Episode 06 Part 1 - Soil Health and Planting Trees

04/10/20 • 51 min

Hi Listener,

We hope you and your family are safe during this difficult time. Our April episode ended up being rather lengthy, so we decide to turn it into two episodes. So this month you will get twice the Garden Hoes.

In this episode, we welcome a special guest, Dr. Nicole Fiorellino, to give us the "dirt" on the soil. We also discussed the "how to's" on planting trees, shrubs, and perennials (30:00).

Here is a link to the Home and Garden Information Center webpage about soil testing.
Want to watch Nicole's soil sampling video? You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgJvCY9iXQ

Garden Tips of the Month: Spring bulbs and lawn care, and prepping summer vegetable transplants(~45:00)

**NOTE** Native Plant of the month and bug of the month will be in a second episode coming out later this month, along with some tips for gardening with children.

If you have any garden questions or topics you like us to talk about you can email us at [email protected]

For more information about University of Maryland Extension and these topics, please check out the Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic

The Garden Hoes Podcast is brought to you by the University of Maryland Extension. Mikaela Boley- Senior Agent Assoc. (Talbot Co.) for Horticulture, Rachel Rhodes- Agent Assoc. for Horticulture (QA Co), and Emily Zobel- Agriculture Agent (Dorchester Co.).

University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all.

Hi Listener,

In this episode, we welcome a special guest, Dr. Nicole Fiorellino, to give us the "dirt" on the soil. We also discussed the "how to's" on planting trees, shrubs, and perennials (30:00).

Here is a link to the Home and Garden Information Center webpage about soil testing.
Want to watch Nicole's soil sampling video? You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgJvCY9iXQ

Garden Tips of the Month: Spring bulbs and lawn care, and prepping summer vegetable transplants(~45:00)

**NOTE** Native Plant of the month and bug of the month will be in a second episode coming out later this month, along with some tips for gardening with children.

If you have any garden questions or topics you like us to talk about you can email us at [email protected]

For more information about University of Maryland Extension and these topics, please check out the Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic

University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all.

Previous Episode

Episode 05 Starting Seedlings

Hi Listener, in this episode, we talk about soil testing, spring lawn care (~5:20) and starting seedlings (~ 9:00)

Bug of the Month: Bumblebees (~25:00)
Native Plant of the Month: Red Maple (~32:00)
Garden Tip of the Month: Vegetable garden prep (~34:10)
For more information about University of Maryland Extension and these topics, please check out the Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic

If you have a garden question or topic you like us to talk about you can email us at [email protected]

University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all.

Episode image: Red Maple USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Music: Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky Korsakov

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Episode 06 Part 2 - Gardening with Children

Hello Listener,

We hope you and your family are safe during this difficult time. Our April episode ended up being rather lengthy, so we decided to turn it into two episodes. Here is Part Two! (part one can be found here)
In this episode, we give some tips and activities for gardening with children and talk about why we dislike Callery pear trees (21:15).

The Garden in a Glove activity can be found here.

The Native Plant of the Month: Pinxterbloom Azalea (25:45)
Bug of the Month: Eastern Tent Caterpillar (29:45)
Garden tips of the Month can be found in April part one episode found here.
All past episodes can be found on our website.
For more information about University of Maryland Extension and these topics, please check out the Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic

If you have a garden question or topic you like us to talk about you can email us at [email protected]

University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all.