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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Well, it is that time we bring in Ron Wilson.
Ron does a national gardening show, and well he graces
us with his presence for about ten minutes every weekend,
and this is the ten minutes. Yes, sir, how are.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You wayn mister Shelman, I'm a little dry. Yeah, oh,
my lips are parts.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It is dry. I was even when I was making
some notes for a day's show. Usually this time of year,
especially maybe the three weeks ago, we were always talking
about the high humidity and too much humidity in the
house and not being able to get comfortable. And it
is so dry. I started looking for separations by woodwork
and walls that you usually see in the winter time.
(00:45):
I didn't find any, but certainly if it continues, well,
it'll start affecting foundations and the house, and you know,
it's affected our trees. I had multiple people this week, Ron,
and I set them right. I took your advice, and
they go, Man, looks like it's going to be an
early fall. Everything's all right changing. I'm going that's it's
not fall.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
No, we got a ways to go.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
This is not fall.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
They're gonna lose leaves early. We went through this last
year too, but we wound up getting some good fall color.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Gets some great fall color. So you know you did
all that rain about mid October, remember, Yeah, it kind
of saved the day.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
It saved the day. It was kind of came through
and got us. But yeah, it's uh, it is. And
I think a couple of things I always try to
remind folks. If you core air rate your lawn when
you go through and pull those plugs out, if you
come back and use composts and fill and do a
little top dressing and kind of fill those in a
little bit. Every time you do that, you create poores
(01:38):
channels for the water whatever does happen to come down
to penetrate into your soil rainfall that as sprinkler could
put down an inch of water in an hour. But
guess how much penetrates actually into the common clay soils.
Less than a quarter of an.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Inch I was gonna say, plus if you're on a
hill or something even worse. Nothing.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, So every time you add organic matter back to
the soil and cororating, especially for your turf, you help
to improve the opportunity for the soil to take advantage
of blow through showers, rainfall watering whatever. This may also
be a situation. If we've gone through this now for
about three or four falls in a row, do we
(02:18):
consider now doing the investment of an irrigation system.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, well, i'll tell you what from somebody's head one
for twenty years, I didn't use mine until about three
weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah. Well, the point being with the irrigation system is this,
and you and I talked about this before. This is
the way you use yours, not on a timer, the
manual and have it in segments so you can manually
do particular areas in the line.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
I did it this week. I did it this week.
I did exactly that that little strip between a sidewalk
and the street. God knows what kind of soil is there.
I'm guessing it's all clay and it's the first thing
to dry out.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And I might do the yard wants maybe twice, it
depends how dry it is.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
But you do it manually.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
But I needed the only time I used my time
run my breath.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
On vacation yep. Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
And it's all cloud based now. I got to total
control on my phone exactly. So I think that in
the investment in that for folks if you know you're
gonna live there, and it's a good sell on tool
as well that you know. I've got an irrigation system,
should you need it, Yeah, this is a great time
should you need it, you know, and it really does
save you a lot of time. So I would look
to doing it. I'd look to always add organic matter
back to the soil. It is very, very important.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And of course scheduled my uh erration yet.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Well, and you got plenty of time, you know, you
get September October to do that.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Boy, lately you do, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Oh yeah, I mean we can run it and we've
done it first in November, but you try to get
it done as early as you can. But again, I
think irrigation systems are something somebody you might want to consider.
I'm doing if you know, if that turf in the
watering is important to you, and I think it is
to do that, so keep that in mind. Evergreens right now,
ghosts of droughts pass. That's what you see next spring.
(04:06):
If you aren't watering right now, I'll tell you. I'll
just tell you up front that's what you're gonna see,
because those are gonna turn not now and not during
the winter, but next spring you're gonna turn brown, and
you're gonna have to think back and when you didn't
water in the fall, that's why, and that's why they're
doing that. And so you got to keep that in mind.
And again the water bill, I get it. But if
you're investing one hundred bucks extra in your water bill
(04:27):
this month, it would cost you way more than that
to replace just one of those evergreens. So keep that
in mind too. And I have one more thing for you. Yeah,
as I'm ranting here, that's okay, guess what I got you?
I got a Gary Sullivan yesterday said, Ron, are they
supposed to be here?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
What would that be?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yellow jackets in front of the window well of our
neighbors in through the and they had made a perfect
little hole through their groundcover so you couldn't see them
going in and out. Of course, now they're making their nests.
Now they're getting ready.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
For you know, are they inside the in the ground.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
In the ground out in front of a window. Will
So I did the foam foaming, which I always do,
and it works. It's great, big foam ball comes up.
They can't get through it and by the time they do.
But well, guess what didn't foam?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No? Yeah, you're not that fast anymore, are you?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And boy did I try. I mean, I try to
keep going. I kept thinking it was gonna foam up,
come on, come on, come on, come on, And then
they were all coming out. But what I did, and
I did get stung in the in the hand and
it's itching like crazy as honey. But what I did
get down there, I think I really knocked down the nest.
But point being is they are doing that right now.
They're very active. Yeah, you had the German yellow Yeah,
(05:42):
the German hornets. No, you had the German yellow jackets
that came inside your house, which they like cracks and crevices.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Well, this was just a little hole that probably was
a longer sixteenth yeah or whatever, Right, a little piece
of missing mortar.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yep. And that's what Gary's wife said, Gary, are they
supposed to be here because they were in his basement.
But they are very active right now. Be cautious if
you're working in the shrubs in the groundcover. They like
little dibbots in that where they can try to build
a nest.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah, and you got stung this week.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, you put your hand in there to do some
trimming or pull of weed, and you're in the middle
of all of them. So turn that rake around and
stick that handle out there, kind of poke in where
you're going to be working in the shrubs in the groundcover.
Make sure there's no action going on and take care
of that, but be very cautious. And if you're using
the foam sprays, which I do.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
All the time, yeah, I've used that too.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Experiment first, make sure make sure it phams.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well, you know you're kind of going with what you
think is gonna happen, right.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Foam, Yeah, what can I say? So? Anyway, I thought
of you because yes, the yellow jacks are jackets active. No,
they're not supposed to be there.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Very good, We'll stay healthy.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yes, sir, Right, thank you? Taking water? All right?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
That's Ron Wilson and you can find him at Ron
Wilson online dot com. All right, we'll take your calls
at eight hundred eight two three eight two five five
year at home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
If you don't have a list of things to do
around the house, Gary will find something for you at
one eight hundred eight two three talk You're at home
with Gary sullivantor.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Hey homeowners, I ever wish you had a plumbing expert
right in your pocket. It's Gary Sullivan for Roto Ruter
Plumbing and water clean up. Let me introduce you to
the Rotor Ruter Mobile app, your ultimate plumber companion. Access
DIY videos, frequently ask questions and exclusive offers. You can
also track your service history and schedule appointments, all in
(08:09):
one place. Now, don't wait. Download the Rotor Router Mobile
app today from the App Store, Google Play or from
rotorrouter dot com. Hi everyone, I've been raving about Wet
and Forget outdoor cleaner for years, and for good reason.
It takes the hassle out of cleaning moss, mold, and mildew.
No bleaching, no scrubbing, no rinsing, Just spray and you're done.
(08:30):
It's perfect for roofs, decks, sidewalks, even patio umbrellas. Available
in hose en sprayer with a thirty foot reach a
concentrate and are ready to use option. Find Wet and
Forget it Low's Walmart, Minards, or visit Wetinforget dot com
and now in stores. The new Wet and Forget window
and screen cleaner. For over forty years, DeMont has made
(08:50):
powerful pain coding removers that are tough on layers but
save for you in the environment. Tried demand Smart Strip Advanced.
It works on over ninety percent of the coatings, so
harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're removing well,
Demon's easy test kit tells you exactly what you need.
Find Smart Strip at your participating do It Best retailer
(09:10):
Sherwin Williams. Or visit Dumont Global dot com. That's Dumanglobal
dot com, Dumont Smart, safe and proven, so do it
yourself with Demon. We're going to be spending more time
inside where the air is five times worse than the
outdoor air. In fact, the EPA says today's energy tight
homes are in desperate need of ventilation. Get that stagnan,
stuffy air out with an easy Breathe got mine, and
(09:32):
it provides air exchanges and an eighty five percent reduction
in airborne particles. So don't get trapped inside a sick
house breathing dirty, musty, damp air. Get your easy Breathe
ventilation system to create a healthier home. Coll eight six
six eight two two seventy three, twenty eight, or visit
easy breathe dot com
Well, it is that time we bring in Ron Wilson.
Ron does a national gardening show, and well he graces
us with his presence for about ten minutes every weekend,
and this is the ten minutes. Yes, sir, how are.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You wayn mister Shelman, I'm a little dry. Yeah, oh,
my lips are parts.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It is dry. I was even when I was making
some notes for a day's show. Usually this time of year,
especially maybe the three weeks ago, we were always talking
about the high humidity and too much humidity in the
house and not being able to get comfortable. And it
is so dry. I started looking for separations by woodwork
and walls that you usually see in the winter time.
(00:45):
I didn't find any, but certainly if it continues, well,
it'll start affecting foundations and the house, and you know,
it's affected our trees. I had multiple people this week, Ron,
and I set them right. I took your advice, and
they go, Man, looks like it's going to be an
early fall. Everything's all right changing. I'm going that's it's
not fall.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
No, we got a ways to go.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
This is not fall.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
They're gonna lose leaves early. We went through this last
year too, but we wound up getting some good fall color.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Gets some great fall color. So you know you did
all that rain about mid October, remember, Yeah, it kind
of saved the day.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
It saved the day. It was kind of came through
and got us. But yeah, it's uh, it is. And
I think a couple of things I always try to
remind folks. If you core air rate your lawn when
you go through and pull those plugs out, if you
come back and use composts and fill and do a
little top dressing and kind of fill those in a
little bit. Every time you do that, you create poores
(01:38):
channels for the water whatever does happen to come down
to penetrate into your soil rainfall that as sprinkler could
put down an inch of water in an hour. But
guess how much penetrates actually into the common clay soils.
Less than a quarter of an.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Inch I was gonna say, plus if you're on a
hill or something even worse. Nothing.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, So every time you add organic matter back to
the soil and cororating, especially for your turf, you help
to improve the opportunity for the soil to take advantage
of blow through showers, rainfall watering whatever. This may also
be a situation. If we've gone through this now for
about three or four falls in a row, do we
(02:18):
consider now doing the investment of an irrigation system.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, well, i'll tell you what from somebody's head one
for twenty years, I didn't use mine until about three
weeks ago.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah. Well, the point being with the irrigation system is this,
and you and I talked about this before. This is
the way you use yours, not on a timer, the
manual and have it in segments so you can manually
do particular areas in the line.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
I did it this week. I did it this week.
I did exactly that that little strip between a sidewalk
and the street. God knows what kind of soil is there.
I'm guessing it's all clay and it's the first thing
to dry out.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And I might do the yard wants maybe twice, it
depends how dry it is.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
But you do it manually.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
But I needed the only time I used my time
run my breath.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
On vacation yep. Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
And it's all cloud based now. I got to total
control on my phone exactly. So I think that in
the investment in that for folks if you know you're
gonna live there, and it's a good sell on tool
as well that you know. I've got an irrigation system,
should you need it, Yeah, this is a great time
should you need it, you know, and it really does
save you a lot of time. So I would look
to doing it. I'd look to always add organic matter
back to the soil. It is very, very important.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And of course scheduled my uh erration yet.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Well, and you got plenty of time, you know, you
get September October to do that.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Boy, lately you do, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Oh yeah, I mean we can run it and we've
done it first in November, but you try to get
it done as early as you can. But again, I
think irrigation systems are something somebody you might want to consider.
I'm doing if you know, if that turf in the
watering is important to you, and I think it is
to do that, so keep that in mind. Evergreens right now,
ghosts of droughts pass. That's what you see next spring.
(04:06):
If you aren't watering right now, I'll tell you. I'll
just tell you up front that's what you're gonna see,
because those are gonna turn not now and not during
the winter, but next spring you're gonna turn brown, and
you're gonna have to think back and when you didn't
water in the fall, that's why, and that's why they're
doing that. And so you got to keep that in mind.
And again the water bill, I get it. But if
you're investing one hundred bucks extra in your water bill
(04:27):
this month, it would cost you way more than that
to replace just one of those evergreens. So keep that
in mind too. And I have one more thing for you. Yeah,
as I'm ranting here, that's okay, guess what I got you?
I got a Gary Sullivan yesterday said, Ron, are they
supposed to be here?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
What would that be?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Yellow jackets in front of the window well of our
neighbors in through the and they had made a perfect
little hole through their groundcover so you couldn't see them
going in and out. Of course, now they're making their nests.
Now they're getting ready.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
For you know, are they inside the in the ground.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
In the ground out in front of a window. Will
So I did the foam foaming, which I always do,
and it works. It's great, big foam ball comes up.
They can't get through it and by the time they do.
But well, guess what didn't foam?
Speaker 1 (05:16):
No? Yeah, you're not that fast anymore, are you?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And boy did I try. I mean, I try to
keep going. I kept thinking it was gonna foam up,
come on, come on, come on, come on, And then
they were all coming out. But what I did, and
I did get stung in the in the hand and
it's itching like crazy as honey. But what I did
get down there, I think I really knocked down the nest.
But point being is they are doing that right now.
They're very active. Yeah, you had the German yellow Yeah,
(05:42):
the German hornets. No, you had the German yellow jackets
that came inside your house, which they like cracks and crevices.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Well, this was just a little hole that probably was
a longer sixteenth yeah or whatever, Right, a little piece
of missing mortar.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yep. And that's what Gary's wife said, Gary, are they
supposed to be here because they were in his basement.
But they are very active right now. Be cautious if
you're working in the shrubs in the groundcover. They like
little dibbots in that where they can try to build
a nest.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah, and you got stung this week.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, you put your hand in there to do some
trimming or pull of weed, and you're in the middle
of all of them. So turn that rake around and
stick that handle out there, kind of poke in where
you're going to be working in the shrubs in the groundcover.
Make sure there's no action going on and take care
of that, but be very cautious. And if you're using
the foam sprays, which I do.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
All the time, yeah, I've used that too.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Experiment first, make sure make sure it phams.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well, you know you're kind of going with what you
think is gonna happen, right.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Foam, Yeah, what can I say? So? Anyway, I thought
of you because yes, the yellow jacks are jackets active. No,
they're not supposed to be there.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Very good, We'll stay healthy.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yes, sir, Right, thank you? Taking water? All right?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
That's Ron Wilson and you can find him at Ron
Wilson online dot com. All right, we'll take your calls
at eight hundred eight two three eight two five five
year at home with Gary Sullivan.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
If you don't have a list of things to do
around the house, Gary will find something for you at
one eight hundred eight two three talk You're at home
with Gary sullivantor.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Hey homeowners, I ever wish you had a plumbing expert
right in your pocket. It's Gary Sullivan for Roto Ruter
Plumbing and water clean up. Let me introduce you to
the Rotor Ruter Mobile app, your ultimate plumber companion. Access
DIY videos, frequently ask questions and exclusive offers. You can
also track your service history and schedule appointments, all in
(08:09):
one place. Now, don't wait. Download the Rotor Router Mobile
app today from the App Store, Google Play or from
rotorrouter dot com. Hi everyone, I've been raving about Wet
and Forget outdoor cleaner for years, and for good reason.
It takes the hassle out of cleaning moss, mold, and mildew.
No bleaching, no scrubbing, no rinsing, Just spray and you're done.
(08:30):
It's perfect for roofs, decks, sidewalks, even patio umbrellas. Available
in hose en sprayer with a thirty foot reach a
concentrate and are ready to use option. Find Wet and
Forget it Low's Walmart, Minards, or visit Wetinforget dot com
and now in stores. The new Wet and Forget window
and screen cleaner. For over forty years, DeMont has made
(08:50):
powerful pain coding removers that are tough on layers but
save for you in the environment. Tried demand Smart Strip Advanced.
It works on over ninety percent of the coatings, so
harmful fumes, no dangerous chemicals. Not sure what you're removing well,
Demon's easy test kit tells you exactly what you need.
Find Smart Strip at your participating do It Best retailer
(09:10):
Sherwin Williams. Or visit Dumont Global dot com. That's Dumanglobal
dot com, Dumont Smart, safe and proven, so do it
yourself with Demon. We're going to be spending more time
inside where the air is five times worse than the
outdoor air. In fact, the EPA says today's energy tight
homes are in desperate need of ventilation. Get that stagnan,
stuffy air out with an easy Breathe got mine, and
(09:32):
it provides air exchanges and an eighty five percent reduction
in airborne particles. So don't get trapped inside a sick
house breathing dirty, musty, damp air. Get your easy Breathe
ventilation system to create a healthier home. Coll eight six
six eight two two seventy three, twenty eight, or visit
easy breathe dot com
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