Podcasts about winter protection

David Horvath from Davey's Lake Bluff office shares how you should be caring for your evergreens and shrubs in the winter to help ensure they'll thrive once spring comes back around! In this episode we cover:  First thing that comes to mind for evergreen and shrub care in the winter (0:39)Anti-desiccants (1:11)Importance of reading the labels (3:55)What was Chicago's season like this year? (4:58)Should you be watering in the winter? (6:28)Snow loading (7:30)Mulching and fertilizing this time of year (8:59)What other work is done in the winter? (10:01)Shrub pruning advice (10:57)Right pruning tools (12:32)Inspecting the landscape in the winter (14:07)"Arbor Lane" (14:43)Why David enjoys his job (15:32)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.To learn more about evergreen care in the winter, read our blogs, Winter Watering for Evergreens: What You Need to Know, When to Fertilize Evergreens: Should You Fertilize Evergreens in the Winter and Should I Wrap Trees for Winter Protection? To learn about salt tolerant evergreens, read our blog, Salt Tolerant Evergreen Trees (By Zone). Connect with Davey Tree on social media:Twitter: @DaveyTreeFacebook: @DaveyTreeInstagram: @daveytreeYouTube: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyLinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!

You often see plants that have been protected somehow for winter, but is it really necessary? Join us to find out if and when you should protect something in the garden. Featured shrub: Sky Box Japanese holly.

Matt Betz from Davey's Charlotte office talks about what to do to help a young tree be successful in the winter and his family's history at Davey.In this episode we cover:  Winter in North Carolina (00:40)Considerations for young trees in a cool climate (1:28)Wrapping trees (2:36)Staking young trees (5:50)Watering young trees in cold weather (7:53)Mulching (8:57)Matt's Davey journey (11:47)When to plant in North Carolina (16:40)Charlotte's tree canopy (18:43)Chinese Elm Trees (21:57)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  To learn more about taking care of a young tree during the winter check out our blog, Winter Tree Pruning: Young Trees, Fruit Trees, Spring Flowering Trees.To learn more about wrapping trees in cold weather check out our blog, Should I Wrap Trees for Winter Protection?Connect with Davey Tree on social media:Twitter: @DaveyTreeFacebook: @DaveyTreeInstagram: @daveytreeYouTube: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyLinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!  

In this episode, Josh and Julia discuss ways to prepare your landscape for the colder winter months, including tips for protecting plants, winterizing irrigation systems and more. Mentioned in the episode: Fact Sheet - Winter Protection for Landscape Plants 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Josh Rongish, district manager from Davey's Omaha, Nebraska, office, talks about protecting trees from winter weather, his favorite trees and his Davey career.  In this episode we cover:  Safety in winter weather (0:40) Should you knock ice/snow off your tree? (1:20) What can you do for trees in low temperatures? (2:38) What is wrapping bark and how to do it? (3:30) Will trees recover from freeze damage? (4:25)  Watering your tree to protect during the cold (5:41) Proper mulching for winter protection (6:55)  Changing hardiness zones and picking the right tree (10:10) The importance of native trees (12:40) Native trees that Josh loves (13:45) How Josh got started with Davey (15:14)  The feeling of saving trees (16:56)   To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  To learn more about preparing trees for winter, read our blog, Seasonal Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter. To learn more about tree wrapping, read our blog, Should I Wrap Trees for Winter Protection. To learn more about helping your trees survive the winter, read our blog, Five Steps to Help Trees Survive Winter with Little Damage.  Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company  Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.  Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!    

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the current unusually cold temperatures for November in Florida with UF/IFAS Extension agent, Jeremy Rhoden. Jeremy provides winter protection for landscapes and how to prepare for a freeze. Teresa provides what to do for your citrus trees this week. Gardening calls and texts include temporary greenhouses, Mexican petunia Botrytis Blight, should cherry tomatoes be held over winter for reuse in spring, orchid protection, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Join Teresa on her exciting and historic tour of the Best English Gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show. https://bit.ly/3xU7JGT  Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #MarionCounty #UFIFAS #winter #landscape 

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If you want to keep your expensive ceramic containers for years, then you will want to listen to today's Garden Bite. I have tips to overwinter them and on my website, what can happen when moisture gets in. Take a listen and peek on gardenbite.com.

In this episode comedian Pat Sirois and horticulturalist Lance Roberson talk about winter, freezes and cold hardiness zones!  Pat also starts getting Lance to take a couple of questions on air from a listener in the field! Want to ask your own question? Want to battle rap Pat over your zone being better than 8B.  Find us on social media @goodatplantsbadatlife and maybe we'll respond to yours!USDA Map to find your hardiness zone (for those of you in the US):https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/pages/view-maps

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Gardening expert Teresa Watkins discusses the record high temperatures for December, Perfecto Mundo azaleas, Pantone's new color of the year for 2022. Producer Lizzie Steele admits she's almost ready for Christmas. Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists, advises on winter protection of fruit trees. Gardening calls and texts include Para'kito insect repellent, pruning hibiscus in winter, care of amaryllis, how to get poinsettias to survive in winter, and more. bit.ly/3c1f5x7    Subscribe to my free monthly gardening newsletter: In Your Backyard. Join Teresa on her Brandywine Garden Extravaganza Tour June 13 - 17, 2021! Graphic credits: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST.  Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680.  #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #SHE #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #WRLN #WiOD #radio #podcast #winter #freezeprotection #fruittrees #PerfectoMundo

Understanding Coyote Behavior Coyote Control Methods Winter Dairy Calf Comfort     00:01:08—Understanding Coyote Behavior--In a two-part conversation, K-State wildlife management specialist Drew Ricketts talks about contending with coyote predation on livestock:  on part one, he discusses the nature and behavior of coyotes, including some things that many people don't know about their preferred diets and how that changes over the course of a year     00:12:07—Coyote Control Methods--On part two of today's look at coyote predation control approaches, K-State's Drew Ricketts covers the various means of curbing that predation on livestock, including coyote hunting, capturing and exclusion from livestock areas     00:23:09—Winter Dairy Calf Comfort-- On this week's edition of Milk Lines, K-State dairy specialist Mike Brouk touts the use of specially-designed blankets for protecting young dairy calves as the weather continues to turn colder           Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. Agriculture Today is a daily program featuring Kansas State University agricultural specialists and other experts examining ag issues facing Kansas and the nation. It is hosted by Eric Atkinson and distributed to radio stations throughout Kansas and as a daily podcast.   K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.

Moratorium on Non-Hardship Residential Service Disconnections Ends September 15 Eversource says there are plans and programs available to help and prevent service disconnection BERLIN, Conn. (September 7, 2021) – Eversource is alerting customers that the moratorium on service disconnections for non-payment will end for non-hardship residential customers in Connecticut on September 15, in accordance with state regulations. The energy company suspended disconnection activities at the onset of the pandemic nearly a year and a half ago and the moratorium on service disconnection for residential customers identified as having a financial hardship remains in place. Any customer who needs help with their bill should contact the energy company now to learn about payment assistance options and protections from service disconnection. Any customer, residential or non-residential, who is having trouble paying their bill should contact us immediately so we can work with them and get them enrolled in one of the many programs we offer. Participating in a payment plan or assistance program will prevent you from being disconnected.” With Connecticut residential customers using, on average, up to 35% more electricity to keep cool during the hot summer months, it is particularly important that customers are aware of Eversource's various payment assistance options. The energy company is reminding all customers it has a variety of payment plans and programs available to help and prevent service disconnection, including: The Matching Payment Program, for electric or gas heating customers, which offers monthly payments as low as $50. Enrollment for the upcoming heating season begins November 1.The New Start program, for electric customers, which forgives overdue balances as on-time monthly budget payments are made.Winter Protection, which provides protection from disconnection from November to May.Energy Assistance, which provides payments toward a customer's heating bill.The COVID-19 Payment Plan, which all Eversource customers – regardless of financial need, residential and non-residential – are eligible to sign-up for to pay a past-due balance over a period of up to 24 months with no interest charges and no down payment. Enrollment is open through September 30, or when the State of Connecticut's public health and civil preparedness emergency ends. Additional help for overdue bills may be available from Operation Fuel and Unite CT, which provides eligible renters up to $1,500 of past due electric expenses and past or future rent expenses. Customers are also encouraged to take advantage of the energy company's energy efficiency solutions that can help them better manage their energy use. Customers who face disconnection will receive multiple letters in the mail from Eversource letting them know that their service is scheduled to be shut off for non-payment and steps they should take to avoid disconnection. As a reminder, the energy company will never call threatening to shut off power and demanding immediate payment. To help customers learn more about the payment options and assistance programs available, Eversource is hosting a free webinar Friday, September 10 at 12 p.m. Energy company representatives will outline steps customers can take to prevent service disconnection after the moratorium on those activities expires for non-hardship residential customers on September 15, 2021. Customers must register ahead of time to attend the free session and can do so by visiting Eversource.com/BillHelp. Customers can also learn more

New to backyard chickens or beehives? Your flocks and swarms might want some winter warmth and food variations. Urban chicken consultant Cherie-Sintes Glover has the tips. Growing broccoli and brussel sprouts. Warren Roberts takes us on a Dec. tour of the UC Davis Arboretum.

Winter gardening with David Maxwell. This week David meets Sweet Pea legend Sydney Harrod who has spent a lifetime breeding beautiful Sweet Pea in Londonderry. Sydney named between forty and fifty varieties including a series with local place names intended to encourage people to visit Northern Ireland during the Troubles. David also speaks to Jim Bradley about evergreens for structure in the winter garden. Averil Milligan joins him in studio to talk about festive foliage and Helen Mark catches up with Conrad McCormick.

We start off this podcast with a toast to fall as Ellen presents an autumnal cocktail…a frozen persimmon margarita! We discuss protecting plants for the winter (should you?) and growing figs in cold climates. The glorious, fall-flowering goldenrod is a plant we celebrate, and we’re happy to announce the arrival of Plantrama shirts and other merch. :31 autumnal cocktails 4:35 winter protection 13:10 figs 23:04 goldenrod 27:34 Plant 911/merch

 :50 Did You Know...about the pros and cons of Winter Protection? Think you should wrap your evergreen shrubs in burlap for the winter? Ellen explains how to correctly construct a protective screen, and C.L. wonders why anyone would want to upholster their shrubs.   4:45 Eat/Drink/Grow: Crabapples.How to choose a tree, which varieties C.L. and Ellen are lusting after, and what to do with the fruit. The two varieties mentioned are Chestnut and Dolgo. C.L. directs you to two helpful crabapple sites. One from The Morton Arboretum and a chart from J. Frank Schmidt. Ellen gives this link on her website for crabapple recipes.   16:45 Insider Information: Last Chance Harvesting. Cool weather greens such as curly dock (for foragers), Tuscan kale, carrots, pak choi, chard and Brussels sprouts (for gardeners). Ellen also talks about ginkgo nuts. Have you heard the saying, "Stinko ginkgo?"   21:05 Love Letters and Questions: Fungus Gnats and Fruit Flies  Robbie writes "Help! I've got fruit flies in my kitchen."

Host Richard Hentschel disusses late fall watering and winter protection for trees, shrubs and evergreens, especailly those are newly planted. Watering is also important for our lawns yet this fall. Protection from winter sun and wiind is key for our needle evergreens and broadleaved plants.

The plant growing on the island in the lower garden pond.