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The purpose of this podcast is is to answer general gardening questions submitted by members of the community and to educate listeners on research based best gardening practices. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howard-burkett0/support

Digging For Answers Howard Burkett

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The purpose of this podcast is is to answer general gardening questions submitted by members of the community and to educate listeners on research based best gardening practices. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howard-burkett0/support

    S5 E1 - AG DAY 2024

    S5 E1 - AG DAY 2024

    Welcome back to "DIGGING FOR ANSWERS"! This is our first PSUE Susquehanna County Master Gardener podcast in 2024!

    This podcast is focused on the recent Susquehanna AG Day. We had a table at the event and interviewed people on why they came to the event and a few other questions. At the end, I left in a short "hot mic" recording from when we were talking to a group of youth, and I forgot the mic was still recording!

    So............ It's a shorter episode, but you can hear some great comments about AG Day. We will be doing this at some other community events and will have a drawing for some nice prizes if you record with us at the event!



    This Saturday, we will be recording at the annual Spring Clinic, held in Montrose. We have a full house signed up and we will be talking to people that attend the event and hope to have audio for our next podcast on the speakers!



    We will be back at least once a month sharing answers to our hot line questions, discussions on things that "grow" (or are not growing!) We have some bus trips coming up that you might want to join us on, like Longwood Gardens on 20 June 2024.



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    Be talking to you soon!



    Howard






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    • 25 min
    S4:BONUS4 - 2023 HARFORD FAIR INTERVIEWS

    S4:BONUS4 - 2023 HARFORD FAIR INTERVIEWS

    The 165'th Annual Harford Fair is over! I had a wonderful time at the fairground last week, manning a table on Thursday in the Penn State Susquehanna County Master Gardener's building. I was representing both the Master Gardeners and the Susquehanna County Library. I have not heard the final head count yet on how many people visited us, but I'm going to guess it had to be close to 1,000 people.

    I was at the table with a microphone in hand to talk to people about a couple of areas. I'm going to replay their conversations in this episode. Everyone that spoke to me has been entered into a special drawing for an Amazon echo dot device and some $25.00 gift cards.

    This episode is going out on both the "Digging for Answers" podcast and the "Off the Shelf" podcast, since it is a great community event!

    Be sure to subscribe so that you will get notice of all of our future releases!



    Have a GREAT week, a safe/fun Labor Day weekend, we will talk to you again in September!



    Howard






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    • 23 min
    S4:BONUS 3 - 2023 HARFORD FAIR

    S4:BONUS 3 - 2023 HARFORD FAIR

    It's FAIR WEEK! This special episode is focused on the 2023, 165'th Annual HARFORD FAIR, in Harford PA. Here from Penn State, Susquehanna County Master Gardener Anson on what the Master Gardeners are sharing at the fair this year. The event runs 14-19 August, the booth is open 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. each day of the fair. Come talk to us, bring your questions and get some information that will help your garden/trees/flowers/yard.

    If you didn't listen to last year's fair podcast from Anson, you should find it, download it, and listen about the history of county fairs!

    Howard will be there on Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with the podcast microphone to capture your comments for a future podcast. If you talk to him, you can get the drawing for an Amazon Echo Dot device or a gift card!

    Hope to see you at the fair on Thursday!



    Howard


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    • 14 min
    S4 BONUS 2 - August 2023 - Blueberry Special

    S4 BONUS 2 - August 2023 - Blueberry Special

    I don't know what you were doing on Friday and Saturday, 4-5 August, but myself and over 1,000 others were at the 44'th annual Montrose Blueberry Festival! Listen in to hear about the event and WHY people were attending the event! The Susquehanna Master Gardeners had their Education Garden open and Master Gardeners ready at their information table to answer your questions!



    Thank you to all that were involved with the event!

    Be sure to see us the week of 14-19 August at the Harford Fair at the Master Gardener Shack! Come on Thursday to talk to Howard and be in our special Fair Podcast!




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    • 21 min
    S4E1 - April 2023 - DIGGING FOR ANSWERS

    S4E1 - April 2023 - DIGGING FOR ANSWERS

    Welcome to "DIGGING FOR ANSWERS", a podcast partnership with the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association, and the Master Gardeners in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania.

    Normally we address your garden, fruit tree, or yard questions.  We update you on things like the Spotted Lantern Fly or have topics that are garden related.



    This 2023 kickoff episode is a little different.  We are going to hear about Farm and Home Day 2023. Eight organizations that were at the event are going to give us a brief "Who are we, what do we do, and what can we do for you!"



    We will be back in a few weeks with more of our traditional format, including, questions that we get on the county hot line. The next two episodes will be an audio version of a presentation that was done last month at the Montrose Library on "Preparing for your 2023 Garden". It will cover the planning, setting up, maintaining, harvesting and finally cleaning up in the fall. Be sure to join us for a review or if you are new to gardening, a plan for you to have a GREAT 2023 Garden!



    We hope to hear some feedback from you!   You can email us at: info@susqcolibrary.org.  

    I promise that our next episode will have one of our gardening jokes from ALEXA!




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    • 28 min
    S3:BONUS 8: The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens - Part 5 of 5

    S3:BONUS 8: The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens - Part 5 of 5

    Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF and DIGGING FOR ANSWERS.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2022.  We have the SECOND return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today with Chapter #1 and the remaining releasing before Christmas. about every 3-4 days. Each episode is resented by five different readers. Our readers are all members of our local community that have an important connection to the library.  You may know who they are by listening to them, but we are not going to tell you who they are till the end of their chapter.

    Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you will get a download when each segment is released.  Thank you for all your support in 2022 and we look forward to supporting  you in 2023.  Be SAFE and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Talk to you in 2023! Howard

    Heads Up!  We will modify our OFF THE SHELF podcast format starting in January 2023.  The focus will be more on what's NEW at the library with programs and events, a brief reminder of the on-going programs and then a quick report out on the top FIVE checked out authors from the prior month.


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    • 29 min

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Hburkett ,

Great Idea!

I can’t wait to hear what’s coming up in the future. Hope to hear more of these in the future. I like the joke at the end😆

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