The Market & Garden Report

Series produced by Guy Hand

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Once a week, producer Guy Hand will bring you the news on what’s fresh and interesting at Southern Idaho's farmers’ markets. We’ll also gather timely tips on how to plant your own garden and grow you’re own food.

One week through October The Market & Garden Report will explore Boise’s Capital City Public Market. We’ll talk to vendors about their best, most unique products (often focusing on those mystery vegies that most of us haven’t tried or know how to cook). We’ll get recipes from area chefs, let you know when your favorite berries are in season and alert you to upcoming events at farmers’ markets all around Southern Idaho.

The following week — for those of you who’d like to get your hands dirty — we’ll head out to Peaceful Belly Farms. There Clay and Josie Erskine will let us sneak into their very popular gardening class. They’ll teach us about heirloom tomatoes, compost piles and what to do with all those pesky bugs.


13 Pieces

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Caption: Lavender wreath, Credit: Guy Hand
[HOST INTRO] There’s a little lavender renaissance going on. This herb the Romans revered is gaining popularity here in America. There are lav-en...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Signs of a neglected garden, Credit: Guy Hand
Gardening in the dead of summer

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fresh Peach, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at fresh peaches & nectarines

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peaceful Belly worker Angi Hronek carrying kale plants into garden for fall planting, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at extending the gardening season into fall, winter and beyond.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KISU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lee Rice at Boise's Capital City Public Market, Credit: Guy Hand
Farmers’ markets are not only gathering places offering fresh food. They’re also testing grounds for new and unusual products.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Roasted peppers are perfect specimens for freezing, Credit: Guy Hand
Some tips on preserving a garden's fall bounty.

Bought by KLCC and KISU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
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In 2009, 7 million new American families began gardening. But why?

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mary Rohlfing with a basket of fresh beignets, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at one of the "value-added" products available at farmers' markets.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Fall Fruit, Credit: Guy Hand
Fall is a great time to plant fruit trees.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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America is in the midst of a cheese making renaissance — including Idaho.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Clay Erskine picking tomatoes before the first frost, Credit: Guy Hand
One of the most important lessons of gardening: Letting go.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Deanna Hlebechuk rolling up irrigation line on the last day of class., Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the last day of a season long gardening class

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The late-season farmers' market.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:40