Tuesday, February 8, 2022166 Roses vs Weeds. Transplanting Tips.
Winter rose care season is here for many of us. Besides pruning, weed killing may be on your list of things to do in the rose bed. But before you reac...
Friday, February 4, 2022165 Garden Tool Care & Selection
Yes, it is a little late for a New Year’s Resolution, but here’s one that is better employed late than never: take better care of your garden tools. A...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022164 Citrus Fruit Picking Tips. Winter Garden Cleanup.
For many backyard gardeners right now in USDA Zone 9, it’s citrus fruit harvest time. And before you know it, everybody will be in fruit picking mode ...
Friday, January 28, 2022163 Speedy, Successful Seed Germinating Tips
'Tis the season for expectant backyard gardeners. You’ve begun to sow seeds of warm season annuals and vegetables indoors, especially pepper and ...
Friday, January 21, 2022162 'Prune'-ciples: Rose Pruning Tips for Maximum Roses!
In USDA Zones 8, 9 and 10, it’s Rose Pruning Season! And soon enough after frost season passes, everyone else across the country will be faced with th...
Friday, January 14, 2022161 Succulent Tips. Starting a School Garden.
You can grow them indoors and outdoors; they’re easy to care for; and, are very unique and colorful! But which ones are the easiest to care for? We’re...
Friday, January 7, 2022160 Garden Basics Greatest Hits, 2021 - All About Tomatoes!
Welcome to the new year, and our latest Greatest Hits episode, featuring those segments that you spent the most time enjoying, in record numbers in 2...
Friday, December 31, 2021159 Garden Resolutions. Heavenly Bamboo.
Eat less sugar. Eat more fiber. Eat out of the garden more! Have you set your New Year’s resolutions yet? We’ll talk with the Pennsylvania Horticultu...
Friday, December 24, 2021158 Life is Too Short To Put Up with a Problem Plant. The Holly
Life, as I am fond of saying, is too short to put up with a problem plant. Today, the very alive Debbie Flower, who is no problem at all, talks about ...
Friday, December 17, 2021157 Composting Tips. The Cyclamen
A listener in St. Louis wrote in to ask, “Is it OK to put the stems and leaves of what’s left of the summer vegetable garden in a compost pile?” Retir...