>> I JUST THOUGHT A PINK ONION, WHY NOT TRY?

THEY DO WELL IN MINNESOTA.

>> IT IS FUN TO IMAGINE WHAT THIS WILL BE LIKE IN A FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN STARTED.

♪ >> HELLO, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON GREAT GARDENING!

I'M YOUR HOST SHARON YUNG.

THIS IS OUR FINAL EPISODE OF THE YEAR, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS!

WE HAVE PHONE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE DULUTH GARDEN FLOWER SOCIETY TO RECEIVE YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.

BE SURE TO CALL LOCALLY 218-788-2844 OR E-MAIL US AT ASK@PBSNORTH.ORG.

OUR GARDEN EXPERT DEB BYRNS ERICKSON COULD NOT MAKE IT THIS EVENING, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME BACK HORTICULTURIST AND EDUCATOR BOB OLEN TO OUR SHOW.

TONIGHT IS ALSO PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP FUNDRAISER.

MEMBERSHIP WITH PBS NORTH GIVES YOU OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT GREAT GARDENING AND PBS NORTH.

DONATIONS CAN BE SENT IN USING THE SAME CONTACT INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREEN.

LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH PHOTO QUESTIONS.

JEFF PACKERS SENT US SOME CURIOUS PHOTOS, WONDERING WHAT IS THIS?

THESE CAME OFF HIS APPLE TREES.

>> THERE IS A FUNGAL DISORDER CALLED APPLE SCAB AND SOMETIMES YOU GET A COMBINATION BUT I REALLY SUSPECT THAT IS ACTUAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE.

WE HAD A LOT OF HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN, A LOT OF THAT LOOKS LIKE PHYSICAL DAMAGE.

IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE THAT.

NO PROBLEM, LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A SCAB LIKE I SAY.

>> JUST NEEDS TO MAKE SOME APPLESAUCE.

>> ANOTHER VIEWER SENT US THESE IMAGES.

THESE CHERRY FROST AND MARIA STERN HAVE BEEN GROWING AS NORMAL, UNTIL THE END OF JUNE WHEN THEY BEGAN TO TURN YELLOW AND DRY UP.

THE PLANTS WERE NOT SPRAYED WITH ANYTHING.

WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING?

>> CHERRY FROST IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL FAVORITES.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ROSE.

MARVELOUS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN INTENSE INSECT POPULATIONS CONSUMING CERTAIN CROPS AND SHRUBS, I'M QUITE SURE.

>> LETS GET TO VIEWER QUESTIONS!

MARINE HAS DAYLILIES THAT HAVE TURNED YELLOW.

NO SIGN OF SLUGS AND OTHER PERENNIALS ARE DOING FINE SO WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE DAYLILIES?

>> WE COULD HAVE SOME VIRAL PROBLEMS.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BUT RUNNING THROUGH THE PLANT LIKE THAT AND BEING RESTRICTIVE I WOULD SUSPECT THERE IS A VIRUS.

TAKE THEM OUT, REMOVE THEM, DO NOT PLANT FOR A WHILE AND GET THE TISSUE OUT.

THEN YOU CAN START AGAIN.

>> ARE THEY SALVAGEABLE?

>> LET THEM GROW FOR ANOTHER YEAR, SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IF SHE HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS I WOULD TAKE THEM OUT.

>> KATHY HAS A BEAUTIFUL SPRUCE, NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE, WHAT IS WRONG?

>> DID IS AN INSECT ISSUE.

SPRUCE MINOR DID SOME DAMAGE.

WARM WINTER, WE HAD MANY INSECTS WITH POPULATIONS DURING THE WINTER AND WE HAD -- THAT IS PROBABLY A MINOR ISSUE THAT BECAUSE THAT AS THEY WERE EMERGING.

>> JENNIFER WANTS TO KNOW THE BEST TIME TO SPLIT PEAS AND THE BEST WAY TO DIVIDE THEM?

>> THIS IS THE IDEAL TIME, WE REALLY LIKE DIVIDING IN THE FALL.

WHEN SHE RAISES THEM UP YOU WANT TO GOOD BUDS AND THEN WHEN YOU REPLANT THEM, DIVIDE THEM.

GET THE BUGS MUCH DEEPER THAN ABOUT TWO FINGERS OR THEY ARE SLOW TO LOOM.

LIFT THE SOIL UP, WORK COMPOST AND AND DO NOT PLANT THEM TOO DEEP.

TWO OR THREE FINGERS.

>> THANKS, BOB.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT YOU TO THE GARDENS OF SUSAN DARLEY-HILL.

TONIGHT, WE RETURN TO HER HOME TO LEARN HOW SHE GROWS VEGETABLES.

LETS TAKE A LOOK!

>> I'M SUSIE AND YOU ARE AT OUR HOME DULUTH.

WE HAVE GOT A BIG VEGETABLE GARDEN.

A NICE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE, WE CAN GROW AND A LOT OF VEGETABLES AND WE DO.

A TOUGH GARDEN SPACE TO ROTATE, THAT IS IMPORTANT.

OUR GARDEN SITS WHERE A HOUSE USED TO SIT AND THAT BURNED AND WAS LONG GONE, BUT WE BUILT RAISED GARDEN BEDS.

CONCERN OVER THE SOIL SO WE PUT A LOT INTO BUILDING THOSE BEDS AND TRYING TO MAKE GREAT USE OF THE SUNSHINE.

BEING IN THIS SPOT ON THE HILL WE HAVE A LATER SPRING BUT ENJOY A LONG FALL SO WE NURTURE OUR TOMATOES AND PEPPERS.

WE GROW PEPPERS ON THE UPPER DECK AND WE WANT THEM TO BE SWEET AND TASTY OR HOT AND RED.

I DO EVERYTHING WITH MY LITTLE KNIFE FOR DIGGING, MY WEED BANDIT FOR WORKING AROUND THE PLANTS.

PLANTS ARE HEALTHY, COMPETITIVE, SOIL BUILDING IS WHERE IT'S AT.

AND I AM A NO TILL KIND OF PERSON AS WELL.

>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SUSAN AND IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING SEASON SO FAR.

>> TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE TURN THE SPIGOT OFF SO IT HAS RESULTED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.

TREMENDOUS.

>> THAT MAKES GARDENING FUN.

>> IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT, YOU WILL NEVER STOP.

>> LETS GET BACK TO MORE QUESTIONS!

KALINE PLANTED HONEY CRISP AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU USE FERTILIZER STICKS.

>> NOTHING IN THE FALL, THAT IS FOR SURE.

HONEY CRISP IS A GOOD APPLE.

I WOULD SAY SPRING, NOT USING STICK MATERIAL ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THE NUTRIENT LEECHES DOWN, YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF JUST USING A LAWN FERTILIZER OVER THE TOP, A LITTLE MORE GETS WATERED AND SPREAD OUT EVENLY SO THAT WILL CARRY INTO THE ROOT.

8-10 INCHES BEYOND THE DRIP LINE , THE DRIP LINE, UMBRELLA OF THE TREE, 8-10 INCHES IS WHERE THE FERTILITY IS.

HOST: IS THAT SPECIFIC TO THE HONEY CRISP?

BOB: APPLES DO NOT REQUIRE A LOT BUT SOME IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN EVERYTHING ELSE TO SETTLE DOWN.

>> JERRY IN PIEDMONT HEIGHT HAS A MATURE CRABAPPLE TREE BUT THE LEAVES ARE DYING, WILL IT SURVIVE?

>> WE SAW SOME DISEASE ISSUES IN MORE MATURE CRABAPPLE TREES.

IT WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR NO PROBLEM.

>> KATHY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP WATERING HER TOMATOES?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

EVERYTHING NEEDS TO SETTLE DOWN RIGHT NOW.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A PROBLEM WITH DELAYED BLOSSOMING.

TOMATOES ARE A TENDER PERENNIAL.

WE HAVE TO TRIGGER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BLOSSOM, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT OVERWATERING.

YOU CANNOT HELP WHAT HAPPENS FROM THE HEAVENS BUT CONDITIONS WERE SO GOOD FOR TOMATOES THAT STRESS DID NOT COME UNTIL LATER, THE FRUIT SETS LATER BUT IT SHOULD BE GOOD.

BE VERY CAREFUL.

>> RYAN HAS A QUESTION, DOES BLOOD MEAL, BONE MEAL EXPIRE OR GO BAD?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

ORGANIC MATERIALS WILL BE MORE STABLE, SYNTHETIC, THE ONLY COMPONENT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS NITROGEN.

NITROGEN CAME FROM THE AIR AND WANTS TO GO BACK SO MAKE SURE ANY FERTILIZER IS SEALED IN A POLYBAG BECAUSE OF THE NITROGEN.

PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM WILL STILL BE THERE SO TIGHT PLASTIC, WRAPPED TIGHT AND IT CAN BE GOOD FOR YEARS.

>> NO NEED TO PUT THAT IN THE LANDFILL.

>>, EVEN IF YOU LOSE NITROGEN YOU HAVE THE PHOSPHORUS WHICH IS STABLE.

BY ALL MEANS USE IT BUT RAPID TWICE.

>> WE HAVE AN EMAIL FROM CINDY WHO WANTS TO KNOW SHOULD YOU GET RID OF DANDELIONS?

>> WE'VE GONE FROM WANTING TO GET RID OF ALL OF THEM TO SAVING A FEW.

NO MOW MAY.

I THINK THEY'RE FINE.

DO NOT FEEL BAD IF YOU ELIMINATE A FEW OF THEM BUT WE WANT POLLINATOR PLANTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE SEASON.

THEY WILL NOT BE A CURE ALL.

>> IT'S OK TO LEAVE THEM.

SUCH GREAT QUESTIONS.

FALL IS COMING UP, AND THAT HAS US THINKING AHEAD TO THE HARVEST.

LAST YEAR, WE VISITED STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH, WHO WERE HARD AT WORK PLANTING GARLIC.

LETS TAKE A LOOK!

>> THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY'S FARM AND OUTDOOR AREA.

WE ARE PLANTING GARLIC.

WE ARE ALL ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE.

THIS AREA FOCUSES ON GROWING VEGETABLES AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT.

YOU CANNOT PLANT GARLIC DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND, YOU TAKE THE CLOTHES, SPLIT THEM APART FROM THE HEADS.

>> WE CAME OUT HERE AND HARVESTED GARLIC, THEN WE TOOK THE BEST HEADS AND NOW WE ARE PLANTING THEM AND THEN IN THE SPRING, THEY WILL BE SHOOTING, READY TO GO.

THEN THE REST OF THE BOLD, WE HAVE FOUR BEDS FILLED, READY FOR THE CLOTHES AND WE HAVE 11 VARIETIES, PLENTY OF GARLIC.

HOPING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY PLANTING GARLIC.

I WANT TO SEE THIS THRIVE AND AS A SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO GET OUTSIDE, EXPERIENCE FARMING IN THIS AREA.

HOST: I LOVE SEEING YOUNG FOLKS GETTING INTO GARDENING AND HAVING A GREEN THUMB.

BOB: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BACK TO CONSUMING HIGH QUALITY REAL FOOD AND THIS IS GREAT TO SEE.

>> LETS GET BACK TO MORE QUESTIONS!

GRACE IS ASKING ABOUT APPLE TREES THAT HAVE NEVER BLOSSOMED.

WHAT SOIL IS REQUIRED?

BOB: SHE WILL DO JUST FINE WITH SANDY LOMA.

HEAVIER TAKES LONGER BUT YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT.

SOME OF THE GOOD-QUALITY VARIETIES, IT MIGHT TAKE EIGHT OR 10 OR 12 YEARS BEFORE YOU SEE THE BLOSSOMS.

IT BLOOMS GREAT FOR THE NEXT 34 YEARS BUT PATIENTS IS THE ISSUE.

THEY HAVE TO GO FROM JUVENILE TO MORE MATURE.

SOME ARE FASTER THAN OTHERS.

HOST: FILLON -- PHYLLIS HAS A PLANT THAT HAS PRODUCED WELL FOR YEARS.

THIS YEAR IT HAS A SICKLY APPEARANCE.

ANY THOUGHTS?

BOB: I WOULD SAY DRAINAGE, THE ROOTS MIGHT HAVE ROTTED.

GOOD CROP.

EASY TO GROW BUT YOU CAN STILL HAVE PROBLEMS.

I WOULD SUGGEST SHE OPEN ANOTHER AREA, GET ALL THE WEEDS AND GRASSES OUT AND THEN DIVIDE THAT AND GET IT, IF IT IS TOO MUCH SHE WILL HAVE TO START AGAIN.

IT IS A PIECE OF CAKE.

>> THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU GET TOO MUCH WATER.

>> HE SAW THAT THIS YEAR WE WILL SEE EXTREME WEATHER WHICH WILL DICTATE COMPOSITIONS.

HOW THEY GROW, WHEN THEY GROW AND IT WILL TAKE MORE PERSEVERANCE TO WORK THROUGH THESE CHANGES.

>> FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT, SO GARY WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU CAN GROW -- GRASS.

>> IT IS A FAST ESTABLISHING GRASS AND YOU CAN GROW IT BUT IT IS NOT HARDY SO YOU WANT A GOOD PERENNIAL.

YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT PUTTING IT IN.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO GROW THE GRASS.

>> TRISH PLANTED CROWN FESCUE BEFORE SHE KNEW IT WAS IN A CIVIC NOW IT IS A CHALLENGE.

IS THERE ANY WAY SHE CAN GET RID OF IT WITHOUT ROUNDUP?

SHE IS NERVOUS ABOUT STRONG CHEMICALS.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

FESCUE'S, THEY LIVE IN SHADY AREAS, DAMPER AREAS.

THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE HEAVY BLACK POLY, THAT WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOB.

KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL GET TO AS MANY AS WE CAN IN TONIGHT'S HOUR-LONG SHOW.

IN A MOMENT, OUR MEMBERSHIP TEAM IS GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PBS NORTH.

AND LATER, BOB WILL TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN PREP.

BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK BACK AT A MOMENT FROM OUR FALL SPECIAL IN 2023.

DEB ERICKSON SHARED WITH US TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SUCCULENTS AND HOUSEPLANTS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK!

SO YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SUCCULENTS AND HOUSEPLANTS?

>> PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT PLANTS, DO I BRING THEM IN?

A LOT OF EVALUATION NEEDS TO GO INTO WHAT YOU WANT TO BRING IN, IF YOU HAVE ROOM.

PEOPLE BRING IN -- WELL, ASSESSING DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU JOY, SOMETHING NOSTALGIC OR SOMETHING SOMEONE GIFTED YOU?

THOSE CAN BE SAVED, ONE THAT I HAVE IS AN EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TO INSPECT FOR PET DISEASE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS BUT MERELY BUGS OUR LITTLE WHITE PAPER INSECTS.

IF YOU BROUGHT THIS IN TO THE HOUSE IT WOULD GO CRAZY, IT WOULD LOVE YOUR HOUSE AND DESTROY THE PLANT.

RIGHT THERE.

THAT LITTLE WHITE DOT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT OFF OR NOT BRING IT IN.

IT IS A NICE PLANT BUT IT IS READILY AVAILABLE.

>> WOULD YOU DISPOSE OF THAT?

>> I WOULD.

IF YOU WANT TO SAVE IT YOU WOULD NEED -- THESE ARE LITTLE TINY BUGS SO YOU NEED TO REALLY CLEAN IT, YOU COULD DO SOAP AND WATER TREATMENT OR USE A SPRAY.

PEOPLE BUY OIL BUT THIS IS A CAN TO SPRAY YOUR POTS.

YOU CAN SPRAY IT LIGHTLY AS OIL UNDERNEATH YOUR PLANTS IN THE EVENING, LET IT SUFFOCATE AND YOU COULD TAKE SOAP AND WATER, GET THAT OFF THE PLANTS.

IT IS JUST AN EASY HACK AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIND LOYAL.

ANOTHER THING IS THOUGH FOLDS, THIS IS A DAHLIA AND NOT LETTING IT GET TOO WET, LETTING IT DIE DOWN AND YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT IN THE POT YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO PAST STAND NO DISEASE AND IT IS GREAT.

IT IS TECHNICALLY A TUBER, SO THAT IS GREAT.

THIS WOULD BE OLD-FASHIONED, SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP BECAUSE A FAMILY, IT IS BOTH VARIETY IN THE AFRICAN VIOLET FAMILY.

IS ALSO A BOLD THAT YOU CAN KEEP, DON'T LET IT FREEZE.

YOU DO NOT WANT THE DAHLIA TO FREEZE.

THOSE YOU CAN ASSESS, THIS ONE IS IN THE CARE PLAN FAMILY.

A GOOD HOUSEPLANT, NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO INSPECT IT AND TAKE IT IN.

SOAPING DOWN, USING OIL, WIPING THE POT.

IF YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGH YOU CAN TAKE A BUNCH OF LITTLE CUTTINGS OFF OF A JADE, EXPECT IT AND STICK IT INTO A BOWL WITH ITS FRIENDS.

THIS IS EASY, THESE ARE ALL JUST CUTTINGS, YOU STICK THEM IN LIGHT SOIL, SPIDER PLANT.

TAKE A GOOD ABOUT OF CUTTINGS.

STARTING WITH STERILE SOIL, INSPECT CUTTINGS.

IF YOU HAVE A JADE OR A PLAN AND YOU WANT TO TAKE CUTTINGS YOU CAN MAKE MORE BUT PLANTS DO BETTER WITH THE MOTHER.

IT IS A PHENOMENON, ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANTS DO MUCH BETTER.

IF YOU STICK A CUTTING IN THE SOIL THEY WILL ROUTE MUCH EASIER , EXACTLY, WHO DO.

YOU'VE GOT TO ASSESS IF YOU WANT IT, IS IT SOMETHING YOU WILL VALUE OR THROW IT OFF, EVERYONE DOES GERANIUMS, THEY ARE SUPER EASY.

IF YOU LET THEM GET DOWN TO 45, PEST PRESSURE WILL DISAPPEAR BELOW 45 DEGREES SO IF THEY CAN HANDLE THAT THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF PRESSURES.

>> THAT IS GREAT AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ACCELERATES THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU USE ANY PESTICIDE THEY ARE NOT LABELED FOR USE INDOORS SO IF YOU'RE USING SOMETHING NINE IT HAS GOT TO BE DONE OUTSIDE.

SO YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACCORDING -- DO IT EARLY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT WAS ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO GREAT GARDENING!

LATER, BOB WILL TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN PREP.

THEN, WE'LL SHOW OFF VIEWER PHOTOS WITH THE LOCAL DIRT.

BUT -- I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THE CALENDAR.

>> A LOT OF LOCAL FARMERS WILL BE HAVING PRODUCE ON DISPLAY.

BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, COOL, SUNNY.

COME ON DOWN.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL WITH LOTS OF FUN THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO AND WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

IT IS OUR TAKE ON TEX-MEX FOOD.

WE WILL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SWEETCORN AND WHAT THE SEASON LOOKS LIKE.

WE WILL HAVE SOME SUMMARY INFORMATION FOR YOU AND WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM.

RECIPES WITH CORN, JUST A FUN LITTLE CONTEST.

THAT IS SEPTEMBER 26 AND THEN THE MASTER GARDENERS SALE ON OCTOBER 12.

WE SAW THAT, WE WILL HAVE SOME GARDENING GROUPS AND BOWLS THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS.

THAT AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH.

>> HI LOVE THESE EVENTS.

IT KEEPS US ENGAGED ALL YEAR.

LATER, BOB WILL TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN PREP.

THEN, WE'LL SHOW OFF VIEWER PHOTOS WITH THE LOCAL DIRT.

BUT FOR NOW, LET'S GET BACK TO QUESTIONS!

PHIL HAS SEVERAL FRENCH HYBRID LILACS AND THE FLOWERS WERE DEFORMED.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

ANY IDEAS?

>> LEAVES OFTEN TIMES THAT IS INSECT DAMAGE.

MANY CHEMICALS BACK TO THE LAST WINTER, YOU WOULD WANT TO INVESTIGATE THAT.

THEY WILL GROW NEXT YEAR.

>> DIANA HAS SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.

SHE HAS A NEW HOME IN DETROIT ON AN OPEN FIELD AND ANOTHER TO ACRES ON THE LAKE.

MOST OF THE SOIL IS HARD CLAY.

THEY'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH LANDSCAPING.

SHE LOVES ORNAMENTAL GRASSES BUT HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

WHAT GROWS BEST AND ARE THERE SOME THAT WILL GROW IN PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS?

SHE'S BEEN LOOKING AT BLUESTEM AND BLAME GRASS SO LET'S GO TO THE FIRST QUESTION.

WHAT GROWS BEST?

>> ALONG THE LAKESHORE?

MY THOUGHT IS TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT IS GROWING NATURALLY AND I HAVE ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF MATERIALS FOR THE ZONE AND WHEN I MOVED IN OVERTIME, THAT WOULD BE THE STARTING POINT.

SHE MAY HAVE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THOSE AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHERS, A LITTLE BIT LARGER, IF SHE WANTS TO BE PATIENT IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET ESTABLISHED BUT I WOULD PLANTS A COLLECTION.

>> SHE HAS THE LAND AND THE ACREAGE.

BOB: EVERYTHING WILL BE UNIQUE.

WHAT IS REALLY GROWING?

TRY TO FIND SOMETHING AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THAT, YOU WANT -- YOU DON'T WANT IT GONE IN A YEAR OR TWO.

>> OK, SHE HAS TO GET CRACKING.

YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN PREP?

>> IT'S WONDERFUL.

I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE SEASON LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OBVIOUS THINGS, ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL, TWO .5 INCHES ABOVE AVERAGE AND IN JUNE EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS COLD BUT IT WAS 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE, ALL.

THAT, I WAS UP CUTTING GARLIC ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND IT WAS RAINING AND I'VE NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE BEFORE, VERY, VERY WARM.

NOT TO PRESSURE OFF THE POPULATION.

I WILL SHOW YOU PICTURES OF LEAF HOPPERS.

WILL DISEASE ON TOMATOES.

ALL KINDS OF SAMPLES, CLASSIC DAMAGE.

THAT IS VECTORED BY LEAF HOPPERS.

THEY ARE SO SMALL YOU NEED A MACRO LENS.

IF YOU BRUSH YOUR HAND ACROSS THE CROP THESE ARE THE INSECTS TO CONTROL, YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO DAYS.

UNTIL THE INFECTION REACHES A SIMPLE VIRUS, IT GETS INJECTED INTO THE TISSUE OF THE CARROTS AND THEN IT DEFORMS THE LEAVES AND DESTROYS THE SWEETNESS OF THE CARROT.

SO MUCH THIS YEAR IS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURES BUT THEY HAVE ATTACKED CARROTS WHICH WE SEE, THEY'VE ATTACKED ONIONS, SOME EARLY CABBAGE CROPS.

LOTS OF ISSUES.

THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THEM IS THEY ARE SO SMALL YOU NEED A FINE MATERIAL TO MAKE A LIGHT COVERING IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.

HOST: IS IT OK TO EAT THE FRUIT?

BOB: NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

JUST OFF FLAVOR.

WE ARE COMING INTO THE FALL.

THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT A LOCAL PROGRAM, THERE IS TIME TO REESTABLISH GRASSES, IF YOU MAKE ONE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZER, DEFICIENT IN NITROGEN, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONTROL WITH HERBICIDE, ONE APPLICATION IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE SUGARS RBA STORED, THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE THAT APPLICATION.

VERIFICATION IS A PROCESS OF PULLING SOIL OF.

AND A LOT OF HEAVY SOIL, FORGET ABOUT THE THATCHING.

I SEE A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

WE DON'T GROW A LOT OF PATCH HERE.

YOU WANT TO MOW AND CONTINUE TO BLOW, WE DON'T WANT THE GRASS TO BE TO LONG.

WE DON'T WANT TO SCALP IT.

THIS IS BLUEGRASS AND IT NEEDS TO BE OWED.

IF WE LET IT GROW IT WILL FLOP AND COLLECT MOISTURE SO AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE WINTER WE WILL GET FUNGI THAT WILL THRIVE.

WE WANT TO GET THIS DOWN TO WHATEVER THE REGULAR HEIGHT IS.

I TOOK A SLICE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE PLANT LOOKS LIKE.

THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU, THIS IS AN UNDERGROUND STEM.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER PLANT WHICH IS WHY BLUEGRASS LAWNS ARE WHAT WE FERTILIZE.

THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THINK IN YOUR LAWN UP.

IF YOU LIKE TO LOAD, THEN FERTILIZE.

IF YOU RATHER HAVE A DENSE LAWN APPLIED NITROGEN FERTILIZERS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER THINGS IT'S A GREAT TIME TO PLANT PERENNIALS.

SO MUCH TALK ABOUT POLLINATOR FRIENDLY MATERIAL.

WELL ESTABLISHED FOR THE WINTER.

MAKE SURE YOU GET PLENTY OF MOISTURE.

PNE'S AND IRIS LET THEM BE TRANSPLANTED.

NO NITROGEN FERTILIZERS.

EXCEPT BLUEGRASS LAWN.

THIS IS THE TIME IF YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A PATCH, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE GRASS OUT OF THEIR.

THIS IS THE TIME WHEN IT IS MOST EFFECTIVE, GET THOSE COMPETING GRASSES OUT OF THERE.

ALL EMPHASIZING THE NATIVES AND DEVELOPING HABITAT, YOU WANT TO LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT DISTURBED.

JUST LEAVE THE STEMS OF AND DON'T DO ANY TILLING.

JUST A SHOT OF SOME BEAUTIFUL COLORS TWO DAYS AGO.

COLORS ARE VIBRANT.

GETTING THAT FROM THE MOISTURE.

THIS IS A FAVORITE OF MINE IN BAYFIELD.

DIFFERENT CLIMATE, THAT IS PROBABLY ZONE FIVE.

THIS IS THE OWNER OF THE MARINA THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CITY OF BAYFIELD.

IF YOU GET THE CHANCE GO SEE THAT.

MANY PEOPLE WANT TO PLANT PRAIRIE FLOWERS BUT WE ARE NOT A PRAIRIE.

>> STUNNING.

>> NATIVES WERE ALL OVER THAT.

IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEED.

ASTERS ARE NATIVE EVERYWHERE.

THEY CAN BE QUITE BIG, LAVENDER.

YOU CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL NATIVES MATERIALS EASILY TRANSPLANTED.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VEGETABLES, THE FALL GARDEN PREP, GREAT TIME TO SOIL TEST.

IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE LAB TO GET THE RESULTS BACK BUT RIGHT NOW RESULTS COME BACK QUICKLY AND YOU CAN GET THEM EMAILED TO YOU.

IF IT SAYS YOU NEED TO ADD SULFUR, ADD SOME LIME YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE FALL.

SOIL TEST, GET A GOOD LAB, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OR WISCONSIN HAVE GREAT LABS.

PLANTING GARLIC, WE HAD AN EPISODE ON THAT.

OUR SEASON IS GETTING LATER, DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT, SO WAIT LONGER FOR YOUR SPRING BULBS.

YOU'VE GOT JUNE BARRY AND RASPBERRY, THE TIPS OF THOSE, THE VEGETATED PORTION THIS YEAR, JUST CUT THE TIPS IN THE FALL AND THAT WILL STIMULATE GROWTH.

NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BECOME FLORAL.

GARLIC CAN BE PLANTED IN THE SPRING BUT YOU WANT AS MUCH SEASON AS YOU CAN GET, TO PLANT MID-OCTOBER SO THE ROOTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH AND IT'S NOT SO EARLY THAT IT CAN BE DAMAGED.

AND INTEREST IN GARLIC WITH THE MEDICINAL BENEFITS AND WHAT COMES WITH IT.

IT IS GOOD.

NO NEW FRIENDS UNLESS THEY ARE GARLIC LOVERS.

>> WE ARE ALL GARDENERS.

THAT IS ALL FOR GREAT GARDENING.

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON PBS NEWER.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S EPISODE POSTED TOMORROW.

THANK YOU, BOB, WE MISSED YOU DEB AND THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

IT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT YOUR FAVORITE GUARD TORS.

>> EVERYTHING HERE IS DONE BY US.

WE ADDED SOD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FLOWERS THAT DANCE IN THE GARDEN.

IT IS CHALLENGING TO GROW SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLOWERS.

WE LIVE ON A DOUBLE LOT SO THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO DO INTERESTING THINGS.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF THESE.

THEY ARE ON EVERYTHING AND THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH THE SHRUBS, BUMBLEBEES DIVE IN AND THEY SWIM, IS A DELIGHT TO WATCH THEM ROLL AROUND ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

>> THAT SIGN SAYS WILDFLOWERS WELCOME.

YOU HAD THAT CREATED BECAUSE IT IS A LINE OF DEMARCATION.

WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, YES.

>> WE PLANTED ALL THESE TREES EXCEPT THE ELM TREE.

IT IS GROWING, BOY.

>> WILL BE MOVED HERE IT WAS A LITTLE TALLER THAN PAUL AND IT JUST GREW OVER 52 YEARS.

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