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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thirteen ten WIBA and every Day Outdoor Living brought to
you by the Bruce Company Online. Brucecompany dot com. That's
all one word, Brucecompany dot com. Great website to learn
more about the Bruce Company. I see all the great
events coming up. Also, they've got that social media stuff
Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram. You'll find the Bruce Company
there at the Bruce Company. Speaking of finding them there,
(00:22):
a great day to get on into the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company right at twenty eight thirty parm
inter Street. That's twenty eight thirty parm Registreet. And joining
us in studio this morning is Lisa Briggs from the
Bruce Company. Lisa, how you doing this week?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm doing well. It's good to see you. And we've
got a lot of fun stuff to talk about. Indeed,
we talked last week with Gail's tip about.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Prevented, Yeah, preventing Japanese beetles.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
We're going to talk this week about to do when
you have them, all the fun ways you can take
care of those.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
J have a little Japanese beetle dance. It's the only
dance that I do.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, but yeah, well we'll get into that and so
much more with the with the Bruce Company. At least
I mentioned the Bruce Companies website Brucecompany dot com. Another
cool thing is I know we take calls and questions
on the show from time to time. I'll a little disclosure.
This week is pre recorded, so fortunately no calls. But
the Bruce Company, you guys are always there for folks.
Plant desk at Bruce Company Desk.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Absolutely and I do like though, especially at this time
of year, and you know April May June are super
busy at the plant desk. There are customers there and
there are lots of phone calls coming in. If you're calling,
please leave a message. They get back to even if
it's the next day. They try their best to do
it as quickly as possible. But it is a busy place.
(01:39):
It's like the air traffic control center of the store.
But you could always email to to the plant desk.
Plant desk at Bruce Company dot com. And if you're
asking a question about I have this thing on my
this plant, what do I do about it? Send pictures?
I mean, it's what the internets are for, right, so
(01:59):
you can say some photos you can send the photos
to the plant desk, and then when you ask that question,
you're not describing it on the phone to somebody. That's
kind of I see one thing in my mind's eye,
as does everybody who works the plant desk, while you're
seeing the actual thing. So that is really helpful. Or
just bring those samples into the store, because we're always
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happy to look at them, and we you know, if
we have pictures or we have the actual thing, and
who's ever there doesn't know the answer. We have a
team on board, like decades, hundreds of years of industry
and plant and gardening experience in the store, and so
we can all kind of confab about that stuff because
we do do that, you guys, because none of us
(02:42):
know everything. I know, I sort of you know, people say, oh,
you know everything because I'm on the radio and I'm
you know that kind of thing. But I don't know everything.
But I have a great team.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Do you ever get somebody that brings in something or
shares a picture and you, guys go, oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
We do and we actually, you know, and there've been
a couple of times when we have we're all looking
at it and we're saying, we know we know what
this is, but we can't like bring it to mind,
and so we have all kinds of you know, tools
that we can use. But yeah, sometimes stuff comes in
we're like, oh, I ever seen that before?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Very very you know, as we talked this morning with
Lisa Briggs from the Bruce Company online Bruce Company dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com. It's great. As you know,
summer is in. We're in like full swing for like
the season. It's just a great time to be.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Fourth July is right around the corner.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Amazing, it's so cool and and you know we talk
a lot about ordering and pre ordering patio furniture and stuff,
which is which is awesome. I know, we get to
this time here, folks are like, what do we got?
What can we just do?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
What can we just do right now? Right? So we
till the end of the month, we're running twenty percent
off on all of our in stock. Nardi Now Nardi
is we've talked about this before. They're an Italian line.
It is a really good quality, heavy grade plastic material,
really great colors, super cool designs and like so comfortable.
(04:08):
So there's dining there are like little benches and occasional
tables and that sort of thing, super colorful. It's in
the store. So if you suddenly are feeling the need
that you want to have a little dining set, it's
a really affordable way to do it and to take
it home with you. We oh, go ahead, No, well,
I was just.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Going to ask too about that you mentioned, you know,
the furniture options and Nardi and some other things too.
Is the other other and I know it's hard to
think about this time of year, but also heat sources.
We talk about those as well, whether it's a nice
little gas fire, pitch sure, or a smokeless stove. Those
type of things can kind of extend things as well.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I'm sorry, yeah, yeah, no, that's fine. For instance, you
know Pollywood and both Hollywood and By the Yard are
American maid actually in the Midwest. They have a fairly
reasonable turnaround time. Usually we speck it out it's two
to three weeks, but it's often shorter than that. They're
(05:07):
both made out of recycled plastic fantastic, so you're taking
plastics out of the waste stream again, made in made
in the US. They're solid material. A lot of times
you'll find that you'll see that that sort of you know,
milk carton kind of furniture and it's a coating around
(05:28):
some you know, some constructed wood waste. Right, this stuff
is not it's solid, so if it scratches for whatever reason,
the color goes all the way through. They have great
warranties like tenyure warranties on mildew, fading, staining, all that
kind of stuff. And again you can get it really quickly.
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And they have deep seedings so you could get something
from Pollywood with cushions, you could get dining, a lot
of addern that kind of chair options, lounge chair options.
And they also have fire tables. Oh yes, so you know,
so that's really cool. So there gas you know, you
(06:11):
get a tank like you would for your grill, so
they're gas powered. But you know, they have all kinds
of different sizes somewhere that you know where it's inside.
They have a big rim around it so you can
put your feet up, or I have a place to
set your drink, different sizes, different shapes, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
One of the things that I always talk about, it's
always a great day to get into the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company. Sometimes nice just to go
and have seat.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Yeah, and that's a nice thing too because you know,
especially with like Nardi and Pollywood and and By the Yard,
we have a lot of options from their lines in
the store, so you can come in and sit like
you know, Pollywood's add around deck chairs sit differently than
(06:54):
the ones from By the Yard, and one isn't better
or worse. It just depends on what is comfortable to
you and how you want to use your furniture.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
And we talked too about the different materials and you know,
and folks wanting to you know, as we can describe
them as as we talk about. It's one thing to hear,
it's another thing to or even see a picture. It's
another thing to actually be able to see this stuff
in the store too. You guys did a not too
long ago this season did a kind of a revamp
and specifically.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
One of those areas we did, yeah, Infurnture. We spent
a lot of time. We have lots of new options
in more modern styles. There's more color, and that's the
thing about a lot you know, some of our lines
you're going to special order and there's going to be
some lead time for sure. But the thing about that.
The asset to that is that it is super customizable.
(07:47):
So whatever your style is in your home, you can
take that style out into your onto your patio or
onto your terrace, and so you can have you know
exactly what you want. So you bring your dreams to
the table and our team will help you sort of
codify those dreams and sort of figure out what is
(08:09):
essential and what works. Will also there to help you
assist in color choices or you know, material choices. A
lot of times, if you you know, if you're not
that person that can sort that in their head, if
you're not a super visual person, it's like overwhelming how
many choices there might be. And so if you need
help with that, we're happy to say. Okay. You know.
(08:32):
It's just like when we do potted containers. You pick
your hero, right, and then everything works around to support
the hero. So you pick the fabric or you pick
the you know, the frame finish or whatever, and then
we will help you show the show you the options
that work with that and then help you make those choices.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
I like that descriptor by the way, the hero.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, it's the hero piece, So pick the hero piece first.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I'm talking this morning with Lisa breaks up the Bruce Company.
The website, Bruce Company, all one Werbrucecompany dot com. We
can find them Facebook and social media. The Bruce Company.
Great day to get on and they'd love to see
you right at their Middleton Garden Center, twenty eight thirty
Parmenter Street. That's twenty eight thirty Parmenter Street. Holiday hour,
holiday seasonal hours.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Summer hours, Yeah, we have summer hours now. We are
still open Monday through Saturday from nine until six, but
on Sunday the hours have changed, so we are open
eleven to four and we are closed on the fourth
of July that's coming up. So just you know, put
that in your back pocket. We'll remind everybody on social
media and it'll be on the website and that kind
(09:35):
of thing. But we are going to be closed. If
for fourth of July falls on a Saturday, then we're open,
but otherwise otherwise we're giving our staff a little.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Day off, yeah, and get a chance to use their
Weber girls. Another cool things absolutely that I would least break
through the Bruce Company real quick to about the furniture.
As we were talking about some of the great options,
we're also talking about generational quality. I know couple of
weeks ago. I don't know if we even talked about
it on the show. Maybe we did, but I know
you and I talked even off the air about a
(10:07):
set where it was kind of like handed down to
the next generation. Is like these were not talking about
stuff that's going to end up in the land, for these.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Are things that go When when we lived in Nacoma,
we did a big addition on our house and I
bought some Lloyd Flanders and so it was in my
house for years. And then when we moved to Sheboygan,
we I gave it to my daughter. She was they
(10:35):
were moving to West Virginia, so they took it to
West Virginia. And when they came back to when they
came back to the to Madison to go to Australia
and they will stop, they left it with some with
some friends of theirs because they didn't need it and
I didn't need it back either, and so it is
still living in West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yeah, and that is the.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Cool Yeah exactly. So when you when you look at
those those upper you know, those those sort of higher
price lines like Castel or Lloyd Flanders or Jensen, which
makes the beautiful Epay furniture. Yes, the price point is high.
I sometimes have sticker shock myself, but that stuff is
going to last forever. So you you're making a choice
(11:20):
to buy something for the future, and if you can
make that work, then we are there to help you
out with that.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It's a great day to get on in and take
a look. They'd love to see at the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight thirty part Registreet.
That's twenty eight thirty parm Interustreet summer hours in effect
right now. Of course, they're going to be closed on
the fourth as well. We're talk a little bit more
about some of the great stuff going on the Milton
Gardens of the Bruce Company. We'll skit Gale's Tip of
the Week. I we'll do that next. Don't forget in
the meet time. If I've been to the website, head
(11:48):
on over Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company dot com,
Facebook and social media the Bruce Company. Of course. Bruce
Company brings you every day outdoor living right here at
thirteen ten Wuiba thirteen ten Wi b a every day
outdoor living brought to you by the Bruce Company. Online
Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company dot com. Great data,
(12:11):
Get on and they'd love to see you right at
the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight
thirty parm inter Street. That's twenty eight thirty part Interstreet
mentioned the earlier segment. We are pre recorded. Don't forget
if you ever have a question, great day to get
on and you can ask it at the plant desk.
Bring in some pictures, bring in some samples, or you
can always email as well. Plant Desk at Bruce Company
dot com. That's Bruce Plant Desk at Bruce Company dot com.
(12:32):
Speaking of questions, Lisa, I know Gail has been kicking
in some some thoughts and ideas and been kind of
doing what the other week I came up with it.
We had a term that we are calling in now.
I already already slipped my mind. I we have to
listen back to the podcast. Gails, I don't remember something
about our brilliance. It's in there.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You're a pretty brilliant. I have to say she is.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
She is awesome, and we talked last week. Gail's tip
involved of course, Japanese beetles.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
And beetles are coming the beetles are coming.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Let's talk about once they get here. Yeah, ways to
handle those little gritters.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah. So now Gail has had is of the opinion
that there's a possibility that because the fingers crossed that
because of the cold winter and the the the missing
snow cover, Yes, that the ground froze pretty solidly. I
(13:30):
think I heard that it was like almost two feet deep.
And so we're wondering, we're positing the thought that maybe
we're going to have a lower levels of Japanese beetles
than normal just because maybe they were killed in the
grub stage, so that we're holding onto that hope. But
(13:55):
mother nature is going to do what mother nature is
going to do, and we have no control over it. Yes,
So we last week about things that you could do preventatively,
and now we're going to talk about things that you
can do when you see them.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
To quote Jurassic Park, life finds away.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Life finds away, nature finds a way. Absolutely, what can
we do then if we If so, there are a
couple things, So of course you can spray them, and
there are a number of options, all of which you
are safe, but are some less organic and others more organic.
So we're running the gamut. So you can use eight
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and that's spelled like the number and eight is a
contact insecticide that will kill any insect that it touches, okay,
so anything. So this is a broad spectrum solution, but
super fast and super effective, so you can spray the
plant and the beetles will die pretty quickly. You can
(14:54):
use Japanese beetle killer, which is a sort of in
the middle. It is a chemical that is more beetles
specific because it's it's working on beetles that are actually
actively feeding, like eating your plants. Okay, right, so it's
(15:15):
a little bit safer for other insects that are just
kind of hanging around. And then the other option is
Captain Jack's Dead Bug, and dead Bug is another product
that the insects actually have to feed on the plant
and then it disrupts their digestive system. So so those
(15:37):
are the those are the options. You know, one is
like super fast and super effective, but more broad spectrum.
You have to be more careful with how you apply it,
where the others are a little bit longer to take
a fact, but are a little bit safer.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
I kind of like the long suffering kind thought for
four and there are probably and I am so happy
for the folks that haven't had an experience with a
Japanese beetle. We're talking about their little beetles kind of
got ut.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Yeah, they're both the size of your thumbnail. About that
shape too. There's sort of a iridescent, kind of bronzy color,
and then on the side they have some white dots
on their legs. Well it's just a but like on
the edge of their shell. But yes, and they're you know,
they're they're sort of like a scaub beetle. So it's
(16:28):
that kind of shape. It's just a shorter one, but
kind of pretty. They're they're the colors really lovely. I
will say that all of the products I just mentioned
are safe to use on edible plants, but you want
to read the package instruction because there's going to be
a time between when you apply and when you can
harvest and eat. So I I'm going to say, though,
(16:50):
yes that four edibles like they love grapes, they love
raspberry plants, they love bean plants. Use a barrier method
because Japanese beetles like fly and land, they don't like
crawl up something okay, And so what you can do
is you can put those floating row covers that you
bought in the spring to protect your the annuals that
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you were compelled to put out, even though he said
there's probably gonna be some cold weather and frost. And
I'm not judging because we all did that. Everybody who
works at the garden center got stuff early and planted
it just in the hopes. But if you have those
floating row covers, then you can use those to drape
over those those vulnerable crops. They're really lightweight, so they're
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not gonna weigh down your plant. Sunlight gets through, and
so the beetles, if they land, they're going to land
on the row cover and not on the plants, and
it's solid enough that they can't get through. So if
you're doing something like if you're putting down bird netting
or something like that to keep chipmunks or that will
(17:56):
not work for Japanese beetles because the holes are big
enough where they can get onto the plant.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
What about with with do we know what's there there?
I know that we talked last week about the life
cycle of Japanese people. It's a they're they're on about
for like a month or I mean it's not like
six weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, it's about six weeks that they're like actually out
and about doing their above ground damage. The rest of
the time they're in the ground laying eggs in the
grub stage in the you know, the the stage between
the grub and the adult, the like a pupa kind
of thing, and so you know in the grub stage
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where they are. So I would say August ish into
September and then probably like April and May they're in
your lawn feeding on lawn roots. And so the the beatles,
the adults like a beautiful lawn because it's easy to
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get in there and deposit the eggs, and there's all
those beautiful little lawn roots just kind of hanging out
there for the grubs to feed on.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Do they kill grass? Can they kill?
Speaker 2 (19:04):
If you had a really bad infestation, yes, they could
do some pretty serious damage. Grubs can speak of.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Damage too, and I and again, if you have them,
you've probably seen this. We mentioned that that the beetles
are are kind of interesting looking. The damage that they
do is terrible, but it's also kind of interesting looking.
That if you ever wondered what the circulatory system of
of the inside of a leaf looks like, yes, pretty
good look at.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah. On flowers they pretty much just mow down the flowers.
But on leaf tissue they're mostly taking off the surface layers.
So you can see the like the veining, the webbing it,
you know, they we call it skeletonized, so you see
the bones of the leaf.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Look and again, if you're ever curious, I always think
it's interesting to look at because it kind of gives
you a really little but again it's massive, massive.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Yeah. The insects are really weird. There are like little
mining insects. We call them leaf miners. You see them
on birches. Sometimes you see them on roses and they
get in between the layers. Oh, and they eat everything inside.
And so if you look on a leaf and it's
like an irregularly shaped patch and it's kind of a
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you know, kind of a tan color, and sometimes if
you hold it up to the light, you can see
them in there, or you can see the their waste
product we call it frashs in that little pocket. It
makes like a little pocket.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Insects are fascinating.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
They are there, good, bad, and some of them are
just kind of but for the yeah, yeah, real quick too.
We haven't talked about them for a while, and I
probably could they talk birds for a while. And now
that we're kind of well into summer and stuff and
like the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Yeah yeah, and you know, you forget that like that.
Some birds have a lot of birds actually have multiple
egg clutches. So they have one and then those baby
birds fledge and then they go out and then they
sometimes will have another other, you know, another clutch of eggs.
When those nestlings are to the point where they need
(21:07):
to be actively fed, that's hard on the adults. So
you know, so put your feeders out. We we have
been watching the bird flu thing really carefully. Nobody is
saying that you shouldn't feed birds, but you should take
some precautions. So if you live near a waterway where
there are a lot of migrating waterfowl, you might want
(21:31):
to be super careful, or you know, I would guess
if you have pet birds, I would be careful. But
for the most part, if you keep your feeders clean,
so every couple of times that you fill it, you
kind of rinse it out and let it dry. You
use good quality seed, You do good clean up that
kind of thing. Your songbirds are fine.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
It feels like we always get in and for good reason,
and you know springtime or get really excited and we're
really diligent. And then as the season goes on.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
D Yeah, during migration periods, everybody's like they want to
see the you know, the more interesting birds that are
just sort of stopping by and then flying through. But
we forget that. You know, sparrows, mourning doves and robbins
have multiple egg clutches a year, so you might as
well help those those little nestlings survive by feeding their parents.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
They're counting on you. It's a great day to get
on into the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce Company
right at twenty eight thirty Parment Street. That's twenty eight
thirty Parma Street. That's soere you find list and the
whole crew at the Bruce Company. Of course, online the
website always there for you, Bruce Company dot com. That's
Bruce Company dot com, emails, if you've got questions, plant
desk at Bruce Company dot com. You're on those social
media platforms they are there as well, the Bruce Company.
(22:43):
And again, it's always great day to get on into
Midleton Garden Center twentyth thirty PARTMENTI Street. That's twentyeth thirty
partmed Street. Lisa, thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
You have a great day you as well.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
News comes your way next right here at thirteen ten
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Thirteen ten WIBA and every Day Outdoor Living brought to
you by the Bruce Company Online. Brucecompany dot com. That's
all one word, Brucecompany dot com. Great website to learn
more about the Bruce Company. I see all the great
events coming up. Also, they've got that social media stuff
Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram. You'll find the Bruce Company
there at the Bruce Company. Speaking of finding them there,
(00:22):
a great day to get on into the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company right at twenty eight thirty parm
inter Street. That's twenty eight thirty parm Registreet. And joining
us in studio this morning is Lisa Briggs from the
Bruce Company. Lisa, how you doing this week?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm doing well. It's good to see you. And we've
got a lot of fun stuff to talk about. Indeed,
we talked last week with Gail's tip about.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Prevented, Yeah, preventing Japanese beetles.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
We're going to talk this week about to do when
you have them, all the fun ways you can take
care of those.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
J have a little Japanese beetle dance. It's the only
dance that I do.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Yeah, but yeah, well we'll get into that and so
much more with the with the Bruce Company. At least
I mentioned the Bruce Companies website Brucecompany dot com. Another
cool thing is I know we take calls and questions
on the show from time to time. I'll a little disclosure.
This week is pre recorded, so fortunately no calls. But
the Bruce Company, you guys are always there for folks.
Plant desk at Bruce Company Desk.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Absolutely and I do like though, especially at this time
of year, and you know April May June are super
busy at the plant desk. There are customers there and
there are lots of phone calls coming in. If you're calling,
please leave a message. They get back to even if
it's the next day. They try their best to do
it as quickly as possible. But it is a busy place.
(01:39):
It's like the air traffic control center of the store.
But you could always email to to the plant desk.
Plant desk at Bruce Company dot com. And if you're
asking a question about I have this thing on my
this plant, what do I do about it? Send pictures?
I mean, it's what the internets are for, right, so
(01:59):
you can say some photos you can send the photos
to the plant desk, and then when you ask that question,
you're not describing it on the phone to somebody. That's
kind of I see one thing in my mind's eye,
as does everybody who works the plant desk, while you're
seeing the actual thing. So that is really helpful. Or
just bring those samples into the store, because we're always
(02:20):
happy to look at them, and we you know, if
we have pictures or we have the actual thing, and
who's ever there doesn't know the answer. We have a
team on board, like decades, hundreds of years of industry
and plant and gardening experience in the store, and so
we can all kind of confab about that stuff because
we do do that, you guys, because none of us
(02:42):
know everything. I know, I sort of you know, people say, oh,
you know everything because I'm on the radio and I'm
you know that kind of thing. But I don't know everything.
But I have a great team.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Do you ever get somebody that brings in something or
shares a picture and you, guys go, oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
We do and we actually, you know, and there've been
a couple of times when we have we're all looking
at it and we're saying, we know we know what
this is, but we can't like bring it to mind,
and so we have all kinds of you know, tools
that we can use. But yeah, sometimes stuff comes in
we're like, oh, I ever seen that before?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Very very you know, as we talked this morning with
Lisa Briggs from the Bruce Company online Bruce Company dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com. It's great. As you know,
summer is in. We're in like full swing for like
the season. It's just a great time to be.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Fourth July is right around the corner.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Amazing, it's so cool and and you know we talk
a lot about ordering and pre ordering patio furniture and stuff,
which is which is awesome. I know, we get to
this time here, folks are like, what do we got?
What can we just do?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
What can we just do right now? Right? So we
till the end of the month, we're running twenty percent
off on all of our in stock. Nardi Now Nardi
is we've talked about this before. They're an Italian line.
It is a really good quality, heavy grade plastic material,
really great colors, super cool designs and like so comfortable.
(04:08):
So there's dining there are like little benches and occasional
tables and that sort of thing, super colorful. It's in
the store. So if you suddenly are feeling the need
that you want to have a little dining set, it's
a really affordable way to do it and to take
it home with you. We oh, go ahead, No, well,
I was just.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Going to ask too about that you mentioned, you know,
the furniture options and Nardi and some other things too.
Is the other other and I know it's hard to
think about this time of year, but also heat sources.
We talk about those as well, whether it's a nice
little gas fire, pitch sure, or a smokeless stove. Those
type of things can kind of extend things as well.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I'm sorry, yeah, yeah, no, that's fine. For instance, you
know Pollywood and both Hollywood and By the Yard are
American maid actually in the Midwest. They have a fairly
reasonable turnaround time. Usually we speck it out it's two
to three weeks, but it's often shorter than that. They're
(05:07):
both made out of recycled plastic fantastic, so you're taking
plastics out of the waste stream again, made in made
in the US. They're solid material. A lot of times
you'll find that you'll see that that sort of you know,
milk carton kind of furniture and it's a coating around
(05:28):
some you know, some constructed wood waste. Right, this stuff
is not it's solid, so if it scratches for whatever reason,
the color goes all the way through. They have great
warranties like tenyure warranties on mildew, fading, staining, all that
kind of stuff. And again you can get it really quickly.
(05:49):
And they have deep seedings so you could get something
from Pollywood with cushions, you could get dining, a lot
of addern that kind of chair options, lounge chair options.
And they also have fire tables. Oh yes, so you know,
so that's really cool. So there gas you know, you
(06:11):
get a tank like you would for your grill, so
they're gas powered. But you know, they have all kinds
of different sizes somewhere that you know where it's inside.
They have a big rim around it so you can
put your feet up, or I have a place to
set your drink, different sizes, different shapes, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
One of the things that I always talk about, it's
always a great day to get into the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company. Sometimes nice just to go
and have seat.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Yeah, and that's a nice thing too because you know,
especially with like Nardi and Pollywood and and By the Yard,
we have a lot of options from their lines in
the store, so you can come in and sit like
you know, Pollywood's add around deck chairs sit differently than
(06:54):
the ones from By the Yard, and one isn't better
or worse. It just depends on what is comfortable to
you and how you want to use your furniture.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
And we talked too about the different materials and you know,
and folks wanting to you know, as we can describe
them as as we talk about. It's one thing to hear,
it's another thing to or even see a picture. It's
another thing to actually be able to see this stuff
in the store too. You guys did a not too
long ago this season did a kind of a revamp
and specifically.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
One of those areas we did, yeah, Infurnture. We spent
a lot of time. We have lots of new options
in more modern styles. There's more color, and that's the
thing about a lot you know, some of our lines
you're going to special order and there's going to be
some lead time for sure. But the thing about that.
The asset to that is that it is super customizable.
(07:47):
So whatever your style is in your home, you can
take that style out into your onto your patio or
onto your terrace, and so you can have you know
exactly what you want. So you bring your dreams to
the table and our team will help you sort of
codify those dreams and sort of figure out what is
(08:09):
essential and what works. Will also there to help you
assist in color choices or you know, material choices. A
lot of times, if you you know, if you're not
that person that can sort that in their head, if
you're not a super visual person, it's like overwhelming how
many choices there might be. And so if you need
help with that, we're happy to say. Okay. You know.
(08:32):
It's just like when we do potted containers. You pick
your hero, right, and then everything works around to support
the hero. So you pick the fabric or you pick
the you know, the frame finish or whatever, and then
we will help you show the show you the options
that work with that and then help you make those choices.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
I like that descriptor by the way, the hero.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Yeah, it's the hero piece, So pick the hero piece first.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
I'm talking this morning with Lisa breaks up the Bruce Company.
The website, Bruce Company, all one Werbrucecompany dot com. We
can find them Facebook and social media. The Bruce Company.
Great day to get on and they'd love to see
you right at their Middleton Garden Center, twenty eight thirty
Parmenter Street. That's twenty eight thirty Parmenter Street. Holiday hour,
holiday seasonal hours.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Summer hours, Yeah, we have summer hours now. We are
still open Monday through Saturday from nine until six, but
on Sunday the hours have changed, so we are open
eleven to four and we are closed on the fourth
of July that's coming up. So just you know, put
that in your back pocket. We'll remind everybody on social
media and it'll be on the website and that kind
(09:35):
of thing. But we are going to be closed. If
for fourth of July falls on a Saturday, then we're open,
but otherwise otherwise we're giving our staff a little.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Day off, yeah, and get a chance to use their
Weber girls. Another cool things absolutely that I would least break
through the Bruce Company real quick to about the furniture.
As we were talking about some of the great options,
we're also talking about generational quality. I know couple of
weeks ago. I don't know if we even talked about
it on the show. Maybe we did, but I know
you and I talked even off the air about a
(10:07):
set where it was kind of like handed down to
the next generation. Is like these were not talking about
stuff that's going to end up in the land, for these.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Are things that go When when we lived in Nacoma,
we did a big addition on our house and I
bought some Lloyd Flanders and so it was in my
house for years. And then when we moved to Sheboygan,
we I gave it to my daughter. She was they
(10:35):
were moving to West Virginia, so they took it to
West Virginia. And when they came back to when they
came back to the to Madison to go to Australia
and they will stop, they left it with some with
some friends of theirs because they didn't need it and
I didn't need it back either, and so it is
still living in West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yeah, and that is the.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Cool Yeah exactly. So when you when you look at
those those upper you know, those those sort of higher
price lines like Castel or Lloyd Flanders or Jensen, which
makes the beautiful Epay furniture. Yes, the price point is high.
I sometimes have sticker shock myself, but that stuff is
going to last forever. So you you're making a choice
(11:20):
to buy something for the future, and if you can
make that work, then we are there to help you
out with that.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
It's a great day to get on in and take
a look. They'd love to see at the Middleton Garden
Center of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight thirty part Registreet.
That's twenty eight thirty parm Interustreet summer hours in effect
right now. Of course, they're going to be closed on
the fourth as well. We're talk a little bit more
about some of the great stuff going on the Milton
Gardens of the Bruce Company. We'll skit Gale's Tip of
the Week. I we'll do that next. Don't forget in
the meet time. If I've been to the website, head
(11:48):
on over Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company dot com,
Facebook and social media the Bruce Company. Of course. Bruce
Company brings you every day outdoor living right here at
thirteen ten Wuiba thirteen ten Wi b a every day
outdoor living brought to you by the Bruce Company. Online
Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company dot com. Great data,
(12:11):
Get on and they'd love to see you right at
the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight
thirty parm inter Street. That's twenty eight thirty part Interstreet
mentioned the earlier segment. We are pre recorded. Don't forget
if you ever have a question, great day to get
on and you can ask it at the plant desk.
Bring in some pictures, bring in some samples, or you
can always email as well. Plant Desk at Bruce Company
dot com. That's Bruce Plant Desk at Bruce Company dot com.
(12:32):
Speaking of questions, Lisa, I know Gail has been kicking
in some some thoughts and ideas and been kind of
doing what the other week I came up with it.
We had a term that we are calling in now.
I already already slipped my mind. I we have to
listen back to the podcast. Gails, I don't remember something
about our brilliance. It's in there.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You're a pretty brilliant. I have to say she is.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
She is awesome, and we talked last week. Gail's tip
involved of course, Japanese beetles.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
And beetles are coming the beetles are coming.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Let's talk about once they get here. Yeah, ways to
handle those little gritters.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah. So now Gail has had is of the opinion
that there's a possibility that because the fingers crossed that
because of the cold winter and the the the missing
snow cover, Yes, that the ground froze pretty solidly. I
(13:30):
think I heard that it was like almost two feet deep.
And so we're wondering, we're positing the thought that maybe
we're going to have a lower levels of Japanese beetles
than normal just because maybe they were killed in the
grub stage, so that we're holding onto that hope. But
(13:55):
mother nature is going to do what mother nature is
going to do, and we have no control over it. Yes,
So we last week about things that you could do preventatively,
and now we're going to talk about things that you
can do when you see them.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
To quote Jurassic Park, life finds away.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Life finds away, nature finds a way. Absolutely, what can
we do then if we If so, there are a
couple things, So of course you can spray them, and
there are a number of options, all of which you
are safe, but are some less organic and others more organic.
So we're running the gamut. So you can use eight
(14:33):
and that's spelled like the number and eight is a
contact insecticide that will kill any insect that it touches, okay,
so anything. So this is a broad spectrum solution, but
super fast and super effective, so you can spray the
plant and the beetles will die pretty quickly. You can
(14:54):
use Japanese beetle killer, which is a sort of in
the middle. It is a chemical that is more beetles
specific because it's it's working on beetles that are actually
actively feeding, like eating your plants. Okay, right, so it's
(15:15):
a little bit safer for other insects that are just
kind of hanging around. And then the other option is
Captain Jack's Dead Bug, and dead Bug is another product
that the insects actually have to feed on the plant
and then it disrupts their digestive system. So so those
(15:37):
are the those are the options. You know, one is
like super fast and super effective, but more broad spectrum.
You have to be more careful with how you apply it,
where the others are a little bit longer to take
a fact, but are a little bit safer.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
I kind of like the long suffering kind thought for
four and there are probably and I am so happy
for the folks that haven't had an experience with a
Japanese beetle. We're talking about their little beetles kind of
got ut.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
Yeah, they're both the size of your thumbnail. About that
shape too. There's sort of a iridescent, kind of bronzy color,
and then on the side they have some white dots
on their legs. Well it's just a but like on
the edge of their shell. But yes, and they're you know,
they're they're sort of like a scaub beetle. So it's
(16:28):
that kind of shape. It's just a shorter one, but
kind of pretty. They're they're the colors really lovely. I
will say that all of the products I just mentioned
are safe to use on edible plants, but you want
to read the package instruction because there's going to be
a time between when you apply and when you can
harvest and eat. So I I'm going to say, though,
(16:50):
yes that four edibles like they love grapes, they love
raspberry plants, they love bean plants. Use a barrier method
because Japanese beetles like fly and land, they don't like
crawl up something okay, And so what you can do
is you can put those floating row covers that you
bought in the spring to protect your the annuals that
(17:13):
you were compelled to put out, even though he said
there's probably gonna be some cold weather and frost. And
I'm not judging because we all did that. Everybody who
works at the garden center got stuff early and planted
it just in the hopes. But if you have those
floating row covers, then you can use those to drape
over those those vulnerable crops. They're really lightweight, so they're
(17:35):
not gonna weigh down your plant. Sunlight gets through, and
so the beetles, if they land, they're going to land
on the row cover and not on the plants, and
it's solid enough that they can't get through. So if
you're doing something like if you're putting down bird netting
or something like that to keep chipmunks or that will
(17:56):
not work for Japanese beetles because the holes are big
enough where they can get onto the plant.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
What about with with do we know what's there there?
I know that we talked last week about the life
cycle of Japanese people. It's a they're they're on about
for like a month or I mean it's not like
six weeks.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, it's about six weeks that they're like actually out
and about doing their above ground damage. The rest of
the time they're in the ground laying eggs in the
grub stage in the you know, the the stage between
the grub and the adult, the like a pupa kind
of thing, and so you know in the grub stage
(18:34):
where they are. So I would say August ish into
September and then probably like April and May they're in
your lawn feeding on lawn roots. And so the the beatles,
the adults like a beautiful lawn because it's easy to
(18:55):
get in there and deposit the eggs, and there's all
those beautiful little lawn roots just kind of hanging out
there for the grubs to feed on.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Do they kill grass? Can they kill?
Speaker 2 (19:04):
If you had a really bad infestation, yes, they could
do some pretty serious damage. Grubs can speak of.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
Damage too, and I and again, if you have them,
you've probably seen this. We mentioned that that the beetles
are are kind of interesting looking. The damage that they
do is terrible, but it's also kind of interesting looking.
That if you ever wondered what the circulatory system of
of the inside of a leaf looks like, yes, pretty
good look at.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah. On flowers they pretty much just mow down the flowers.
But on leaf tissue they're mostly taking off the surface layers.
So you can see the like the veining, the webbing it,
you know, they we call it skeletonized, so you see
the bones of the leaf.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Look and again, if you're ever curious, I always think
it's interesting to look at because it kind of gives
you a really little but again it's massive, massive.
Speaker 2 (19:52):
Yeah. The insects are really weird. There are like little
mining insects. We call them leaf miners. You see them
on birches. Sometimes you see them on roses and they
get in between the layers. Oh, and they eat everything inside.
And so if you look on a leaf and it's
like an irregularly shaped patch and it's kind of a
(20:15):
you know, kind of a tan color, and sometimes if
you hold it up to the light, you can see
them in there, or you can see the their waste
product we call it frashs in that little pocket. It
makes like a little pocket.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Insects are fascinating.
Speaker 1 (20:29):
They are there, good, bad, and some of them are
just kind of but for the yeah, yeah, real quick too.
We haven't talked about them for a while, and I
probably could they talk birds for a while. And now
that we're kind of well into summer and stuff and
like the neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Yeah yeah, and you know, you forget that like that.
Some birds have a lot of birds actually have multiple
egg clutches. So they have one and then those baby
birds fledge and then they go out and then they
sometimes will have another other, you know, another clutch of eggs.
When those nestlings are to the point where they need
(21:07):
to be actively fed, that's hard on the adults. So
you know, so put your feeders out. We we have
been watching the bird flu thing really carefully. Nobody is
saying that you shouldn't feed birds, but you should take
some precautions. So if you live near a waterway where
there are a lot of migrating waterfowl, you might want
(21:31):
to be super careful, or you know, I would guess
if you have pet birds, I would be careful. But
for the most part, if you keep your feeders clean,
so every couple of times that you fill it, you
kind of rinse it out and let it dry. You
use good quality seed, You do good clean up that
kind of thing. Your songbirds are fine.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
It feels like we always get in and for good reason,
and you know springtime or get really excited and we're
really diligent. And then as the season goes on.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
D Yeah, during migration periods, everybody's like they want to
see the you know, the more interesting birds that are
just sort of stopping by and then flying through. But
we forget that. You know, sparrows, mourning doves and robbins
have multiple egg clutches a year, so you might as
well help those those little nestlings survive by feeding their parents.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
They're counting on you. It's a great day to get
on into the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce Company
right at twenty eight thirty Parment Street. That's twenty eight
thirty Parma Street. That's soere you find list and the
whole crew at the Bruce Company. Of course, online the
website always there for you, Bruce Company dot com. That's
Bruce Company dot com, emails, if you've got questions, plant
desk at Bruce Company dot com. You're on those social
media platforms they are there as well, the Bruce Company.
(22:43):
And again, it's always great day to get on into
Midleton Garden Center twentyth thirty PARTMENTI Street. That's twentyeth thirty
partmed Street. Lisa, thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
You have a great day you as well.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
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