March 8, 2025 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, back at it we go. And uh, it's
time to talk to our friend mister Wilson as he
is getting ready to get outside and get that landscaping
and get that gardening. And he's our expert, mister Wilson.
How are you? Thank you, sir? Now, I got one
big question for you. Yes, sir, we're all ready to
get busy.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Ready, it's open. You're ready.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Yeah, you're ready. You've already been out there.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Don't lie to me, I know.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
So tell everybody what's the first thing they should do
when they go outside?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
You see, see what the weather is, and put on
appropriate apparel.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I would say, pick up sticks.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Here's what I do. Seriously, we got a lot of branches.
We're going to take inventory, take inventory inventory of what
needs to be done in our yard this spring. Okay,
that things that need to be done and what you
want to get done? And and yeah and right down
you got too And seriously, I walk around and do that.
(01:03):
You can do it mentally, you can do it on
a list. Usually the list is the better way to go. Huh,
to write down exactly all the things you want to do,
because you know timing is going to be very important
in this spring, and because it's you know, it's gonna
be warm, it's gonna be cold to be warman, it's
gonna rain, it's gonna be dry. It's gonna work it
in its spring. It's one of the toughest ones to
work around, and when it comes to planting and doing
things versus the fall. But I would I do inventory
(01:24):
and I figure out what am I gonna do. Then
as I'm walking around figuring this out, I'm picking up
debris right, I'm picking up the sticks.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
There's a bunch of them.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
I'm looking at my favorite birch trees, tips, tips of branches,
evergreens that have maybe brown last fall or over the
winter time. Got my pruners in my pocket, so I'm
clipping those out right now. I don't want to look
at them anymore. Get them out of there. Ray, they're
supposed to be green. They're gray, Yeah, get rid of it.
If the branch is dead, get rid of it. Any
evergreens right now. And that way, if it continues to
(01:58):
have these and you got a proper If it doesn't
and you got rid of them, then it was just
physical or something happened and you got rid of it.
It's done. So you know, basically it is take an
inventory of what you need to do, what you want
to do. Cleaning up the debris. If you really want
to get into it, you know, you can actually go
out the rake and fluff up the mulch. See where
we are right now, Do I need to add mulch?
(02:20):
Or we good for multa? I got to malt.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I'll tell you all kind of winter weeds in my beds.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
If we have winter weeds that are popping up right now, chickweed,
hant bit, purple dead in net or harry bittercrest, get
rid of them, and that the ease come out of
the ground really easily, because you want to get rid
of this before they flower and seed.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So you get rid of that, and uh, spider dig,
just dig.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Just dig, don't worry about spray them, just pull them out.
And they're so shallow rooted a rake, we'll pull them
out of the ground. And then last, but not least,
I would look in my in my inventory and if
anything on there says has the word dormant with it,
you better get it taken care of right away. Dormant, pruning, dormant, seeding, dormant.
(03:03):
That the day applications of insecticide. Dormant springs.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I did that seating stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I did it right before it got real cold.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
That's perfect. That's perfect. That's perfect. So if it says dormant,
get it taken care of right away, because it's not
going to be dormant too much longer. Dormant transplanting, you
got some things you want to move. Whether it's still dormant,
you can better get on in the next couple of weeks,
or there's not going to be You're not gonna be
able to do it.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What would that be like hostas anything?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
You know, perennials starting to come up, and that's that
that hosta clump was way too big. As soon as
I start to see these little eyes pop up where
I can tell where it is, get it out of
the ground, separate it out, get it moved. If they're
spring flowering perennials, a lot of times we don't like
to move them too much unless it's the entire clump.
Because they flower in the springtime. You might disrupt that
a little bit. Summer and fall flowering not an issue,
(03:52):
but you know, the spring flowering sometimes unless it's a
whole clump. I got to hold off a little bit,
but again it's that type of thing where it's you
know that time, very timely things, especially anything that says dormant.
And then get your list together and you know we're
good to go as far as planting trees, shrubs, evergreens,
perennials right now. You know that type of thing can
(04:13):
be done at this point forward, So get those plans
in place. Then as you're starting to look at the
vegetable garden and the annuals and your containers, start getting
your list because that'll be happening here in another six
to eight weeks, and you want to have all that
other stuff done before you get there.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
And if it rains, you can go sharpen your mow
or blade.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Then yeah, then you're in the garage tools taking care
of the tools. Really, no, I'm with you getting them on.
O're taken care of because again, in about two weeks,
you know what I'm gonna be telling folks to do
if the weather stays with us that I'm thinking it's
going to. It's the primo, the primo, and the primo's
coming up here very quickly. And once your primo, you're
(04:54):
into it. So you want to have a lot more
serviced blades sharpened by the time you get because once
your primo all heck breaks lets well.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
And then we get all the spring rains, and then
the grass grows like weeds and then you know what.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
The weeds grows like the grass and.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, and we're mowing day and that more better be sharpened.
That blade better be sharpened.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
And I have one last thing. It's a pet peeve
of mine. If you look out in your landscape right now,
you have trees that are out and you're in your yard.
If grass grows up to the base of those trees, shame.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
On you steal nutrients.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, it's just better for everybody. If you just get
the grass away from the bottom of the trees, you
can prevent lawnmower disease and string tremor disease competition the
whole nine yards. Guess what you could do right now
that get the grass away from the base of the trees,
get the munched in, but get your plans in place,
because it's gonna break here very quickly. And that's my prediction.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I'm I'm predicting a warm spring wrong.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Thank you, mister Sullivan.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
You bet you for the warm spring. Ron Wilson, thank
you very much. You can check out his block It's
Ron Wilson online dot com and certainly thank him. First
time you're at home with Garryslvan.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Thanks the weekend and you have fixed questions.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Give Gary a call and one eight hundred and eighty
two three talk.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
He's at home with Gary's ellivant.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Gary Salvent. Here for the Zalor Pump company. Zalor leads
the way in some pumps and battery backup systems with
continuous innovation. Now you can see the light with their
led plug illuminating Zalor green when the power is present.
You no longer have to wonder if your some pump
has power. The plug is always illuminated when power is present.
Check it out today on the popular Zolor model sixty
(06:52):
three and M fifty three. Go to zalar pumps dot
com the located factory certified installer in your area zalarpumps
dot com.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
You heard me say it many times. Water is the
number one enemy to your home. And if you have
high humidity in your home, or a moisture problem or
musty odors, all of these are conditions that are ripe
for mold growth, which can lead to all sorts of problems.
You need to change out the air in your home
instead of deumidified. Let me recommend the easy Breathed ventilation system.
(07:19):
Easy Breathe exchanges the air in your home out six
to ten times a day, making the air cleaner and healthier.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I have one. I love it. Check it out for yourself.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
It's easybreed dot Com.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Doesn't matter where you live, you'll always be dealing with rust.
But whether it's rusty nuts or bolts or rusty parts
and equipment, you really only need to remember one product,
Pebe Blaster. It's the number one selling penetrate for breaking free,
rusted or stuck parts. It works every time, and with
their new pro straw top, you can control the flow
down to just to drop. So remember when there's rust
(07:50):
to bust, it's Peebe Blaster.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
You can pick up a can at home.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Autit or hardware stores and always use Blaster products and
working like a pro.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Get a grip.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Make your home safer more beautiful. Add track Safe anti
slip color code to ugly blotchy floor surfaces, then top
it off with award winning track Safe Anti slip sealer
renew concrete, stone, and prepainted surfaces with these easy to
apply products from dish Coatings.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Great for both inside and outdoors.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Track safe products deliver aggressive anti slip performance with all
weather durability. Get on track and order products today with
free shipping from the home Depot Lowsordishcoatings dot com.
All right, back at it we go. And uh, it's
time to talk to our friend mister Wilson as he
is getting ready to get outside and get that landscaping
and get that gardening. And he's our expert, mister Wilson.
How are you? Thank you, sir? Now, I got one
big question for you. Yes, sir, we're all ready to
get busy.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Ready, it's open. You're ready.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Yeah, you're ready. You've already been out there.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Don't lie to me, I know.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
So tell everybody what's the first thing they should do
when they go outside?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
You see, see what the weather is, and put on
appropriate apparel.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I would say, pick up sticks.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Here's what I do. Seriously, we got a lot of branches.
We're going to take inventory, take inventory inventory of what
needs to be done in our yard this spring. Okay,
that things that need to be done and what you
want to get done? And and yeah and right down
you got too And seriously, I walk around and do that.
(01:03):
You can do it mentally, you can do it on
a list. Usually the list is the better way to go. Huh,
to write down exactly all the things you want to do,
because you know timing is going to be very important
in this spring, and because it's you know, it's gonna
be warm, it's gonna be cold to be warman, it's
gonna rain, it's gonna be dry. It's gonna work it
in its spring. It's one of the toughest ones to
work around, and when it comes to planting and doing
things versus the fall. But I would I do inventory
(01:24):
and I figure out what am I gonna do. Then
as I'm walking around figuring this out, I'm picking up
debris right, I'm picking up the sticks.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
There's a bunch of them.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
I'm looking at my favorite birch trees, tips, tips of branches,
evergreens that have maybe brown last fall or over the
winter time. Got my pruners in my pocket, so I'm
clipping those out right now. I don't want to look
at them anymore. Get them out of there. Ray, they're
supposed to be green. They're gray, Yeah, get rid of it.
If the branch is dead, get rid of it. Any
evergreens right now. And that way, if it continues to
(01:58):
have these and you got a proper If it doesn't
and you got rid of them, then it was just
physical or something happened and you got rid of it.
It's done. So you know, basically it is take an
inventory of what you need to do, what you want
to do. Cleaning up the debris. If you really want
to get into it, you know, you can actually go
out the rake and fluff up the mulch. See where
we are right now, Do I need to add mulch?
(02:20):
Or we good for multa? I got to malt.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I'll tell you all kind of winter weeds in my beds.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
If we have winter weeds that are popping up right now, chickweed,
hant bit, purple dead in net or harry bittercrest, get
rid of them, and that the ease come out of
the ground really easily, because you want to get rid
of this before they flower and seed.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So you get rid of that, and uh, spider dig,
just dig.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Just dig, don't worry about spray them, just pull them out.
And they're so shallow rooted a rake, we'll pull them
out of the ground. And then last, but not least,
I would look in my in my inventory and if
anything on there says has the word dormant with it,
you better get it taken care of right away. Dormant, pruning, dormant, seeding, dormant.
(03:03):
That the day applications of insecticide. Dormant springs.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I did that seating stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I did it right before it got real cold.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
That's perfect. That's perfect. That's perfect. So if it says dormant,
get it taken care of right away, because it's not
going to be dormant too much longer. Dormant transplanting, you
got some things you want to move. Whether it's still dormant,
you can better get on in the next couple of weeks,
or there's not going to be You're not gonna be
able to do it.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What would that be like hostas anything?
Speaker 2 (03:30):
You know, perennials starting to come up, and that's that
that hosta clump was way too big. As soon as
I start to see these little eyes pop up where
I can tell where it is, get it out of
the ground, separate it out, get it moved. If they're
spring flowering perennials, a lot of times we don't like
to move them too much unless it's the entire clump.
Because they flower in the springtime. You might disrupt that
a little bit. Summer and fall flowering not an issue,
(03:52):
but you know, the spring flowering sometimes unless it's a
whole clump. I got to hold off a little bit,
but again it's that type of thing where it's you
know that time, very timely things, especially anything that says dormant.
And then get your list together and you know we're
good to go as far as planting trees, shrubs, evergreens,
perennials right now. You know that type of thing can
(04:13):
be done at this point forward, So get those plans
in place. Then as you're starting to look at the
vegetable garden and the annuals and your containers, start getting
your list because that'll be happening here in another six
to eight weeks, and you want to have all that
other stuff done before you get there.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
And if it rains, you can go sharpen your mow
or blade.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Then yeah, then you're in the garage tools taking care
of the tools. Really, no, I'm with you getting them on.
O're taken care of because again, in about two weeks,
you know what I'm gonna be telling folks to do
if the weather stays with us that I'm thinking it's
going to. It's the primo, the primo, and the primo's
coming up here very quickly. And once your primo, you're
(04:54):
into it. So you want to have a lot more
serviced blades sharpened by the time you get because once
your primo all heck breaks lets well.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
And then we get all the spring rains, and then
the grass grows like weeds and then you know what.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
The weeds grows like the grass and.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, and we're mowing day and that more better be sharpened.
That blade better be sharpened.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
And I have one last thing. It's a pet peeve
of mine. If you look out in your landscape right now,
you have trees that are out and you're in your yard.
If grass grows up to the base of those trees, shame.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
On you steal nutrients.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, it's just better for everybody. If you just get
the grass away from the bottom of the trees, you
can prevent lawnmower disease and string tremor disease competition the
whole nine yards. Guess what you could do right now
that get the grass away from the base of the trees,
get the munched in, but get your plans in place,
because it's gonna break here very quickly. And that's my prediction.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I'm I'm predicting a warm spring wrong.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Thank you, mister Sullivan.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
You bet you for the warm spring. Ron Wilson, thank
you very much. You can check out his block It's
Ron Wilson online dot com and certainly thank him. First
time you're at home with Garryslvan.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Thanks the weekend and you have fixed questions.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Give Gary a call and one eight hundred and eighty
two three talk.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
He's at home with Gary's ellivant.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Gary Salvent. Here for the Zalor Pump company. Zalor leads
the way in some pumps and battery backup systems with
continuous innovation. Now you can see the light with their
led plug illuminating Zalor green when the power is present.
You no longer have to wonder if your some pump
has power. The plug is always illuminated when power is present.
Check it out today on the popular Zolor model sixty
(06:52):
three and M fifty three. Go to zalar pumps dot
com the located factory certified installer in your area zalarpumps
dot com.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
You heard me say it many times. Water is the
number one enemy to your home. And if you have
high humidity in your home, or a moisture problem or
musty odors, all of these are conditions that are ripe
for mold growth, which can lead to all sorts of problems.
You need to change out the air in your home
instead of deumidified. Let me recommend the easy Breathed ventilation system.
(07:19):
Easy Breathe exchanges the air in your home out six
to ten times a day, making the air cleaner and healthier.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I have one. I love it. Check it out for yourself.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
It's easybreed dot Com.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Doesn't matter where you live, you'll always be dealing with rust.
But whether it's rusty nuts or bolts or rusty parts
and equipment, you really only need to remember one product,
Pebe Blaster. It's the number one selling penetrate for breaking free,
rusted or stuck parts. It works every time, and with
their new pro straw top, you can control the flow
down to just to drop. So remember when there's rust
(07:50):
to bust, it's Peebe Blaster.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
You can pick up a can at home.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Autit or hardware stores and always use Blaster products and
working like a pro.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Get a grip.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Make your home safer more beautiful. Add track Safe anti
slip color code to ugly blotchy floor surfaces, then top
it off with award winning track Safe Anti slip sealer
renew concrete, stone, and prepainted surfaces with these easy to
apply products from dish Coatings.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Great for both inside and outdoors.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Track safe products deliver aggressive anti slip performance with all
weather durability. Get on track and order products today with
free shipping from the home Depot Lowsordishcoatings dot com.
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