As the Worm Turns

Tuesday 6:30-7:00pm

“As the Worm Turns” features interview with local gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen. Tips and tidbits from these interviews are posted here, and our listeners can make comments and ask questions in the comments forum below.

Lance Swigart lives nine miles outside of Hotchkiss. He grows 90 percent of his food and harvests 100 percent of his seeds from a garden located above 6,000 feet elevation. He has been building his incredibly beautiful garden space for the last 25 years, and is a wealth of information about all kinds of gardening, from grains to beans to fruits and vegetables, even nuts. Enjoy these photos taken by Suze Smith, a local photographer who has worked on this documentary for the past year in hopes that it will highlight the value of the organic food and sustainability movement in the irreplaceable North Fork Valley.

Lulu Volckhausen lives in Paonia and is well known for her her beautiful yard and garden spaces.

To ask your gardening question on the show, call 527-4868 or 1-866-KVNF-NOW during the program on Tuesday evening, or email anytime to worm@kvnf.org.

Ways to Connect

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Sept. 29th

By Jeff Reynolds • 1 hour ago
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

As the weather shifts firmly into fall mode, our gardening experts chat about all kinds of earhty subjects and take your calls.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Sept. 22nd

By Jeff Reynolds • Sep 22, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss Fall Equinox gardening and take your calls (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Sept. 15th

By Jeff Reynolds • Sep 15, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss the change of seasons and take your calls about gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Sept. 8th

By Jeff Reynolds • Sep 8, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss the major weather change and take your calls about gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Sept. 1st

By • Sep 1, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss late-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Aug. 25th

By Jeff Reynolds • Aug 25, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Aug. 18th

By Jeff Reynolds • Aug 18, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Aug. 11th

By Jeff Reynolds • Aug 11, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Aug. 4th

By Jeff Reynolds • Aug 4, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, July 28th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jul 28, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, July 21st

By Jeff Reynolds • Jul 21, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, July 14th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jul 14, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, July 7th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jul 7, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss mid-summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, June 30th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jun 30, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss early summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, June 23rd

By • Jun 23, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss early summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, June 16th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jun 16, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss early summer gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, June 9th

By Jeff Reynolds • Jun 9, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

In their second week back in the KVNF studios, the gardening crew is raring to go. Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen take your calls and discuss spring gardening subjects of all kinds (while maintaining appropriate social distancing.)

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, June 2nd

By Jeff Reynolds • Jun 2, 2020
Suze Smith

We welcome our host and gardeners back to the Bamboo Room for the first in-studio episode in many weeks!

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, May 26th

By Jeff Reynolds • May 26, 2020
Suze Smith

The coronavirus "safer at home" protocol is still in effect, so our gardeners are joining us once again via telephone.  Host Jill Spears & gardening gurus Lulu Vockhausen & Lance Swigart are deep into spring garden preparation and planting.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, May 19th

By Jeff Reynolds • May 19, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

The coronavirus "safer at home" protocol is still in effect, so our gardeners are joining us once again via telephone.  Host Jill Spears & gardening gurus Lulu Vockhausen & Lance Swigart are deep into spring garden preparation and planting.

As The Worm Turns, Tuesday, May 12th

By Jeff Reynolds • May 12, 2020
Suze Smith

The coronavirus "safer at home" protocol is still in effect, so our gardeners are joining us once again via telephone.  Host Jill Spears & gardening gurus Lulu Vockhausen & Lance Swigart are deep into spring garden preparation and planting.

As The Worm Turns, Tuesday, 5/5/20

By Jeff Reynolds • May 5, 2020
Suze Smith

The coronavirus "safer at home" protocol is still in effect, so our gardeners are joining us once again via telephone.  Host Jill Spears & gardening gurus Lulu Vockhausen & Lance Swigart are deep into spring garden preparation and planting.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, April 28th

By Jeff Reynolds • Apr 28, 2020
Suze Smith

The coronavirus "safer at home" protocol is still in effect, so our gardeners are joining us once again via telephone.  Host Jill Spears & gardening gurus Lulu Vockhausen & Lance Swigart are deep into spring garden preparation and planting.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, April 21st

By Jeff Reynolds • Apr 21, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Our intrepid gardening crew are once again calling in from their respective home gardens, ready to take your  questions via email or text - worm@kvnf.org or 970-234-5863.

As The Worm Turns, Tuesday, 4/7/20

By Jeff Reynolds • Apr 7, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen are staying home & staying safe, and calling in for this edition of As the Worm Turns. They're discussing spring gardening topics and taking questions via text message and email.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, 3/31 - 'Shelter-in-Place Pledge Drive' Edition

By Jeff Reynolds • Mar 31, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardener Lance Swigart are staying home & staying safe, and calling in for this special Pledge Drive Edition of As the Worm Turns. They're discussing spring gardening topics and taking questions via text message and email.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, March 17th

By • Mar 17, 2020
Suze Smith

Guest host Amber Kleinman and gardener extraordinaire Lance Swigart discuss early spring gardening chores and take calls from listeners.

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, March 10th

By • Mar 10, 2020
photo of Lance
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardener Lance Swigart, plus special guest Wind Clearwater, discuss seasonal gardening subjects and take calls from listeners.

Got a question? Email worm@kvnf.org or call during the show! 970-527-4868 or 1-866-KVNF-NOW, 6:30-7:00 pm every Tuesday!

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, March 3rd

By Jeff Reynolds • Mar 3, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardener Lance Swigart discuss seasonal  gardening subjects and take calls from listeners.

Got a question? Email worm@kvnf.org or call during the show! 970-527-4868 or 1-866-KVNF-NOW, 6:30-7:00 pm every Tuesday!

As the Worm Turns - Tuesday, Feb. 25th

By Jeff Reynolds • Feb 25, 2020
Suze Smith

Host Jill Spears and gardener Lance Swigart discuss seasonal  gardening subjects and take calls from listeners.

Got a question? Email worm@kvnf.org or call during the show! 970-527-4868 or 1-866-KVNF-NOW, 6:30-7:00 pm every Tuesday!

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