Yard and Garden with Nicole
Recording of the Yard and Garden radio show from Ol' Red 99.5 FM through the growing season. The host is Nicole Stoner with Nebraska Extension and features a different guest host each week. The show features recordings of call-in questions from the listeners as well as discussions on yard and garden topics of the day.
Episodes
97 episodes
Yard and Garden Extra - October 10, 2025
In this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, Becky Schuerman, Extension Associate with Domestic Water and Wastewater Management, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss Fall inspections of your well and wastewater systems.
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Season 2025
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Episode 23
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39:30
Yard and Garden Extra - October 3, 2025
In this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, David Lott, Extension Educator in Lincoln County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss storm damaged plants and cleanup, lilac leaf spot, and overseeding lawns.
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Season 2025
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Episode 22
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47:11
Yard and Garden Extra - September 19, 2025
In this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, Carol Water, Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Extension Educator, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss strawberry care in the fall including renovation, cleanup and planting.
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Episode 21
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19:12
September 12, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Jennifer Morris from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss overseeding, lawn fertilizer, when to go find acorns and how to plant, fall asparagus care, and tree disease and insect prob...
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Episode 20
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1:08:00
September 5, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Laurie Stepanek from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss fall lawncare, transplanting, weedy tree management, and tree problems, among other topics.
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Episode 19
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1:11:45
Yard and Garden Extra - August 22, 2025
In this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, Elizabeth Exstrom, Extension Educator in Hall County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss storm damaged plants and cleanup, lilac leaf spot, and overseeding lawns.
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Episode 18
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25:23
July 25, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Carol Waters, Extension Educator of Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production in Cass County, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn irrigation, Japanese beetles, pruning tomatoes, and fall gardens, among ot...
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Episode 17
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1:04:12
July 18, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Bob Henrickson from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss blossom end rot, kohlrabi bolting, cedar apple rust, and insects on trees, among other topics.
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Episode 16
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1:10:16
July 11, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Kait Chapman, Extension Educator and Urban Entomologist from Lancaster County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss blossom end rot, bed bugs, and weed management, among other topics. &nbs...
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Episode 15
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1:10:44
June 27, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Kyle Koch, Extension Educator and Insect Diagnostician from UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss weed management, squash bugs, physiological leaf curl, and tree pruning, among other topics.
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Episode 14
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1:10:17
June 20, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Steve Karloff, District Forester with the Nebraska Forest Service, and Payton Smidt, Gage County Summer Intern and UNL Student, join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss watering trees, hosta slugs, Emerald Ash Borer...
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Episode 13
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1:09:57
June 13, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Ian Peterson Extension Educator in Dodge County joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn weeds, vegetable gardens, drought effects on trees, and fungus gnats, among other topics.
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Episode 12
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1:13:44
June 6, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Dana Freeman, Urban Ag and Local Foods Instructor for Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn weeds, bagworms, winter injury, and rose care, among other topics.
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Episode 11
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1:08:00
May 30, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Kyle Broderick, Plant Pathology Extension Educator at UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss environmental damage, tree injury, aphids, and weed management, among other topics.
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Episode 10
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1:10:35
May 23, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Jody Green, Urban Entomologist Extension Educator in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss when to plant, growing onions, chiggers, and termites, among other topics.
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Episode 9
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1:08:21
May 16, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode John Fech, Extension Educator in Douglas and Sarpy Counties joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss tree suckers, transplanting, and windbreak renovation, among other topics.
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Episode 8
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1:08:38
May 9, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Carol Waters and Scott Evans from Nebraska Extension to discuss vegetable gardens, lawns, and fruit trees, among other topics.
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Episode 7
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1:07:08
May 2, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Andrew Campbell from Campbell's Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss vegetable gardens, pruning, and transplanting, among other topics.
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Episode 6
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1:09:49
April 25, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Chelsea Tietjen and Myah Vrbka Instructors from Southeast Community College join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn irrigation, mowing, and thatching, flower garden selection and peaches, among other topics. &...
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Episode 5
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1:08:39
April 18, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode Graham Herbst from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss henbit, staking trees, and what to grow underneath trees, among other topics.
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Episode 4
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1:08:05
April 11, 2025 Yard and Garden
In this episode George Pinkerton, Co-Owner of Roseland Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss Spring lawncare, irrigation, and tree selection among other topics.
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Episode 3
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1:10:35
Yard and Garden Extra - March 28, 2025
In this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, John Fech, Extension Educator in Douglas/Sarpy County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss spring lawn and garden cleanup and which things we should wait a little longer to cleanup and manage in th...
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Episode 2
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12:09
Yard and Garden Extra - March 6, 2025
New Podcast recording called "Yard and Garden Extra" will fill in time between Yard and Garden episodes. Carol Waters, Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production Extension Educator with Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner on this episo...
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Episode 1
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28:10