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Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Diane Blazek, All-American Selections and National Garden Bureau's Executive Director to announce the Professional's and People's Choices for the 2025 Green Thumb Awards. Dirty Word of the Day is “Cut and Come Again.” Gardening questions include getting tomatoes to flower, Plant Delights catalogue arrived, can rye grass be fertilized now, and more.  https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa's monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa's what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa's Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow 

Dee and Carol talked about daffodils, new All-American Selections vegetables, a new book on gardening with bulbs and more.For more information, check out our Substack newsletter.Flowers:Daffodils!Brent and Becky's BulbsVan Engelen BulbsDee's blog post about planting bulbsVegetables:AAS Winners for 2024Broccoli 'Purple Magic F1'Broccoli 'Skytree F1'Pepper 'Red Impact F1'On the Bookshelf:Growing Bulbs in the Natural Garden by Jacqueline van der Kloet (Amazon Link)Dirt: 'Firefly' PetuniaRabbit Holes:Quick Reference guidesDorothy Childs HognerOur Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission):Botanical InterestsFarmers DefenseEtsyTerritorial SeedsTrue Leaf Market Eden BrosNature Hills Nursery  Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.Email us anytime at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol  visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens. For more info on Dee, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.Support the showOn Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.

763: Diane Blazek on New Plant EvaluationsOrganizing trials of new plant varieties with professional judges throughout North AmericaIn This Podcast: We are introduced to the organization behind the AAS logo found on seed packages and seed catalogs everywhere. Diane Blazek explains how different plants and plant breeders get recognized as standout winners amongst their peers and earn this logo through All American Selections' annual plant trials. Diane is the Executive Director of All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau, she has been deeply (and happily!) immersed in gardening from an early age. From growing up on a small family farm in Missouri to her small suburban lot in the Chicago-land area, she is passionate about everything green. After spending 15 years with Ball Publishing, Diane moved to take on her current role where she can be even closer to the end consumer. Both All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau are in an exciting period of growth and influence both inside and outside the industry with innovative ideas and progressive programs for consumers, garden communicators, public gardens, and a full range of growers and retailers that have benefited all segments of the horticulture industry.Visit www.urbanfarm.org/AllAmerican for the show notes and links on this episode!Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges. You can chat with Greg, Janis or Ray to get permaculture based feedback.Click HERE to learn more!Become an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 775 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click HERE to learn more.*Disclosure: Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.

Dealing with Cool Season Pests When it comes to dealing with cool-season pests it can be a little different than those pesky warm-season pests. The biggest way to control the cool-season pests is to have a spray program early in the vegetable garden. During the cool season, there are four different kinds of species that can cause the most trouble such as the diamondback caterpillar, cabbage lopper, cabbageworm, and the cutworm. Although most people like to identify these species there really is no need to because the treatment to control them is the same except for cutworms. Another insect that a lot of people deal with during the cool season is slugs. We recommend using Sluggo Plus which is a bait that you sprinkle along the ground to kill them off. The last set of cool-season pests that you will have to deal with in the garden is the flying insects such as aphids, whiteflies, and earwigs. In order to control these cool-season pests, you need a spraying schedule that is best suitable for your garden and the pest you struggle with. Travis goes over his top cool-season pest control products that he has found to work great in his garden. The first week, he mixes B.t., Neem Oil, and the Complete Disease Control. The next week he will use the B.t., Horticultural Oil, and Liquid-Cop. However, if his worm pressure increases for any reason he switches the B.t. out for Spinosad in order to knock them out of the vegetable garden. In Greg's garden, he switches it up a little bit and mixes the Fruit Tree Spray and Complete Disease Control one week. Then, the next week he doesn't play around with his bad worm pressures so he uses B.t., Liquid-Cop, and Spinosad. The B.t. works only on worms and hits them as a feeder. The Spinosad works as a stomach poisoning or for direct contact. While the Liquid-Cop is ideal for controlling the blights and some of the disease pressures in the garden. General Pest Control Practices If you had a problem last year with a certain pest, you can guarantee you will have a problem this year. So control that pest early in the vegetable garden this year.Spray early and at least weekly in the garden.Don't be afraid to make cocktails and rotate your pest control products.If you do a good job controlling your pests this year, then next year it will be a lot better.Maintain a clean garden. Show and Tell Segment On the show and tell segment this week, Greg and Travis talk about a hurricane which means lots of rain/wind getting ready to hit South Georgia and the surrounding area. They also talk about all the vegetables they got planted this week such as elephant garlic and onions. Greg has a bit of a problem with rabbits in the vegetable garden, but he is getting ready to solve that issue soon. Travis shares a couple more new varieties for 2021 that we are carrying now. The first variety is the Better Boy Tomato which is a popular indeterminate that makes huge, tangy tomatoes that are ideal for slicing and making sauces. Next, is the Purple Boy which produces deep purple fruits with an exceptional flavor profile. Another new variety is the Lemon Boy that makes a bright yellow tomato with higher-yielding compared to other varieties. Also, we now have the All American Selections winner, Big Beef Tomato available. This is a large, beefsteak tomato that is considered to be the gold standard for fresh market tomatoes in many areas of the country. Viewer Questions For the Q & A segment this week, the guys answer some viewer questions that were asked on last week’s show. If you have an Earthbox can you use our Container Watering Kits? Greg mentions that you can use our container kits for Earthbox and should work with no problem. The next question is whether you should order spring seeds now or wait until fresh seeds are available. All the seeds we have available now are fresh and have been germ tested based on the State of Georgia laws. There are a few varieties that we will sell out of thi...

Now more than anytime in our recent past, homeowners have taken to their gardens as a source of fresh food, exercise and beauty. As an industry we have to look at this momentum, make adjustments and plan for the future. In a recent survey conducted by the National Garden Bureau, they helped provide some insights on what's important to gardeners. What are they growing, why they're growing, what they are looking for in their local garden centers and more.For the green industry, the survey helps uncover new opportunities and sheds some light on where we should be focusing our communication, products and services. As a means to help sustain this robust momentum and interest in gardening and landscapes, for years to come.Joining us for this episode is Diane Blasek, director of two non-profits, National Garden Bureau and All-American Selections to review the findings, what they mean and what the industry can takeaway from it. CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTDiane Blasak at National Garden Bureau blog - Facebook and Pinterest.CONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitterand our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

With the Covid-19 pandemic causing millions of Americans to shelter in place, this historic event has more people turning to gardening. With our podcasts covering gardening, landscape and tree care topics, we're making our upcoming topics relevant to what's going on in the world to today.Based on trends we're seeing, homeowners are turning to their gardens for a couple of reasons. The most obvious is that it's spring and the time when most are in their gardens. With most of our public spaces being shut down or closed off to help maintain social distance,Our gardens help provide a means of being outside, getting fresh air, a form of exercise with the gyms being closed, creating a outdoor oasis to escape reality and growing our own food due to the overwhelming demand.During wartimes and the great depression, many people turned to their gardens to grow the food they needed since they either could not afford it, or it just wasn't available. It's when victory gardens first appeared and during this current crisis, we are seeing more people exploring gardens as a way to get through these uncertain times.Joining us for this episode is Diane Blasak, director of two non-profits, National Garden Bureau and All-American Selections. She shares insights on how victory gardens got started and how the approach has changed over the decades. CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTDiane Blasak at National Garden Bureau blog - Facebook and Pinterest.CONNECT WITH USEnjoy this episode or have questions? We want to hear from you. Connect with Chris Sabbarese at Corona Tools on Twitterand our new GILN Facebook Group. This closed group is like-minded individuals who care about and discuss, gardening and plants, trees and landscaping related topics.

Diane Blazek, executive director of the National Garden Bureau and All-American Selections, chats about her love of gardening, the National Garden Bureau’s 100th anniversary, and what she thinks the average garden might look like 100 years from now. Interview hosted by Marc Zienkiewicz and recorded at the American Seed Trade Association’s 59th Vegetable and Flower […] The post What Will the Garden of 2120 Look Like? Diane Blazek Has Some Insights appeared first on Seed World.

“In my early childhood I had some kind of vague yearning to Save the World from something or other; now all I ask is to save a small part of it from over-working in the effort to produce things that are good to eat or are lovely to see.” Ruth Stout  Ruth Stout got people to stop double-digging their gardens, which is hard work. Her books included The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book: Secrets of the Famous Year-Round Mulch Method and How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening.)Flower: Salvia, both perennial and annul. Commonly called sages. Where to begin?  Dee and Carol grow quite a few between their two gardens including:S. farinacea, ‘Victoria Blue' ‘Evolution,' S. nemerosa,'Cardonna,' ‘Rose Marvel,' ‘Blue Marvel' (new for 2019) and ‘Blue Hill,' S. guaranitica 'Black and Blue,' S. viridis, clary sage, Salvia officinalis (culinary sage)' 'Purpurascens' is a purple variety, 'Icterina' is the yellow variegated one, 'Tricolor' is the white variegated one. Salvia pratensis ‘Madeline' - White and Purple bloomsSalvia x sylvestris ‘May Night' - Dee doesn't like this one. Carol grows it because it has “May” in it.Salvia leucantha, Mexican bush sageSalvia pratensis ‘Sweet Petite' Fashionista seriesSalvia elegans 'Golden Delicious' Really pretty!Salvia greggii 'Wendy's Wish' - Hard to find!Sages are in the plant family Lamiaceae, the mint family or dead nettle familyPerennial salvias generally have one big burst of bloom in mid-late spring. Get them to bloom again but cutting them back hard after their first bloom.Annual salvias should be dead-headed regularly to keep them blooming. Dee cuts ‘Victoria' salvia way back once it starts to look ratty.  Veggie: Corn, including Sweet, Popcorn (Glass Gem), Strawberry Popcorn, Field Corn, and Decorative CornThe story of Glass Gem Corn and its Oklahoma roots!So many varieties of Sweet Corn to choose from:  All-American Selections would be a good place to start. The varieties listed there have been tested so it is a good source of info and you can avoid the hype of marketing. Carol grew 'Sweet American Dream' sweet corn last year and will be growing it again.Burpee also has corn for container gardeners called ‘On Deck'. Don't expect to grow enough corn to freeze it for the winter but it is fun to grow in a container.Corn is basically a large grass so some gardeners like to grow it for the height and fall decorations. It's good in the back of a border, for example. There are even varieties with variegated foliage like ‘Field of Dreams' from Select Seeds. Dirt: Who's the best garden sage from the past? A gardener you can refer back to over and over again when you are seeking good old-fashioned know-how and garden sentiment. We can think of several…Elizabeth Lawrence  J.I. Rodale (organic gardening)  Liberty Hyde BaileyCassandra Danz, Mrs. GreenthumbsThomas JeffersonRuth Stout, sister of Rex StoutDr. Griffith Buck“There is a place in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” ― Elizabeth Lawrence

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Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis tells us about some of the best performing plants (annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs) for our area. Diane Blazek of All-American Selections talks about their 2018 winners. Garden Grappler.

Don Shor of Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis tells us about some of the best performing plants (annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs) for our area. Diane Blazek of All-American Selections talks about their 2018 winners. Garden Grappler.

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