with Teri Knight
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Three things NOT to do in your garden
Three more ways to ruin your garden! Today I share Time and Teri tested methods in an effort to stop you!
Last week I shared that not doing soil prep is the number one mistake gardeners make.
The plant is … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Giving your leaves a bath
I’ve talked about this topic before but it does bear repeating, especially in winter. Our leaves get really dusty over time. That layer of “gunk”, be it dust or even airborne grease from cooking, creates a layer that inhibits plants from doing what we want them to do. Especially in Winter. Clear the air.
Periodically cleaning the leaves of your houseplants is actually less work than letting it go until a year down … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Plant pot sizes and shapes
Hmm, square or round? Maybe rectangular? Does it matter?
When selecting pots for our plants, we… or maybe just me, can get carried away with all the beautiful containers. I can ogle them almost as much as the plants.
In particular square or round pots with the same diameter and height have differing amounts of soil they … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Bitter blast of Winter and our plants
Wow, the week of Christmas provided some wicked weather throughout the country.
Mother Nature rules and that’s something to always remember as we plan our gardens while we’re hunkered down in our homes. That heavy snow that came first in my area was really hard to shovel and very difficult on our trees. I talked about whether to knock if off your plants in a previous Garden Bite. (PS, I can’t … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Champagne history
As we get set to clink glasses to a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023, I wanted to share a little history of the wine so associated with joyful festivities – Champagne!
What does it take for a wine to get that special designation? Strictly speaking, champagne is a sparkling wine that comes from the Champagne region of northeastern France.
If it’s a bubbly wine from another region, it’s sparkling wine.
While many people use the … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Bottom watering houseplants
Watering is always an issue with houseplants.
Stick your finger into the soil about first knuckle deep. If it’s dry consider watering. But first check to see that is what the plant requires. Some, such as holiday cactus can go … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Top mistakes gardeners make
As we nestle in for a long winter …
… I want to talk about the top mistakes new gardeners, and some of we more impatient gardeners make. Skipping soil prep is number one.
You can’t completely change the structure of your … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: New Proven Winner plants 2023
As we reach the end of 2022, we look forward to new plant introductions for 2023! Proven Winners is a brand comprised of leading plant propagators around the world. In North America, they are Four Star Greenhouse in Carleton, MI and Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, NH.
A new Astilbe … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: Birds are feeding!
It’s full-on winter in much of the country. Last week I talked about ice and snow collected on our trees and shrubs and whether to knock it off.
I admit, the snow DOES look lovely resting on those branches. The birds feeding on some fun ornaments made of seed is also lovely to watch.
Note: the video I have isn’t formatted well for this space so I had to delete it. It’s on my … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show/podcast: My Gardeners version of Twas the Night Before Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and that means I bring you my gardeners version of an old classic poem written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore. I wrote my version well over a decade ago but it still holds true for me.
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
not a plant was stirring not even a sprout.
The seedlings were hung by the glow of a grow … [Continue reading]