Have you had a lot of rain recently? On this week's podcast, we discuss some of the issues we can encounter in our gardens when the weather gets wet and steps we can take to manage them. We also discuss some of the beneficial insects we can find in our gardens. Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/30sF7kqj7fU 03:20 - Wet weather and plant diseases 04:35 - Humidity and plant diseases 06:00 - Ways to prevent plant diseases 07:30 - Hail damage to plants 09:30 - Why are there so many crop dusters out now 11:20 - Should we remove badly diseased vegetable plants? 12:15 - Can we use produce from a flooded garden? 14:40 - What can we do about standing water in the landscape? 16:30 - Discussing beneficial insects Links for hail damage yield loss http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/Management/L039.aspx https://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec128.pdf Check out Ken's post on beneficial insects - Not all bugs are bad: Good bugs in the Garden - https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-07-09-not-all-bugs-are-bad-good-bugs-garden --- Want to listen to the podcast? You can find us on most podcast platforms. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573 iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377?mt=2 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/good-growing?refid=stpr Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR