with Teri Knight
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Cool season crops and other May to-do’s
We had a cool spell, you should know we would… Still, you may have gotten those radishes in the ground we talked about last week.
You can also plant kale, one of the most nutrient dense plants on the planet, a true Superhero. And there’s spinach too, scallions and onion sets. Oh and then there are beets!
Here’s a Planting Guide from the University of MN Ext. on when to … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Vegetables in containers
Especially this year, folks are wanting to plant vegetables. But maybe your lawn isn’t big enough or you live in an apartment with just a balcony or maybe your sun conditions aren’t ideal, so what do you do? Plant in containers!
What size container should you use? What TYPE of container? Certain containers create issues for your plants.
Tomatoes are super popular and grow well in containers but they need size! University based information says … [Continue reading]
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Happy Mother’s Day a little early… Today would have been my mom’s 88th birthday!
This day was started by Anna Jarvis, it’s a totally American holiday. Jarvis eventually spent all her inheritance to get rid of the holiday after it became too commercialized for her taste!
This was when my mom and I would go shopping to fill her whiskey barrels with annuals.
It’s a splendid day to spend time taking in the sights and scents of your … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Fertilizing annuals and perennials
Many of us have made our way to our local Garden Centers! Stocking up on things to do outside where social distancing works so well! Of course then we had a drop in temperatures and some of your plants had to be covered!
Generally, I’ve not been one to add a lot of chemicals to my gardens which includes fertilizer. However, to boost the bloom and get the foliage flashing – fertilizing is the … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Kids and gardening in the time of Covid
At the time I recorded this, Minnesota’s Stay At Home order was to be lifted on May 4th. It was extended to May 18th. Social distancing and keeping in check the virus means gardening is the place to be! And gardening with your kids is a great activity for several reasons! First, who doesn’t love playing in the dirt?
Turns out, that while we weren’t trying to be healthy, diggin’ … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Road work and removal of plants
I live on a corner where both roads are getting redone. They need it! But, that means I needed to dig up all the plants in my corner butterfly garden. This is the start of their 4th year, so there was plenty of spreading.
In fact, I was able to share some of those plants with my neighbors! In particular the monarda. It really did offer me the chance to divide them … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Yew removal and what’s to be
I had a yew that had taken over a corner of my house. An arborist friend of mine said, it’s beautiful, don’t get rid of it. One gardener’s dream is another’s nightmare.
I didn’t want that heavy looking thing there anymore! So… with a truck, a winch, a log chain, a teenager! We got ‘er done.
A 10k winch loosened it but ended with pulling it by the truck!
The next question, … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: EAB – it ain’t leavin’
Emerald Ash Borer ain’t goin’ nowhere… except closer. More counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin have recently reported the Ash tree killing insect.
There’s an irony in reporting on EAB amid Covid-19.
They are both suspected everywhere but have not yet reared their ugly heads everywhere. And they’re both requiring quarantines to try to stop the spread. Those tactics are certainly slowing things down.
In the case of EAB, scientists continue to work on … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Ravishing radishes
When I was little mom used to slice radishes and salt them. I remember loading up the little round red bulbs from the grocery store with loads of salt to hide the bitter taste. Not so much anymore! Garden radishes offer far more flavor and many varieties…
For instance, black radishes have a horseradish (hot) flavor if eaten fresh but when cooked mellows to a nutty sweetness. ps these are not small…
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Fertilizing your lawn – why you should wait
This is a yearly ponderable by the lawn faithful. According to research, Spring is NOT the best time to fertilize your lawn. I know, I can hear many of you gasping, but the BEST times to fertilize your lawn are Late summer and fall.
This is contrary to the traditional springtime application. Early spring applications of nitrogen cause a surge of top growth in the plants, which makes the … [Continue reading]