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Today we wrap up season number FIVE! This final show of the season is a mixed bag of tidbits and wishes that you had a great gardening season. We know it was tough in the Midwest with another drought, Spotted Lantern Fly, Aphids and of course the sun and HEAT of the summer. Check out our final thoughts of this past gardening season.
Today's episode recorded just before Summer 2024 ended, is a part two of sorts to our recent episode, The Forgotten Season. This episode has Lisa teaching us about building and using garden row covers. Which let's us to continue growing cool weather veggies all winter long. Doesn't some fresh veggies sound great in the dead of the winter? Here's how you can do it!
Today we welcome back The Midwest Garden Gal for a pollinators discussion. But more so, since June is perennial month and pollinators week falls within the month of June, we decided to combine the subjects into one fun conversation. Lisa, The MGG, is based in Iowa and its nice to get that western midwest side of the gardening world news. Check out all things MGG style by visiting her website!
Pollinator Week 2024 will take place June 17-23, 2024
The guys are joined by one of last season's guests...Annie Harman. Annie grows tens of thousands of annuals, be it a hanging basket container or just a flat pack of three. We get her insight, as well as Mike's on annual care, design for this Summer's plantings. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Scott asks Mike about the birds & the bees...as it pertains to trees and fruit bearing plants. Importance of bees, insects to pollination... Basics of flowering bud anatomy... As Sgt. Friday would say, just the facts. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Anita Dafonte, a 30 year gardening vet, chats about her tried & true planting techniques. Anita, who lives and gardens on five acres, is the Sales Director for Coast of Maine Organic Products. Yet loves to get her hands dirty by growing the vegetables she loves to cook with. Take a listen as your working in your garden! And check out the Coast of Main's website: https://coastofmaine.com/ ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Season #2 has a new feature, QUICK TIPS! A short info podcast presented by an expert in the field. Plus it's an easy to search subject header for when you need that little bit of info in a flash. QUICK TIPS release on "off weeks" of our regular, full length shows, so you are not missing anything. We hope these tips help out while we are busy working the new season at the garden center. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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The guys discuss some do's & don'ts of frost protection. When is a little damage okay and when to get ready for a frost. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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In today's discussion, we lay out the ground work about bulbs and welcome our special guest, Kathleen LaLiberté, from Longfield Gardens. Kathleen is a bulb specialist and works with Longfield Gardens as their horticultural advisor. Longfield Gardens imports and sell bulbs online and to garden centers across the US. Check out their website, it's packed with photos and educational info! https://www.longfield-gardens.com/
Plus Scott hijack's the Mike's Mail Segment on Dandelions! ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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Mike & Scott discuss rose bush pruning. Some of the common best practices and Mike's take on what Scott has suggestion wise...PLUS today's Mike's Mail Question... all that coming up right now! ________________ Here's a link to last season's rose show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/887557/4009412 ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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ENCORE EPISODE - It's that time to go dig up some dirt and have it analyzed!!!
Scott can't be anymore excited to welcome a new product to our garden center shelves! SoilKit by AgriTech Corp. is not only an easy 9 point test kit, but a translator, making the test results one language, so both you and your garden center are on the same page! Listen in as we chat with Christina McInnis about the foundation of every garden or lawn... your soil! Contact your local garden center to see if they carry SOILKIT. It's a relationship builder.
Need more information? Here's the website: https://soilkit.com ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
Season #2 has a new feature, QUICK TIPS! A short info podcast presented by an expert in the field. Plus it's an easy to search subject header for when you need that little bit of info in a flash. QUICK TIPS release on "off weeks" of our regular, full length shows, so you are not missing anything. We hope these tips help out while we are busy working the new season at the garden center. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Mike & Scott discuss soils, soil amendments, where to spend your soil money for specific plant types... PLUS today's Mikes Mail Question: How far apart should you plant your plants/trees? ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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It seems like a perennial, the Asiatic lilies are on the come back... popularity wise. These easy to care for "true" lilies have great size and colorful blooms. So stop reading this and hit PLAY on your favorite podcast player app and get the scoop on these sun loving, tropical looking lilies!
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Today we welcome back our very first podcast guest, Mr. Thomas Jackson. Toledo, Ohio's urban farmer, discussing wood chip beds...yield amounts from the 2020 Harvest, honey drinks and what is really in pop tarts.
PLUS our new in show segment: MIKE'S MAIL, question of the day asked & answered!!!
Join Mike & Scott as we welcome our guests, Donna Keller Wright & Chris Coultrip to discuss the mini-history of the Toledo Plant Exchange. How they got it started and what you can do to start your area's own plant exchange. Donna & Chris have written a notebook guide in how they run their program efficiently and have offered to share those instructions/notes with all of you. Just message one of them on the Toledo Plant Exchange Facebook page.
PLUS our new in show segment: MIKE'S MAIL, question of the day asked & answered!!!
In the meantime, enjoy our conversation while you are running around town gathering all your gardening supplies!
https://www.facebook.com/WCPlantExchange ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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With our last episode of Season One, Mike helps Scott understand cool weather plants. The basics for Scott, the Freshman Gardener and some extra tips for everyone else. Plus general philosophies from starting to harvesting your cool weather plants. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 Or email us at: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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YMG would like to welcome Annie Johnson to the show. We ran across a post that Annie had about new "tiny homes" possibly being built. She encouraged the city to have them not only plant decorative landscape, BUT food bearing plants/trees mixed within. What a great idea to extend the new home owner sustainability in a small footprint. Today, we expand that discussion. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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Today we give you a few pointers to get that empty bed, thought out, designed and a plant list ready for the garden center! Things to think about and a few you can accomplish right now in the midst of February. Join us for several tips & ideas. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Since our first podcasting season started a little late for this episode, we thought we would re-release it at this time. As it is now time to start your seeds indoors! Enjoy our ENCORE EPISODE, a little more on time! ___________________ Nic and Mike talk about the itch to get going in your garden while it's still cold outside. How Nic started seeding indoors to get that jump start on Mother Nature. Nic has a few tips for you and Mike realizes pumpkin pies are not made from pumpkins! Please join us on "Your Midwest Garden" Podcast.
Toledo Permaculture Network website: https://www.toledopermaculture.org ___________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in to shop around at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
It's that time MIDWEST GARDENERS! Today we give you a few pointers to get your veggie garden up and running as soon as you can!Things to think about and a few you can accomplish right now in the midst of January. Take a listen... and comment on the Facebook page if you have additional ideas you'd like to share. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
HAPPY NEW YEAR MIDWEST GARDENERS! In this episode, we have a quick impromptu discussion on indoor air quality. How much can plants help or should you use an electronic ionizer? NASA even did a study on this. Take a listen and comment on the Facebook page. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
HAPPY NEW YEAR MIDWEST GARDENERS! In this episode, freshman gardener Scott reviews his episode homework with Mike to see if he graduates from Poinsettia Care School. Plus a Mike's Mail Q&A about Christmas Cactus... ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Got the post Holiday Blues??? Today the guys chat with Jen Linehan from Beautiful Blooms by Jen, a florist who can brighten up the now empty looking house. Jen, along with your area florists can easily put a smile on a loved ones face, and even more important your own! All proven by a well known university! Listen in as we discuss ways to make flowers bring smiles all with her busy shop bustling in the background!
________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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What we thought would be a super fast episode... turned into a number of revealing tidbits unknown to Mike. But not to worry, Mike had a thing or two on that 5th Year Rookie. And Scott's hoping his one impressive tidbit find, YOU may not know either... listen in and find out!
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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Scott can't be anymore excited to welcome a new product to our garden center shelves! SoilKit by AgriTech Corp. is not only an easy 9 point test kit, but a translator, making the test results one language, so both you and your garden center are on the same page! Listen in as we chat with Christina McInnis about the foundation of every garden or lawn... your soil! Contact your local garden center to see if they carry SOILKIT. It's a relationship builder.
Need more information? Here's the website: https://soilkit.com ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
There’s no better family tradition than picking out your own Christmas Tree! Taking your family to pick out the perfect tree for your holiday celebrations is a memory maker. Unless you are Clark Griswald..."little full, lots of sap". It’s a heart-warming experience you’ll want to enjoy year after year. The guys sit down next to a warm fire with Duke Wheeler. Duke is here to chat about tree picking, getting one of his trees into the White House and tree care for a safe yet fun Christmas season. So put on your gloves and hat and lets chat!
After the highly successful Mike's Mail #1...Your Midwest Garden Podcast group returns to answer listener submitted questions. This time with... well... no differences other than new folks and new questions! With a full mailbox, Mike does his best to answer a new round of questions with as few words possible, and we all know that's not possible for The Garden Guy!
________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way, leave a voice mail at: (567) 318-2325
Or send us a Memo Recording audio file to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
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Today our experts discuss Holiday Centerpieces. Choices and ideas for those of you just wanting to order a piece or those would like to build their own. Frank Viviano discusses holiday centerpieces plus he takes us beyond the table, carrying your theme throughout your house.
In the confusing world of hydrangeas, Mike clears the mystery up of when to prune. Plus a few other tips including over Wintering, watering and how to spell. Get out your colored crayons and take some notes!!! ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Black Diamond Garden Centers Welcome Black Diamond Nursery & Lawn Service. We been a local business in Toledo for over 70 years!
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This is our fourth & final interview in the lawn service series for 2020. Dave Slivinski from Black Diamond Lawn Service returns to discuss Fall/Winter lawn care. Taking care of the new grass you just planted in late August, early September. Prepping your lawn for Winter. And a few early items to do in early, early Spring. ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Mike & Scott stir up a brew of black flowers, vampire teeth, gargoyles, blood grasses and stockings...(stockings???) as The Gothic Garden Girl walks us past the cemetery and into a Goth Garden! Listen in to see who makes it out... A L I V E! After all, the episode releases at the darkest time of night...3 AM! ________________ Catch the Gothic Garden Girl on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/gothicgardengirl-632775744033118 ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
It's time for gourds, squash, corn and pumpkins so the guys chat onsite with Matt from LaVoy's Pumpkin Farm. That's right, the boys hit the road and traveled up North to Temperance, MI. No matter what pumpkin farm you visit in your area, we bet it is going to be a smash! But watch out for those bees around your donuts & cider!
Listen in to the making of a corn maze, from design to opening day. Little issues like lost kids & new Covid procedures. PLUS we make mention of several corn mazes through out the Midwest region. See if your local corn maze made our list. Originally set to release on Oct. 14, we bumped the date up to give more folks a better chance at visiting their local corn maze. Some states have limited open hours based on your health department restrictions due to Covid!
Mike & Scott chat with Georgia Clay, New Plants Manager with Monrovia, about new releases for 2021! Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus, roses & more. Get your pens & notepad out!
Check out our Facebook/Instagram post for pictures of some the plants featured in this episode!
You know Monrovia, with the famous green containers and the stripe branding... but did you know they were first grower to ship container plants (originally metal cans, now plastic) across the country? All because founder Harry E. Rosedale Sr., thought the transplant process would be easier on the plant! ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
The FOUR C's for this show are not what all the ladies are thinking... today's diamonds are not carats (but carrots is a better guess). Nope, today's C's are Cosmos, Coleus, Cleome and Cabbage (?). A few sun loving plants we think need 15 seconds more fame than they are getting. So let Mike & Scott help introduce these plants to you, along with our guest from The Minnesota Extension Office... Master Gardener Theresa Rooney!!! And we dare you to take a chance this year and give one of them a go at it.
Did we mention Theresa also appears on a radio gardening show? Check out WCCO Radio AM 830, Saturdays from 8-9am. She rotates with other gardeners to answer questions. https://www.audacy.com/stations/wccoradio
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Chrysanthemums (mums) are one of the most popular fall garden flowers. Most varieties are easy to grow with their basic needs being full sun, water, rich soil, good drainage, and good air circulation. There are hundreds of varieties available in a range of shapes and sizes that can provide blooms from late Summer through end of Fall. In this episode we chat about caring for your mums with Zannah Crowe from Johnson's Gardens in Cedarbug Wisconsin!!! When to plant, watering, fertilizing, pruning, propagation, disease/insects.
Since our interview, Johnson's Gardens was sold and is now Hayden's Gardens. Check them out at: https://www.heydensgardens.com
________________ DID YOU KNOW? The founding of the chrysanthemum industry in the USA dates back to 1884, when the Enomoto Brothers of Redwood City, California, grew the first chrysanthemums cultivated in America. ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast! _________________ If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
This is our third (of four) interview in the lawn service series. Dave Slivinski from Black Diamond Lawn Service returns to discuss the end of Summer/Early Fall lawn care. Subjects that pop up in the conversation include the two BIG THINGS in lawn care: Water & Mowing height, nut sedge grass, grubs, when to water, Did we say water again? Sure did!!! Dave will appear one more time this season, discussing Winterizing of your lawn. ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Joining us today is Alan Branhagen. Author of the recently released book: The Midwest Native Plant Primer. And that's what we are here to discuss. This incomparable sourcebook includes 225 recommended native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. It’s everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial Midwest garden.
Author of : The Midwest Native Plant Primer
Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden
The Gardener's Butterfly Book ________________
Check out Timber Press: https://www.timberpress.com/books ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast! ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Chloe Deike, from Garden Gate Magazine joins us today. In this episode, Chloe shares gardening tips & hints from her archives and reader suggested ideas. Chloe is the assistant editor and writes various articles, including tips for Garden Gate Magazine. Now in her third year at Garden Gate magazine, she delights in passing along wisdom from gardener to gardener, tending the beds and borders of her new old home and tackling the challenge of gardening with a baby on her hip and a toddler in her tracks. Everyone... please welcome Chloe to Your Midwest Garden Podcast!!!
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Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast! ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Just a quick (not so quick) episode to announce a couple special guests making their first appearance on Your Midwest Garden Podcast. And a few tips on Summer's biggest pest, The Japanese Beetle, which are out in FULL FORCE right now. We have mentioned them before, but here in the Great Lakes Region they out of control this year.
________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Today we talk with Rich Giddens, he and his wife, Diane, own Oak Park Garden Center, specializing in ponds and water features. Mike and Rich touch on pond plants, pond sizes, pumps and what you, as a new pond owner, need to do in order to enjoy the peace of a pond or water feature. All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast! ________________ Our guests weblink: http://www.oakparkwatergarden.com
What started as a humble landscape business in a rickety old barn has grown into the largest water garden and garden center in northwest Ohio.
Richard and Diane Giddens created Swanton’s Oak Park Landscape and Water Garden Center in 1984. Back then, the couple had two babies in tow and began to grow their business by selling shrubs, trees, and various plants to the retail public.
The landscape center then blossomed when Richard and Diane began designing water gardens and selling quality water garden and landscape supplies, as well as unique garden accessories. The business took on a different look each year with the addition of ever-changing, beautiful water garden displays, water garden plants, and exotic fish. Also added on a regular basis were water garden accessories such as statues and fountains.
Today, Oak Park Landscape and Water Garden Center is one of the most popular and successful water garden centers in the Northwest Ohio area. ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Breaking News... It's the time...of the season... for bagworms! Lots of pictures and samples of arborvitae, Junipers,etc coming into the store so we thought we'd throw out an ALERT EPISODE. Photos on our Facebook Page and a couple video links below. All this and your homework question answered... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast!
_______________________________________________________________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
This is our second interview with Dave Slivinski from Black Diamond. Dave is the lawn service manager and is here to discuss Summer lawn care. Subjects that pop up in the conversation include, Summer insects, grubs, grass fungus, when to water, beetle bags, nut-grass and the two BIG THINGS in lawn care: Water & Mowing height!!! Did we say water again? Sure did!!! Dave will appear in a upcoming podcast about Fall & Winterizing of your lawn.
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com
Summertime discussion about various tropical plants you can do in the Midwest. Well okay, tropicals that Scott has placed around his pool and he thinks you'll like them too! Plus a quick banter on what went down in the garden center during COVID19. Please tell us what your experience was shopping for flowers this season. Less selection available? Why? Annuals sold out? Mulch/Topsoil available? All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast! ________________ Mike has assigned you homework. Listen in and here is the spelling: Mutinis Caninis ________________ And as promised, a link to our Facebook page. Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. Plant, bug IDs, etc. Mike loves to help out! https://www.facebook.com/Your-Midwest-Garden-Podcast-104823994541594 ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
Our 10th episode is a bit thorny. From us two, you expected corny, but not to worry, we included the corny too!
Floribunda, Grandiflora, Hybrid Musk, Hybrid Rugosa, Hybrid Tea, climbers, drift... an all rose discussion today with Cheryl Menard!
Did You Know... fallen Oak leafs make a great rose Winter insulator, Bayer 3in1 is a quick one step application you use as you water and their is no blue colored rose. All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast!
Feel free to contact our guest's website here: http://toledorosesociety.org/ ________________ During this COVID 19 time, we talked via the phone and not in person as we usually do. ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
Steve, one of our loyal listeners introduced Mike & I to Lisa Hinzman Howard, aka The Midwest Garden Gal after he attended one of her garden show lectures. That gave us a chance to invite Lisa on the show to discuss her recent book, Cheap Tricks Gardening. Listen in as we talk about the western half of the midwest and about facets of her book! Cause you don’t need to spend a fortune for fabulous.
PLUS... an EXCLUSIVE announcement from Lisa, heard here first!!!
Order the book now for a timely delivery by Mother's Day!
Mike heads for the farm... and winds up at a public school! Find out why Mike actually landed at the right location!
Our guest today is Bryan Ellis, discussing teaching students how to farm, raise crops, animals and fly drones! Say what? Students are learning how grandpa use to farm while taking advantage of technology. Investigating better ways and landing jobs all over, including NASA! Did we mention the poison dart frog and fish farm? And finally a pop quiz... do you know your fatty acids? Study up! All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast!
________________ During this COVID 19 time, we talked to Brian Ellis via the phone and not in person as we usually do. ________________ If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
How Gen Z is doing a 360 turning back to farming like grandpa/great grandpa... What is truly a weed... bees are a buzzing and worms are NOT native to the Midwest!
Who says all this and more?
A guy that pets bees of course! _________________________________ During this COVID 19 time, we talked to Dr. Todd Crail via the phone and not in person as we usually do.
If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your gardening question to: YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
Or better yet, get your 15 seconds of fame and record your question on your phone (using the voice memo app) and send that to us! Then hear yourself on the podcast!
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!
Your Midwest Garden Podcast group takes this COVID19 at home time to answer listener submitted questions. In the last episode, we asked listeners to email or voice memo record their questions for Mike to answer. Helping Mike keep track of all the questions, we welcome Scott to the podcast. Well... Scott produces the Podcast, so he is no stranger to YMG, but makes his YMG debut keeping Mike on track.
If you would like to participate in the next Mike's Mail episode, please email your text or recorded audio file to:
YourMidwestGarden@bex.net
If you happen to be in the Toledo or Perrysburg, Ohio area, please stop in at our sponsor's garden centers, Black Diamond, or visit them online at: https://www.blackdiamondgrows.com And remember, "Ask Someone who Knows"!