with Teri Knight
I wanted to share with you the buzzing life all over my native asters! The one monarch, I’m sure is a baby from my neighbor, Connie, who I introduced you to a couple of months ago. Bees, bumblebees, Painted ladies, monarchs.
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Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: It’s a nutty year – Black walnut
This has been one nutty year. My neighbor has two black walnut trees at the edge of my property. The squirrels have made a mess with them and I’ve spent lots of time trying to pick them up off my yard before mowing!
So what can you do with all those nuts? Well, some say, the black walnuts are delicious. In fact I just talked with the cashier at the local … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Happy Autumnal Equinox Day
Happy Autumnal Equinox. Did you get my card? I’m truly surprised there aren’t cards for it considering I’ve seen happy nose job cards and various other parts! HA, I spoke too soon….
This is where a LOT of cards were, ps, this isn’t an endorsement but if you like cards, you may like these: greetingcarduniverse
Anyhoo, it’s the first day of Fall.
I love this time of year. Leaving the windows cracked open at … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Tomato heaven with a 2020 roma or 2 and a Big duck?
As I mentioned last week, I have been roasting tomatoes and dehydrating them.
The best tomatoes for roasting are paste or romas, those with more meat than juice. It just so happens, there’s a 2020 AAS winner that could be a great candidate for roasting! It’s called ‘Early Resilience F1’.
The AAS Judges noted that this variety was very resistant to Blossom End Rot, resulting … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: A bright spot with 2020 AAS winners
With that w-word coming out of my mouth yesterday, winter… I thought I’d bring you something to look forward to in 2020!
As I’ve talked about renovating my gardens, I mentioned my Blackeyed Susans, which are currently monsters! Gorgeous, but large and in charge.
Coming in 2020 is a new Rudbeckia, the latin name for blackeyed susans. It’s called ‘American Gold Rush’. Growing to just 2 ft tall, it’s narrow … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Too early to prepare your plants for Winter? Nope!
I know… we haven’t even had the Autumnal Equinox, so what the heck am I doing asking you THAT question? Well… once again my favorite magazine, Northern Gardener, comes out with a timely reminder.
The best thing you can do to prepare your evergreens, newly planted shrubs and trees and any borderline zone-friendly plants is to water them consistently from now until the ground freezes.
Trees can use … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Soil potpourri, organic matters!
There’s still harvesting to do, perennial, tree, shrub and bulb planting; but this is also a good time to start preparing a new garden bed. Maybe you want to expand your vegetable garden or start a new perennial bed, add some shrubs. Starting a new garden bed requires some prep work. You need to kill the existing grass and weeds. Chemicals are an option but for those of us who would rather not use … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Fall allergies and monarchs
Goldenrod sometimes gets a bad rap because it blooms the same time as ragweed and some people thing IT’S the problem… more likely it’s ragweed that’s causing allergy symptoms. Ragweed – WI Ragweed – MN
I looked up a chenopod and, the clearest explanation would be that it’s a type of weed like amaranth, lambs quarters and pigweed. Pollen counts are a bit higher in Minnesota and Wisconsin right now.
We’ve got some late … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Falling into Fall gardening
It’s a week of changes as the kids are back in school, the air has turned a bit crisper and our summer flowers are spent. I’ve got a maple tree that’s already mostly turned – however it IS a stressed tree that I’ll be losing next year, and that adds to the quick change.
My container plantings that looked so wonderful are now kinda wilting, the petunias are pooped and the other annuals needed … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Fence garden renovation
So, as I was saying… yesterday, in the middle of my fence garden renovations, I tried to pawn off some daylilies to my friend who so graciously came over on Labor Day weekend and labored in my gardens with me!
It’s not that I dislike lilies, it’s just that they multiply so much and then crowd out other plants I want highlighted.
My blackeyed susans are spectacular, as is my baptisia.. Unfortunately they’re also spectacularly … [Continue reading]