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In this week’s podcast you’ll find there’s still time to plant and enjoy fresh vegetables from the garden. I answer questions on yellow trumpet vines, yews with brown leaves, and Japanese beetles. I then discuss pear slugs that feed on cherries and pears in mid to late summer. Finally for garden enjoyment, plant Easter Egg radishes and Purple Haze carrots.
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In this podcast I cover annual and perennial selection, planting and care. Then I answer gardeners’ questions from across the country on garden resources, weed control methods for garlic mustard and dandelions, and tips on mulching tomatoes and peppers. I finish off with a favorite product, floating row cover, used to jump-start the season and keep insects at bay.
Spring marks transition in the landscape, I'll discuss a few conifers for your landscape. Then I'll answer gardeners' questions on buying red worms, tomatoes and ant hills and groundcovers shaded by trees. I'll talk Milorganite and soil preparation. Wooly adelgid is the subject of my pest tip. Then I finish with a recommendation of The American Conifer Society and Rich's Foxwillow Pine Nursery, both are great resources for information on conifers.
In this podcast I expand on edible landscaping by incorporating ornamental vegetables and flowers. Then I answer gardeners’ questions on why a new lilac shrub has no blooms and dealing with spider mites on plumeria. Next Kristin Gies joins me for information on emerald ash borer (EAB). For more information on this pest visit the Michigan Dept. of Agriculture website or Wisconsin's Emerald Ash Borer Information Source. To find a certified arborist in your area visit treesaregood.org. I finish by recommending a great book, The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy (ISBN# 0871562499).
Spring break is a good time for family fun in the garden! Gardening questions will be posted in next week's podcast. Pest Tip: Bugs! Only 3% are harmful. New Product/Plant: Lois Ehlert from Children's Literature Independent Info and Reviews.
Let's jump start the season. I'll talk about planting and hardening off transplants. Gardener's questions: What type of small shrubs can I plant in Zone 5? Pest Tip: Corn and seed maggots. New Product/Plant: Wall-o-Water.
This podcast features the first of a two part series on managing water in the landscape. Then Kristin Gies joins me for tips on treating and preventing scab on apple trees. I finish with an interview with Harvey Cohen. Sharing with us his collection of antique seed packets and their beautiful art. www.seedart.com
Let's continue our discussion on maximizing the harvest, ways to get more produce from small spaces. I'll answer gardeners' questions on soil testing and lawn fertilizers. I'll discuss rose slug in this week's pest tip. Then I'll talk about how to create your own Topsy Turvy tomato planter.
I'll talk homegrown nutritious additions to the holiday menu. Sprouts, greens and root crops can still be a part of your kitchen garden during the winter months. Then I'll answer gardeners' questions on spiderwort and black-eyed Susans taking over coneflowers. I'll finish with a mention of a fun addition to the indoor garden, a two tiered sprouter.
In this podcast I'll give descriptions of clinging vines, twining vines and winding vines. I'll answer gardeners' questions on ridding weeds in the vegetable garden and crabgrass growing thru dianthus. Then I'll talk about dieback on hardy shrub roses. I'll finish with a recommendation of a great plant, Campanula 'Pink Octopus'.
