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Michael Weishan

Microgreens are a simple way of incorporating fresh ingredients for cooking that you can grow in the comfort of your home. Some of the most popular microgreens include pea shoots, radish sprouts, sunflower shoots and wheatgrass.

Gardening at home during COVID-19

Lifestyle

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has led most of the American population to practice physical distancing, gardening can provide emotional comfort and improved health.

Garden Spot: Garlic

Garden Spot

Berry Growing Garden Spot

Garden Spot: Plants for Those Winter Blues

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LOE Garden Spot on Winter Seed Starting

It’s the heart of winter, and Living On Earth’s resident gardening expert Michael Weishan says this is a good time to think about fresh flowers and vegetables by getting seeds going right now. And, he adds, it’s easier than you might think with his tips on starting your own plants from seed.

LOE Garden Spot

Sage advice from Living on Earth’s resident gardening expert Michael Weishan on creating indoor winter blooms.

Garden Spot: Toiling the Soil

We check in with Living on Earth’s traditional gardener Michael Weishan who says, since a gardeners work is never done, fall is the perfect time to work on chores such as improving garden soil.

The LOE Garden Spot

Living on Earth garden guru, Michael Weishan, shows host Steve Curwood some techniques for propagating plants during the summer months.

LOE Garden Bug Spot

Steve Curwood meets up with LOE gardening expert Michael Weishan at his home in Southboro, Massachusetts. This time the topic is pesky bugs, and various ways to mitigate their intrusion.

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