Seeds vs. seedlings.</li>
<li>Succession planting.</li>
<li>How to plant seedlings.</li>
<li>The website and calendar that Yvonne is putting together.</li>
<li><a href="http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/UC_Master_Gardener_Program/Grow_LA_Victory_Garden_Initiative/">Grow LA Victory Garden Program</a></li>
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You can reach Yvonne at ydsavio@ucanr.edu.
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