October 18, 2025 • 20 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Our toll free number eight hundred eight two three eight
two five five. Good morning. I am Ron Wilson, your
personal yard boy, talking about yard ding. I tell you
I got We're gonna talk this morning about a product
that can really help you out in the garden and
your landscape and lawn even uh. And this is is
not nothing new well, and they just get better all
(00:23):
the time. But we've had them on our show before.
I remember the first time I saw this product, first
time I used this product was outstanding. And they just
keep getting bigger and having more products all the time.
And you know the old saying, work smarter, not harder.
And of course with Gary Salvyn, our own improvement guy,
it's it's all about easy. I'm telling you. What if
you've got plantings to do in your landscape, annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs,
(00:47):
how about stinton planting? Are you gonna do a lot
of spring flowering bulbs this fall? Forget about those hand
planters all right, the things just sticking the ground. Try
to turn and dwell it. And that's not the answer.
If you want to do it right, you want to
make it easier on yourself. Think power planter, go to
the website is powerplanter dot com and to tell us
(01:09):
more about power Planner is, of course, our good friend
from power Planner, Gregneewold.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Good morning, Hey, good morning, Ron. How are you.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Appreciate you getting up so early Greg to talk to
us this morning? Are you an Illinois this morning?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I am sitting here in central Illinois and you're you're correct,
it's a little early. Sun's not up, but I'm okay
getting up early today because I think fall may actually
arrive in Illinois.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Today with our first rain in about six or seven weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh good, Yeah, we're getting one tonight, so I guess
we're getting it after you guys get it that's going
to show up here later on. And you're the same
way man. We need it big time. So yes, it's
kind of tough digging unless you got a power Planner.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
That is true.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I mean, honestly that that was the most well said
snippet ever. So kudo's on that one. And I mean
that's what we do. We've been doing this since my
grandfather started it in nineteen eighty eight, and I mean
it fits in anybody's cordless drill. I think the key
to it, though, is the cordless drill part of it
just for safety because it's got a clutch, so if
(02:11):
you hit something underground, it's gonna stop spinning. But other
than that, your efficiency is gonna go through the roof
compared to any of those little hand contraptions. And I
always like to say we slice the ground rather than
shopping at it. So the easy comparison is is we
like to slice cheese, or we like to slice the potato.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
We don't sit there and you know, just stab it
to death. And in augur is the same thing.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Whereas a shovel you're literally just jabbing as hard as
you can into the ground and hoping for great.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Results, which is just painful and takes forever.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Oh yeah, so real quick, So folks understand, of course
us made third generation. Why was Grandpa making these augurs.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well it's a kind of a long story, but I'll
give you a short version.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So Grandpa was making august since nineteen sixty for farmers
to actually move material like corn and fertilizer and things
like that. And a gentleman at the local university, University
of Illinois, approached him because he had just a boatload
of tulips to put in the ground around campus and said, Wayne,
everybody says that you're the local augur guy, why can't
we do something, you know, to make my life easier
(03:15):
and move some soil up and out of the ground.
And so Grandpa went to work and voila power planner
was born. And Grandpa ran it kind of word of
mouth until I came back and took over in twenty thirteen.
And since then we've we've added different models we've made.
We've got our standard stuff. We've also made heavy duty
(03:36):
models now for landscapers or the homeowner that has incredibly
tough soil or clay or rocky stuff to be able
to handle that abrasion and abuse.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
And so to.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Your point, we just kind of keep creating and everything's
based on a solution for whatever somebody's need is. Really
as of late, we got as of late, we got
into some landscapers and homeowners something like this too, got
into some anchor systems as well.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So we all love.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
In the fall, we go to you know, put some
leaves on the tarp, and the tart blows away. When
we get it half full, you know, we have to
start all over again. So we've got some anchoring systems
that are basically augers that screw right into the ground
and they're reusable. We use them for trees, to stake
trees all the time now and things like that as well.
So we kind of keep evolving and coming up with
(04:25):
new stuff wherever the need arises.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Yeah, I can't. You know, when we you and I
first talked to me, have been twenty thirteen or so
talking about power planners, when they really were starting to
come onto the market. You know, you had a nice
selection of power planners, but of course today it's just
grown unbelievable. I may different sizes and types that you have,
and I think the thing, you know, a lot of
folks go into local independent garden centers and they've always
had garden augers in there. You know, they've always been around,
(04:49):
no big you know, it's always been there but never
held up.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
You buy one of those things and it just thought
you well, you'd bend it easily if you hit a
route or something. You know, it would bend it easily
and power these power augers, and it come in all
different sizes. We'll talk about that. But I think that's
a unique thing about this is that they're eight, you
were able to still put them on your hand drill
heavy duty drill, and you guys get into that as well.
(05:13):
But when you hit something, that thing hangs in there
with you. You're not gonna You're not gonna ruin your
power planner.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah yeah, I mean, we make the augers and kudos
to Grandpa for this one. We make them to be
a generational tool. It's great for the owner of our
power planners. It's not so good for business other than
I can honestly say that, hey, it's gonna last a lifetime,
but it's not a loaf of bread that you're gonna
go through two or three or four like some of
(05:42):
those other ones that you know you might see it
somewhere else. And and so that combined with the drill
uh and safety, and you really do have kind of
a tool of the old school yesteryear mentality, which is
pretty unheard of.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It's really unheard of.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
You can still say it's made in the United States,
and it's fun for my staff and myself. We absolutely
love when people call in with questions because I'll be honest.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
You can get on our website and it's a fantastic website.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Outstanding, but we have just so many options.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
You know, whether you want a two inch hole, an
eight inch hole, a nine inch hole, or you want
seven inches of length or fifty four inches of length
plus extensions available.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So we love to talk to people and help and
so I mean our phone this time.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Of year is rather busy, but we actually love it.
You don't have to call and hit one or two
or five or anything else. It's just it rings in
the human answers. So we really do run pretty old school.
We always have we probably always will.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
To be honest, and you'll again you'll find them in
many locations, but you'll find your a lot of your
locally owned independent garden centers as well. You can go
to the website. It's outstanding website. You guys, just keep
updating this thing all the time powerplanter dot com and
learn more about it. You'll see all the different sizes,
and again it can be a little confusing if you
see their displays in the garden centers or wherever you
(07:07):
may see the power Planter. I'm usually as a nice assortment,
but there are so many different sizes besides what's available
in those display units. You need to check it out.
And the course, as Greg said, they're there to help
you out as far as choosing which one that you
want to or need to use for whatever the project
may be. So, you know, over the years since the
first time we talked, you know, the number of sizes
(07:29):
and types of augers that you have has quadrupled. I
would say, in selection, how do you choose? What makes
you determine that you need this style or this new
type of aug or different size or whatever. What's helped
to determine which direction you've gone with these?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
You know, it really is need in a solution for
the end user. I think the perfect example or examples
is the heavy duty variations of some of the larger styles,
like the four inch through nine inch diameters. We started
having some customers on the East coast and the Carolina
is that their red clay is literally made, you know,
(08:08):
and it makes bricks, and you know, some of those
comments came back that hey, we're having some.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Issues and things like that.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
So we went to work and figured out some solutions
and sent some samples out and they're like.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Holy smokes, this is a ticket. So it was all
out of need.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
The two inch by fifty four inch came out of
need from a company that does soil moisture probes in
the agriculture world. They needed a way to put these
moisture probes into farmers fields. But then at the same time,
I happen to have one at a show and a
landscaper looked at and he goes, you know, he goes,
I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
You're supposed to use that for.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
He says, I could really use that to bore for
irrigation and lighting underneath my customer sidewalks.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And I was like, yeah, you could absolutely.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Lay that thing on its side and instead of pounding
a steel rod underneath the sidewalk or whatever you're normally doing, now, yeah,
you could absolutely just drill a hole and then run
your line or your PVC. So, I mean, that's kind
of the evolution of how things come about is generally
a phone call or too, or an inquiry or two,
and then just to look like does this actually meet
(09:17):
you know, more than one person's need, And oftentimes it does,
and it just takes somebody you know, to pick up
the phone and call or send an email and say, hey,
I think this would be really cool or this really
helps me out.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Then from there. The rest is kind of history.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yeah, unbelievable. It's good again, great product. Go to their
webs So we're gonna take a break. We're gonna find
out what can you put these on your regular home drills. Absolutely,
but we're gonna learn more from Greg on how to
do that, what to use. Their website is powerplanter dot com.
Be sure and check it out. And again, like I say,
you'll find these a lot of your locally owned independent
garden centers, hardware stores, et cetera, et cetera. Absolutely outstanding.
(09:54):
Maybe a little bit more expensive, but they are worth it.
And like you said, it's a one time you want
you buy them, it's going to last your lifetime quick. Great.
We come back more with Greg Kneewold Powerplanter. Here in
the Garden with Ron Wilson.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Not gardening questions.
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Speaker 1 (12:33):
Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson. We're
trying to get you to work smarter, not harder. It's
all about easy and if you want to make it
easier on yourself when it comes to planting, whether it's balbs, annuals, perennials,
tree shrubs, whatever it may be Have you considered using
a power planter. These are steel drill augers that do
an outstanding job. Can be attached to your drill or
(12:56):
more heavy duty drills if needed. As a matter of fact,
Greg knee Waald from power Planter, you have some of
these that actually you don't have to bend over. They're
standing shafts and kind of stand up and drill at
the same time. So when you're doing a lot of
ball planting, doesn't hurt you back.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Absolutely, we I mean, if you're gonna go out and
do a bunch of bulbs. I'm six foot two, so
I really like the one that's thirty six inches long.
I think the easiest rule of thumb when you're figuring
out height, because we offer when you get to that
conversation of I don't want to crawl around, we have
a seven inch of twelve inch, and then we jump
to twenty four, then thirty, then thirty six, and then
(13:37):
forty eight. So here the easy rule of thumb is
for folks is if you're at seven inches or twelve,
you're gonna crawl around. However, the standard kitchen table is
thirty inches tall, so if you stand at your kitchen
table and you put your hand about three four inches
above it. That would be your starting height at say
the thirty inch ogger.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
If you go below it, then you say the twenty four.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
So people always, we get lots of calls about that
exact topic, how long should I get? And the simple
roal thumb is just go stand next to your kitchen
table and if that is a comfortable standing height to
go to start at for drilling holes, then get a
thirty inch. If you want it a little bit higher,
then do like a thirty six. I tell tons of
(14:21):
people don't do forty eight inches long. I mean, I'm
six foot two and thirty six is perfect for me.
You know, forty eight inches is going to be the
middle of.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
My chest or close to it, right, So.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Yeah, I mean any size you know really help people.
My own mother's had seven or eight back surgeries and
next surgeries at this point, and her passion on five
acres is gardening. The only way she can garden now
is with one of our augers. She cannot jam down
on a shovel and then you know, get up and
down like a twenty year old anymore. So the only
(14:58):
way she can do it is to stand up, GoJ
tons and tons of holes and in some cases my
own kids go helper plant stuff. So you know, it
really is a solution for healthy folks as well as
people with ailments that just want to get back out
in the garden and do stuff.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Well.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Absolutely agree to one hundred percent. Again, it's called power Planters.
Go to the website powerplanter dot com. Now you, I'm
assuming folks are listening to. Okay, so I've got a
my Dwalt drill or whatever out in the garage. Will
that work on my cordless dualt drill?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
So the short answer is yes, our augurs work with
any I don't care what color or flavor of drill
it is, as long as it's just a standard cordless drill.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
It does not need to be a hammer drill.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
It will not work on an impact like you would
put screws in your deck that makes that big loud
ratcheting sound.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Type of thing.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Just any eighteen or twenty volt cordless drill for typical
homeowner gardening year.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Off to the races.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Now you have taken that step. You have tied in
with Dewault and you have bundles that people can buy.
If you don't have the drill, you can supply them
with that as well.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah, that's correct. That is we We do sell two
different dualult drills and we do bundle them up with
our augers kind of by use or purpose. And the
drills that we sell are pretty much the nicest models
they have one because that kind of fits with our mantra.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
We have the nicest augurs bar none in the market.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
And so the drills that we have, they have the
side handle, which is extra nice just for a little
bit extra stability. They have very large capacity batteries, so
by the time that battery runs out, you've got gobs
and gobs and gobs and holes that you can go
back and back fill while that battery charges, or you
can just go in the house and relax for an
hour if you want to white charges.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
But it's about longevity.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
So those batteries we do have the big batteries and
the drills are the highest quality that they have. And
again we sell the Walt de Walt you know, wanted
to work with us. We wanted to work with them
as who they are. But if somebody's got a different
sure brand or flavor, as I like to say go
for it.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Oh absolutely, but I think you know again, I think
it's interesting you tied in with them and make it
really easy. It's a one time, one stop shop if
you're interested in doing this. Again, it's powerplanter dot com.
Is a website and this is for a down the
road another topic. We'll talk about this many as we
get close to the spring. But I noticed you had
on your website. You are now you know, the plant
(17:36):
supports and all that doing the spirals and the twisters.
I saw those at a trade show. I thought those
were absolutely out outstanding. And I see you've got those
on your website, so folks want to check that out
as well. But again it's powerplanter dot com. Powerplanter dot com.
Greg Neewald, always a pleasure man. You guys have just
exploded and you made our gardening a lot easier.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Yeah, thank you, Ron, I really appreciate it. Thanks to
you and all your listeners. You guys have a great
fall and a great winner and any question drining, just.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Reach out to us. Happy to help and be safe
and happy gardening.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
There you go, Greg, I appreciate it. Greg knee Waald, Again,
it's a power Planter and they, like I said, there
may be a little bit more expensive, but they are
worth the price. Once you buy them, you got them.
They're not gonna You're not gonna mess these things up.
There there to work for you, and you work smarter,
not harder, with these power augers. And if again, a
few power planners, if you get confused about it, just
(18:31):
give them a call. They'll help walk you through. And
of course you'll see a lot of these also at
your locally owned independent garden centers, some of the hardwares
and all, and they'll tell you about that on their
website as well. But if you want to work smarter
in your garden, like you said with his moms, you
can go through with these augers and just joe holes
for anything small annuals perennials. You got a two gallon
nursery plant, you're gonna plant, Take that auger and just
(18:53):
drill about seven times in that hole. Take it all
loose and you got to You got yourself a nice hole.
The soil is already kind of fine for you. It's outstanding.
But again check it out. Powerplanner dot com is powerplanner
dot com. Coming up next, we're gonna talk about garlic.
Now's the time to plant garlic. Which ones do you plant?
How do you plan it? How do you harvest it?
Why is there such a big thing about garlic? Is
(19:15):
it really that good for you? We're gonna find out.
Neo Bevilaqua is gonna join us. He knows more about
garlic than garlic knows about garlic. Here in the Garden
with Ron Wilson.
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two five five. Good morning. I am Ron Wilson, your
personal yard boy, talking about yard ding. I tell you
I got We're gonna talk this morning about a product
that can really help you out in the garden and
your landscape and lawn even uh. And this is is
not nothing new well, and they just get better all
(00:23):
the time. But we've had them on our show before.
I remember the first time I saw this product, first
time I used this product was outstanding. And they just
keep getting bigger and having more products all the time.
And you know the old saying, work smarter, not harder.
And of course with Gary Salvyn, our own improvement guy,
it's it's all about easy. I'm telling you. What if
you've got plantings to do in your landscape, annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs,
(00:47):
how about stinton planting? Are you gonna do a lot
of spring flowering bulbs this fall? Forget about those hand
planters all right, the things just sticking the ground. Try
to turn and dwell it. And that's not the answer.
If you want to do it right, you want to
make it easier on yourself. Think power planter, go to
the website is powerplanter dot com and to tell us
(01:09):
more about power Planner is, of course, our good friend
from power Planner, Gregneewold.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Good morning, Hey, good morning, Ron. How are you.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Appreciate you getting up so early Greg to talk to
us this morning? Are you an Illinois this morning?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I am sitting here in central Illinois and you're you're correct,
it's a little early. Sun's not up, but I'm okay
getting up early today because I think fall may actually
arrive in Illinois.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Today with our first rain in about six or seven weeks.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Oh good, Yeah, we're getting one tonight, so I guess
we're getting it after you guys get it that's going
to show up here later on. And you're the same
way man. We need it big time. So yes, it's
kind of tough digging unless you got a power Planner.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
That is true.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I mean, honestly that that was the most well said
snippet ever. So kudo's on that one. And I mean
that's what we do. We've been doing this since my
grandfather started it in nineteen eighty eight, and I mean
it fits in anybody's cordless drill. I think the key
to it, though, is the cordless drill part of it
just for safety because it's got a clutch, so if
(02:11):
you hit something underground, it's gonna stop spinning. But other
than that, your efficiency is gonna go through the roof
compared to any of those little hand contraptions. And I
always like to say we slice the ground rather than
shopping at it. So the easy comparison is is we
like to slice cheese, or we like to slice the potato.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
We don't sit there and you know, just stab it
to death. And in augur is the same thing.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Whereas a shovel you're literally just jabbing as hard as
you can into the ground and hoping for great.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Results, which is just painful and takes forever.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Oh yeah, so real quick, So folks understand, of course
us made third generation. Why was Grandpa making these augurs.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well it's a kind of a long story, but I'll
give you a short version.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So Grandpa was making august since nineteen sixty for farmers
to actually move material like corn and fertilizer and things
like that. And a gentleman at the local university, University
of Illinois, approached him because he had just a boatload
of tulips to put in the ground around campus and said, Wayne,
everybody says that you're the local augur guy, why can't
we do something, you know, to make my life easier
(03:15):
and move some soil up and out of the ground.
And so Grandpa went to work and voila power planner
was born. And Grandpa ran it kind of word of
mouth until I came back and took over in twenty thirteen.
And since then we've we've added different models we've made.
We've got our standard stuff. We've also made heavy duty
(03:36):
models now for landscapers or the homeowner that has incredibly
tough soil or clay or rocky stuff to be able
to handle that abrasion and abuse.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
And so to.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Your point, we just kind of keep creating and everything's
based on a solution for whatever somebody's need is. Really
as of late, we got as of late, we got
into some landscapers and homeowners something like this too, got
into some anchor systems as well.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So we all love.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
In the fall, we go to you know, put some
leaves on the tarp, and the tart blows away. When
we get it half full, you know, we have to
start all over again. So we've got some anchoring systems
that are basically augers that screw right into the ground
and they're reusable. We use them for trees, to stake
trees all the time now and things like that as well.
So we kind of keep evolving and coming up with
(04:25):
new stuff wherever the need arises.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Yeah, I can't. You know, when we you and I
first talked to me, have been twenty thirteen or so
talking about power planners, when they really were starting to
come onto the market. You know, you had a nice
selection of power planners, but of course today it's just
grown unbelievable. I may different sizes and types that you have,
and I think the thing, you know, a lot of
folks go into local independent garden centers and they've always
had garden augers in there. You know, they've always been around,
(04:49):
no big you know, it's always been there but never
held up.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
You buy one of those things and it just thought
you well, you'd bend it easily if you hit a
route or something. You know, it would bend it easily
and power these power augers, and it come in all
different sizes. We'll talk about that. But I think that's
a unique thing about this is that they're eight, you
were able to still put them on your hand drill
heavy duty drill, and you guys get into that as well.
(05:13):
But when you hit something, that thing hangs in there
with you. You're not gonna You're not gonna ruin your
power planner.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah yeah, I mean, we make the augers and kudos
to Grandpa for this one. We make them to be
a generational tool. It's great for the owner of our
power planners. It's not so good for business other than
I can honestly say that, hey, it's gonna last a lifetime,
but it's not a loaf of bread that you're gonna
go through two or three or four like some of
(05:42):
those other ones that you know you might see it
somewhere else. And and so that combined with the drill
uh and safety, and you really do have kind of
a tool of the old school yesteryear mentality, which is
pretty unheard of.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
It's really unheard of.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
You can still say it's made in the United States,
and it's fun for my staff and myself. We absolutely
love when people call in with questions because I'll be honest.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
You can get on our website and it's a fantastic website.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Outstanding, but we have just so many options.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
You know, whether you want a two inch hole, an
eight inch hole, a nine inch hole, or you want
seven inches of length or fifty four inches of length
plus extensions available.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So we love to talk to people and help and
so I mean our phone this time.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Of year is rather busy, but we actually love it.
You don't have to call and hit one or two
or five or anything else. It's just it rings in
the human answers. So we really do run pretty old school.
We always have we probably always will.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
To be honest, and you'll again you'll find them in
many locations, but you'll find your a lot of your
locally owned independent garden centers as well. You can go
to the website. It's outstanding website. You guys, just keep
updating this thing all the time powerplanter dot com and
learn more about it. You'll see all the different sizes,
and again it can be a little confusing if you
see their displays in the garden centers or wherever you
(07:07):
may see the power Planter. I'm usually as a nice assortment,
but there are so many different sizes besides what's available
in those display units. You need to check it out.
And the course, as Greg said, they're there to help
you out as far as choosing which one that you
want to or need to use for whatever the project
may be. So, you know, over the years since the
first time we talked, you know, the number of sizes
(07:29):
and types of augers that you have has quadrupled. I
would say, in selection, how do you choose? What makes
you determine that you need this style or this new
type of aug or different size or whatever. What's helped
to determine which direction you've gone with these?
Speaker 3 (07:48):
You know, it really is need in a solution for
the end user. I think the perfect example or examples
is the heavy duty variations of some of the larger styles,
like the four inch through nine inch diameters. We started
having some customers on the East coast and the Carolina
is that their red clay is literally made, you know,
(08:08):
and it makes bricks, and you know, some of those
comments came back that hey, we're having some.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Issues and things like that.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
So we went to work and figured out some solutions
and sent some samples out and they're like.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Holy smokes, this is a ticket. So it was all
out of need.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
The two inch by fifty four inch came out of
need from a company that does soil moisture probes in
the agriculture world. They needed a way to put these
moisture probes into farmers fields. But then at the same time,
I happen to have one at a show and a
landscaper looked at and he goes, you know, he goes,
I don't know what.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
You're supposed to use that for.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
He says, I could really use that to bore for
irrigation and lighting underneath my customer sidewalks.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
And I was like, yeah, you could absolutely.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Lay that thing on its side and instead of pounding
a steel rod underneath the sidewalk or whatever you're normally doing, now, yeah,
you could absolutely just drill a hole and then run
your line or your PVC. So, I mean, that's kind
of the evolution of how things come about is generally
a phone call or too, or an inquiry or two,
and then just to look like does this actually meet
(09:17):
you know, more than one person's need, And oftentimes it does,
and it just takes somebody you know, to pick up
the phone and call or send an email and say, hey,
I think this would be really cool or this really
helps me out.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Then from there. The rest is kind of history.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Yeah, unbelievable. It's good again, great product. Go to their
webs So we're gonna take a break. We're gonna find
out what can you put these on your regular home drills. Absolutely,
but we're gonna learn more from Greg on how to
do that, what to use. Their website is powerplanter dot com.
Be sure and check it out. And again, like I say,
you'll find these a lot of your locally owned independent
garden centers, hardware stores, et cetera, et cetera. Absolutely outstanding.
(09:54):
Maybe a little bit more expensive, but they are worth it.
And like you said, it's a one time you want
you buy them, it's going to last your lifetime quick. Great.
We come back more with Greg Kneewold Powerplanter. Here in
the Garden with Ron Wilson.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Not gardening questions.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
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Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson. We're
trying to get you to work smarter, not harder. It's
all about easy and if you want to make it
easier on yourself when it comes to planting, whether it's balbs, annuals, perennials,
tree shrubs, whatever it may be Have you considered using
a power planter. These are steel drill augers that do
an outstanding job. Can be attached to your drill or
(12:56):
more heavy duty drills if needed. As a matter of fact,
Greg knee Waald from power Planter, you have some of
these that actually you don't have to bend over. They're
standing shafts and kind of stand up and drill at
the same time. So when you're doing a lot of
ball planting, doesn't hurt you back.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:16):
Absolutely, we I mean, if you're gonna go out and
do a bunch of bulbs. I'm six foot two, so
I really like the one that's thirty six inches long.
I think the easiest rule of thumb when you're figuring
out height, because we offer when you get to that
conversation of I don't want to crawl around, we have
a seven inch of twelve inch, and then we jump
to twenty four, then thirty, then thirty six, and then
(13:37):
forty eight. So here the easy rule of thumb is
for folks is if you're at seven inches or twelve,
you're gonna crawl around. However, the standard kitchen table is
thirty inches tall, so if you stand at your kitchen
table and you put your hand about three four inches
above it. That would be your starting height at say
the thirty inch ogger.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
If you go below it, then you say the twenty four.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
So people always, we get lots of calls about that
exact topic, how long should I get? And the simple
roal thumb is just go stand next to your kitchen
table and if that is a comfortable standing height to
go to start at for drilling holes, then get a
thirty inch. If you want it a little bit higher,
then do like a thirty six. I tell tons of
(14:21):
people don't do forty eight inches long. I mean, I'm
six foot two and thirty six is perfect for me.
You know, forty eight inches is going to be the
middle of.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
My chest or close to it, right, So.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Yeah, I mean any size you know really help people.
My own mother's had seven or eight back surgeries and
next surgeries at this point, and her passion on five
acres is gardening. The only way she can garden now
is with one of our augers. She cannot jam down
on a shovel and then you know, get up and
down like a twenty year old anymore. So the only
(14:58):
way she can do it is to stand up, GoJ
tons and tons of holes and in some cases my
own kids go helper plant stuff. So you know, it
really is a solution for healthy folks as well as
people with ailments that just want to get back out
in the garden and do stuff.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Well.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Absolutely agree to one hundred percent. Again, it's called power Planters.
Go to the website powerplanter dot com. Now you, I'm
assuming folks are listening to. Okay, so I've got a
my Dwalt drill or whatever out in the garage. Will
that work on my cordless dualt drill?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
So the short answer is yes, our augurs work with
any I don't care what color or flavor of drill
it is, as long as it's just a standard cordless drill.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
It does not need to be a hammer drill.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
It will not work on an impact like you would
put screws in your deck that makes that big loud
ratcheting sound.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Type of thing.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Just any eighteen or twenty volt cordless drill for typical
homeowner gardening year.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Off to the races.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Now you have taken that step. You have tied in
with Dewault and you have bundles that people can buy.
If you don't have the drill, you can supply them
with that as well.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yeah, that's correct. That is we We do sell two
different dualult drills and we do bundle them up with
our augers kind of by use or purpose. And the
drills that we sell are pretty much the nicest models
they have one because that kind of fits with our mantra.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
We have the nicest augurs bar none in the market.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
And so the drills that we have, they have the
side handle, which is extra nice just for a little
bit extra stability. They have very large capacity batteries, so
by the time that battery runs out, you've got gobs
and gobs and gobs and holes that you can go
back and back fill while that battery charges, or you
can just go in the house and relax for an
hour if you want to white charges.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
But it's about longevity.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
So those batteries we do have the big batteries and
the drills are the highest quality that they have. And
again we sell the Walt de Walt you know, wanted
to work with us. We wanted to work with them
as who they are. But if somebody's got a different
sure brand or flavor, as I like to say go
for it.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Oh absolutely, but I think you know again, I think
it's interesting you tied in with them and make it
really easy. It's a one time, one stop shop if
you're interested in doing this. Again, it's powerplanter dot com.
Is a website and this is for a down the
road another topic. We'll talk about this many as we
get close to the spring. But I noticed you had
on your website. You are now you know, the plant
(17:36):
supports and all that doing the spirals and the twisters.
I saw those at a trade show. I thought those
were absolutely out outstanding. And I see you've got those
on your website, so folks want to check that out
as well. But again it's powerplanter dot com. Powerplanter dot com.
Greg Neewald, always a pleasure man. You guys have just
exploded and you made our gardening a lot easier.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Yeah, thank you, Ron, I really appreciate it. Thanks to
you and all your listeners. You guys have a great
fall and a great winner and any question drining, just.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Reach out to us. Happy to help and be safe
and happy gardening.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
There you go, Greg, I appreciate it. Greg knee Waald, Again,
it's a power Planter and they, like I said, there
may be a little bit more expensive, but they are
worth the price. Once you buy them, you got them.
They're not gonna You're not gonna mess these things up.
There there to work for you, and you work smarter,
not harder, with these power augers. And if again, a
few power planners, if you get confused about it, just
(18:31):
give them a call. They'll help walk you through. And
of course you'll see a lot of these also at
your locally owned independent garden centers, some of the hardwares
and all, and they'll tell you about that on their
website as well. But if you want to work smarter
in your garden, like you said with his moms, you
can go through with these augers and just joe holes
for anything small annuals perennials. You got a two gallon
nursery plant, you're gonna plant, Take that auger and just
(18:53):
drill about seven times in that hole. Take it all
loose and you got to You got yourself a nice hole.
The soil is already kind of fine for you. It's outstanding.
But again check it out. Powerplanner dot com is powerplanner
dot com. Coming up next, we're gonna talk about garlic.
Now's the time to plant garlic. Which ones do you plant?
How do you plan it? How do you harvest it?
Why is there such a big thing about garlic? Is
(19:15):
it really that good for you? We're gonna find out.
Neo Bevilaqua is gonna join us. He knows more about
garlic than garlic knows about garlic. Here in the Garden
with Ron Wilson.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
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