If you have ever wondered why your garden does not seem to grow the way you have always wanted it to, look no further.

The Country Garden Radio is a rejuvenated live talk show that airs on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on KERN Radio Newstalk, 1180 AM.

The radio’s hosts are Dale Edwards of Old River Sod and Lindsay Ono, an Environmental Horticulture professor at Bakersfield College.

The show began airing on Aug. 6, 2011, but was previously on another radio station for about five years, before being revived on KERN Radio Newstalk, according to Ono.

Country Garden Radio covers a wide variety of topics such as plants, trees and turf. Listening to the program can provide many answers regarding what is new in the gardening scene, tips on how to grow plants, soil preparation and so forth.

Calls to the program are highly encouraged. According to Ono, the average number of calls is anywhere between 10-15 calls per show.

The Country Garden Radio staff and their expert friends from the nursery and landscape industry will try to answer any question that a caller may have.

If a caller does not want to be heard on the radio, they can simply send the question to The Country Garden radio’s Web site or Facebook page and they will try to answer the question at the next upcoming show.

Although the show is based in Bakersfield, anybody from Valencia to just north of Fresno and from Mojave to San Luis Obispo can listen to The Country Garden Radio.

The Country Garden Radio is strictly funded by donations. All donations given to the non-profit Bakersfield College Foundation Office – Environmental Horticulture program will help fund materials for classes, scholarships for students, and events.

The donations given will also help the BC Environmental Horticulture donate to out-reach programs.

If you would like to support The Country Garden Radio, you can do so by visiting Countrygardenradio.org or by contacting Lindsay Ono through the Web site.