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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Eight thirteen ten, WIBA and Everyday Outdoor Living that's brought
to you by the Bruce Company. Online Brucecompany dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com. You can also find them
Facebook and social media that includes like Instagram and I
mentioned Facebook, Pinterest. All the cool places with all the
cool folks, you'll find the Bruce Company there speaking out
of hanging out with the cool folks and the cool places.
(00:21):
The Milton Garden Center of the Bruce Company. Great time
year to get on in. They'd love to see you
right at twenty eight thirty a Parliament or Street. That's
twenty at thirty Partment Street. And one of the cool
faces you'll see at the Bruce Companies Milton Garden Center
Lisa Briggs. Lisa, how you doing this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good? How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I'm doing well? How was the weekend? You guys? Busy?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Crazy? Yeah? We had the model, the local model eight clubs,
so there were oh, I don't know, maybe ten or
so restored model as in the parking lot and in
the store we had.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Puppies from five Oh my goodness, the two.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Did not meet.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
No. Still, well, if you got a bodel A it
might be good to have a passenger, a little pupper
to ride on the throne seat. That may not be
the worst thing, you know. I've had some passengers that
I just want to get out of the car. Where's
a puppy. You're like, let's road trip, buddy, let's do it.
So good to see you. So, by the way, I'm
(01:17):
looking outside and it's kind of that raining. Yeah, we
need rain. Are we good? Probably?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We were like right on target okay for March through May. Okay,
and then before this rain that we're having now, we
were just under two inches okay, but we usually get
over eight I'm sorry, we usually get over five. Last
(01:43):
year we had eight. We usually get over five in
the month of June. So we're due for some rain.
We're halfway through. We want to be, you know, close
to halfway through the average, the thirty year average.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So we got a couple of days of rain and
then a couple of days of sun. And I'm gonna
guess the gardens are gonna love yep gardens, and we're
gonna take such floating Yes. Talk about Gale's tip this
week as well, because that speaking of things.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
It's an end of June phenomenon.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Coming up we'll get to that and so much more.
Of course, phone lines are open as well. If you've
got a question for Lisa, what a prime time to
get on air? Love to hear from you. Six eight
three two one thirteen ten. That's six so eight three
two one thirteen ten. Before we look forward, let's really
quick look back. You mentioned a couple of events the
Bruce Company. I know somebody had commented on your Facebook
page wondering when the dog's from fetch, if they were
(02:36):
going to be back today or when they're going to
be back. They will be back, not today, but you
got a couple of weeks, yes.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
And every time they come they bring different, you know,
different dogs. So the litter of puppies yesterday they all
had names, and I did not. Their litters, the ones
that they sort of raise, all have a theme. Yeah,
to the litter right, And I didn't get the theme,
but you did right away, Yes, like the one John Wick.
(03:04):
I said, oh, yeah, John Wick? Are these John Wick characters?
But you said no.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
As soon as you mentioned Bill and Ted's uh yeah,
Ted Theodore Logan. I thought, what we've got? Yeah, And
for folks that need a little what do they call?
There's a term for like a pick me up, a
video pick me up. You want to smile this morning?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, there's puppies in a wagon.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Check out.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
It's kind of goofy, what are you going to do?
So they'll be back on July twentieth, twentieth. Yeah, So
when they come, it's usually on a Sunday, usually third
Sunday of the month and noon to two, okay, and
you can you can, you know, struggle with them, interact
with the dogs, play with you know, sort of hold
on to the puppies. You can at that time apply
(03:47):
for an adoption or apply to become a foster. So
this litter of ten, yeah, Yike's poor mom. They were
they they've been in one house okay, and then yesterday
they were split up. So we also had some fosters
coming in to pick them up and they usually they
(04:07):
took them in pairs.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Well, and for folks that don't know, every year, obviously
the Bruce Company, you guys choose a different organization in
town to do fundraising for this year, it's Fetch Fetch Rescue.
A little bit about them, as we've had a chance
to talk the past few weeks about them. They don't
have like a you don't.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Have a shelter. All their dogs are fostered. So if somebody,
if there's a mom that comes in pregnant, then somebody
takes the responsibility to have that mom in their house.
And so because they don't have a facility per se,
money that's donated goes to support the fosters.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It's a great concept. Now, I've got to guess it's
probably a little labor intensive when you're coordinating and.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Doing and I would think it would you know, for me,
I would think it takes a special person to be
a foster because it's hard not to fall in love
with puppies, right or even a really good older dog. Yeah,
I think you'd be tempted all the time to say, oh, well,
I'm just going to keep this one. So that's a
really that is it takes a certain kind of person
(05:19):
to be able to give another being all that love
and attention and care knowing that you're gonna then turn
that dog o over to a new family, to a
forever home. So it's a very cool concept and kudos
to all those fosters.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And you can check out we talk about the fun
pictures and video up at Bruce company's Facebook page of course,
fetch Wi dot org you can learn more about that
con and you can.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
See all the doggos that we had at the store.
So we had Jasmine and then all the puppies, ten
of them with John Wick character. So that's who was
there yesterday. I don't know who will be stopping by
on the next at their next visit.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That'll be exciting to see. Yeah, it'll definitely be exciting.
So let's talk about We started off our conversation looking
at the weather and just how perfect it is for
things to happen as far as around the garden. And
I think that likes to pop out of the garden
area this time here actually a couple of weeks out.
Japanese beat.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah yeah, yeah. Now Gail mm hmm has not predicted
because she's not a predictor, but she has wondered if
the deep frost that we had this last winter because
we didn't have any snow cover and we had a
fairly normal winter for temperatures. Okay, so she is wondering
(06:39):
if maybe there was some killoff of the of the
beads in their grub stage. That yes, so that's a thought.
So we're not but we won't know. We won't know
until we know. Also, we had a cooler spring, so
it won't be We don't think it's going to be
accelerated like last year because the spring was so warm
(07:01):
the beatles showed up early, So that's not going to happen.
So typically when we see them as end of June,
like early July, right around the fourth of July is
when you start to like see concentrated numbers of them.
So we are going to talk about, you know, with
Gail because she's not here, but in spirit, we'll talk
about preventative.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Things that you can do, the things we can be
doing right now, the things.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You can be doing right now.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yes, let's get into those.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
So Japanese beetles and and a lot of beetles that
spend part of their life stage as grubs, so that's
an underground creature, spend a lot of time underground, way
more time underground than they do above ground as adults.
So Japanese beetles, it's about eighty five percent of their
lifespan is spent. Yes, well, if you consider they're usually
(07:50):
up for about six weeks, if the whole rest of
the year or the go to be they've got.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
To be somewhere chilling somewhere.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
You're chilling somewhere, right So, so how you can deal
with them now is in the grub stage. You can
use the grub aside. There are a number of them
on the market. We have a really good one. I
think it's called like grub defense or something like something
like something suitably warriorlying right, and you can apply that
(08:18):
and that will kill them in the grub stage right now,
they're probably they go deeper underground in the winter and
then they sort of grubs kind of move to the
surface where they're sort of gnashing on your lawn roots
right now, until they then pupate, become adults and then emerge.
(08:38):
So that's kind of where they are right now in
that kind of stage. But the grub control lasts for
a year, So after they're done feeding, they go back
into the ground and lay eggs, and then they become
grubs and they feed through the late summer and autumn,
and then they go a little bit deeper to winter over.
So putting down grub aside you may not do a
(09:00):
ton of good for this year's beetles, but it will
for the next year's crop. So besides the grub aside,
you can also use this thing called milky spore powder.
And milky spore is an organic method and if you
apply it properly, the San Gabriel who's the manufacturer, offers
a ten year warranty.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Oh nice. So there are other grubs out there as
well too, you want to be taken care of right now?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well, June bugs are those are our two major grub
beetle okay issues. June bugs, I don't know. They bang
against your screen at night when it's dark out.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
And your lights are on.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I don't know, we don't we don't have Like I'm
gonna say this now and then watch, there's gonna be
an incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
This year.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
They're not the problem as far as your plants. The
Japanese beetles. That's why people really loathe Japanese beetles is
because of the damage that they do to so many
different kinds of plants.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
And they've expanded a little bit, having like because it
used to be like rose bushes, and I think they.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Always ate all those things. You just didn't notice them
because there weren't so many of them, oh you know.
And there have been years where they've just we've just
been inundated. So next week we'll talk about the things
that you can do once they're here, like ways that
you can sort of combat them when you see them.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Oh excellent, Right.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Now, what you want to do is you want to
treat your lawn. Now that's going to keep your lawn
from breeding them. But unless you get like all your
neighbors to also apply grabex then you know, they they
do fly and they can fly a fair distance.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
So I know we've talked in the past about I
know that they've made like traps and other things. Just
do those help at all?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Like?
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Can they?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I think traps should be used selectively because traps they
have a pheromone lure and we all besides besides eating
your plaids, yes, Japanese beetles like to yeah, yes, And
so they're very they're very pheromone focused, right, So, which
(11:14):
is why the lures work. And they will draw the
beetles from your yard to the trap, but they will
also draw beetles from everybody else's yard to your trap.
And the traps only hold so many beetles, but they
can still they can still sense the pheromones, so they
just sort of gloom around there, and if they can't
get to the pheromone, then they're going to eat whatever
(11:35):
is around it. So if you have a bigger yard
and you have something that you're wanting to protect, then
you put the trap like far away. But if you
have a small yard, you're just gonna Yeah, so trap
should be used with thought. They're not going to trap
(11:56):
every Japanese beetle that comes into your yard because you
would be changing the traps if pressure is I every
couple of days.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Grub aside right now is the best.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Grub aside is the best thing right now. The other
thing that it's kind of a little late to do,
but we did talk about it earlier, like last month. Yes,
about using a systemic insecticide for your trees and shrubs
that so when the beetles notch on it, then they
(12:25):
are they're no more. Yes, exactly. It's not an instant killer,
but it is. It is effective, but that product takes
three or four weeks to get fully into the plant's
tissue to be effective. So putting that down now, given
that we expect to see the beetles in two to
three weeks, won't be particularly effective. Although that does have
(12:49):
a again, a year long lifespan in your plant. So
if you put it down now hoping that the beetles
are later and they you know, you get some protection
from it. It will protect from early things next year.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Oh so, bod what.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
We really like to see that stuff go down by
the nime.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
And we talk about it every year, about that right
around then, and so people like hey, what always got
to listen to the show each and every week. And
of course don't forget if you've got a question.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
No, I just like to tell people what to do.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Well, we need to hear it, Lisa. We need to
hear it. No better person than a friend like you,
and it's what he needs to have. A Ye, you
got a question for Lisa, We've got a line for
you right now. Six eight three two one thirteen ten.
That's six oh eight three two one thirteen ten. You
can learn more about the Bruce Company on their website
Brucecompany dot com. That's all one word, Bruce Company dot com,
Facebook and social media the Bruce Company. Great day to
(13:43):
get on into the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce
Company right at twenty eight thirty parm Interus Street. That's
twenty eight thirty Partment Street. We'll talk about some of
the kind of rolling sales and stuff like that going
on with the Bruce Company. We'll do that. I'll take
your call next as every Day Outdoor Living with the
Bruce Company continues right here at thirteen ten double twenty
five thirteen ten WIBA and every Day Outdoor Living brought
(14:03):
to you by the Bruce Company online Brucecompany dot com.
That's all one word, Bruce Company dot com. Great day
to get on into the Middleton Garden Center at Bruce Company.
The weather's going to be perfect later this week. Maybe
you've got three or a four day weekend. I know
a number of folks is going to be off Thursday,
and the weather just looks perfect. What a great day
to get on in to the Middleton Garden Center at
(14:23):
twenty at thirty parm Industreet. That's twenty at thirty Partment
Street and learn more online the website Brucecompany dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com, Facebook and social media as well.
The Bruce Company. You can find them there. And we're
talking about stuff going on in the store, and I
know there's sales and it's yeah, it's about.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That time of year. It's you know, it's it's I
tried to say this on the Friday video like one
hundred times and we kept having to re record it.
But the meteorologists, yes, because I can't I can say that.
I just can't say meteorologic. Yeah, meteorological, Yes, there you
go that one. That it is meteorological, meteorological summer, summer.
(15:04):
But also this week is the summer solstice. Oh yes,
it is officially summer.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What does it mean for hours?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
That means that we are now in summer hours. So
starting today, hours have changed. So we're still open Monday
through Saturday from nine until six. That's the same. But
Sunday has changed. Okay, so we caught back Sunday hours,
so we'll be open beginning on the this coming Sunday,
This coming Sunday twenty second, we're open eleven to four
(15:33):
instead of ten to five. Okay, so open an hour later,
closing an hour earlier.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Okay, easy enough.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Yes, happens every year. Yes, is right after Father's Day.
So this is the time.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
What we mentioned too, like sales and stuff this time
here seasonally, this is one of those times check back early,
check back often because sales come and go and yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
They do so right now, we're in the middle of
a or it started Friday runs for two weeks on
some nursery stock, so mostly spring blooming things, crab apples, lilacs.
You can save twenty five percent on those things, and
there's some other plants and that list to Roses are
(16:17):
on sale ten percent off through the end of the
month because it's National Rose Month.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Oh is it?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Do you have a favorite rose color.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Personally, like for cuts? Yeah, I would say like orange
yellows kind of for cutflow for cuts. My yard is
too shady for roses. Oh I could just you know,
I love the English roses, the David Austin's, but I
don't have a place to grow them.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Okay, so yeah, you work in a greenhouse though, but yeah,
so that is Yeah, that is one of the pleasures
of my job that there are things that my yard
has restrictions.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
It's small, it's shady. The neighbor has a black walnut. Oh,
so I have a limited palette. My garden is also
like to call japanesque. I inherited a style, so I have,
you know, my palettes limited for sure, But I get
to enjoy all those other things and send other people
(17:15):
home with them.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
We talk about this, but I think it does need
to be And I know a couple of times a
year you guys have have some obviously all the time,
you guys have folks with landscaping other things. I know
there's a couple of times a year where folks, especially
in the early spring, you bring in some of your
landscaping team and let folks kind of sit down for consultations.
But as you were talking about about your specific yard conditions,
and we think about different areas of town and trees
(17:39):
and different types of trees. And it's always a good
day when you get into the Bruce Company. If you
got a question, that's one of the fantastic things is
you've got an answer.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
You've got a lot of people and if you know,
if I don't know the answer, or Scott doesn't know
the answer, or Gina, there are lots of people that
we can call, so we team on it. There's a
lot of knowledge and industry experiences there, so yeah, yeah,
we will we do our level best to get you
an answer.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
It's it's a great day to get on into the
Middleton Gardens of the Bruce Company twenty thirty par registreet.
That's twenty thirty Partment Street. Big news too. I occasionally
I obviously get get the email from you guys, and
I saw so press really Seth. Yeah big. Everybody loves
Seth and he is he is now.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He's a very personable man. He is.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Congratulations new president. Yeah, so that'll be uh, that'll be exciting.
Seth Nicholson and he's he's been with the company for well, all.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
The Nicholson kids, Yeah, I think have worked at the
Bruce Company and started pretty young. Either they were they
did mowing or they most of them all started in
the on the landscape side. But we have been, you know,
fortunate enough to have Seth and then earlier his sister
Jody ran the boutique for a while and so and
(18:55):
then we have you know, assorted grandkids and relatives. Right now,
they're three of them in the garden center.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Oh, that's awzy.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
It's kind of fun. It's good. You know, nothing wrong
with nepotism, there's nothing well and especially when the people
you know are working hard. Yes, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
And we have had Jodian a couple of times's I think.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
She was on at least once back in the day
she's been she stepped back. Oh gosh, I want to
say like three years. OK.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
So, always something fun going on. Yeah, at the Bruce Company.
It's always a great day to get on in the
Middleton gardens of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight thirty Partment Street.
That's twenty thirty Partment Street. I also mentioned the newsletter.
Definitely want to sign up for that. Every couple of weeks,
get a cool little email about what's happening at the
Bruce Company. We talk about specials and sales. Make sure
you're also following them on Facebook and social media. Even better,
(19:44):
what a great day to get on in Middleton garden
cent or the Bruce Company. Twenty at thirty parm Industreet.
That's twenty at thirty Partmented Street. Lisa, It's always great
to see you enjoy this beautiful day you as well.
Shine here comes your way next year. On thirteen ten,
Wive
Eight thirteen ten, WIBA and Everyday Outdoor Living that's brought
to you by the Bruce Company. Online Brucecompany dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com. You can also find them
Facebook and social media that includes like Instagram and I
mentioned Facebook, Pinterest. All the cool places with all the
cool folks, you'll find the Bruce Company there speaking out
of hanging out with the cool folks and the cool places.
(00:21):
The Milton Garden Center of the Bruce Company. Great time
year to get on in. They'd love to see you
right at twenty eight thirty a Parliament or Street. That's
twenty at thirty Partment Street. And one of the cool
faces you'll see at the Bruce Companies Milton Garden Center
Lisa Briggs. Lisa, how you doing this morning?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good? How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I'm doing well? How was the weekend? You guys? Busy?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Crazy? Yeah? We had the model, the local model eight clubs,
so there were oh, I don't know, maybe ten or
so restored model as in the parking lot and in
the store we had.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Puppies from five Oh my goodness, the two.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Did not meet.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
No. Still, well, if you got a bodel A it
might be good to have a passenger, a little pupper
to ride on the throne seat. That may not be
the worst thing, you know. I've had some passengers that
I just want to get out of the car. Where's
a puppy. You're like, let's road trip, buddy, let's do it.
So good to see you. So, by the way, I'm
(01:17):
looking outside and it's kind of that raining. Yeah, we
need rain. Are we good? Probably?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We were like right on target okay for March through May. Okay,
and then before this rain that we're having now, we
were just under two inches okay, but we usually get
over eight I'm sorry, we usually get over five. Last
(01:43):
year we had eight. We usually get over five in
the month of June. So we're due for some rain.
We're halfway through. We want to be, you know, close
to halfway through the average, the thirty year average.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So we got a couple of days of rain and
then a couple of days of sun. And I'm gonna
guess the gardens are gonna love yep gardens, and we're
gonna take such floating Yes. Talk about Gale's tip this
week as well, because that speaking of things.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
It's an end of June phenomenon.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Coming up we'll get to that and so much more.
Of course, phone lines are open as well. If you've
got a question for Lisa, what a prime time to
get on air? Love to hear from you. Six eight
three two one thirteen ten. That's six so eight three
two one thirteen ten. Before we look forward, let's really
quick look back. You mentioned a couple of events the
Bruce Company. I know somebody had commented on your Facebook
page wondering when the dog's from fetch, if they were
(02:36):
going to be back today or when they're going to
be back. They will be back, not today, but you
got a couple of weeks, yes.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
And every time they come they bring different, you know,
different dogs. So the litter of puppies yesterday they all
had names, and I did not. Their litters, the ones
that they sort of raise, all have a theme. Yeah,
to the litter right, And I didn't get the theme,
but you did right away, Yes, like the one John Wick.
(03:04):
I said, oh, yeah, John Wick? Are these John Wick characters?
But you said no.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
As soon as you mentioned Bill and Ted's uh yeah,
Ted Theodore Logan. I thought, what we've got? Yeah, And
for folks that need a little what do they call?
There's a term for like a pick me up, a
video pick me up. You want to smile this morning?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, there's puppies in a wagon.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Check out.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
It's kind of goofy, what are you going to do?
So they'll be back on July twentieth, twentieth. Yeah, So
when they come, it's usually on a Sunday, usually third
Sunday of the month and noon to two, okay, and
you can you can, you know, struggle with them, interact
with the dogs, play with you know, sort of hold
on to the puppies. You can at that time apply
(03:47):
for an adoption or apply to become a foster. So
this litter of ten, yeah, Yike's poor mom. They were
they they've been in one house okay, and then yesterday
they were split up. So we also had some fosters
coming in to pick them up and they usually they
(04:07):
took them in pairs.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Well, and for folks that don't know, every year, obviously
the Bruce Company, you guys choose a different organization in
town to do fundraising for this year, it's Fetch Fetch Rescue.
A little bit about them, as we've had a chance
to talk the past few weeks about them. They don't
have like a you don't.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Have a shelter. All their dogs are fostered. So if somebody,
if there's a mom that comes in pregnant, then somebody
takes the responsibility to have that mom in their house.
And so because they don't have a facility per se,
money that's donated goes to support the fosters.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It's a great concept. Now, I've got to guess it's
probably a little labor intensive when you're coordinating and.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Doing and I would think it would you know, for me,
I would think it takes a special person to be
a foster because it's hard not to fall in love
with puppies, right or even a really good older dog. Yeah,
I think you'd be tempted all the time to say, oh, well,
I'm just going to keep this one. So that's a
really that is it takes a certain kind of person
(05:19):
to be able to give another being all that love
and attention and care knowing that you're gonna then turn
that dog o over to a new family, to a
forever home. So it's a very cool concept and kudos
to all those fosters.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And you can check out we talk about the fun
pictures and video up at Bruce company's Facebook page of course,
fetch Wi dot org you can learn more about that
con and you can.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
See all the doggos that we had at the store.
So we had Jasmine and then all the puppies, ten
of them with John Wick character. So that's who was
there yesterday. I don't know who will be stopping by
on the next at their next visit.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
That'll be exciting to see. Yeah, it'll definitely be exciting.
So let's talk about We started off our conversation looking
at the weather and just how perfect it is for
things to happen as far as around the garden. And
I think that likes to pop out of the garden
area this time here actually a couple of weeks out.
Japanese beat.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah yeah, yeah. Now Gail mm hmm has not predicted
because she's not a predictor, but she has wondered if
the deep frost that we had this last winter because
we didn't have any snow cover and we had a
fairly normal winter for temperatures. Okay, so she is wondering
(06:39):
if maybe there was some killoff of the of the
beads in their grub stage. That yes, so that's a thought.
So we're not but we won't know. We won't know
until we know. Also, we had a cooler spring, so
it won't be We don't think it's going to be
accelerated like last year because the spring was so warm
(07:01):
the beatles showed up early, So that's not going to happen.
So typically when we see them as end of June,
like early July, right around the fourth of July is
when you start to like see concentrated numbers of them.
So we are going to talk about, you know, with
Gail because she's not here, but in spirit, we'll talk
about preventative.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Things that you can do, the things we can be
doing right now, the things.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
You can be doing right now.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yes, let's get into those.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
So Japanese beetles and and a lot of beetles that
spend part of their life stage as grubs, so that's
an underground creature, spend a lot of time underground, way
more time underground than they do above ground as adults.
So Japanese beetles, it's about eighty five percent of their
lifespan is spent. Yes, well, if you consider they're usually
(07:50):
up for about six weeks, if the whole rest of
the year or the go to be they've got.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
To be somewhere chilling somewhere.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
You're chilling somewhere, right So, so how you can deal
with them now is in the grub stage. You can
use the grub aside. There are a number of them
on the market. We have a really good one. I
think it's called like grub defense or something like something
like something suitably warriorlying right, and you can apply that
(08:18):
and that will kill them in the grub stage right now,
they're probably they go deeper underground in the winter and
then they sort of grubs kind of move to the
surface where they're sort of gnashing on your lawn roots
right now, until they then pupate, become adults and then emerge.
(08:38):
So that's kind of where they are right now in
that kind of stage. But the grub control lasts for
a year, So after they're done feeding, they go back
into the ground and lay eggs, and then they become
grubs and they feed through the late summer and autumn,
and then they go a little bit deeper to winter over.
So putting down grub aside you may not do a
(09:00):
ton of good for this year's beetles, but it will
for the next year's crop. So besides the grub aside,
you can also use this thing called milky spore powder.
And milky spore is an organic method and if you
apply it properly, the San Gabriel who's the manufacturer, offers
a ten year warranty.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Oh nice. So there are other grubs out there as
well too, you want to be taken care of right now?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well, June bugs are those are our two major grub
beetle okay issues. June bugs, I don't know. They bang
against your screen at night when it's dark out.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
And your lights are on.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I don't know, we don't we don't have Like I'm
gonna say this now and then watch, there's gonna be
an incredible.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
This year.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
They're not the problem as far as your plants. The
Japanese beetles. That's why people really loathe Japanese beetles is
because of the damage that they do to so many
different kinds of plants.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
And they've expanded a little bit, having like because it
used to be like rose bushes, and I think they.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Always ate all those things. You just didn't notice them
because there weren't so many of them, oh you know.
And there have been years where they've just we've just
been inundated. So next week we'll talk about the things
that you can do once they're here, like ways that
you can sort of combat them when you see them.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Oh excellent, Right.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Now, what you want to do is you want to
treat your lawn. Now that's going to keep your lawn
from breeding them. But unless you get like all your
neighbors to also apply grabex then you know, they they
do fly and they can fly a fair distance.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
So I know we've talked in the past about I
know that they've made like traps and other things. Just
do those help at all?
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Like?
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Can they?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
I think traps should be used selectively because traps they
have a pheromone lure and we all besides besides eating
your plaids, yes, Japanese beetles like to yeah, yes, And
so they're very they're very pheromone focused, right, So, which
(11:14):
is why the lures work. And they will draw the
beetles from your yard to the trap, but they will
also draw beetles from everybody else's yard to your trap.
And the traps only hold so many beetles, but they
can still they can still sense the pheromones, so they
just sort of gloom around there, and if they can't
get to the pheromone, then they're going to eat whatever
(11:35):
is around it. So if you have a bigger yard
and you have something that you're wanting to protect, then
you put the trap like far away. But if you
have a small yard, you're just gonna Yeah, so trap
should be used with thought. They're not going to trap
(11:56):
every Japanese beetle that comes into your yard because you
would be changing the traps if pressure is I every
couple of days.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Grub aside right now is the best.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Grub aside is the best thing right now. The other
thing that it's kind of a little late to do,
but we did talk about it earlier, like last month. Yes,
about using a systemic insecticide for your trees and shrubs
that so when the beetles notch on it, then they
(12:25):
are they're no more. Yes, exactly. It's not an instant killer,
but it is. It is effective, but that product takes
three or four weeks to get fully into the plant's
tissue to be effective. So putting that down now, given
that we expect to see the beetles in two to
three weeks, won't be particularly effective. Although that does have
(12:49):
a again, a year long lifespan in your plant. So
if you put it down now hoping that the beetles
are later and they you know, you get some protection
from it. It will protect from early things next year.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Oh so, bod what.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
We really like to see that stuff go down by
the nime.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
And we talk about it every year, about that right
around then, and so people like hey, what always got
to listen to the show each and every week. And
of course don't forget if you've got a question.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
No, I just like to tell people what to do.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Well, we need to hear it, Lisa. We need to
hear it. No better person than a friend like you,
and it's what he needs to have. A Ye, you
got a question for Lisa, We've got a line for
you right now. Six eight three two one thirteen ten.
That's six oh eight three two one thirteen ten. You
can learn more about the Bruce Company on their website
Brucecompany dot com. That's all one word, Bruce Company dot com,
Facebook and social media the Bruce Company. Great day to
(13:43):
get on into the Middleton Garden Center of the Bruce
Company right at twenty eight thirty parm Interus Street. That's
twenty eight thirty Partment Street. We'll talk about some of
the kind of rolling sales and stuff like that going
on with the Bruce Company. We'll do that. I'll take
your call next as every Day Outdoor Living with the
Bruce Company continues right here at thirteen ten double twenty
five thirteen ten WIBA and every Day Outdoor Living brought
(14:03):
to you by the Bruce Company online Brucecompany dot com.
That's all one word, Bruce Company dot com. Great day
to get on into the Middleton Garden Center at Bruce Company.
The weather's going to be perfect later this week. Maybe
you've got three or a four day weekend. I know
a number of folks is going to be off Thursday,
and the weather just looks perfect. What a great day
to get on in to the Middleton Garden Center at
(14:23):
twenty at thirty parm Industreet. That's twenty at thirty Partment
Street and learn more online the website Brucecompany dot com.
That's Bruce Company dot com, Facebook and social media as well.
The Bruce Company. You can find them there. And we're
talking about stuff going on in the store, and I
know there's sales and it's yeah, it's about.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That time of year. It's you know, it's it's I
tried to say this on the Friday video like one
hundred times and we kept having to re record it.
But the meteorologists, yes, because I can't I can say that.
I just can't say meteorologic. Yeah, meteorological, Yes, there you
go that one. That it is meteorological, meteorological summer, summer.
(15:04):
But also this week is the summer solstice. Oh yes,
it is officially summer.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
What does it mean for hours?
Speaker 2 (15:11):
That means that we are now in summer hours. So
starting today, hours have changed. So we're still open Monday
through Saturday from nine until six. That's the same. But
Sunday has changed. Okay, so we caught back Sunday hours,
so we'll be open beginning on the this coming Sunday,
This coming Sunday twenty second, we're open eleven to four
(15:33):
instead of ten to five. Okay, so open an hour later,
closing an hour earlier.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Okay, easy enough.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Yes, happens every year. Yes, is right after Father's Day.
So this is the time.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
What we mentioned too, like sales and stuff this time
here seasonally, this is one of those times check back early,
check back often because sales come and go and yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
They do so right now, we're in the middle of
a or it started Friday runs for two weeks on
some nursery stock, so mostly spring blooming things, crab apples, lilacs.
You can save twenty five percent on those things, and
there's some other plants and that list to Roses are
(16:17):
on sale ten percent off through the end of the
month because it's National Rose Month.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Oh is it?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yes, it is.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Do you have a favorite rose color.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Personally, like for cuts? Yeah, I would say like orange
yellows kind of for cutflow for cuts. My yard is
too shady for roses. Oh I could just you know,
I love the English roses, the David Austin's, but I
don't have a place to grow them.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Okay, so yeah, you work in a greenhouse though, but yeah,
so that is Yeah, that is one of the pleasures
of my job that there are things that my yard
has restrictions.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
It's small, it's shady. The neighbor has a black walnut. Oh,
so I have a limited palette. My garden is also
like to call japanesque. I inherited a style, so I have,
you know, my palettes limited for sure, But I get
to enjoy all those other things and send other people
(17:15):
home with them.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
We talk about this, but I think it does need
to be And I know a couple of times a
year you guys have have some obviously all the time,
you guys have folks with landscaping other things. I know
there's a couple of times a year where folks, especially
in the early spring, you bring in some of your
landscaping team and let folks kind of sit down for consultations.
But as you were talking about about your specific yard conditions,
and we think about different areas of town and trees
(17:39):
and different types of trees. And it's always a good
day when you get into the Bruce Company. If you
got a question, that's one of the fantastic things is
you've got an answer.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
You've got a lot of people and if you know,
if I don't know the answer, or Scott doesn't know
the answer, or Gina, there are lots of people that
we can call, so we team on it. There's a
lot of knowledge and industry experiences there, so yeah, yeah,
we will we do our level best to get you
an answer.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
It's it's a great day to get on into the
Middleton Gardens of the Bruce Company twenty thirty par registreet.
That's twenty thirty Partment Street. Big news too. I occasionally
I obviously get get the email from you guys, and
I saw so press really Seth. Yeah big. Everybody loves
Seth and he is he is now.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He's a very personable man. He is.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Congratulations new president. Yeah, so that'll be uh, that'll be exciting.
Seth Nicholson and he's he's been with the company for well, all.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
The Nicholson kids, Yeah, I think have worked at the
Bruce Company and started pretty young. Either they were they
did mowing or they most of them all started in
the on the landscape side. But we have been, you know,
fortunate enough to have Seth and then earlier his sister
Jody ran the boutique for a while and so and
(18:55):
then we have you know, assorted grandkids and relatives. Right now,
they're three of them in the garden center.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Oh, that's awzy.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
It's kind of fun. It's good. You know, nothing wrong
with nepotism, there's nothing well and especially when the people
you know are working hard. Yes, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
And we have had Jodian a couple of times's I think.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
She was on at least once back in the day
she's been she stepped back. Oh gosh, I want to
say like three years. OK.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
So, always something fun going on. Yeah, at the Bruce Company.
It's always a great day to get on in the
Middleton gardens of the Bruce Company. Twenty eight thirty Partment Street.
That's twenty thirty Partment Street. I also mentioned the newsletter.
Definitely want to sign up for that. Every couple of weeks,
get a cool little email about what's happening at the
Bruce Company. We talk about specials and sales. Make sure
you're also following them on Facebook and social media. Even better,
(19:44):
what a great day to get on in Middleton garden
cent or the Bruce Company. Twenty at thirty parm Industreet.
That's twenty at thirty Partmented Street. Lisa, It's always great
to see you enjoy this beautiful day you as well.
Shine here comes your way next year. On thirteen ten,
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