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Each week, Charlie Nardozzi joins Vermont Public’s Mary Engisch for a conversation about gardening, and to answer your questions about what you're seeing in the natural world.
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Early fall in the garden means it's time to get certain plants ready to harvest and prep others to overwinter indoors.
It's fall on the calendar, but there is still plenty of gardening left to do! Listeners sent in questions about struggling lilac bushes, protecting pears from deer, decommissioning a large garden and more.
Right now, seed heads from certain flowers like echinacea are providing great food for birds. You can provide another key source of nutrition in your yard: native berries.
Traditionally, roses bloom in June and July, but certain types can make a comeback for a late summer second act.
The wet spring followed by a hot, dry summer contributed to certain garden issues. Lilacs, fruit trees and flowers have suffered but will bounce back with the right remedies.
Those who know, self-sow! Self-sowing is when certain plants are left to bolt or go to seed. When plants go to seed, their flowers attract more pollinators and the seeds drop in the soil for another perfectly timed crop for next season.
It's mid-August and you're likely harvesting warm-weather veggies like tomatoes and zucchini. Still, garden woes exist, and Charlie Nardozzi aims to remedy some.
Tall garden phlox grow up to five feet and come in a myriad of colors; just the sort of flowers that pollinators love.
Encouraging bats and dragonflies to visit your yard could help reduce the numbers of biting insects.
Charlie Nardozzi fields listeners' questions about their summer garden woes.
Currants and gooseberries are the alternate host for a disease that affects pine trees. If you plan to grow these landscape plants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, check for restrictions first.
Tiger, trumpet and Martagon lilies grow tall and add movement and color to late summer gardens, so long as you can keep the red lily leaf beetle at bay.
Bush beans, lettuce, kale and radishes can be planted now and you'll be harvesting them in late fall.
Wild parsnip is flowering in many parts of Vermont, and now is the time to control it. The sap can cause burns on your skin, though, so learning how to safely remove it is essential.
Choose early summer flowering shrubs to add color and contrast to your yard.
Plan certain garden treatments now to help lessen the effects of Japanese beetles later.
Charlie Nardozzi takes on several listeners' questions about garden pests and plant woes.
Certain peanut varieties can grow and thrive in our clime, provided you find just the right spot.
From pepper plants with pests to hydrangeas that are slow to bloom, you might wonder whether you should keep or toss your plant and start over.
The All Things Gardening inbox is full of listeners' spring gardening conundrums! Charlie aims to answer a few.
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