- 214
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 174K
- YouTube views
About Garden Variety
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.
- Publisher
- Iowa Public Radio
- Category
- arts · education · education · education · health & fitness · leisure · science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 214 episodes have a transcript.
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Clove is all you need
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] If you harvest the garlic, you also have to cure the garlic. What's that process like? Correct. Curing garlic is important because when you cure garlic, a couple of things happens. You kind of lock the flavor in there. You also let that leaf, that leathery, papery part of the garlic be more dry. And that's important to protect it from pathogens and fungi and other bacteria. So you are increasing the shelf life by curing the garlic. And the way you cure the garlic is move it to a place which doesn't have a direct sunlight. So think about maybe a patio, a garage area. That's fine. A shed where there is ample airflow and no direct sunlight, and you keep the clove there or the bulb there in a single row for about three to four weeks, and that's it. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Ajay Nair
- Zach Schumm
- Madelynn Wuestenberg
- Laura Iles
- Mark Vitosh
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 174,186
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 33 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Garden Variety take guests?
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