>> ANYTHING I CAN DRILL A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM CAN BECOME ONE.

>> THEY ARE GREAT FOR THE WILDLIFE, BUMBLEBEES, TIGERS SWALLOWTAIL'S.

>> WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THIS WAS A HAYFIELD.

>> IT GIVES YOU THAT INNER PEACE.

IF IT IS A BAD DAY, GET OUT IN THE GARDEN.

♪ >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF "GREAT GARDENING."

I AM ISAAC QUICK.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, AND PLANNING YOUR OWN CUTTING GARDEN.

WE HAVE OUR GARDEN EXPERTS WITH US.

THEY ARE HORTICULTURIST AND EDUCATOR BOB OLEN, AND GARDEN PROFESSIONAL DEB BYRNS ERICKSON.

WELCOME TO YOU BOTH.

>> WELCOME TO YOU.

ISAAC: THANKS.

AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM GARDENERS ACROSS THE REGION WHO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR EXPERTS.

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS PROGRAM ARE HERE TO ANSWER THE PHONES WHEN YOU CALL IN.

CALL LOCALLY OR TOLL FREE 218-788-2847 OR 877-307-8762 OR E-MAIL US AT OUR NEW E-MAIL ASK@PBSNORTH.ORG.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET US TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS TODAY.

BOB: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK WILL MAKE, THAT IS ALL I WILL SAY.

WE EXPECTED THIS WHEN WINTER RUNS OUT, WE MIGHT RUN INTO SUMMER.

WHO KNOWS?

ISAAC: HERE WE SEE SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND, BUT SOME STARTING TO MELT.

BOB: WE ARE FORTUNATE.

A LOT OF TALK ABOUT FLOODING, BUT THIS HAS BEEN ABSORBED, SO IT SETS US UP FOR A GREAT SPRING.

PLENTY OF MOISTURE ON THE GROUND.

ISAAC: WONDERFUL, THE WARM UP FROM WINTER HAS IS THINKING AHEAD TO GREATER DAYS HERE AT "GREAT GARDENING."

LET'S LOOK AT THE GARDENS OF ONE PERSON WHO SHOWED US HER LUSH GARDEN LAST SUMMER.

>> MY NAME IS GLADYS BERGSTEDT.

WE ARE IN MINNESOTA.

MY HUSBAND LIVED HERE 50 YEARS, AND I HAVE LIVED HERE EIGHT YEARS.

MY HUSBAND TAKES CARE OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

I AM ON THE FRONT END OF THE HOUSE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION PART.

I STARTED, MY HUSBAND HELPED ME.

HE HAD THIS UP HERE AND WE TOOK THOSE OUT AND SHOVELED LOTS OF ROCKS AND ADDED SOIL AND EXPANDED THE GARDEN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WALKERS ON THIS ROAD, SO PEOPLE WALKING, PEOPLE DRIVING BY, GET TO ENJOY THE COLOR HERE.

AND NOW WE HAVE THIS, I CALL IT THE ENTRY BED, THE PERENNIAL BED ON THE ENTRY GARDEN.

I HAVE ARRANGED IT SO WE HAVE THINGS BLOOMING FROM EARLY SPRING TO LATE FALL.

THE FAVORITE TYPES OF PLANTS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY.

I'D LOVE THE LILIES.

I'D LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY BLOOM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LILIES THAT THERE ARE.

OTHERWISE, I TRIED TO MAKE SURE I DEAD HAD SAFELY -- HEAD SAFELY, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF YOUR PLANS.

WE HAVE THIS HERE, THE SOLAR FOUNTAIN HERE, BUT I WILL HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE THE WHITE PINE HAS GOTTEN SO BIG AT STARTING TO SHADE IT.

WE GOT THIS EIGHT YEARS AGO.

I'M NOT SURE HOW LARGE IT WILL GET.

I IMAGINE IT WILL GET QUITE LARGE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERY YEAR TO GIVE THE BRANCHES ROOM WHERE IT IS EASY TO DO THAT, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL GIFT TO US.

SO, HERE WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TURNED THE SHADE GARDEN, BUT NOT TRULY A SHADE GARDEN ANYMORE.

THERE USED TO BE TWO LIVE BIG TREES.

NOW WE HAVE ONE THAT IS MOSTLY ALIVE, SO THE BACK HALF IS SHADED PLANTS, THE FRONT HALF ARE THE SON PLANTS.

WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL HYDRANGEA IN THE FRONT THAT HAS BEEN PROLIFIC THIS YEAR AND ALL THESE DEAD TREES BECOME NATURAL TRELLISES.

WE JUST WRAPPED SOME CHICKEN WIRE AROUND IT AND LET THEM GROW UP THE WIRE.

THERE IS ALWAYS EXPANSION.

IT IT HAPPENS BY JUST A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.

ISAAC: IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE ALL THAT GREEN, IS NOT IT, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR?

BOB: I LOVE THAT COLOR.

ISAAC: LET'S GET INTO SOME QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE ONE FROM HEATHER.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW SHE IS TRYING TO GROW ASPARAGUS IN A RAISED BED 4 FEET BY 10 FEET.

IS THAT ENOUGH SPACE AND HOW SHOULD SHE PLANT IT, AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU RECOMMEND TO ADD TO THE BLACK DIRT BEFORE PLANTING THEM?

DEB: BLACK DIRT.

BOB:BOB: I GET NERVOUS WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BLACK DIRT, IT IS STRAIGHT PEAT, AND OTHER THAN A FEW SWEET BEATS NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED AND IS LOW IN NUTRIENT VALUE AND IS VERY POROUS, BUT SHE REALLY WANTS TO SPEND SOME TIME ON A GOOD MIX.

IF SHE CAN FIND A MINERAL SOIL OF SANDY LOAM, NOT HEAVY, MINERAL SOIL.

DEB: SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THAT BLACK SOIL IS.

BOB: UNLESS IT CAME FROM CENTRAL IOWA, IF IT IS BLACK, IT IS PROBABLY HIGH IN ORGANIC AND PROBABLY PEAK.

RAISED BEDS LIKE THAT ARE IN FOR A LONG TIME, SO MAKE THE INVESTMENT AND PUT YOUR MIX IN AND GET SOME SANDY LOAM.

THEY ARE VALUABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IT.

GET THAT IN YOUR MIX, THEN YOU WOULDN'T TEST IT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE DEFICIENT IN POTASSIUM.

YOU WANT TO ADD NUTRIENTS BEFORE YOU PLANT A PERENNIAL CROP LIKE ASPARAGUS.

DEB: WHEN YOU ARE TOPPING IT, IF YOU CAN DO THE CLEANEST SOIL YOU CAN GET BECAUSE WEEDS ARE A HUGE PRESSURE FOR ASPARAGUS.

THAT CAN BE THE DEMISE OF THE ASPARAGUS.

THE RAISED BED PART CAN BE TOUGH ON ASPARAGUS.

IT SHOULD BE CLOSER TO THE CENTERS OF THE FROST CAN GO UP INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RAISED BED AND GO OUT SO IT STAYS CONSISTENT TEMPERATURES.

THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT KEEPING THE WEEDS OUT IN A RAISED BED.

BOB: GOOD POINTS.

CODE PENETRATION IN A RAISED BED WITH UP OR CROP LIKE ASPARAGUS, YOU WANT HARDY VARIETIES.

WE DON'T HAVE THE JERSEY SERIES, THE MILLENNIUM IS THE ONLY ONE FROM THE GULF AND CANADA, THAT IS THE VARIETY SHE WANTS TO PLANT AT THIS POINT, AND SHE WANTS AN INSULATION IF SHE'S USING WOOD MATERIAL, SOME BIG BOARD IN THERE SO WE DON'T GET THAT COLD PENETRATION, AND DON'T HESITAT ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COLD PENETRATION IN A RAISED BED FOR PERENNIAL CROPS, SO BEAR THAT IN MIND AND PLANT THEM DOWN THE CENTER AND SHE WILL BE FUN.

ISAAC: TALKING ABOUT RAISED BEDS, IF YOU'RE STARTING FRESH WITH SOIL, WHAT DO YOU DO AND WHAT SOIL DO YOU PICK, SAME THING?

BOB: SAME THING.

WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

YOU REALLY WANT WELL-TRAINED AND A SANDY LOAM, A COMBINATION OF CLAY, SILT, AND SAND.

THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEAL RATE IN THE MOISTURE WILL SIFT THROUGH, AND YOU HAD SOME NUTRIENTS.

MINERAL SOILS PROVIDE A LOT OF HER NUTRITION -- A LOT OF NUTRITION, OTHER THAN NITROGEN.

IF IT IS JUST PEAT, WE WILL MISS A LOT OF THAT SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE ADDITION OF OTHER TYPES OF THAT TO A MIX.

ISAAC: LINDA AND SAGINAW WANTS TO KNOW WITH THIS LONG WINTER IS IT TOO LATE TO PRINT APPLE TREES.

SORRY ABOUT PRONOUNCING THIS, HARRELSON, AND HONEY CRISP TREES.

BOB: SAGINAW?

YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?

DEB: WE ARE GETTING INTO FLOW.

PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE MAPLE TREES.

BOB: THEY'RE NOT FLOWING SO GREAT.

DEB: THAT IS THE THING TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU ARE PRUNING.

YOU WANT THEM TO BE DORMANT, AND RIGHT NOW THERE REALLY, I THINK THE BREAKING DORMANCY AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.

YOU COULD INTRODUCE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

WE WILL NOT HAVE A LOT OF DISEASE/PEST PRESSURE NOW, BUT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE LATE WITH THE WEATHER WE HAVE HAD.

BOB: EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND THE BUDS ARE SWOLLEN AND BEGINNING TO BREAK, SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

IF THEY ARE TIGHT, GO AHEAD AND PRUNE THEM.

WE HAVE A SESSION ON SATURDAY ON PRINTING FOR TREES.

ISAAC: LET'S MOVE ON.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CUTTING GARDEN?

DEB: RIGHT.

IN AN EFFORT TO BE GREENER, INSTEAD OF SHIPPING AND CUTTINGS AND FRESH FLOWERS, YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN.

YOU CAN HAVE A NICE CUTTING GARDEN IN A CONTAINER IN A RAISED BED, AND A REGULAR BED, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF CHOICES FOR WHAT YOU CAN PUT IN.

YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT IT AND WHAT YOUR BOUQUETS WILL BE WHEN YOU GET THOSE AND YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE, PERENNIALS, SHRUBS THAT ARE GOOD BLOOMERS OR PROVIDE EXTRA FOLIAGE, AND THINK ABOUT THAT FILLER MATERIAL YOU HAVE, AND THE NUMBER ONE THING IS THE LOCATION.

LOCATION.

LOCATION.

LOCATION.

YOU WANT MORE SUNSHINE.

THE MORE SUNSHINE YOU HAVE, THE MORE BLOOMS OF THE MORE COLORS YOU WILL GET, SOMETIMES TOO MUCH SHADE AND YOU WILL HAVE WEAKER COLORS AND NOT AS VIBRANT AS YOU WILL GET IF IT IS SUNNIER.

YOU CAN ALSO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND WHAT YOU GROW.

ESPECIALLY IF IT IS YOUR FIRST BED.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD MAKE IT LIKE A LONG EASY TO GET TO ONE OR HAVE PATHWAYS GOING THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM, A SMALLER ONE WILL GET YOU SOMETHING.

ALSO BEDS MAKE EXCELLENT CUTTING GARDENS IF YOU KEEP IT TIDY.

KEEP THE BLOOMS CUT.

CUT THEM EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GET THEM OUT AND JUST KEEP AHEAD OF THEM SETTING SEED, WHICH IS WHAT STOPS THEM FROM BLOOMING, ESPECIALLY THAT.

YOU WANT TO KEEP CUTTING AT IT.

I KNOW IT IS TOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE TO DO, BUT YOU DO NEED TO DO IT TO KEEP BIG FLOWERS COMING, AND THEN, DID NOT YOU CAN START TO PLANT VARIETIES.

CONSIDER THE TIMING OF THE BLOOMS, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL.

I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF EACH.

SPRING IS A GREAT TIME TO THINK ABOUT SEATING NOW YOUR COSMO AND ZINNIAS, AND YOUR BULBS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN LESS FALL BUT YOU HAVE ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, SHRUBS YOU CAN ADD TO IT OR ADD AROUND IT TO ADD MOORE FOR YOUR BUCK.

THEN, WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO SPRING, AGAIN, YOU COULD GET SOME ANNUALS, THE COSMOS SEATED, ZINNIAS, AND LONG STEM MARIGOLDS GOOD THERE IS A MIRACLE THAT GOES WITH EVERYTHING.

ACTUALLY BUTTONS, PASTEL FLOWERS LOOK GREAT IN SPRING ALSO, AND A LOT OF THAT YOU CAN SEE NOW.

OR SUMMER, WE HAVE THE PEONIES, ROSES, AND MORE INTENSE COLORS BECAUSE YOU GET MORE REDS, BLUES, YELLOWS.

DAHLIAS AND SNAPDRAGONS, GLADIOLUS, DAHLIAS ESPECIALLY YOU CAN GET AN ANNUAL THAT IS TO SUCCEED START AND IT WILL TURN INTO A BULB SO YOU WILL HAVE IT FOREVER WITH THAT AND YOU COULD GET THE ONES THAT ARE CUTTINGS AND THEY WILL ALSO TURN INTO A BULB, SO THOSE ARE GOOD TO HAVE ON HAND, AND TO START YOU CAN START THAT WAY, AND FOR FALL THAT DARKLY DALIA ANDREW BECKY, THEN THE WARMER COLORS, SO PLANNING FOR THOSE, ORANGES, YELLOWS, CRIMSON'S, REBECCA IS, SOME NICE DAISIES AND FALL COLORS LIKE GRASSES ARE GREAT AND MORE FALL OF THOSE CRIMSON HUES OF THE FILLERS ARE ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

THEN YOU CAN ASSEMBLE IN YOUR GARDEN SHED, LIKE WE WILL SPEAK OF LATER, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR MESS MAKING RIGHT THERE IN THE GARDEN SHED SO YOU CAN CUT YOUR FLOWERS EARLY MORNING WHEN THE DO IS STILL ON THEM AND STRIP OFF THE LOWER LEAVES AND START TO ASSEMBLE AND GET REALLY GOOD ON WHAT LOOKS GOOD TO YOU AND HOW TO ASSEMBLE IT AND TIE IT TOGETHER AND KEEP YOUR RIBBONS, CARDS EVERYTHING IN THEIR TO MAKE IT PERSONABLE AND FROM YOU AND YOU CAN TRY.

EVERYONE CAN TRY AND BRING JOY TO PEOPLE WITH FLOWERS.

ISAAC: LET'S VISIT THE GARDENS OF CHARLES AND IRENE KARLSSON AND GLADYS BERGSTEDT WHO FOUND INTERESTING WAYS TO BRING TOUCHES TO THEIR OWN SHEDS.

♪ >> MY SHED, I AM ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND WORK AND TRANSPLANT PLANTS AND MAKE A MESS AND HAVE A PLACE TO PUT EVERYTHING.

IT KEEPS THE CARS IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE I HAVE A PLACE TO PUT MY GARDEN TOOLS.

THIS WAS BUILT FOR ME BY DULUTH SHED, THE SECOND SHED I HAD THEM BUILD.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

IT IS KIND OF A CUTE GARDEN SHED , BUT WE DID TRADE VEGETABLES AND PICKLES AND THAT FOR MOST OF THE LUMBER TO BUILD IN.

I WAS GOING TO PUT A LOT OF STUFF IN IT, BUT IT TENDS TO STAY COOLER, SO YOU HAVE TO PUT HEAT ON IT, BUT I WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE A LITTLE COUNTRY GROCERY STORE KIND OF WHERE YOU COME IN, A LITTLE MARKET, AND JUST ENJOY YOURSELF AND LOOK AT THE LITTLE ANTIQUES, AND WE HAVE OLD READING MATERIAL IN THEIR FROM -- THERE FROM THE 1912 AND STUFF AND IT'S NICE FOR FRIENDS TO COME OVER AND SIT AND VISIT.

♪ ISAAC: ALRIGHT, WELL, WE ARE BACK FOR SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

LET'S START HERE.

PATTY SAYS THE PERENNIAL BEDS GET A LOT OF CLOVER IN IT.

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO REMOVE IT?

DEB: IT'S TOUGH.

BOB: IT IS IT'S TOUGH TO SELECTIVELY PULL SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT.

IF YOU CAN TOLERATE IT AND IT FITS TOGETHER, IT WORKS PRETTY WELL, SOMETIMES WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, PERENNIALS YOU WILL HAVE TO RAISE A WELL, IF YOU HAVE TO LIFT THEM, TAKE THEM OUT AND STORE THEM AND THEN YOU CAN COME IN WITH AN HERBICIDE OR DIG OUT THE CLOVER, SO TO SELECTIVELY PULL IT OUT WITHOUT MOVING THE PERENNIALS IS A CHALLENGE.

DEB: YOU SHOULD GET AHEAD OF THE SEED HEAD.

GET RID OF IT BECAUSE IT WILL CUT OUT THE NEXT GENERATION.

ISAAC: WELL, WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

HARRY AND DULUTH SAYS HOW DO YOU KEEP RABBIT AND DEER FROM EATING TO LOOK SON TIGERLILY'S.

BOB: THERE YOU ARE GROW.

FROM EATING TULIPS AND TIGERLILYS?

BOB: THERE YOU GO.

REALLY, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT COVERING IF YOU DON'T HAVE FENCING THAT WILL EXCLUDE THINGS DURING THIS.

-- THIS PERIOD.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD REPELLENTS COMES THAT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE CAN USE REPELLENTS, MOTION ACTIVATED SPRINKLER SYSTEMS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

THOSE EMERGING AREAS, YOU CAN TRY SOME OF THE REPELLENTS OR YOU SHOULD DRAG SOME POLY FENCING OVER THE TOP.

AS SOON AS THEY GET IN IN THE WOODS OPEN UP, THERE IS NOT AS MUCH PRESSURE.

ISAAC: MARY FROM CROMWELL SAYS WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST TO KEEP BIRDS FROM FEEDING ON BLUEBERRIES?

BOB: I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM.

OUR COMMERCIAL PEOPLE HAVE THE PROBLEM.

WE ALL DRAG POLY NETTING OVER THE TOP.

I HEAR A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT PRODUCTS AND SO FORTH, AND SOME ARE ORGANICALLY APPROVED.

I HAVE TRIED ALL OF THOSE AND I STILL USE POLY NETTING.

ISAAC: LET'S TALK ABOUT SPRING FLOWERING BULBS.

BOB: OK.

IT IS THAT THAT TIME, IS NOT IT?

WE WILL SEE MORE OF THEM.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NATURALIZED DAFFODILS IN THE NARCISSUS, THAT IS THE ONE THE PLANT WANTS TO BE AROUND 5, 10, 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

THESE ARE WONDERFUL, EARLY EMERGING NICE CARPET AREA, NICE AND HEARTY, AND SOME OF THE FIRST UP WITH A LOT OF COLOR.

HYACINTHS JUMP EARLY IN HIS A LOT OF COLOR.

HERE IS A LAVENDER VARIETY, BUT ALSO QUITE, PEAK, AND OTHER COLORS AS WELL, SO DON'T OVERLOOK THOSE.

EVERYBODY PLANTS TULIPS.

THE HYACINTHS WILL BE HARDY AND JUMP EARLY.

TULIPS ARE GREAT, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TREAT THEM AS ANNUALS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECHARGE THE BULB.

SO THAT THEY ARE ALL COMING SOON AND MOSTLY SHOULD'VE BEEN PLANTED LESS FOR, BUT YOU CAN FORCE THEM INSIDE.

IT'S DIFFICULT IF YOU PLANT THEM SPRING IF YOU DID NOT GET THE BULBS IN THE PAST.

SPRING CLEANUP.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

IT IS COMING.

WE ARE GETTING RID OF THE SNOW.

SO MUCH MOISTURE, PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR, THE SOIL IS SUPERSATURATED.

STAY OFF.

ONCE YOU HAVE COMPACTION, THAT SLOWS DOWN THE ROOT GROWTH.

YOU WON THE LIGHTWEIGHT TO TAKE OF THE LETTER.

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF THAT AND A LOT OF BRANCHES.

THAT IS A GARDEN RAKE ON THE LEFT THAT GOES IN YOUR GARDEN, NOT YOUR LAWN.

YOU WANT TO FAN RAKE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE THE LAWN.

AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN START RECEIVING LAWN AREAS.

--RE-SEEDING.

IT CAN DRIVE VERY QUICKLY.

DO THAT EARLY.

BY THE TIME YOU GET THE MIDSEASON, YOU WILL HAVE THAT.

STAY AWAY FROM THE FERTILIZER EARLY IN THE YEAR.

SEEDLINGS COME AND STAY AWAY FROM IT UNTIL YOU HAVE CUT THE LAWN TWICE THEN YOU CAN USE INFERTILITY.

WE DO NEED FERTILITY FOR COMMON BLUEGRASS IS, AND YOU WANT TO WAIT.

I TELL PEOPLE TO MOW THE LAWN ONCE AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT PLANT WILL PICK UP ALL THE FERTILITY YOU WILL APPLY.

GO OUT TIME AND SOIL THE LAWN AND GARDENS.

YOU CAN PULL SAMPLES NOW AND GET THOSE INTO THE LABS AND SEND THEM IN.

YOU CAN SEND THOSE TO THE LABS AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS.

MAIL THEM IN NOW AND THE RESULTS WILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU PLANT SO YOU CAN DO ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO FERTILITY YOU NEED.

ISAAC: PERFECT.

THANKS.

HERE AT PBS NORTH STUDIOS, WE ADDED AN INTERESTING FEATURE TO OUR FRONT LAWN.

THAT'S TAKE A LOOK.

OVER THE SUMMER, PBS NORTH BUILT RAISED GARDEN NUTS AND COLLABORATED WITH GARDEN DUE NORTH A TWO HARBORS BUSINESS THAT TRANSPORTED THE MATERIALS AND BELTED FORCE IN FRONT OF THE PBS NORTH STUDIO.

OUR NEWGARDEN HAS SIX BEDS AND CAN HOLD 170 CUBIC FEET OF SOIL.

AND WHEN SPRING COMES, EMPLOYEES OF PBS NORTH CAN GROW ON OUR GROUNDS AND BRING A BEAUTIFUL CENTERPIECE TO OUR FRONT LAWN.

WE WILL KEEP OUR VIEWERS UP-TO-DATE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

FOLLOW US ONLINE AS OUR GARDEN GROWS.

ISAAC: WELL, BOB, YOU HAVE AN EVENT ON THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR?

BOB: WE ARE PLEASED, BECAUSE WERE DOING A SPRING GARDEN EXTRAVAGANZA THIS SATURDAY.

WE HAVE TWICE THE NUMBER IN 200 PER REGISTERED, SO A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, DEB AND I WILL BE THERE, BUT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF DESIGNERS AND SO MANY COMPETENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL VOLUNTEERED.

IT WILL BE A FULL DAY WITH LOTS OF WORKSHOPS FOR EVERYBODY IN A DISCUSSION ON COTTAGE GARDENING.

DEB CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BOOK, ONE OF OUR AUTHORS.

SHE GETS THE FIRST OF THE PRESS.

THEY WERE JUST BOUND ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO, SO GOOGLE SPRING GARDENING EXTRAVAGANZA AND SIGN UP ONLINE.

IF THE REGISTRATION IS FULL, AS I ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE SOON, WE WILL TAKE SOME WALK-INS THAT MORNING.

WE WILL HAVE A FULL HOUSE AND HAVE A GOOD, ENJOYABLE DAY.

I WANT TO THINK DEB.

A LOT OF UNIQUE STUFF BEING PRESENTED.

DEB: IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BOB: IT WILL BE FUN.

ISAAC: A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A RAINY SATURDAY.

BOB: YOU CAN GET THE SOIL TESTING INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ON SOIL FERTILITY, PLANTING, COTTAGE GARDEN PERENNIALS, TREES, SHRUBS, FLOORING MATERIAL OF ALL TYPES.

IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY.

OUR DESIGNERS AND CONSULTATIONS -- CONSULTANTS WILL DO THAT IF YOU WANT SOME DESIGN HELP.

ISAAC: WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES FOR LAST-MINUTE QUESTIONS HERE.

SO, JERRY IN DULUTH WANTS TO KNOW SIMILAR EARLIER, HOW DO STUB DO STUB DEAR FROM EATING PETUNIAS AND VEGETABLES?

SAME IDEA AS BEFORE.

BOB: REPELLENTS BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE REPELLENTS, MAKE SURE IT IS ON THE LABEL.

SOME ARE, SOME ARE NOT.

YOU WANT TO USE SOME CAUTION THERE.

I THINK A PERIMETER AROUND YOUR AREA?

PEOPLE LEFT ALL THE TIME AT ME BECAUSE I BUILT LOTS OF FENCES AND BUILD THEM HIGHER AND STRONGER WITH AGE, SO YOU GET THEM AREAS FENCED OFF AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM OF REPELLENTS.

WE HAVE SOME EFFECTIVE REPELLENTS THAT NEED TO BE REAPPLIED.

YOU NEED TO MIX THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A GOOD GUARD DOG THAT HELPS AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THEY ARE REALLY AN ISSUE AND THEY HAVE COME OFF A LONG, COLD WINTER, SO BE VERY ALERT, DO NOT YOU THINK OF IT BECAUSE THERE CAN BE DAMAGE EARLY?

DEB: YES.

BOB: TRY TO DO WHAT YOU CAN AT THIS POINT.

ANY THOUGHTS?

DEB: PEOPLE TRY TO MANAGE THEIR TRAIL.

IF YOU CAN GET THEM AWAY QUICKLY.

EARLY IN THE SPRING THEY TRAVELED ON THE DEERPATH, SO IF YOU GET THEM TO STAY AWAY EARLY, YOU CAN CUT OUT SOME PRESSURE.

BOB: I WOULD SAY DON'T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.

DEB: NO, NO, NO.

DEB: DEB KNOWS THE STORY, I HAD SOME TOMATO TRANSPLANTS, AND I WENT IN FOR A CUP OF COFFEE AND THEY WERE IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK AND WHEN I CAME OUT, I LOST ALL OF THEM, MAY BE 1000 TRANSPLANTS, SO I HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE ANIMALS.

[LAUGHTER] SO DON'T EVER ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE DEER IN THE AREA OR THEY WILL STAY ON THEIR APPOINTED PATHWAYS.

DEB: RIGHT.

ISAAC: THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO "GREAT GARDENING" TONIGHT.

IF YOU WANT MORE, FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AT GREAT GARDENING ON PBS NORTH UNLIKE PBS NORTH.

WE ARE ALWAYS UPLOADING NEW EPISODES ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE WAS THAT CHECK US OUT AT YOUTUBE.COM/GREAT GARDENING.

IF YOU MISSED ANY PART OF THE SHOW AND IT WILL BE POSTED THERE , AND THE PBS VIDEO APP TOMORROW.

THANKS BOB AND DEB.

YOU WERE GREAT TONIGHT.

BOB: SO WERE YOU.

ISAAC:ISAAC: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PHONE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY GARDENERS PROGRAM FOR THEIR HELP TONIGHT.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "GREAT GARDENING," WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

ENJOY THE GARDEN.

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