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Replay of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 8-18-18 on 860AM WNOV and W293cx 106.5 FM Milwaukee WI, listen here during show hours Saturdays 9-10 am CST https://tinyurl.com/zvh5kaz Thank you for listening and downloading the show. Topics: Joey and Holly talk about building your soil. Building and growing in cold frames also Amy from Milwaukee's Hunger task force. https://www.hungertaskforce.org/ Building your soil: - Current issues? - Test your soil - Adding organic material - Raised beds could be an option - Straw bale garden? - Build soil in container - Layer – don’t disturb soil – no till - Mulch - Rotate crops - Cover crops Cold frames: - What is a cold frame? - When to plant? - What to plant? - How many layers? - Low tunnel - Where to put it? - Hunger Task Force is Milwaukee’s Free a Local food bank and Wisconsin’s leading anti-hunger organization. They were founded in 1974 by a group of parent advocates who were fighting for a school breakfast program in Milwaukee Public Schools. Today, Hunger Task Force provides a safety net of emergency food to a network of local food pantries and meal programs. We are the only food bank in Milwaukee that does not charge for food, delivery or network membership.Amy Wallner started as Farm Volunteer Coordinator at The Farm in March 2014. Since February of the following year, Amy has had a lead role in designing and implementing the Hunger Task Force Farm annual crop plan, striving to provide a consistent harvest of 20+ fruit and vegetable varieties throughout the growing season. She is also responsible for continuous farm operation improvements, including visioning for the farm’s multi-year sustainability plan and equipment upgrades. 1. Who is eligible to receive the food from the hunger task force? 2. In addition to the facility where people can drop off food, you have a farm in Franklin. Tell us more about the farm, what is grown there, and where does that food go? 3. Aside from providing food, what other resources do you have available? 4. How many pounds of food is give away each year? 5. Is all food locally sourced donated? Or is food brought in from other regions? 6. If people don’t want to donate, can they volunteer their time? 7. Can people donate money instead of food? 8. Is Milwaukee unique that we have a hunger task force or is there other similar organizations in other large cities like this? 9. How do people find more info? When is garlic cured? When to harvest watermelon? https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/radio/ check out highlights of past show podcast and video https://thewisconsinvegetablegardener.com/video-series/highlights-podcast/ Email your questions to TWVGshow@gmail.com tweet us as #twvg or @twvgshow The show runs March - Oct Saturday morning’s 9-10am cst Check out the following sponsors that Make the radio show possible: IV Organics: http://ivorganics.com/ MI Gardener: http://migardener.com/ Use coupon code SHARE10 to save 10% off your 1st order. Beans a Barley: http://www.beansandbarley.com/ Bobbex: http://www.bobbex.com/ Rootmaker: https://rootmaker.com/ Plant Success organics: https://plantsuccessorganics.com/ Woodmans Food Stores: https://www.woodmans-food.com/ Root assassin shovel: https://rootassassinshovel.com/ Bluemel's Garden a Landscape Center Family owned, independent garden and landscape center that has been servicing the metro-Milwaukee area since 1955. 4930 W. Loomis RD. 414-282-4220 http://bluemels.com/ Hoss Tools of www.hosstools.com Tree Diaper of www.treediaper.com Seedling Square of www.seedingsquare.com Rebel green of www.rebelgreen.com Use coupon code WIVEG15 to save 15% at www.rebelgreen.com/shop Dripping Springs OLLAS of www.drippingspringsollas.com Saz Products of www.sazproducts.com Shield n seal of www.shieldnseal.com Pomona Universal Pectin of www.pomonapectin.com Flame Engineering Inc. of www.flameengineering.com Eco Garden Systems of www.ecogardensystems.com Made of recycled materials in the U.S It is a raised garden bed offers sustainable organic gardening that is environmentally sound. Use coupon code Wiveg125 to save $125 a Free Shipping (a $250 vale) on the Eco Garden Original Garden unit only in stone color must be purchased through the Eco Garden Systems website www.ecogardensystems.com/store valid thru Dec 31 2018 Outpost Natural Foods Co-op of www.outpost.coop Manure tea of www.manuretea.com The Gardener's Hollow Leg of www.thegardenershollowleg.com Save 10% use veggies at checkout Handy Safety Knife of www.handysafetyknife.com Use promo code WVG to get 10% off and free shipping one time use only. Bio Safe of www.biosafe.net 10% on your next order use coupon code TWVG at check out Chapin Manufacturing Inc. of www.chapinmfg.com The Plant Booster of www.plantbooster.net Tall Earth of www.tallearth.com save 15% on orders placed on, TallEarth.com. use WISCONVEG at checkout Purple cow organics of https://www.purplecoworganics.com