with Teri Knight
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Christmas tree care
Oh the wonderful scent of a real tree! Before you go out to cut your tree, make sure you measure the area where you plan to place it. You may think you’re good at eyeballing it, but really, who wants to have to cut the tree to fit the space once it’s in your home!?!
How to care for your tree!
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Firs, pine, spruce? Christmas tree selection
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the Christmas tree is so delightful! Wait a minute, that’s not right…. But it will be after you select the perfect one!
Local nurseries are stocked with fabulous fresh greens and copious amounts of Christmas trees.
The scent of a real tree has created many a lasting memory for most of us. Although there was that period in the 60’s with metal trees and colored … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Dormant oils
What are dormant oils and when would you apply them? That is my mission today as a listener made the suggestion! I did some research on this topic as it’s not been on my radar.
A true dormant oil originally referred to heavier weight, less well-refined oils that were unsafe to use on plants after they broke dormancy (started to bud out in Spring) because they would burn and kill plant foliage.
Dormant oil is an … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min Garden Bite radio show: Shopping madness! Gardener gifts galore
Yesterday we packed our bellies, today we’re packing shopping bags!
What do you get the gardener? What do you, the gardener, ask for? Oh the list is endless but here are some of my favorite things!
Click below to listen to my 2 min Garden Bite radio show: Thanksgiving… gathering around the table
As you congregate around the Thanksgiving Table, what are some of the dishes you might be able to grow in your own garden? Maybe some herbs? Potatoes? Sweet potatoes? Green Beans? Pumpkins? And the list goes on!
My friend grew red potatoes! I snagged some from her and used the rosemary I grew and dried and roasted them!
As for decorations, well, if you’ve grown ornamental grasses, then bring some into the house, … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: What to do with Asparagus
A Garden Bite listener told me she’d just bought a new home and there was an asparagus bed. She wondered what to do with it. First it would be good to know how old it is, or that you know it’s at least 3 years old. That’s how long it takes for asparagus to really be harvestable.
Fall is a time when the plants, that fuzzy top growth, can be cut back all … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Gall talk
I sent out a shout out on my Garden Bite facebook page for my followers and received a suggestion to talk about galls!
First, what are they? Galls are abnormal growths that occur on leaves, twigs, roots, or flowers of many plants. There are a LOT of galls!!!
Just a little gall fun! Those round growths are little homes for insects. They have a small hole in each…
Most galls are caused by irritation and/or stimulation … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Oriental bittersweet – Pretty but obnoxious
This lovely looking vine is deceitful as it’s invasive qualities haunt our forests, grasslands, and parks! Sounds a bit harsh for such a well used holiday decoration but it’s true.
It’s all good cheer as we use it for decorating, for YEARS, then the darn thing went wild and is now at the top of the hit list for many U.S. States. The vine is heavily affecting the northeastern U.S. and is … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Types of bird feeders
Yesterday we were all about the food, today it’s about the feeder…
There are numerous feeders out there. Which ones work? Well, they all do but which ones keep the squirrels at bay? Ha! None of them forever, unless you have them rigged for an electric shock when they touch it.
Someone I know actually did that! He had fashioned a shocker that he could operate by remote control when the blackbirds would flock … [Continue reading]
Click below to listen to my 2 min Garden Bite radio show: Foods for the Birds
There’s nothing like calming your spirit after a slushy, bumper to bumper ride home than watching the brilliant Red Cardinal feasting on bird food out your window. Bird Notes from Cornell U’s Ornithology lab is a great read on feeding birds.
For your enjoyment, make sure you locate the bird feeders where you can see them keeping in mind that birds want to feel safe. So an area that will provide quick cover should … [Continue reading]