Dealing with weeds in the garden is bad enough. How do you deal with tree roots in your flower and vegetable beds? We’ve got some tips. Questions about how and when to prune trees and shrubs? We give you a list of good resources. The Plant of the Week is putting on a show for the nose right now. It’s wintersweet. And, how keeping a garden diary and planting a "Gratitude Garden" is good for your mental health.
It’s Episode 77 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!
Pictured:
Winter Daphne (Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'), a fragrant shrub that's truly a show for the nose in winter or spring throughout most of the United States. Definitely a plant that inspires gratitude!
Links:
UC recommendations for soil solarization
Book: "Pruning and Training" by Christopher Brickell and David Joyce
Book: "Structural Pruning, A Guide for the Green Industry"
"Training and Pruning Trees" - Urban Tree Foundation
Wintersweet
In Praise of Gratitude
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