This week we are posting the first Good Growing (then called Green Speak) episode that we thought was lost to time. In 2017 with an idea for a podcast, Chris Enroth sat down and talked with Family Life educator Cara Allen about the effects of nature on human physical and mental health and how being outdoors as kids influenced our career choices. Plus answers to common home gardening questions. Skip to what you want to know: 5:19 Hello Cara! 7:25 Brain health and how it relates to gardening 9:10 Does being outdoors as a child influence our decisions as adults? 16:40 How being outside can improve mental health 18:52 Garden Q&A 19:45 Bagworm control 22:40 Zucchini is not setting fruit 25:25 How to stop oak wilt from spreading 27:15 What's wrong with my ash tree that is dying and losing limbs? 29:05 What are these spots on my plant leaves? Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/yABfqI0ZVI8 Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.