#11 - Midsummer Maintenance

07/18/20 • 28 min

Landscape Alaska - Conversations with Alaska Gardeners

We are already a third of the way through summer and moving right down the calendar pretty quickly! Today we talk about transplanting plants, managing hedges, keeping root systems under control and a bevy of other things.

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#10 - The Next Phase of Summer

The plants and trees understand that the days are starting to get shorter, so they will begin the process of preparing for another long southeast Alaskan winter - storing food and producing new growth sprouts that will flourish next spring. We talk a bit about that and a little about pruning, fertilizing, dead-heading, we have a short conversation about a Maple tree issue - and of course so much more!

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#12 - The Soggy Lawn

With seemingly endless rain this summer and in the forecast, managing lawns right now is quite the chore. Today we get a little deeper into lawn management, fertilizing, seeding, mowing, and troubleshooting issues that may arise. We also talk about what to do about those hungry slugs!