Some basic tips on planting and designing your garden this coming season. I'll answer gardeners' questions concerning Norfolk pine and forcing bulbs. Pest tip: dealing with vole damage. Garden tips: How to hire a professional.

I'll start with a few ideas to get you started. AAS winning osteospermum or there's the Perennial Plant of the Year, Rozanne geranium and much more. I'll discuss indoor plants sporting yellow leaves. Don't forget to call or email me with your favorite product! Garden websites to visit: All-America Selections, Perennial Plant Association, All American Daylilies

Gardeners start to think about new plants while browsing through new catalogues. Select the right plants for your climate. Click here for an interactive USDA zone map. I'll discuss frost heaving, what it is and why it happens. New product: Ups-A-Daisy.

Gardening tools make wonderful gifts for the holidays. Consider trowels, handpruners, houseplants, gloves, Ups-A-Daisy or a self watering can. I'll answer gardeners' questions about non-blooming calla lilies and a crooked tree. Pest tip: scale insects on houseplants. Visit Cool Springs Press for gardening books.

In this podcast I'll discuss practical and easy-to-use tips for starting a new garden bed. Then I'll answer gardeners' questions on fall blooming lilac and an unusual sprout in the compost bin. Pest tip: The charcoal black fungus called sooty mold. New product/plant: The Scrap Eater Living Machine, the recycled wine barrel composter.

I'll discuss tips for planting a colorful fall garden. Keep in step with fall by adding colorful and bright frost tolerant annuals, mums and asters. Then I'll answer gardeners' questions regarding dead spots in the lawn and tar spot on maple. My pest tip will cover leafhoppers. New product/plant: Aqua Dome

This podcast is dedicated to children and how to inspire and engage them in the garden. Then I answer gardeners’ questions on columbine with sawfly and rust on junipers. Next Kristin Gies joins me for tips on getting rid of dame’s rocket. I finish by recommending great gardens to visit with children: W.J. Beal Botanical Garden at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan; The Morton Arboretum just outside Chicago, Illinois and Longwood Gardens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In this podcast I discuss growing a nutritional garden. Then I answer gardeners’ questions on getting rid of ferns and what to plant under evergreens. Next Kristin Gies joins me for tips on herbicide damage. I finish by recommending a few favorite websites for ordering unique and fun fruits and vegetables: Johnny's Selected Seeds, The Cook's Garden, and Renee's Garden.

In this podcast I discuss planting a shade garden. Then I answer a gardener's question on ferns. Next Kristin Gies joins me for tips on garlic mustard. I finish by recommending a favorite plant, Japanese painted fern - Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'.

In this podcast I discuss early spring container gardening. Then I answer a gardeners’ question on garlic mustard. Next Kristin Gies joins me for tips on phomopsis tip blight. I finish by recommending a new product, the Pot Lifter, for more information visit Gardeners Supply Company.