Summer

When hot summer days yield to cool, pleasant nights, late summer evenings provide some of the best opportunities for star gazing. The constellations of summer and early autumn contain some of the finest examples of the various types of astronomical objects.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen chat about gardening chores 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!

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss late summer gardening topics 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!

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen chat about summer 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!

Host  Jill Spears and gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss summer gardening 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!

Host Jill Spears and garden guru Lance Swigart chat about garden chores 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!

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance & Lulu chat about midsummer garden chores 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!

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen chat aboput summer garden chores 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!

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss gardening chores and take calls from listeners.

Early autumn is Milky Way season. You may have seen its graceful arch creeping higher above the horizon over the past few months. Now, in early September, our galaxy stretches from north to south, nearly overhead, at about 10 pm.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen chat about harvest-time chores & take calls from listeners.

This week, host Jill Spears and gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart are joined by special guest Wind Clearwater of Clearwater Design.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss the challenges of gardening in this year's very dry conditions and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and her gardening gurus Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss summer harvest and other gardening topics, and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart chat about gardening issues and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart & Lulu Vockhausen discuss hot, dry summer gardening tips.

Host Jill Spears is joined by gardeners Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart, plus special guest Chris Tschinkel of NFMAD, the North Fork Mosquito Abatement District. NFMAD Mosquito hotline: 970-527-6681.

Host Jill Spears, gardening guru Lance Swigart and special guest "worm" Amber Kleinman discuss July gardening tips, monsoon weather and more, and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss summer gardening topics and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart and Lulu Volckhausen discuss midsummer gardening tips and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners Lance Swigart & Lulu Volckhausen chat about all things pertaining to gardening & take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss gardening subjects and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and her favorite gardeners Lance Swigart & Lulu Volckhausen discuss gardening tips & take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears and gardeners extraordinaire Lulu Volckhausen and Lance Swigart discuss late summer gardening & harvesting tips, and take calls from listeners.

Host Jill Spears welcomes gardeners Lance Swigart & Lulu Volckhausen and special guest Jere Lowe of Earth Friendly Supply for a discussion of late summer gardening tips.

LULU'S  BACK! And Jill & Lance are here as always, discussing late summer gardening and taking your calls.

Dan from Log Hill w/a question about pumpkins.Anthony has a comment about box elder bugs, and a question about cannabis seeds. Also Woodstock...

Host Jill Spears chats with gardening guru Lance Swigart, and our usual 3rd  crew member, Lulu Volckhausen, calls in from Glenwood Springs.

Calls from Darrell in Peach Valley, Duna in Norwood, Sue in Ridgway, Katie in Crawford.

Listener Marilyn Stone emailed us the picture shown here, with this question: "We have 2 nests of these bees or wasps near RxR ties that border the yard. They don't seem to be overly aggressive. I've never seen bees or wasps build this kind of nest before. Any ideas what they are? Are they beneficial?"

Host Jill Spears and gardening gurus Lance Swigart & Lulu Volckhausen chat about summer gardening & take calls.

Amber calls with a question about whiteflies.

Andrea has a question about dealing with ants in a potted cactus that she wants to be able to bring indoors this winter.

Tim calls with a question about a sickly cherry tree, and also a report that the CSU Extension Research Center on Rogers Mesa west of Hotchkiss will be reopening.

Jill, Lance & Lulu dive into mid-summer gardening tips & take calls from listeners every Tuesday, 6:30-7:00 pm.

Email your questions to worm@kvnf.org if you like, or call 866-KVNF-NOW during the program.