Scott: Hey Sylvania, it’s our last gardening article for the season, but no tears just yet! We have one more collection of thoughts to share. Mike, what are we discussing in this issue?
Mike: Well Mr. fourth-year rookie gardener … how about winterizing your garden? Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
SCOTT: It’s the most wonderful time of year… for planting grass. Whether a new lawn or the important over-seeding, it’s the most successful time to lay down some seed.
MIKE: U betcha!!! But it’s not time to “Lay down some seed!” It’s time to “SOW” seed! Lay down is what Scott does when he goes to bed. Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
Chrysanthemums – It’s a Fall Thing!SCOTT: hey sylvania … read closely … the title above is a lie! shhh, don’t look surprised … it’s true.
MIKE: SCOTT, WHAT’S THE TRUTH THEN? Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
SCOTT: Mike, we need to spread the word about grubs and when they really start. The life cycle does not start in the springtime like everything else in the gardening world. Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
MIKE: Scott, I know you’re a big WWII buff! Pop quiz for you… What do know about Victory Gardens?
SCOTT: Well Mike, all I know is our grandparents had to start gardens in their backyard to feed their families, so the farmers could feed their crops to the troops. What does that have to do with today’s article? Continue reading Yesteryear’s Community Gardens Today!
SCOTT: Springtime in the Midwest is the re-birth of the growing season. A fresh new start from the cold, gray winter. And one specific flower is traditionally known for this time of year, the Easter Lily. Easter Lilies have been forced or tricked into flowering for the holiday. Mike, what should I look for when picking one up at the garden center? Is it like buying my wife roses, look for the least number of opened buds? Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
The Midwest Garden Podcast guys, Mike O’Rourke and Scott Sandstrom, will be sharing gardening advice and information with readers throughout the growing season. O’Rourke, retired from Black Diamond Garden Center and known as the Garden Guy for many years, discusses landscape issues with Sandstrom in a casual conversation designed to educate listeners, and now readers, on a wide variety of topics.
This first conversation being shared here deals with a current weather related yard problem caused by heavy rains Continue reading Midwest Garden Guys
