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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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That's twenty eight thirty parm Ed Street. And if you
have a question, we've got phone lines open for you
this morning six eight three two one thirteen ten at
six eight three two one thirteen ten and joining us
in studio this morning is Lisa Breaks from the Bruce Company.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Lisa, how you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm good.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm doing well. It's great to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I felt like, uh, maybe one of these years will
have like an April Fool's Day program, or it'll be
on a Monday, and we could do an April First
show where you set up the call, make stuff up
and I'll answer the question. Oh golly, and you do
the you do the that's just set up in recess.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
I'm checking, I'm checking my phone when that might be
when Monday that is an April first happens.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
You know, it'll be one way to you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You'll definitely be selling more more plants because I will
have killed everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, it's it's great to see you. And we've got we've.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Got fall like weather in the forecast. Nothing to do,
nothing unusual, but we're kind of you know.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Frost on all the roofs this morning was there and
on the ground you come into early.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Early, but yes, I don't look around.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Either, and the ponds are all like misty.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Ooh like that. That's the humidity, the steam.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Kind of yeah, yeah, very y see, I'm boy, I'm
miss so with this time. I know we talked last
week about doing some clean up and some other things.
It's really kind of prime time for doing that type
of stuff, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh yeah, I mean, if you've got you can leave
your perennials up or not.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Reasons for leaving them up would be if you have
got things like cone flowers or other seed or fruit
bearing perennials, you want to leave those up because they
provide winter nourishment for birds and other critters that are around.
So that's a really good reason to leave stuff up. Also,
some things will add some winter interest to your garden,
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to the landscape. It's snowy and cold, but you know,
the seedheads from grasses are really lovely. Reasons for cutting
things back would be that you're a tidy person.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Also, if there's something that you had that where there
were some disease issues the summer, like pottery, mildew or
some you know, really serious leaf spots, which we had
such a damp spring and early summer, is a distinct
possibility you'd want to take get rid of that stuff.
And those are reasons for a fall cleanup.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
You mentioned with the cold flower, the echinasia, those type
of things. Is there like a lifespan for those We
used to have a bunch of them along one side
of our house and then just one summer they never
they never came back, and do they kind.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Of I think on the variety that we have, like
some of the native ones and the tougher varieties, will
last for a really long time. But there was a time,
I want to say, in the late nineties early two
thousands that were doing a lot of hybridizing and there
were some varieties that came to market. I don't think
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they were completely ready, okay, And so there are some
with any plants there, you know, think there are sometimes
there are mistakes.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
They gets they were there when we bought our house,
and then it was just kind of it was really
kind of odd. It wasn't a particularly rough winter, but
all of a sudden spring came and they just never
never top. I just, yeah, who knows, Maybe it's probably
something I did least and if you ask Christina, it's
definitely something I did.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
They're pretty tough. So but like I said, it depends
on depends on the varieties. I think.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Can we be doing spring bulbs right now?
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Speaking of yes, now that we've had on frost, Yeah,
and the days are cooling and nights are cooling. Definitely. Yeah,
you can go ahead and plant garlic if you wanted
to do that. There's still time to do that, excuse me.
And also, yeah, time to get those spring bulbs in.
It's later than usual. Usually I was putting those in,
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but it's you know, almost Halloween. And as a matter
of fact, they're on sale at the garden. So yeah,
we need to make room for the winter bulbs like
amaryllis and paper whites, and so we need to to
say goodbye to those spring flowering bulbs. So our loss
is your gain. So they're thirty percent off for all.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Serious, seriously, that is a deal, a heck of a
deal if I have earned a great reason to get
on it.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Also, final weeks for the final days, not weeks final
days for tree shrubs and perennials. Surcery. Yeah, nursery stock,
tree shrubs, evergreens seventy five percent off, perennials fifty percent off,
and there's still time to plant that stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Is is a root stimulator time right now? When you
put them in.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
There, oh, definitely okay. The later you go, the more
important stimulator becomes interesting.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I wasn't sure if you want to kind of put
them in there and just kind of let them sit,
or if that was okay to get them going.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
If there are things that you really like that you
just don't know where to put them, yeah, then you
can always. What I do is I have some big,
like twenty or twenty five gallon nursery containers from trees, sure,
and so I just put the smaller pots inside and
then dump mulch in there to protect the roots, and
then I put them in sort of a sheltered spot
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in my yard and uh, and then they they'll overwinter
in there. If you're doing that, though, you'll want to
do some rabbit protection that becomes like, oh, look, here's
a bowl some things that looked delicious, yeah, c salad, Yeah,
some nice juicy twists.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And then and then you just take them out in
spring and yeah, the ones that yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That once that thoughts, you just take them out and
then plant them.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
But if you a perfect spot, there's no reason.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah to get them in where if you've got like
a raised veg guarded oh yeah, and I'm not talking
about like raised down legs. I'm talking about the raised
buds that are on the ground. You can also dig
those kinds of things into those spaces, oh okay, and
then dig them up and plant them in the spring.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Oh, very very cool. All kinds of workarounds there.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And for those folks that are you know where again,
next time you and I talk, it'll be November. And
the fact that we're still able to be talking about,
you know, putting stuff in the ground, so crazy, right,
It is pretty crazy. And it's also kind of cool
for folks that want to kind of those last few
days of getting stuff in the ground and get stuff
taking care of You've got some great opportunities right now,
speaking great opportunity is a great chance to get on
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the air. I got just pick up phone dial in
six so eight three two one thirteen ten. That's six
so eight three two one thirteen ten. We'll get you
right on the air with Lisa Breaks from the Bruce Company.
In this past wee get at the Bruce Company. The
Artisan Fair sounds like it was a smash.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
It was. We had we had a great day. We
all looked at the forecast Friday night and it said
it was going to be like you know in the
fifties and sunny. And then we woke up Saturday morning
and it was cloudy and I said to Harvey, what's
the forecast and he looked at it. He looked at
the Apple forecast and said zero percent chance of rain.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, that was wrong.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
But even with the rain during the load in and
it was kind of chillier and damper than perhaps we
were hoping for, we had a really good day. We
had a lot of folks came in and I think
the artisans had a really had good days as well.
Feed Bakery almost sold out, so that was super cool,
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and then we so, you know, we've got holiday open
house coming up. Ladies Night is the sixth, so yeah,
I know, it's like a week from Thursday. I've got
four trees left to decorate and a lot of other
stuff to do. So last year, a couple of the
vendors who were there had been to our Ladies Night
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who had heard of it, and so they donated some
things for Ladies' Night for the raffle. Beautiful, I know,
it was really sweet. And then one of them said,
you know, you should ask everybody. So this year we did.
We have thirty two vendors who donated artwork, beautiful glass work,
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all kinds of things for Ladies Night for the raffle.
And so we've got a beautiful photograph from this young
photographer name is Olivia. We have candles from Windsor Candleworks
and a couple other people that were there. We've got
sugar these beautifully decorated sugar cookies from Sugar Beet, and
a whole host of other things. Thirty two Wow, I know,
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out of the fifty it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Well is great.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
So the Ladies' Night out Raffle will be bonkers, better
than ever usually, Yeah, everybody wins a prize. So if
you come to Ladies' Night but you don't buy a
raffle ticket because you think, oh I never win, remember
that the proceeds, all the proceeds go to Fetch Rescue Wisconsin,
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and almost everybody wins a prize. As a matter of fact,
I don't think there's better year yet where everybody didn't
win a prize because there are tons of prizes.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
I like those odds, I know.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
So it's a great raffle and tickets will be five
dollars each or three for ten, and so you're donating
to a good cause, you're almost guaranteed to do an erprize.
And we've got all this amazing things from local crafts
people to add to the mix.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Oh fantastic.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yes, So it's going to be great.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
That is that should be a great night. And of
course mark your calendars. Make sure also you're following the
Bruce Company online Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company
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you've got a question for me, so we'd love to
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three two one. I'm thirteen ten. Real quick.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
With this time year, with the.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Rain and some other things that can be happening, bird
feeders kind of take a beating right now. It's a
good time to be cleaning those things up for the
for the winter months.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
I think that that's always a good idea anyway, is
you know, even during the summer months, every couple of weeks,
if you know, if it's empty, just take a minute
and rinse it out, put in a mile bleach solution,
rinse that out again, and then let it drive thoroughly
before you put new seed in. But this time of year,
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I think we're still maybe at the tail end of
the migration. So there are birds coming through that you
wouldn't normally see, and they're hungry. They have long journeys.
So not to mention the fact that food is scarce
in the winter for the for the bird species that
overwinter here in Wisconsin. So good idea to have your
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feeders ready and make sure that they're operational. Get you know,
baffles and things if you have squirrel ish use I know,
the squirrels or are the populations bonkers this year? And
then also think about providing a source of water birds
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need to keep their feathers clean. It can be as
simple as you know, a plant saucer that you put
on the ground in sort of a secure place or
on your deck. Or you can get a bird bath
that has like a heated Yeah, so there are all
sorts of options. Just remember you know that if you
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are choosing something without without some kind of heating element
in it, that maybe you want to have two or
three so you can put so you can put out
a new one every day and then in the morning
swap that out.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And I used to have the chickens, I used to
have two.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Of the water bells once I put out in the
morning and then once in the afternoon, and yes, constantly.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Ye swapping them out works works. Yeah, it's pretty low tech,
but it's very effective.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Is this time of year two, whereas as we've talked
about birds that are going to overwinter, they're kind of
establishing their their hot spots where they're going to be going.
Like if you start feeding right now, you definitely want
to make.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Sure it makes sense because I think that birds do
learn where the good stuff is. They look like, well,
they have territories a lot of them have territories and
they have places that they go that you know that
they that that's in their habits. Let's say, I don't
think they're necessarily thinking about it, sure, but definitely it's
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there's a learned response that you know in their territory,
these are the places where there is food.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I saw a sparrow pull out a little notepad and
just jop down some notes on our feeders, and you
know which ones get great as the one seeds. I
know you guys got some great stuff. The Bruce Company
as well, could high quality food for them.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
But you can stock up on that bird seeds ten
percent off through the end of November.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I didn't know that part.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, there you go today, I learned that's that's a
really good one. Talk this morning with these spriggs for
the Bruce Company. If you've got a question, we'd love
to have you join us this morning. All I got
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fantastic data stop on in Milton Garden Center with the
Bruce Company right at twenty eight thirty parm inter Street.
That's twenty eight thirty Parmenter Street. As we start to
look towards the holiday season, I know you guys have.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Up on your Bruce Company dot Com. You've got a
little sneak peek there. Of course. Also you've been into
the store sollely bringing more and more in.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
So it's holiday is it is I And that's for
people that are like and obviously we're almost into November,
so I think people start getting a little more comfortable
with it. But it's important One of the things that
I always love is like the Bruce Company, because you
guys have so many different, very things for the holidays,
like and very unique things. I like that you get
a little bit of time that it's kind of like
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a nice smooth rollout of Like, you know, if you
want to get in early and start getting some of
those very collectible ornaments, those those very super are ones,
you get those out early and you just kind of
slowly build towards the holidays.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
It's a nice plan, Lisa. You guys do a really
nice rollout.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Well, you know I used I used to work holiday
time at Marshall Fields. Okay, they did it all in
one night, which was super cool. I mean everybody came
in and there was camaraderie and you know, one day
the store was just regular store and then the next
morning it was Christmasified. Yeah, right, and it was kind
of exciting. We can't do that so and it takes
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some time, obviously because we start like in September, but
it is definitely sort of fun to watch it come
together and you know, the staff will walk through and
they'll say, I walked did this? Where did I didn't
see this? So there's a lot there, and there's a
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lot of layers to everything, so you'll see something one time.
We've got customers that come in like every couple of
weeks just to see how it's progressing and what's new. So,
but the open house Ladies' Night is the fifth and
then open houses that weekend. There's a lot of stuff
going on. The carollers are coming from Capital City on Saturday,
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I believe, and then that just kicks off the whole
calendar of events for the holidays. From the carrollers, I
think there's there's a visit from Santa of course, the
reindeer workshops, all kinds of stuff happening for the holidays,
and so it's a really exciting time at this store.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
We talked to about the importance of getting to the
website and getting the Facebook paid and social media. I
know you guys also do a fantastic email a couple
couple of month, a little reminder of things going on,
which is a great thing for folks to subscribe to.
I was on the website also, and I noticed that
some of the trees are starting to be you know,
you're showing online some of the trees as well that
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folks can see in store. How many different trees do
you guys do this? Did you do this year?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Well, I have a team. Yeah, for sure, there are
thirty four looks, oh my goodness. And I believe like
twenty three trees I think is the number of trees.
So there are things we're expanding the tree walk, yeah,
to the atrium and then into the greenery area, not
just the land of ornaments and forever trees, but also
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the land of fresh cut trees and points attias and
holiday plants. So that added several to the list. And
then you know, it's just it's just the whole store
this year. So it's good. I don't know. We're all
very excited about the holidays.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
You don't have to tell us which one, but you
just simply say yes, sir, no, do you have a
favorite tree this year?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I always have a couple of favorite trees. Yes, okay,
I will say, yeah that there is an upside down tree.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Oh serious, serious, nice old school. That's the old world
German right there, right.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know, okay, I've heard several
different interpretations from customers about what it means to have
an upside down tree. I just think it looks really cool. Yeah,
and I think the ornaments show in a different way.
I mean, if you think about when you you know,
you string like bead garland on a tree, imagine if
it's upside down, you really see the garland.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
It's like a chandelier.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
It is like a chandl. Yeah, like a giant green chandelier.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
That is very very How did you how did you
mount that tree?
Speaker 3 (17:58):
It comes that way, guys, nine foot upside down tree.
Now I have mounted little ones and suspended them from
the ceiling, and because of the engineering of the trees,
you have to like pin it up otherwise the hinges collapse.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Yeah, but this tree, the hinges collapse the other way.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Did you sell that tree?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
I will take orders on this tree. Yes, but yeah,
but it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
That is very nifty. I like that. That's crazy. It
so cool. I'm about to check that.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
I think we'll keep it for a couple of years
and do something fun with it for a couple of
years and then let it go. But it's it is.
It is quite spectacular. Yes, yeah, they're also elves fun
doing vegetables. Really, Yes, there's a tree with a jeweled chameleon.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Where do you find this stuff all over the place,
travel around the globe.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
That's fore not quite around the globe, but.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
At least there's a lot of traveling. Great day to
get on it and check that stuff out.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Middleton Guards of the Bruce Company right to twenty eight
thirty Partment Street. Twenty eight thirty Partment Street. Talk to
about getting online Bruce Company, dot com, Facebook and social media,
all those events. I know you guys keep a really
good schedule of things going on through the winter's month.
You mentioned Ladies Night's coming up. It's kind of the
kickoff of the holiday season. And one of the things
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I did want to ask you about too is gift
giving and shopping, especially for those of us. I will
throw myself in this. I'm not the perfect gift giver,
but one of the things I've discovered is that if
I go to the Bruce Company and just have some
general idea of who I'm shopping for, we hit a
home run every time.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, and I think that you know, this year our
theme is sort of just gifts with meaning, just giving
that extra special thing that is partly yourself, So you
know what the gifts you want to give are, the
gifts that you'd kind of like to keep.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yes, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
So if there's a gift that you that you just
you wrap it up and you say, oh, I wish
i'd bought an other one. Yeah, that's like a perfect gift. Yeah,
that is because you're giving a little bit of yourself
something that Yes.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
That is so so definitely get on check to get
on and check that out. But gard So Rust Company.
That's twenty three Apartment Street. Twenty three Apartment Street, get
the phones. I apologize, that's the question. You've got questions.
I got Steve from Sun Prairie. Steve, I'm sorry I
didn't even catch you guys up there.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
Hey, thanks very much. I have a simple question. Okay,
is this a good time or today plant my garlic?
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Yes, once we get a good hard frost, it is
time to plant garlic.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Okay. And I think we had one a week or
so ago, didn't we?
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Yes, we did. And there's frost on the ground this morning,
at least in the Manison, at least in Madison. So yes,
you can go ahead and do that. And it wouldn't
hurt to put a good coat of mulch over top.
It could be straw. It could be clipped leaves. You
wouldn't want to put whole leaves down, especially big flat
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things like Norway maples. But yes, you could do that.
And you can go ahead and put that garlic in,
break up those clothes like six inches apart, and put
down some mulch and you're good to go.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Hey, sounds great, Steve, great question this more.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Let's go now to Mary. Mary, welcome to the program.
You're on the air at least of Briggs from the
Bruce Company.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
Good morning. I have a quick question. I have three
alium clusters that I bought. I bought them they were bolts,
and I put them in the ground and last year
they didn't do much, but this year they were incredible.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
Okay, I cut those back?
Speaker 5 (21:35):
Do I cut those back or leave them to blow
their seeds wherever they blow?
Speaker 3 (21:42):
You can do either thing. You can if you know,
if you want to leave those flowers up first for texture.
If the seeds blow it it's going to be a
long time for them to get to the point where
they are developing new plants.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
But not worried about that.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Yeah, you can go ahead do that.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Org.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
What a lot of people do, though, is they cut
them back, and then they use them as decorative elements
in their outdoor containers. I've seen people use like floral
spray paint and spray those flowerheads and then use them
inside as dried flowers. So there are lots of things
you can do with them, but it won't hurt the
plants to leave them up.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
Great idea. And then one other quick questions. I have
a Russian stage. Check that back.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Yeah you can, yes, Russian stage is it's kind of
weedy looking in the winter. It wouldn't be something that
I would necessarily leave up, so just you just cut
it back.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
You're right, Thank you, Mary. Great question. Let's go now
to the forest and George joins us. George, welcome program.
You're on the early breaks from the Bruce Company.
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Yeah, good morning. What what's the difference the comparison of
acorn trees with like black walnut trees affecting the gardens?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Oh, okay, that's a good question. And so there's no
effect with acorns. Oak trees are other than casting a
lot of shade. Oak trees don't do anything harmful to
the plants that grow underneath them. Acorns can be they're
very tannic, so like if they get if you soak
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them in water, you'll see the water will get dark.
So I don't know necessarily know that i'd cite like
a small pond or a water feature under an oak tree.
But other than that, shade loving plants like hostas and
that kind of thing do just fine. Walnuts are a
different story. So walnuts a couple species of those kinds
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of nuts, and unfortunately they're native to Wisconsin, or fortunately
the walnut tree itself. So the fruit, the root system,
the leaves, the canopy, they all exude a toxin that
becomes part of the soil called jug loan, and jug
loan is is very toxic to a lot of plants,
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and so we have a list at the garden Center
if you want to stop by, of plants that are
tolerant of it or unaffected by it, and then a
list of things that are just absolutely cannot handle the
toxin in the soil. It doesn't go away, so taking
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down the tree doesn't help. And there's been no research
about how long the toxin stays in the soil or
how quickly it breaks down. There hasn't been any real
research just because black walnuts are not necessarily a crop
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that is a cash crop. So most of the information
that we have is very observational. But a lot of
the universities will put out lists in you know, that
are experiential about what things can do well under that
can tolerate the toxin. So there are choices. It's just
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it just is going to limit your palette for sure.
Speaker 6 (25:06):
Yeah. Okay, thank you much.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Thank you, George. Great call, great question.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
That is a good question.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
That's when I'd never like.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
A lot of this stuff we you know, I'm like, oh, yeah,
it's just that I've never even thought of, like which
you want a plant?
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Which you don't want to plant?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Agether, those black walnuts, as cool as they are, they've
got some nice.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
They have a beautiful form. You can always sometimes like
people will, I'll go out and look at something and
it's just not thriving and I can't figure out why.
And the last thing I do before I leave the
property is look up. Because black walnut trees have a
very interesting kind of curvy, sinuous silhouette and so and
that's almost always the case when when a tree is
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planted and it just doesn't thrive. That's something that I
look for.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
It's it's and they, as we talked this morning, with
least of breaks from the Bruce Company, you ever have
those questions, They've always got the plant desk there for you.
Love to have you come on in, say hello, what
a great day to get on in the Middleton Garden Center.
Bruce Company twenty eight thirty Apartment Street, twenty thirty Partment
Street online as well Facebook, social media, the Bruce Company,
of course, the website First Company dot com at Lisa,
far too informative, far too much fun.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
It's good to see you.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Yeah, And I'm just gonna throw out the last reminder,
so remember that the Holiday tree walk starts November fifth.
Ladies' Night is the evening of the sixth. Yeah, and
the open house is a seventh, eighth, and ninth.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
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That's twenty eight thirty parm Ed Street. And if you
have a question, we've got phone lines open for you
this morning six eight three two one thirteen ten at
six eight three two one thirteen ten and joining us
in studio this morning is Lisa Breaks from the Bruce Company.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Lisa, how you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
I'm good.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'm doing well. It's great to see you.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I felt like, uh, maybe one of these years will
have like an April Fool's Day program, or it'll be
on a Monday, and we could do an April First
show where you set up the call, make stuff up
and I'll answer the question. Oh golly, and you do
the you do the that's just set up in recess.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
I'm checking, I'm checking my phone when that might be
when Monday that is an April first happens.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
You know, it'll be one way to you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You'll definitely be selling more more plants because I will
have killed everybody.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, it's it's great to see you. And we've got we've.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Got fall like weather in the forecast. Nothing to do,
nothing unusual, but we're kind of you know.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Frost on all the roofs this morning was there and
on the ground you come into early.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Early, but yes, I don't look around.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Either, and the ponds are all like misty.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Ooh like that. That's the humidity, the steam.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Kind of yeah, yeah, very y see, I'm boy, I'm
miss so with this time. I know we talked last
week about doing some clean up and some other things.
It's really kind of prime time for doing that type
of stuff, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh yeah, I mean, if you've got you can leave
your perennials up or not.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Reasons for leaving them up would be if you have
got things like cone flowers or other seed or fruit
bearing perennials, you want to leave those up because they
provide winter nourishment for birds and other critters that are around.
So that's a really good reason to leave stuff up. Also,
some things will add some winter interest to your garden,
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to the landscape. It's snowy and cold, but you know,
the seedheads from grasses are really lovely. Reasons for cutting
things back would be that you're a tidy person.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Also, if there's something that you had that where there
were some disease issues the summer, like pottery, mildew or
some you know, really serious leaf spots, which we had
such a damp spring and early summer, is a distinct
possibility you'd want to take get rid of that stuff.
And those are reasons for a fall cleanup.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
You mentioned with the cold flower, the echinasia, those type
of things. Is there like a lifespan for those We
used to have a bunch of them along one side
of our house and then just one summer they never
they never came back, and do they kind.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Of I think on the variety that we have, like
some of the native ones and the tougher varieties, will
last for a really long time. But there was a time,
I want to say, in the late nineties early two
thousands that were doing a lot of hybridizing and there
were some varieties that came to market. I don't think
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they were completely ready, okay, And so there are some
with any plants there, you know, think there are sometimes
there are mistakes.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
They gets they were there when we bought our house,
and then it was just kind of it was really
kind of odd. It wasn't a particularly rough winter, but
all of a sudden spring came and they just never
never top. I just, yeah, who knows, Maybe it's probably
something I did least and if you ask Christina, it's
definitely something I did.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
They're pretty tough. So but like I said, it depends
on depends on the varieties. I think.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Can we be doing spring bulbs right now?
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Speaking of yes, now that we've had on frost, Yeah,
and the days are cooling and nights are cooling. Definitely. Yeah,
you can go ahead and plant garlic if you wanted
to do that. There's still time to do that, excuse me.
And also, yeah, time to get those spring bulbs in.
It's later than usual. Usually I was putting those in,
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but it's you know, almost Halloween. And as a matter
of fact, they're on sale at the garden. So yeah,
we need to make room for the winter bulbs like
amaryllis and paper whites, and so we need to to
say goodbye to those spring flowering bulbs. So our loss
is your gain. So they're thirty percent off for all.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Serious, seriously, that is a deal, a heck of a
deal if I have earned a great reason to get
on it.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Also, final weeks for the final days, not weeks final
days for tree shrubs and perennials. Surcery. Yeah, nursery stock,
tree shrubs, evergreens seventy five percent off, perennials fifty percent off,
and there's still time to plant that stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Is is a root stimulator time right now? When you
put them in.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
There, oh, definitely okay. The later you go, the more
important stimulator becomes interesting.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I wasn't sure if you want to kind of put
them in there and just kind of let them sit,
or if that was okay to get them going.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
If there are things that you really like that you
just don't know where to put them, yeah, then you
can always. What I do is I have some big,
like twenty or twenty five gallon nursery containers from trees, sure,
and so I just put the smaller pots inside and
then dump mulch in there to protect the roots, and
then I put them in sort of a sheltered spot
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in my yard and uh, and then they they'll overwinter
in there. If you're doing that, though, you'll want to
do some rabbit protection that becomes like, oh, look, here's
a bowl some things that looked delicious, yeah, c salad, Yeah,
some nice juicy twists.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And then and then you just take them out in
spring and yeah, the ones that yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
That once that thoughts, you just take them out and
then plant them.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
But if you a perfect spot, there's no reason.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yeah to get them in where if you've got like
a raised veg guarded oh yeah, and I'm not talking
about like raised down legs. I'm talking about the raised
buds that are on the ground. You can also dig
those kinds of things into those spaces, oh okay, and
then dig them up and plant them in the spring.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Oh, very very cool. All kinds of workarounds there.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
And for those folks that are you know where again,
next time you and I talk, it'll be November. And
the fact that we're still able to be talking about,
you know, putting stuff in the ground, so crazy, right,
It is pretty crazy. And it's also kind of cool
for folks that want to kind of those last few
days of getting stuff in the ground and get stuff
taking care of You've got some great opportunities right now,
speaking great opportunity is a great chance to get on
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the air. I got just pick up phone dial in
six so eight three two one thirteen ten. That's six
so eight three two one thirteen ten. We'll get you
right on the air with Lisa Breaks from the Bruce Company.
In this past wee get at the Bruce Company. The
Artisan Fair sounds like it was a smash.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
It was. We had we had a great day. We
all looked at the forecast Friday night and it said
it was going to be like you know in the
fifties and sunny. And then we woke up Saturday morning
and it was cloudy and I said to Harvey, what's
the forecast and he looked at it. He looked at
the Apple forecast and said zero percent chance of rain.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, that was wrong.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
But even with the rain during the load in and
it was kind of chillier and damper than perhaps we
were hoping for, we had a really good day. We
had a lot of folks came in and I think
the artisans had a really had good days as well.
Feed Bakery almost sold out, so that was super cool,
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and then we so, you know, we've got holiday open
house coming up. Ladies Night is the sixth, so yeah,
I know, it's like a week from Thursday. I've got
four trees left to decorate and a lot of other
stuff to do. So last year, a couple of the
vendors who were there had been to our Ladies Night
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who had heard of it, and so they donated some
things for Ladies' Night for the raffle. Beautiful, I know,
it was really sweet. And then one of them said,
you know, you should ask everybody. So this year we did.
We have thirty two vendors who donated artwork, beautiful glass work,
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all kinds of things for Ladies Night for the raffle.
And so we've got a beautiful photograph from this young
photographer name is Olivia. We have candles from Windsor Candleworks
and a couple other people that were there. We've got
sugar these beautifully decorated sugar cookies from Sugar Beet, and
a whole host of other things. Thirty two Wow, I know,
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out of the fifty it was amazing.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Well is great.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
So the Ladies' Night out Raffle will be bonkers, better
than ever usually, Yeah, everybody wins a prize. So if
you come to Ladies' Night but you don't buy a
raffle ticket because you think, oh I never win, remember
that the proceeds, all the proceeds go to Fetch Rescue Wisconsin,
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and almost everybody wins a prize. As a matter of fact,
I don't think there's better year yet where everybody didn't
win a prize because there are tons of prizes.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
I like those odds, I know.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
So it's a great raffle and tickets will be five
dollars each or three for ten, and so you're donating
to a good cause, you're almost guaranteed to do an erprize.
And we've got all this amazing things from local crafts
people to add to the mix.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Oh fantastic.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Yes, So it's going to be great.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
That is that should be a great night. And of
course mark your calendars. Make sure also you're following the
Bruce Company online Bruce Company dot com. That's Bruce Company
dot com, Facebook and social media The Bruce Company. If
you've got a question for me, so we'd love to
have you join us this morning. Get you down there
six' eight three two thirteen ten that's six o' eight
three two one. I'm thirteen ten. Real quick.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
With this time year, with the.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Rain and some other things that can be happening, bird
feeders kind of take a beating right now. It's a
good time to be cleaning those things up for the
for the winter months.
Speaker 3 (10:10):
I think that that's always a good idea anyway, is
you know, even during the summer months, every couple of weeks,
if you know, if it's empty, just take a minute
and rinse it out, put in a mile bleach solution,
rinse that out again, and then let it drive thoroughly
before you put new seed in. But this time of year,
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I think we're still maybe at the tail end of
the migration. So there are birds coming through that you
wouldn't normally see, and they're hungry. They have long journeys.
So not to mention the fact that food is scarce
in the winter for the for the bird species that
overwinter here in Wisconsin. So good idea to have your
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feeders ready and make sure that they're operational. Get you know,
baffles and things if you have squirrel ish use I know,
the squirrels or are the populations bonkers this year? And
then also think about providing a source of water birds
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need to keep their feathers clean. It can be as
simple as you know, a plant saucer that you put
on the ground in sort of a secure place or
on your deck. Or you can get a bird bath
that has like a heated Yeah, so there are all
sorts of options. Just remember you know that if you
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are choosing something without without some kind of heating element
in it, that maybe you want to have two or
three so you can put so you can put out
a new one every day and then in the morning
swap that out.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
And I used to have the chickens, I used to
have two.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Of the water bells once I put out in the
morning and then once in the afternoon, and yes, constantly.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Ye swapping them out works works. Yeah, it's pretty low tech,
but it's very effective.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Is this time of year two, whereas as we've talked
about birds that are going to overwinter, they're kind of
establishing their their hot spots where they're going to be going.
Like if you start feeding right now, you definitely want
to make.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Sure it makes sense because I think that birds do
learn where the good stuff is. They look like, well,
they have territories a lot of them have territories and
they have places that they go that you know that
they that that's in their habits. Let's say, I don't
think they're necessarily thinking about it, sure, but definitely it's
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there's a learned response that you know in their territory,
these are the places where there is food.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I saw a sparrow pull out a little notepad and
just jop down some notes on our feeders, and you
know which ones get great as the one seeds. I
know you guys got some great stuff. The Bruce Company
as well, could high quality food for them.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
But you can stock up on that bird seeds ten
percent off through the end of November.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I didn't know that part.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Well, there you go today, I learned that's that's a
really good one. Talk this morning with these spriggs for
the Bruce Company. If you've got a question, we'd love
to have you join us this morning. All I got
to do is pick up phone dial on in six
eight three two one thirteen ten. That's six so eight
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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 Interer Street. More of Everyday
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fantastic data stop on in Milton Garden Center with the
Bruce Company right at twenty eight thirty parm inter Street.
That's twenty eight thirty Parmenter Street. As we start to
look towards the holiday season, I know you guys have.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Up on your Bruce Company dot Com. You've got a
little sneak peek there. Of course. Also you've been into
the store sollely bringing more and more in.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
So it's holiday is it is I And that's for
people that are like and obviously we're almost into November,
so I think people start getting a little more comfortable
with it. But it's important One of the things that
I always love is like the Bruce Company, because you
guys have so many different, very things for the holidays,
like and very unique things. I like that you get
a little bit of time that it's kind of like
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a nice smooth rollout of Like, you know, if you
want to get in early and start getting some of
those very collectible ornaments, those those very super are ones,
you get those out early and you just kind of
slowly build towards the holidays.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
It's a nice plan, Lisa. You guys do a really
nice rollout.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Well, you know I used I used to work holiday
time at Marshall Fields. Okay, they did it all in
one night, which was super cool. I mean everybody came
in and there was camaraderie and you know, one day
the store was just regular store and then the next
morning it was Christmasified. Yeah, right, and it was kind
of exciting. We can't do that so and it takes
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some time, obviously because we start like in September, but
it is definitely sort of fun to watch it come
together and you know, the staff will walk through and
they'll say, I walked did this? Where did I didn't
see this? So there's a lot there, and there's a
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lot of layers to everything, so you'll see something one time.
We've got customers that come in like every couple of
weeks just to see how it's progressing and what's new. So,
but the open house Ladies' Night is the fifth and
then open houses that weekend. There's a lot of stuff
going on. The carollers are coming from Capital City on Saturday,
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I believe, and then that just kicks off the whole
calendar of events for the holidays. From the carrollers, I
think there's there's a visit from Santa of course, the
reindeer workshops, all kinds of stuff happening for the holidays,
and so it's a really exciting time at this store.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
We talked to about the importance of getting to the
website and getting the Facebook paid and social media. I
know you guys also do a fantastic email a couple
couple of month, a little reminder of things going on,
which is a great thing for folks to subscribe to.
I was on the website also, and I noticed that
some of the trees are starting to be you know,
you're showing online some of the trees as well that
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folks can see in store. How many different trees do
you guys do this? Did you do this year?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Well, I have a team. Yeah, for sure, there are
thirty four looks, oh my goodness. And I believe like
twenty three trees I think is the number of trees.
So there are things we're expanding the tree walk, yeah,
to the atrium and then into the greenery area, not
just the land of ornaments and forever trees, but also
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the land of fresh cut trees and points attias and
holiday plants. So that added several to the list. And
then you know, it's just it's just the whole store
this year. So it's good. I don't know. We're all
very excited about the holidays.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
You don't have to tell us which one, but you
just simply say yes, sir, no, do you have a
favorite tree this year?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I always have a couple of favorite trees. Yes, okay,
I will say, yeah that there is an upside down tree.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Oh serious, serious, nice old school. That's the old world
German right there, right.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know, okay, I've heard several
different interpretations from customers about what it means to have
an upside down tree. I just think it looks really cool. Yeah,
and I think the ornaments show in a different way.
I mean, if you think about when you you know,
you string like bead garland on a tree, imagine if
it's upside down, you really see the garland.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
It's like a chandelier.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
It is like a chandl. Yeah, like a giant green chandelier.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
That is very very How did you how did you
mount that tree?
Speaker 3 (17:58):
It comes that way, guys, nine foot upside down tree.
Now I have mounted little ones and suspended them from
the ceiling, and because of the engineering of the trees,
you have to like pin it up otherwise the hinges collapse.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Yeah, but this tree, the hinges collapse the other way.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Did you sell that tree?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
I will take orders on this tree. Yes, but yeah,
but it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
That is very nifty. I like that. That's crazy. It
so cool. I'm about to check that.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
I think we'll keep it for a couple of years
and do something fun with it for a couple of
years and then let it go. But it's it is.
It is quite spectacular. Yes, yeah, they're also elves fun
doing vegetables. Really, Yes, there's a tree with a jeweled chameleon.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Where do you find this stuff all over the place,
travel around the globe.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
That's fore not quite around the globe, but.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
At least there's a lot of traveling. Great day to
get on it and check that stuff out.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Middleton Guards of the Bruce Company right to twenty eight
thirty Partment Street. Twenty eight thirty Partment Street. Talk to
about getting online Bruce Company, dot com, Facebook and social media,
all those events. I know you guys keep a really
good schedule of things going on through the winter's month.
You mentioned Ladies Night's coming up. It's kind of the
kickoff of the holiday season. And one of the things
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I did want to ask you about too is gift
giving and shopping, especially for those of us. I will
throw myself in this. I'm not the perfect gift giver,
but one of the things I've discovered is that if
I go to the Bruce Company and just have some
general idea of who I'm shopping for, we hit a
home run every time.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Yeah, and I think that you know, this year our
theme is sort of just gifts with meaning, just giving
that extra special thing that is partly yourself, So you
know what the gifts you want to give are, the
gifts that you'd kind of like to keep.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yes, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
So if there's a gift that you that you just
you wrap it up and you say, oh, I wish
i'd bought an other one. Yeah, that's like a perfect gift. Yeah,
that is because you're giving a little bit of yourself
something that Yes.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
That is so so definitely get on check to get
on and check that out. But gard So Rust Company.
That's twenty three Apartment Street. Twenty three Apartment Street, get
the phones. I apologize, that's the question. You've got questions.
I got Steve from Sun Prairie. Steve, I'm sorry I
didn't even catch you guys up there.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
Hey, thanks very much. I have a simple question. Okay,
is this a good time or today plant my garlic?
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Yes, once we get a good hard frost, it is
time to plant garlic.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Okay. And I think we had one a week or
so ago, didn't we?
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Yes, we did. And there's frost on the ground this morning,
at least in the Manison, at least in Madison. So yes,
you can go ahead and do that. And it wouldn't
hurt to put a good coat of mulch over top.
It could be straw. It could be clipped leaves. You
wouldn't want to put whole leaves down, especially big flat
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things like Norway maples. But yes, you could do that.
And you can go ahead and put that garlic in,
break up those clothes like six inches apart, and put
down some mulch and you're good to go.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Hey, sounds great, Steve, great question this more.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Let's go now to Mary. Mary, welcome to the program.
You're on the air at least of Briggs from the
Bruce Company.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
Good morning. I have a quick question. I have three
alium clusters that I bought. I bought them they were bolts,
and I put them in the ground and last year
they didn't do much, but this year they were incredible.
Speaker 4 (21:33):
Okay, I cut those back?
Speaker 5 (21:35):
Do I cut those back or leave them to blow
their seeds wherever they blow?
Speaker 3 (21:42):
You can do either thing. You can if you know,
if you want to leave those flowers up first for texture.
If the seeds blow it it's going to be a
long time for them to get to the point where
they are developing new plants.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
But not worried about that.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Yeah, you can go ahead do that.
Speaker 6 (22:00):
Org.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
What a lot of people do, though, is they cut
them back, and then they use them as decorative elements
in their outdoor containers. I've seen people use like floral
spray paint and spray those flowerheads and then use them
inside as dried flowers. So there are lots of things
you can do with them, but it won't hurt the
plants to leave them up.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
Great idea. And then one other quick questions. I have
a Russian stage. Check that back.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Yeah you can, yes, Russian stage is it's kind of
weedy looking in the winter. It wouldn't be something that
I would necessarily leave up, so just you just cut
it back.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
You're right, Thank you, Mary. Great question. Let's go now
to the forest and George joins us. George, welcome program.
You're on the early breaks from the Bruce Company.
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Yeah, good morning. What what's the difference the comparison of
acorn trees with like black walnut trees affecting the gardens?
Speaker 3 (22:58):
Oh, okay, that's a good question. And so there's no
effect with acorns. Oak trees are other than casting a
lot of shade. Oak trees don't do anything harmful to
the plants that grow underneath them. Acorns can be they're
very tannic, so like if they get if you soak
(23:19):
them in water, you'll see the water will get dark.
So I don't know necessarily know that i'd cite like
a small pond or a water feature under an oak tree.
But other than that, shade loving plants like hostas and
that kind of thing do just fine. Walnuts are a
different story. So walnuts a couple species of those kinds
(23:41):
of nuts, and unfortunately they're native to Wisconsin, or fortunately
the walnut tree itself. So the fruit, the root system,
the leaves, the canopy, they all exude a toxin that
becomes part of the soil called jug loan, and jug
loan is is very toxic to a lot of plants,
(24:02):
and so we have a list at the garden Center
if you want to stop by, of plants that are
tolerant of it or unaffected by it, and then a
list of things that are just absolutely cannot handle the
toxin in the soil. It doesn't go away, so taking
(24:22):
down the tree doesn't help. And there's been no research
about how long the toxin stays in the soil or
how quickly it breaks down. There hasn't been any real
research just because black walnuts are not necessarily a crop
(24:42):
that is a cash crop. So most of the information
that we have is very observational. But a lot of
the universities will put out lists in you know, that
are experiential about what things can do well under that
can tolerate the toxin. So there are choices. It's just
(25:03):
it just is going to limit your palette for sure.
Speaker 6 (25:06):
Yeah. Okay, thank you much.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Thank you, George. Great call, great question.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
That is a good question.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
That's when I'd never like.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
A lot of this stuff we you know, I'm like, oh, yeah,
it's just that I've never even thought of, like which
you want a plant?
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Which you don't want to plant?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Agether, those black walnuts, as cool as they are, they've
got some nice.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
They have a beautiful form. You can always sometimes like
people will, I'll go out and look at something and
it's just not thriving and I can't figure out why.
And the last thing I do before I leave the
property is look up. Because black walnut trees have a
very interesting kind of curvy, sinuous silhouette and so and
that's almost always the case when when a tree is
(25:45):
planted and it just doesn't thrive. That's something that I
look for.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
It's it's and they, as we talked this morning, with
least of breaks from the Bruce Company, you ever have
those questions, They've always got the plant desk there for you.
Love to have you come on in, say hello, what
a great day to get on in the Middleton Garden Center.
Bruce Company twenty eight thirty Apartment Street, twenty thirty Partment
Street online as well Facebook, social media, the Bruce Company,
of course, the website First Company dot com at Lisa,
far too informative, far too much fun.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
It's good to see you.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
Yeah, And I'm just gonna throw out the last reminder,
so remember that the Holiday tree walk starts November fifth.
Ladies' Night is the evening of the sixth. Yeah, and
the open house is a seventh, eighth, and ninth.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Get all the information online brust Company dot com. Even better,
get on in Middleton gardens that are twenty eight thirty
Partment Street, twenty thirty Partment Street. More Mattison the morning
comes your way next year at thirteen ten WUIB eight
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