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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Personal yard boy talking about yarding on this Saturday after
Christmas and Luke who came in and it's sixty degrees
and it's warm outside and some rain here and there
and everywhere, and you know, just not Christmas Eve kind
of weather. But hey, we'll take it absolutely. Let's get
it kicked off with a couple of Joe Miss Joe Struck,
(00:23):
our executive producer, find out what's going on in his Uh,
nothing's going on a long landscape. No, I don't know
why you want to say this. Our website, Ron Wilson
online dot com, Facebook page in the garden with Ron Wilson.
Merry Christmas, Surgey. You have a good Christmas. Christmas was great.
Christmas was great. Yeah, it was great. Good for you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Lots of family, lots of good friends, and it was
even though I had to work all week.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Here at the station.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, I still had fun and had a lot of
nice family time.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
So it was great. Good. Well, while you're here working,
you're all sleeping. Yeah, so by the time you get back,
they're all just starting to wake up. And then I
go take a nap. Then you take a little nap
while they're getting ready. So it just kind of blends
back in. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, yeah, lots of good food, lots of just you
know what does lots of fun?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What does Mama Streker make for special for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Nothing really special? Just we had a we had a
ham and macaroni and cheese and.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Wasn't any usual Christmas it was. It wasn't anything anything
special or anything. So other facts she made it. Yeah,
other makes it other than she made it. Yes, cool, Yes,
to get anything special for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
I got I got a couple interesting things, uh from
my sister got me a uh my sister work who
lives in Toledo works for the Museum of Art in
Toledo and Tolados and then for their glass glass blowing
(02:00):
and so I she gave me a.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Glass.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It was a glass blown so I guess something. Well
it was the Yeah that so that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Thelf on the shelf, Yeah, well it's it was I
think it's a fish. It kind of looks like a fish.
It kind of looks like a fish. It's really cool though.
It's really and and what's really really interesting is is
in the box it has a write up of who
did it, cool about the artist and everything. So that
(02:37):
was very cool.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
You know, and the unusual stuff, you know, candy, and
of course I got my mom candy I got. I
got Mom and Dad their usual Christmas care package. Cool
since you know, getting in presents. They never want, never
want any presents, so it's you. It's just you know jelly,
(03:02):
you know, German cook Yeah. Yeah, so stuff like that,
So cool.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Spets which wanted to go to like Germany and Europe
for Christmas because you have the markets and they celebrate
for like the whole month.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, it's supposed to be supposed to be really fun.
Yeah I've never been obviously, next year, let's put it
on our bucket list.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Maybe not next year, but two years, let's put it
on our bucket list. Sure, we'll do that. I think
we a blast. It would be a blast, really would.
So anyway, girls get anything special?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Uh the girls? Uh see Grace, well, Grace already got her.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Her present. She wanted. She needed new tires for her car,
So dad a lot of money. That's a good present.
But let's see. Uh yeah, they got the stuff that
was on their list, dramas and slippers and stuff like that.
(04:03):
I just don't see you walking up and down the
aisle for size whatever dramas.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Everything's on Amazon. Yeah, everything was click pretty much.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, that works well. We do the secret Sanda thing
with the adults and you put your on that wish
list thing. You just click on it and there you go.
Put your credit card out there and they mail it
to you and you wrap it and you're done. Hey,
you don't even need to do that. You don't even
need to wrap it anymore. Uh, yeah you don't. You're right.
(04:36):
They take care of that too. So how was Christmas? Good?
Four grandsons, all the family, So it's crazy great. Three
of them got drones. Fun and they were nice drones
and you know what kills me? They broke No, they
all put them together. They go outside and they fly
(04:59):
them right off off the bat like they've been flying
him for ten years. Is that amazing? They're doing little
air wars and stuff with each other and chasing each
other around the house with these drones and up and
looking in the windows and in their houses and stuff.
It's like, you guys just got these two hours ago. Yeahready,
and they're out there flying them like they're professionals. Dark kids.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I always wanted to learn how to do drone drone stuff.
I really seriously, I have. I just got to find
a way to do it. I got it, I got if.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I gotta find time to do it. First of all,
front in the video business and he does that for
real estate and stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, yeah, you told me about him, and that's that's
kind of what I was thinking about.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Every year he just kept upgrading his drone, upgrading and upgrading. Now,
the cameras that he has on and the size and
all that stuff is phenomenal. It's crazy takes still pictures
and all that stuff. Yeah, but anyway, Yeah, we had good,
good and everybody was there and even my mom came
to this one because this is the other side. Yeah,
the family and my mom, my sister came and so yeah,
we had a good time. Yeah. Great. So who's on
(06:02):
the show today. We're gonna have an in in studio
guests today. Scott Beerine from the Cincinnati Botanical Garden Zoo
is going to join us today. Wow in studio and well,
I don't know what we're gonna talk about. We're talking
with some of the best of plants that they go.
I mean, you know what they do there and and
and the programs that they have today is they're just phenomenal.
(06:25):
So Scott's kind of kind of run us and give
us an update on where they stand right now. You
can go to their website Cincinnati Zoo dot org. I
believe it is as they do dot com. I don't
know which, whichever one it is, Cincinnati Zoo. Search for
it and go to the gardens and then take it
from there, start looking at all the great things that
they double. We're gonna we're gonna recap that. We'll probably
tell some stories about your favorite guy, Steve Folts, Steven
(06:49):
Goldfinger faults, so we'll try to make up some stories.
Stephen don't wake me up before eleven for at least
eleven o'clock, So yeah, we'll tell stories about him as well.
And Gary Salivan I'm is and we'll be taking calls
do the whole show, so of course you kind of
open it up there cool a little bit different. So
the website is Ron Wilson online dot com and uh,
(07:11):
it is Christmas. So we was kind of a little
light this week because people are off, people are off,
and it's trying to relax a little bit. But there
there are a couple of things. The first thing is Rita.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
It's that time of year. So it's people get sick
and they're looking for something. Maybe they don't want to
drink the green death flavored mike quill, so they need
something to organic. Oh gosh, that the green one is nasty.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So so she has her own uh uh yes, one
of her potions whatever potions. So that's medicinal purposes only. Yes,
so you might want to try that. Check that out.
Proved by Hikenfeld.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Check that out. And I mean Ron Wilson is sick.
So if you look at the at the picture, I'm
not sick. Look at the the pictures.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Don't lie. That kills me. You do that, Pictures don't lie?
You see the other one I just did, I'm afraid to.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Pictures don't lie. Ron Wilson's sick. And the how you
do that?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I don't know. In the wa to see the next
one and the check it out. The next one is
uh the plan of the week, which is missiletoe? Yeah,
why was mistletoe? It was? It was just Christmas? Now
why why a lot of people ask why I came
up in conversation yesterday even Uh, why don't you see
missiletoe out there anymore? Why does anybody hang out missiletoe.
(08:42):
Why can't you buy it? You can't find it early anywhere. Yeah,
and uh so I thought I put a little history
in there that of the missiletoe too, you learn more
about it and how it grows and things like that.
And the reason they don't why because it's very perishable.
People don't want it drives up quickly. The berries are poisonous,
so they don't want to send you the berries. So
whenever you got them, had little plastic berries on them.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
They just don't have it out there, and that tradition
is kind of gone by the side. I remember you
used to just stuck everything else your apartment when you
were a bachelor. Had it? You said you had it?
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh gosh, Yeah, I had a mistletoe in the hallway
before you went in the in the.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Apartment, I had a missletoe belt back of the day. Yeah.
Oh yeah, hats belts old. I know everything missiletoe. So yeah,
jacket covered with miss I can cover the missiletoe. Yeah.
I lived on one two three mistletoe Lane. Yeah, I
mean it's a whole nine yards so yeah, I saw
(09:38):
Doctors's Christmas tree. Send me Charlie Brown Christmas tree three
four three to four foot a little nice little Charlie
Brown picture back of ours. It looks exactly like his.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
There you go, very cool. So yeah, great, So I'm
gonna let everyone get in because it's I'm pretty sure
they want to talk to you and say Merry Christmas.
We got lots of tips to share today as well,
and so I'll be on my way out, all right.
Have a great rest of your weekend too. Relax and
enjoy will Joe Shreker, Executive producer, especially since I'm off.
(10:11):
My last two vacation days are Monday Tuesday for the year.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I did know that, So I am off the rest
of today, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Yeah, I come back
New Year's Eve. Good for you, excellent. Yes, I'll be working.
It's good for you. It's about right about time you work. Yeah,
I know it is about time I work, all right,
Joe Shreker, Executive produce Sully. If he does not come
(10:39):
on now, I'm not at the Sullivan level, then you're
pretty good. Well, you will be soon. I don't think
he's always He'll always be older than me, yes, yes,
he will always be older than you. Yes, And you.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Always be older than me.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Wearing my hair. Yeah, I will. I'll always be older
than you. Dan'll be younger in the middle. You'll be
older at him. So whoever? All right, if you like,
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(11:19):
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puts her hand out the signal. Everybody has to lean
to the right yep to counteract the weight to the
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She must have, all right. Eight hundred eight two three
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eight two five five. Here in the Garden with Ron
Wilson and the Durango kid. Good morning, welcome back. You're
in the garden with Ron Wilson again that toll free number.
Eight hundred eight two three eight two five five talking
about yarding. Can you believe this? The final Saturday of
twenty twenty five. Dan, where did twenty twenty five go?
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Man?
Speaker 1 (12:03):
It flew by? I mean it flew by, and here
we are and then next week we'll be in the
twenty twenty six. That'll be crazy. But you got big
celebrations plans.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
No, because I have to work early the next morning.
So well, you got to get some sleep. I gotta
be prepared for Steve Hawkins.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
You know.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Oh that's right, the hawk man on the Yeah. Yeah,
that's a tough one because but you know what in
what makes is so tough with him is that he
is out partying.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Correct, and I have to keep to him together a
chalk together and you know, the whole game.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yeah, so you got to keep it together. So yeah, yeah,
I get it. I totally get it. All right, So
we're talking. You are ding Final Saturday, taking your calls
at eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
As Joe said, don't forget our website, Ron Wilson online
dot com. What's interesting. I Rita's cough homemade cough syrup
is pretty darn simple, all right. It's raw honey and lemon,
(12:57):
that's the bottom line. And if you talk to a
lot of folks that make their living by talking or
singing or whatever, those two products always seem to show
up when they're not feeling so well to sue their
throat or whatever. And there you go, and it's very
natural and easy for you to do, and it does work.
As a matter of fact, I have done that one
many times when I didn't think I was gonna make
(13:19):
it down here, and it does work for you, So
be sure and check that out. And I thought it
was interesting to do the missletoe as planned of the
week holiday season. Missletoe? Do you ever see that being
sold out there anymore in the garden centers wherever you
buy your Christmas tree or whatever. It may be very rarely,
and if you do, it's typically artificial missiletoe, I think,
(13:40):
besides Christmas songs. I'm not sure if people even remember
what missletoe's all about now. I remember when I way
back when, when mistletoe was a pretty popular thing and
we sold it at the garden stores. I buy, you know,
two cases to sell and a case to hang up
in the garden store and around the outside, because you know,
you want to take advantage of that mistletoe. But over
(14:01):
the years, mistletoe has kind of faded out, and next
thing you knew, they were selling mistletoe with fake berries
because the berries are very toxic and they do fall
off of it very quickly, so you don't want those
around the house. And then of course missletoe is a
is it a parasite? I believe it's a paras considered
a parasite and something else, But anyway, don't want to
spread it around. So you don't see mistletoe as much
(14:24):
as you used to out there. But a great history,
which a lot of these things that we use in
our holidays for traditions whatever, always have great histories, like
the Ponsetia. You know why that became such a popular
thing they cut Christmas tree. Well, missletoe is the same way.
And I posted on our website some information to kind
of walk you through where it all started, and you know,
(14:46):
to tell you a little bit more about it as
far as wyat's out there where you find it. As
a matter of fact, a couple of years ago, we
usually don't see it here. You see it more in
the Southern States a little bit warmer. You get into Kentucky,
you'll see it down there. But Ron rothis are certified
arborst hobby meteorolog just found some in Mason, Ohio in
a tree, which is kind of unusual to see it
around here, but it did. That just shows you things
(15:08):
are changing over the years and getting a little bit warmer,
but we do see it here. But again, that's one
of the other reasons why you know, it doesn't make
it out there anymore. But boy, missletoe's and a lot
of Christmas songs out there, and it was sold at
one time, but like I said, now not being sold anymore.
Just kind of I guess cultural things just kind of
(15:31):
wore off, I guess. But anyway, if you go to
our website run Wilson online dot com, and you will
read all about mistletoe and you'll see I got some
pictures in there for you what it looks like when
it's hanging up in the trees, et cetera, et cetera.
And by the way, just so you know that this
makes it so, this makes it really romantic when you're
going to give somebody a kissing in the missletoe. Is
that mistletoe stands for dung on a twig, that's right,
(15:55):
missile stands for dung yeah, and twig is for the
tayan or ton missiletoe, ton toe, and so it's dung
on a twig. So next time you underneath the missletoe,
you say you want to give me a little kiss
under the dung on a twig. So there you go.
But again, can you find out on our website at
(16:16):
ron Wilson online dot com. Also all of our postings
from last week's show. We've got the all the podcasts
up there for you as well. You can go back
and listen to those two and get caught up on
what you may have missed last week, including if your
pointings out he is look as bad as they do
in our office right now, all they have left are
green stems and red on the top. All you have
(16:36):
to do is go out in the yard cut about
eight or ten twelve innch pieces of evergreens from your
juniper's taxes whatever. Stick those in the bottom like a
holiday vase. You've got those in the bottom and they're
red on the top, and guess what, boila, it looks
great for the rest of the winter season. All right,
Taking your calls at eight hundred A two three, eight,
two five five Here in the garden with Ron Wilson.
(16:59):
Welcome back here in the Garden with Ron Wilson again
that toll free number eight hundred and eight two three
eight two five five. It's our last show of the year.
Can you believe that last show of twenty twenty five.
Next week we'll be into twenty twenty six and the
you know, I'm always excited looking forward to the upcoming year.
You know, it's all us gardeners are that way, right.
We're very optimistic. It didn't work this year, there's always
(17:20):
next year, and uh, you know, we got next year
coming up there in a week, and I look at it,
you know, like I kind of cleansed the palate, uh,
clean everything off, start all over again, get my notes together,
and get fired up for what's gonna happen. And you know,
it happens quickly, because we get through the month of
January and then all of a sudden, it's Groundhog Day,
and then all of a sudden, it's Valentine's Day, and
(17:40):
then all of a sudden, we're into the first of March,
and all of a sudden, we're in the spring. And
you got to make sure you get your plans in place.
And that's what we're here for to help you out
as we get to that point. And if you're like me,
you can always get behind and whatever. But we're gonna
do that, and we're gonna talk a lot in twenty
twenty six January February about things you should be doing
indoors as well, like you should be stocking up right
(18:02):
now if you're not growing them already, doing those micro
greens in the house. I'm telling you, fresh greens in
the house. You can't beat it. Micro greens and at
your fingertips one of the easiest things to grow. And
I've got that great tip sheet that our southern gardener wrote,
Gary Bachman from the Mississippi, and it's one of the
(18:22):
best step sheets. And by the way, Johnny's Seeds always
talking about Johnny Seeds probably is one of the best
sources for green seeds. Now they all have all the
stuff for growing them as well, but for micro greens seeds,
look at Johnny's Seed Seed Company. Their catalog is absolutely outstanding.
(18:43):
And then you can get signed up for their sign
up for their newsletter as well, which is outstanding to
keep you updated there. And by the way, speaking of which,
did you order your burpie historic catalog I did. It's
on the way. I got a notice yesterday it's on
its way, So I can't wait to read that one
hundred and fifty years of first by Burbiy. Of course,
(19:03):
Burbie's been around forever, and they also have don't forget
that commemorative packets of seeds that are available. Thomas Jefferson's
Revolutionary Garden, Martha Washington's Kitchen Garden, a Colonial dooryard, herb garden.
I think that's from Rita Hikenfeld from way back then. Yeah,
she's been around a long time. And then the Declaration
of Bouquet. These are limited editions. They teamed them with
(19:27):
the Horticulture American Horticultural Society to put these together, So
be sure and check that out too. Like I've always said,
get make sure you get your Burpie catalog, make sure
you get your Johnny's Seeds catalogs, still one of the
best out there. But their thing this week was Greens
microgreens and all the microgreens that they have and all
the tip sheets they have for that, So be sure
(19:48):
to sign up for that and get it. And by
the way, if you have not gotten your seeds yet
and you don't know where seed catalogs and you don't
know where to go to get those catalogs. Don't forget almanac,
that's the old Farmer's almanac. Almanac dot com has a
I think they have forty free and these are all the
free catalogs, all right. Some of them you have to
(20:10):
pay for, but these are the ones that are free.
Over forty seed catalogs that you can click on the
link or call them or mail them. And the minenvelope,
however you do it and request your catalog of which
Burpie and Johnny's Seeds are in there, and the other
one that's in there you want to get up of
course is Baker Creek Rare Seeds. Unbelievable. But those are
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three catalogs that the information, the pictures are right, The
information is right, and sometimes you have to be careful
about that if the information is right or not. Sometimes,
you know, many years ago we used to say use
those catalogs for inspiration in the springtime. But those three
companies do a great job with explanation as well, so
be sure check and a lot of good info on
(20:54):
how to plant and et cetera, et cetera. Johnny's Burpy's
and rare seeds or Baker Creek and the other one
I'm going to throw in there if you are fruits
and berries is Indiana Berry Indiana Berry dot com. I
just got their new catalog yesterday. They just get better
and better all the time. And if you're growing fruits
and berries in your backyard, especially the berries, they focus
(21:15):
mostly on berries. Their information like talking about strawberries or blackberries, raspberries.
They have like two or three pages of how to prove,
how to plant, how to harvest, et cetera, et cetera.
And it's free Indiana Berry dot com. And if you
go to your local independent garden center and they don't
have excuse me that frog in the throat this morning,
(21:40):
if they don't have what you're looking for, and check
with your local independent garden centers. First Indiana Berry for
online ordering catalog ordering. I highly recommend they do an
outstanding job. Ordered from them before. I know a lot
of folks that we've recommended to order from Indiana Berry
and they do an excellent job. But again, check you're
locally owned independent garden centers. First find out what they're
(22:03):
gonna be getting in this spring. To make sure that
if they don't have what you're looking for, find out
why first of all, and then if they can't get
it for you, I'll go to Indiana Berry. But again,
if you haven't gotten your seed catalogs and all that
in place and come into your house, go to Almanac
dot com. Almanac dot com and they've got that listing
(22:23):
for you. It's absolutely free, and there are, like I said,
I think forty plus catalogs for you to link onto
to get sent to your home. I get on it
right away because I've already been enjoying my Indiana Berry
and Johnny Seeds, So be sure and check those out
all right. Before we take a break. You know where
(22:44):
we're gonna go. We're gonna go to Dayton. Talk to Dick.
Dick from Dayton. Good morning, Happy New Year to you.
Can you believe Dick from Dayton that this is the
last Saturday of twenty twenty five?
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Yeah? No know, it just yeah, crazy went kind of
fast this year, didn't it.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Does it get faster every year for you?
Speaker 6 (23:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
It does for me? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Retirement it uh, you know, when I was working at
Low's it went pretty quick. But retirement it's good, you know,
you get out a little bit and see your friends
and stuff. But I had a good I had a
great Christmas. It was really nice.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Did you get everything you wanted?
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Oh? Geez? Cards and my friends brought some. Uh oh
it was like popcorn and a little sack and uh
Reese's cups and uh you got a couple.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
I see. My cousin sent me a CD from Cleveland.
You know it was nice.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
What what is the CD of?
Speaker 5 (23:44):
I think it was, Uh it was Jimmy Buffett.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Jimmy Jimmy Buffett. Are you are you Jimmy Buffett fan?
Speaker 5 (23:52):
Oh gosh, yes, yes, Marguerite Deville I like, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Yeah it's a good one.
Speaker 6 (23:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Good the party too, Yeah all right.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
One of your millions of fans emailed me this week
and said, I know Dick plays the banjo and the
ukulele and the mandolin. Asked Dick, he has ever played
the harmonica?
Speaker 5 (24:13):
A little bit, a little bit, John was getting me
in the banded Jack. Yeah, my friend Eddie and Mary
they come every Saturday to pick me up. He goes
to the little five and dime or what is it,
five blow and he always brings me a kazoo, kazoo.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Oh kazoo. Yeah, sure, that's pretty.
Speaker 5 (24:33):
That's pretty. But the harmonica I like. But uh yeah,
it's been pretty good. Dave, come and pick me up.
I got to get down there. Uh, guest, birthday. I
was looking for you, guys, but I spent Monday with him.
You know, we that traffic was bad coming back.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
It's been horrible this week. Everybody traveling everywhere for Christmas. Yeah,
pretty crazy. All right, we got to go by. We
got the Bengals game coming up. What you prediction, uh,
twenty seven twenty I'm assuming you're taking the Bengals.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Oh yeah, all right, Bengals.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
All right. I just want to make sure good good week.
Dick from Dayton, have a good week, and we will
talk to you in twenty twenty six. Okay, all right,
take care Dick from Dayton. Right there, ladies and gentlemen,
all right, quick break, we come back. Matt from Ohio's
coming up. Phone lines are open for you at eight
hundred eight two three eight two five five. And guess
what For the first time in about I don't know
(25:30):
how many years, we have an in studio guest, you're
Joe and I talking about it. At the beginning of
the show. He's been on before. He was a part
of the tree Geeks when we used to have the
tree Geeks on all the time. And he's been on
with us as well from the uh on the phone
with us as well. But you know what, can I say?
This guy is absolutely hilarious. He's gonna join us this morning,
give us an update on what's going on at the
(25:51):
Cinctinanti Potanical Garden Zoo. Coming up at the top of
the hour, Scott Beerline will be with us. Yes, sit down,
a lot of fans showing up for Scott this morning,
so yeah, we'll have him on the top of the
hour and have a lot of Scott, a lot of
fun with Scott. But right now taking your calls at
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five Here
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in the Garden with Ron will welcome back here in
the Garden with Ron Wilson again that toll free number
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. Talking
about yarning on this final Saturday of twenty twenty five.
Was it a good year for you in the garden?
I would say for the most part, in our garden,
the Wilson Garden, we have pretty good success all the
way through most everything we did out there, and hopefully
you did as well. And if you didn't, as I said,
(26:35):
gardeners are always very optimistic. There's always next year. To
the gardening phone lines, we shall go. Matt in Ohio, Matt,
good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Yes, sir, so I had my garden cleaned up, but
I left the row of sunflowers still standing. I agree
with them for the pollinators obviously, and then for the birds.
But the question is should I just leave them standing
(27:06):
up till spring or or should they harvest the heads?
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If they were mine at this stage, I'd leave, man,
I'd leave them in the row, leave them standing, let
the birds enjoy them. There are other critters that may
enjoy those stalks to get inside and overwinter. I mean,
that's you know, that's kind of the new new trend
now looking at you know, cleaning up gardens, not so
much the vegetable garden, but other perennial gardens in that
(27:34):
is to you know, pretty much, leave everything alone, let
it stay for the wildlife, and then in the springtime
or early go out and clean it all up as
we start to regrow in the spring. So I would
kind of look at that the same way. It gives
you a little bit of something through the winter. The
birds can feed from the heads that are there, other
wildlife can enjoy the stalks, and then before we get
going in the springtime, get out there and pull those out,
(27:57):
throw them in the compost pile and you're good to go.
Speaker 7 (28:01):
It's amazing, how you know, they're like those heads are
like seven feet high, and really those stalks are still standing.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Isn't that amazing? That is it is amazing totally. But
you know, over to obviously over the winter, depending on
what kind of winter we have and the ups and downs,
attempts and all that, eventually they do start to break down.
But it is amazing how long sunflowers can last for
you into the winter season.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Yeah yeah, okay, all right, that's great.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
All right, my pleasure, man, and thank you appreciate it.
Having good New Year's and to Charlotte, we go John,
good morning.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Good morning, Ron's longtime listener of your show, love your show.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Thank you, sir. Just go ahead, go ahead and teases
what's the weather there this morning?
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Our weather hair, we're let's see outdoors, we're forty eight
right now.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
We're right with you then, yeah, you're using a little
bit warmer than this.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Over Christmas. We were in the seventies. In fact, we're
on there live on the We were about to go
boating but decided against it. But it was warm enough.
There were jet skis running around out there and it
was crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Wow. So how you had the crape myrtles that are
on the hillside right? Yes? Yeah, see I remember? So
how are those doing?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
You know, they're doing very well.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Good, they're doing very well.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
We question I have for you. We've got an amaryllis
about oh about a month before Christmas, and a few
days before Christmas it bloomed and it's just spectacular, large
trumpet shaped red deep red flowers, four of them, and
there's a second stalk and it's it's about ready all
(29:48):
bloom as well. The flower the plant is you know,
I guess it'd be like a wax around wax base. Yes,
And we're wondering what can we do going forward? Can
we get this to bloom again once these flowers are gone?
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Or what?
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You know, what should we do?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
You sure? Can you know that that new waxed amarillis
has been a It's amazing how it's increased amarilla seales
for the for the holidays. Because it's made it so easy.
You just set that thing on the on the pad
at your table or whatever and let it do its thing. Now,
after it's done, what you want to do when they're
totally finished flowering is go in and cut those flower
stalks off just as low as you can, just above
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where the foliage is coming out of that bulb, and
and get that out of the way, and then gently
peel that wax off of the outside of the bulb.
All right, So all what it's doing right now is
it's using up it's whatever moisture's in that bulb to
force up the flowers in the foliage. So as soon
as that's that foliage is done, cut those off, remove
(30:49):
the wax. And it may be a little soft, don't
worry about that. And now you want to pot it up,
and you want to put it in a pot that's
probably about eight inches in diameter, you know, maybe four
to six inches deep, good potting soil, and plant it
depth wise up to the base of that neck, so
that when you're done, you kind of see where the
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top of the bulb starts to round off, and you
see the next sticking up. But then and this kind
of lightly pressure a little bit of pressure on that
potting soil, uh to make it nice and solid, watered
in really well. You can go ahead and give a
little bit of miracle grow something like that if you want.
And now, John, you're gonna grow that like a houseplant
all winter long and keep it in a nice, bright,
(31:34):
sunny location. Uh. Water it as needed in the summertime.
You can move that outside, let it continue to grow
over the summer. And these are big feed, heavy feeders,
so you're gonna feed this thing about every two weeks.
Really give it a lot of you know, a lot
of fertilizer. Loves it. And at the end of August,
all right, we're gonna stop watering that thing. We're gonna
(31:55):
let the foliage turn brown, cut it off, take it,
pot it all, store it in a cupboard somewhere where
it's cool and dark for about six to eight weeks,
bring it back out and let it start to regrow,
and chances are it should flower for you right around
the holidays are a little bit later. Now, I've got
a tip sheet for that, so if you will email
me and you can go to ron Wilson at iHeartMedia
(32:16):
dot com. Email me call drop so you may not
hear this all right, I will send you that tip
sheet for anybody that's out there that looking to what
to do now after my you know, the holiday's over.
With that ponsetti or the Amarillis bulb. I've got that
tip sheet for you. But if it's in that wax
around the outside, we need to get that off and
get it replanted and then go from there. And you know,
(32:36):
I'll be honest with you. I have done three or
four or five at the same time, never had one
hundred percent getting all of them to flower the next season.
I know a lot of folks that do. I know
some that don't. But it's it's worth it to do that.
And if you never let them go dormant, they'll flower
somewhere down the road. Some folks just let them grow
all the time. So you got those options, but you
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do want to make sure you get it out of
the wax and get it potted up as soon as
those flowers are done. Before we take a break and
bring on mister Scott beer Line Doctor z Is on
the air. Is it really you Christmas?
Speaker 6 (33:10):
Mister Wilson and Danny.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
Is it really you Christmas?
Speaker 6 (33:14):
It really is me?
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So there really is a doctor Z for everybody that
every at the opening of every show, we blame you
for everything that's wrong.
Speaker 6 (33:23):
I know, and I'm here to say I'm sorry for
all the technical stat foods everyone. It's just it's hard
to do eighteen jobs at once. I mean, I'm no,
I'm know Danny or Joe, I'm only human.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Love it? And is it true with it that you
now have a sidecar?
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (33:42):
For Bowser right, and well you're sweethearts on the back right.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
Right, the fiances on the back and then you know
Bowser's in the sidecar and with that news what is
it called a pylon? Right when it's a passenger in
the back.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, there you go. So so when she she signals
to turn left with that new rock on that left hand,
does it kind of kind of you have to lean
to the right.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
Yeah, it's really going to work out like having to
you know, I get through all that.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
It was almost blinded when you sent me a picture
of that thing.
Speaker 6 (34:14):
Oh, well, thank you, I appreciate it, Joe. Joe kind
of pushed me for years. So yes, you know, the
biggest relief was a I get to marry this woman
and be Joe can't make fun of me anymore.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
Oh something else, Oh we'll find something else. You will
find something else.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
But she would see the comments and it would be like, oh,
sure would look nice. She had a ring on that finger,
and I'm like, Joe, what are you doing? But I
know it was good fun. But Ron, I also have
a big announcement I'd like to announce live on your
radio show if I could.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Okay, we're ready, I will.
Speaker 6 (34:48):
Be returning to plot eighty three and twenty twenty six. Right,
they're doing another round in the community.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Guard any Garden, Washington, d C. Guard number eighty three. Yep,
you know.
Speaker 6 (34:59):
There was a a little bit of talk. We are
thinking about potentially moving back to Ohio at some point,
but I think I got another year in me.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
So one more year in the DC area and then
maybe back to Cincinnati. Yeah sounds good to me. Man.
I'm up, But.
Speaker 6 (35:16):
All right, very Christmas, Happy New Year, enjoy the rest
of the show. Thanks for all that you do wrong.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Doctor Z. Always a pleasure, my man. Tell you that
lovely sweetheart of yours. I said, hello, and bile Bow
Bowser see all right, doctor Z Doctor Z Garden eighty
three Washington, d c Old producer there. I always had
fun with doctor c. All right, we'll take a quick break,
we come back. Stay calm, stay settled. That's right, Scott
(35:41):
Bearline for the Cincinnati Botannaco Garden and Zoo will be
with us live in the studio. Yeah, that's right. The
limo just pulled up here in the Garden with Ron Wilson.
Personal yard boy talking about yarding on this Saturday after
Christmas and Luke who came in and it's sixty degrees
and it's warm outside and some rain here and there
and everywhere, and you know, just not Christmas Eve kind
of weather. But hey, we'll take it absolutely. Let's get
it kicked off with a couple of Joe Miss Joe Struck,
(00:23):
our executive producer, find out what's going on in his Uh,
nothing's going on a long landscape. No, I don't know
why you want to say this. Our website, Ron Wilson
online dot com, Facebook page in the garden with Ron Wilson.
Merry Christmas, Surgey. You have a good Christmas. Christmas was great.
Christmas was great. Yeah, it was great. Good for you.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Lots of family, lots of good friends, and it was
even though I had to work all week.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Here at the station.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, I still had fun and had a lot of
nice family time.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
So it was great. Good. Well, while you're here working,
you're all sleeping. Yeah, so by the time you get back,
they're all just starting to wake up. And then I
go take a nap. Then you take a little nap
while they're getting ready. So it just kind of blends
back in. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, yeah, lots of good food, lots of just you
know what does lots of fun?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
What does Mama Streker make for special for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Nothing really special? Just we had a we had a
ham and macaroni and cheese and.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Wasn't any usual Christmas it was. It wasn't anything anything
special or anything. So other facts she made it. Yeah,
other makes it other than she made it. Yes, cool, Yes,
to get anything special for Christmas?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
I got I got a couple interesting things, uh from
my sister got me a uh my sister work who
lives in Toledo works for the Museum of Art in
Toledo and Tolados and then for their glass glass blowing
(02:00):
and so I she gave me a.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Glass.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
It was a glass blown so I guess something. Well
it was the Yeah that so that was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Thelf on the shelf, Yeah, well it's it was I
think it's a fish. It kind of looks like a fish.
It kind of looks like a fish. It's really cool though.
It's really and and what's really really interesting is is
in the box it has a write up of who
did it, cool about the artist and everything. So that
(02:37):
was very cool.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
You know, and the unusual stuff, you know, candy, and
of course I got my mom candy I got. I
got Mom and Dad their usual Christmas care package. Cool
since you know, getting in presents. They never want, never
want any presents, so it's you. It's just you know jelly,
(03:02):
you know, German cook Yeah. Yeah, so stuff like that,
So cool.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Spets which wanted to go to like Germany and Europe
for Christmas because you have the markets and they celebrate
for like the whole month.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, it's supposed to be supposed to be really fun.
Yeah I've never been obviously, next year, let's put it
on our bucket list.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Maybe not next year, but two years, let's put it
on our bucket list. Sure, we'll do that. I think
we a blast. It would be a blast, really would.
So anyway, girls get anything special?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Uh the girls? Uh see Grace, well, Grace already got her.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Her present. She wanted. She needed new tires for her car,
So dad a lot of money. That's a good present.
But let's see. Uh yeah, they got the stuff that
was on their list, dramas and slippers and stuff like that.
(04:03):
I just don't see you walking up and down the
aisle for size whatever dramas.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Everything's on Amazon. Yeah, everything was click pretty much.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, that works well. We do the secret Sanda thing
with the adults and you put your on that wish
list thing. You just click on it and there you go.
Put your credit card out there and they mail it
to you and you wrap it and you're done. Hey,
you don't even need to do that. You don't even
need to wrap it anymore. Uh, yeah you don't. You're right.
(04:36):
They take care of that too. So how was Christmas? Good?
Four grandsons, all the family, So it's crazy great. Three
of them got drones. Fun and they were nice drones
and you know what kills me? They broke No, they
all put them together. They go outside and they fly
(04:59):
them right off off the bat like they've been flying
him for ten years. Is that amazing? They're doing little
air wars and stuff with each other and chasing each
other around the house with these drones and up and
looking in the windows and in their houses and stuff.
It's like, you guys just got these two hours ago. Yeahready,
and they're out there flying them like they're professionals. Dark kids.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I always wanted to learn how to do drone drone stuff.
I really seriously, I have. I just got to find
a way to do it. I got it, I got if.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I gotta find time to do it. First of all,
front in the video business and he does that for
real estate and stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, yeah, you told me about him, and that's that's
kind of what I was thinking about.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Every year he just kept upgrading his drone, upgrading and upgrading. Now,
the cameras that he has on and the size and
all that stuff is phenomenal. It's crazy takes still pictures
and all that stuff. Yeah, but anyway, Yeah, we had good,
good and everybody was there and even my mom came
to this one because this is the other side. Yeah,
the family and my mom, my sister came and so yeah,
we had a good time. Yeah. Great. So who's on
(06:02):
the show today. We're gonna have an in in studio
guests today. Scott Beerine from the Cincinnati Botanical Garden Zoo
is going to join us today. Wow in studio and well,
I don't know what we're gonna talk about. We're talking
with some of the best of plants that they go.
I mean, you know what they do there and and
and the programs that they have today is they're just phenomenal.
(06:25):
So Scott's kind of kind of run us and give
us an update on where they stand right now. You
can go to their website Cincinnati Zoo dot org. I
believe it is as they do dot com. I don't
know which, whichever one it is, Cincinnati Zoo. Search for
it and go to the gardens and then take it
from there, start looking at all the great things that
they double. We're gonna we're gonna recap that. We'll probably
tell some stories about your favorite guy, Steve Folts, Steven
(06:49):
Goldfinger faults, so we'll try to make up some stories.
Stephen don't wake me up before eleven for at least
eleven o'clock, So yeah, we'll tell stories about him as well.
And Gary Salivan I'm is and we'll be taking calls
do the whole show, so of course you kind of
open it up there cool a little bit different. So
the website is Ron Wilson online dot com and uh,
(07:11):
it is Christmas. So we was kind of a little
light this week because people are off, people are off,
and it's trying to relax a little bit. But there
there are a couple of things. The first thing is Rita.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
It's that time of year. So it's people get sick
and they're looking for something. Maybe they don't want to
drink the green death flavored mike quill, so they need
something to organic. Oh gosh, that the green one is nasty.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
So so she has her own uh uh yes, one
of her potions whatever potions. So that's medicinal purposes only. Yes,
so you might want to try that. Check that out.
Proved by Hikenfeld.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Check that out. And I mean Ron Wilson is sick.
So if you look at the at the picture, I'm
not sick. Look at the the pictures.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Don't lie. That kills me. You do that, Pictures don't lie?
You see the other one I just did, I'm afraid to.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Pictures don't lie. Ron Wilson's sick. And the how you
do that?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I don't know. In the wa to see the next
one and the check it out. The next one is
uh the plan of the week, which is missiletoe? Yeah,
why was mistletoe? It was? It was just Christmas? Now
why why a lot of people ask why I came
up in conversation yesterday even Uh, why don't you see
missiletoe out there anymore? Why does anybody hang out missiletoe.
(08:42):
Why can't you buy it? You can't find it early anywhere. Yeah,
and uh so I thought I put a little history
in there that of the missiletoe too, you learn more
about it and how it grows and things like that.
And the reason they don't why because it's very perishable.
People don't want it drives up quickly. The berries are poisonous,
so they don't want to send you the berries. So
whenever you got them, had little plastic berries on them.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
They just don't have it out there, and that tradition
is kind of gone by the side. I remember you
used to just stuck everything else your apartment when you
were a bachelor. Had it? You said you had it?
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh gosh, Yeah, I had a mistletoe in the hallway
before you went in the in the.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Apartment, I had a missletoe belt back of the day. Yeah.
Oh yeah, hats belts old. I know everything missiletoe. So yeah,
jacket covered with miss I can cover the missiletoe. Yeah.
I lived on one two three mistletoe Lane. Yeah, I
mean it's a whole nine yards so yeah, I saw
(09:38):
Doctors's Christmas tree. Send me Charlie Brown Christmas tree three
four three to four foot a little nice little Charlie
Brown picture back of ours. It looks exactly like his.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
There you go, very cool. So yeah, great, So I'm
gonna let everyone get in because it's I'm pretty sure
they want to talk to you and say Merry Christmas.
We got lots of tips to share today as well,
and so I'll be on my way out, all right.
Have a great rest of your weekend too. Relax and
enjoy will Joe Shreker, Executive producer, especially since I'm off.
(10:11):
My last two vacation days are Monday Tuesday for the year.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I did know that, So I am off the rest
of today, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Yeah, I come back
New Year's Eve. Good for you, excellent. Yes, I'll be working.
It's good for you. It's about right about time you work. Yeah,
I know it is about time I work, all right,
Joe Shreker, Executive produce Sully. If he does not come
(10:39):
on now, I'm not at the Sullivan level, then you're
pretty good. Well, you will be soon. I don't think
he's always He'll always be older than me, yes, yes,
he will always be older than you. Yes, And you.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Always be older than me.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Wearing my hair. Yeah, I will. I'll always be older
than you. Dan'll be younger in the middle. You'll be
older at him. So whoever? All right, if you like,
we just on our website, Ron Wilson Online dot com
Facebook page. In the Garden with Ron Wilson, Joe Strecker
had everything to do with it. Something on there you
don't like, maybe shouldn't be there. You're questioning it. Don't
blame Joe. Doctor Z Washington, d C. Garden eighty three,
(11:19):
riding around his Vespa with Bowser in the sidecar and
Sweet Tart on the back seat, with the big rock
blinding people as they driving people. When she turns it,
puts her hand out the signal. Everybody has to lean
to the right yep to counteract the weight to the
left from that big ring yep. Laura pays a lot.
She must have, all right. Eight hundred eight two three
(11:41):
eight two five five. Here in the Garden with Ron
Wilson and the Durango kid. Good morning, welcome back. You're
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Eight hundred eight two three eight two five five talking
about yarding. Can you believe this? The final Saturday of
twenty twenty five. Dan, where did twenty twenty five go?
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Man?
Speaker 1 (12:03):
It flew by? I mean it flew by, and here
we are and then next week we'll be in the
twenty twenty six. That'll be crazy. But you got big
celebrations plans.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
No, because I have to work early the next morning.
So well, you got to get some sleep. I gotta
be prepared for Steve Hawkins.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
You know.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Oh that's right, the hawk man on the Yeah. Yeah,
that's a tough one because but you know what in
what makes is so tough with him is that he
is out partying.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Correct, and I have to keep to him together a
chalk together and you know, the whole game.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yeah, so you got to keep it together. So yeah, yeah,
I get it. I totally get it. All right, So
we're talking. You are ding Final Saturday, taking your calls
at eight hundred eight two three eight two five five.
As Joe said, don't forget our website, Ron Wilson online
dot com. What's interesting. I Rita's cough homemade cough syrup
is pretty darn simple, all right. It's raw honey and lemon,
(12:57):
that's the bottom line. And if you talk to a
lot of folks that make their living by talking or
singing or whatever, those two products always seem to show
up when they're not feeling so well to sue their
throat or whatever. And there you go, and it's very
natural and easy for you to do, and it does work.
As a matter of fact, I have done that one
many times when I didn't think I was gonna make
(13:19):
it down here, and it does work for you, So
be sure and check that out. And I thought it
was interesting to do the missletoe as planned of the
week holiday season. Missletoe? Do you ever see that being
sold out there anymore in the garden centers wherever you
buy your Christmas tree or whatever. It may be very rarely,
and if you do, it's typically artificial missiletoe, I think,
(13:40):
besides Christmas songs. I'm not sure if people even remember
what missletoe's all about now. I remember when I way
back when, when mistletoe was a pretty popular thing and
we sold it at the garden stores. I buy, you know,
two cases to sell and a case to hang up
in the garden store and around the outside, because you know,
you want to take advantage of that mistletoe. But over
(14:01):
the years, mistletoe has kind of faded out, and next
thing you knew, they were selling mistletoe with fake berries
because the berries are very toxic and they do fall
off of it very quickly, so you don't want those
around the house. And then of course missletoe is a
is it a parasite? I believe it's a paras considered
a parasite and something else, But anyway, don't want to
spread it around. So you don't see mistletoe as much
(14:24):
as you used to out there. But a great history,
which a lot of these things that we use in
our holidays for traditions whatever, always have great histories, like
the Ponsetia. You know why that became such a popular
thing they cut Christmas tree. Well, missletoe is the same way.
And I posted on our website some information to kind
of walk you through where it all started, and you know,
(14:46):
to tell you a little bit more about it as
far as wyat's out there where you find it. As
a matter of fact, a couple of years ago, we
usually don't see it here. You see it more in
the Southern States a little bit warmer. You get into Kentucky,
you'll see it down there. But Ron rothis are certified
arborst hobby meteorolog just found some in Mason, Ohio in
a tree, which is kind of unusual to see it
around here, but it did. That just shows you things
(15:08):
are changing over the years and getting a little bit warmer,
but we do see it here. But again, that's one
of the other reasons why you know, it doesn't make
it out there anymore. But boy, missletoe's and a lot
of Christmas songs out there, and it was sold at
one time, but like I said, now not being sold anymore.
Just kind of I guess cultural things just kind of
(15:31):
wore off, I guess. But anyway, if you go to
our website run Wilson online dot com, and you will
read all about mistletoe and you'll see I got some
pictures in there for you what it looks like when
it's hanging up in the trees, et cetera, et cetera.
And by the way, just so you know that this
makes it so, this makes it really romantic when you're
going to give somebody a kissing in the missletoe. Is
that mistletoe stands for dung on a twig, that's right,
(15:55):
missile stands for dung yeah, and twig is for the
tayan or ton missiletoe, ton toe, and so it's dung
on a twig. So next time you underneath the missletoe,
you say you want to give me a little kiss
under the dung on a twig. So there you go.
But again, can you find out on our website at
(16:16):
ron Wilson online dot com. Also all of our postings
from last week's show. We've got the all the podcasts
up there for you as well. You can go back
and listen to those two and get caught up on
what you may have missed last week, including if your
pointings out he is look as bad as they do
in our office right now, all they have left are
green stems and red on the top. All you have
(16:36):
to do is go out in the yard cut about
eight or ten twelve innch pieces of evergreens from your
juniper's taxes whatever. Stick those in the bottom like a
holiday vase. You've got those in the bottom and they're
red on the top, and guess what, boila, it looks
great for the rest of the winter season. All right,
Taking your calls at eight hundred A two three, eight,
two five five Here in the garden with Ron Wilson.
(16:59):
Welcome back here in the Garden with Ron Wilson again
that toll free number eight hundred and eight two three
eight two five five. It's our last show of the year.
Can you believe that last show of twenty twenty five.
Next week we'll be into twenty twenty six and the
you know, I'm always excited looking forward to the upcoming year.
You know, it's all us gardeners are that way, right.
We're very optimistic. It didn't work this year, there's always
(17:20):
next year, and uh, you know, we got next year
coming up there in a week, and I look at it,
you know, like I kind of cleansed the palate, uh,
clean everything off, start all over again, get my notes together,
and get fired up for what's gonna happen. And you know,
it happens quickly, because we get through the month of
January and then all of a sudden, it's Groundhog Day,
and then all of a sudden, it's Valentine's Day, and
(17:40):
then all of a sudden, we're into the first of March,
and all of a sudden, we're in the spring. And
you got to make sure you get your plans in place.
And that's what we're here for to help you out
as we get to that point. And if you're like me,
you can always get behind and whatever. But we're gonna
do that, and we're gonna talk a lot in twenty
twenty six January February about things you should be doing
indoors as well, like you should be stocking up right
(18:02):
now if you're not growing them already, doing those micro
greens in the house. I'm telling you, fresh greens in
the house. You can't beat it. Micro greens and at
your fingertips one of the easiest things to grow. And
I've got that great tip sheet that our southern gardener wrote,
Gary Bachman from the Mississippi, and it's one of the
(18:22):
best step sheets. And by the way, Johnny's Seeds always
talking about Johnny Seeds probably is one of the best
sources for green seeds. Now they all have all the
stuff for growing them as well, but for micro greens seeds,
look at Johnny's Seed Seed Company. Their catalog is absolutely outstanding.
(18:43):
And then you can get signed up for their sign
up for their newsletter as well, which is outstanding to
keep you updated there. And by the way, speaking of which,
did you order your burpie historic catalog I did. It's
on the way. I got a notice yesterday it's on
its way, So I can't wait to read that one
hundred and fifty years of first by Burbiy. Of course,
(19:03):
Burbie's been around forever, and they also have don't forget
that commemorative packets of seeds that are available. Thomas Jefferson's
Revolutionary Garden, Martha Washington's Kitchen Garden, a Colonial dooryard, herb garden.
I think that's from Rita Hikenfeld from way back then. Yeah,
she's been around a long time. And then the Declaration
of Bouquet. These are limited editions. They teamed them with
(19:27):
the Horticulture American Horticultural Society to put these together, So
be sure and check that out too. Like I've always said,
get make sure you get your Burpie catalog, make sure
you get your Johnny's Seeds catalogs, still one of the
best out there. But their thing this week was Greens
microgreens and all the microgreens that they have and all
the tip sheets they have for that, So be sure
(19:48):
to sign up for that and get it. And by
the way, if you have not gotten your seeds yet
and you don't know where seed catalogs and you don't
know where to go to get those catalogs. Don't forget almanac,
that's the old Farmer's almanac. Almanac dot com has a
I think they have forty free and these are all the
free catalogs, all right. Some of them you have to
(20:10):
pay for, but these are the ones that are free.
Over forty seed catalogs that you can click on the
link or call them or mail them. And the minenvelope,
however you do it and request your catalog of which
Burpie and Johnny's Seeds are in there, and the other
one that's in there you want to get up of
course is Baker Creek Rare Seeds. Unbelievable. But those are
(20:32):
three catalogs that the information, the pictures are right, The
information is right, and sometimes you have to be careful
about that if the information is right or not. Sometimes,
you know, many years ago we used to say use
those catalogs for inspiration in the springtime. But those three
companies do a great job with explanation as well, so
be sure check and a lot of good info on
(20:54):
how to plant and et cetera, et cetera. Johnny's Burpy's
and rare seeds or Baker Creek and the other one
I'm going to throw in there if you are fruits
and berries is Indiana Berry Indiana Berry dot com. I
just got their new catalog yesterday. They just get better
and better all the time. And if you're growing fruits
and berries in your backyard, especially the berries, they focus
(21:15):
mostly on berries. Their information like talking about strawberries or blackberries, raspberries.
They have like two or three pages of how to prove,
how to plant, how to harvest, et cetera, et cetera.
And it's free Indiana Berry dot com. And if you
go to your local independent garden center and they don't
have excuse me that frog in the throat this morning,
(21:40):
if they don't have what you're looking for, and check
with your local independent garden centers. First Indiana Berry for
online ordering catalog ordering. I highly recommend they do an
outstanding job. Ordered from them before. I know a lot
of folks that we've recommended to order from Indiana Berry
and they do an excellent job. But again, check you're
locally owned independent garden centers. First find out what they're
(22:03):
gonna be getting in this spring. To make sure that
if they don't have what you're looking for, find out
why first of all, and then if they can't get
it for you, I'll go to Indiana Berry. But again,
if you haven't gotten your seed catalogs and all that
in place and come into your house, go to Almanac
dot com. Almanac dot com and they've got that listing
(22:23):
for you. It's absolutely free, and there are, like I said,
I think forty plus catalogs for you to link onto
to get sent to your home. I get on it
right away because I've already been enjoying my Indiana Berry
and Johnny Seeds, So be sure and check those out
all right. Before we take a break. You know where
(22:44):
we're gonna go. We're gonna go to Dayton. Talk to Dick.
Dick from Dayton. Good morning, Happy New Year to you.
Can you believe Dick from Dayton that this is the
last Saturday of twenty twenty five?
Speaker 5 (22:55):
Yeah? No know, it just yeah, crazy went kind of
fast this year, didn't it.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Does it get faster every year for you?
Speaker 6 (23:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
It does for me? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (23:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (23:09):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Retirement it uh, you know, when I was working at
Low's it went pretty quick. But retirement it's good, you know,
you get out a little bit and see your friends
and stuff. But I had a good I had a
great Christmas. It was really nice.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Did you get everything you wanted?
Speaker 5 (23:25):
Oh? Geez? Cards and my friends brought some. Uh oh
it was like popcorn and a little sack and uh
Reese's cups and uh you got a couple.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
I see. My cousin sent me a CD from Cleveland.
You know it was nice.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
What what is the CD of?
Speaker 5 (23:44):
I think it was, Uh it was Jimmy Buffett.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Jimmy Jimmy Buffett. Are you are you Jimmy Buffett fan?
Speaker 5 (23:52):
Oh gosh, yes, yes, Marguerite Deville I like, oh okay.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Yeah it's a good one.
Speaker 6 (23:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Good the party too, Yeah all right.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
One of your millions of fans emailed me this week
and said, I know Dick plays the banjo and the
ukulele and the mandolin. Asked Dick, he has ever played
the harmonica?
Speaker 5 (24:13):
A little bit, a little bit, John was getting me
in the banded Jack. Yeah, my friend Eddie and Mary
they come every Saturday to pick me up. He goes
to the little five and dime or what is it,
five blow and he always brings me a kazoo, kazoo.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Oh kazoo. Yeah, sure, that's pretty.
Speaker 5 (24:33):
That's pretty. But the harmonica I like. But uh yeah,
it's been pretty good. Dave, come and pick me up.
I got to get down there. Uh, guest, birthday. I
was looking for you, guys, but I spent Monday with him.
You know, we that traffic was bad coming back.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
It's been horrible this week. Everybody traveling everywhere for Christmas. Yeah,
pretty crazy. All right, we got to go by. We
got the Bengals game coming up. What you prediction, uh,
twenty seven twenty I'm assuming you're taking the Bengals.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Oh yeah, all right, Bengals.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
All right. I just want to make sure good good week.
Dick from Dayton, have a good week, and we will
talk to you in twenty twenty six. Okay, all right,
take care Dick from Dayton. Right there, ladies and gentlemen,
all right, quick break, we come back. Matt from Ohio's
coming up. Phone lines are open for you at eight
hundred eight two three eight two five five. And guess
what For the first time in about I don't know
(25:30):
how many years, we have an in studio guest, you're
Joe and I talking about it. At the beginning of
the show. He's been on before. He was a part
of the tree Geeks when we used to have the
tree Geeks on all the time. And he's been on
with us as well from the uh on the phone
with us as well. But you know what, can I say?
This guy is absolutely hilarious. He's gonna join us this morning,
give us an update on what's going on at the
(25:51):
Cinctinanti Potanical Garden Zoo. Coming up at the top of
the hour, Scott Beerline will be with us. Yes, sit down,
a lot of fans showing up for Scott this morning,
so yeah, we'll have him on the top of the
hour and have a lot of Scott, a lot of
fun with Scott. But right now taking your calls at
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five Here
(26:13):
in the Garden with Ron will welcome back here in
the Garden with Ron Wilson again that toll free number
eight hundred eight two three eight two five five. Talking
about yarning on this final Saturday of twenty twenty five.
Was it a good year for you in the garden?
I would say for the most part, in our garden,
the Wilson Garden, we have pretty good success all the
way through most everything we did out there, and hopefully
you did as well. And if you didn't, as I said,
(26:35):
gardeners are always very optimistic. There's always next year. To
the gardening phone lines, we shall go. Matt in Ohio, Matt,
good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
Yes, sir, so I had my garden cleaned up, but
I left the row of sunflowers still standing. I agree
with them for the pollinators obviously, and then for the birds.
But the question is should I just leave them standing
(27:06):
up till spring or or should they harvest the heads?
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If they were mine at this stage, I'd leave, man,
I'd leave them in the row, leave them standing, let
the birds enjoy them. There are other critters that may
enjoy those stalks to get inside and overwinter. I mean,
that's you know, that's kind of the new new trend
now looking at you know, cleaning up gardens, not so
much the vegetable garden, but other perennial gardens in that
(27:34):
is to you know, pretty much, leave everything alone, let
it stay for the wildlife, and then in the springtime
or early go out and clean it all up as
we start to regrow in the spring. So I would
kind of look at that the same way. It gives
you a little bit of something through the winter. The
birds can feed from the heads that are there, other
wildlife can enjoy the stalks, and then before we get
going in the springtime, get out there and pull those out,
(27:57):
throw them in the compost pile and you're good to go.
Speaker 7 (28:01):
It's amazing, how you know, they're like those heads are
like seven feet high, and really those stalks are still standing.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Isn't that amazing? That is it is amazing totally. But
you know, over to obviously over the winter, depending on
what kind of winter we have and the ups and downs,
attempts and all that, eventually they do start to break down.
But it is amazing how long sunflowers can last for
you into the winter season.
Speaker 7 (28:27):
Yeah yeah, okay, all right, that's great.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
All right, my pleasure, man, and thank you appreciate it.
Having good New Year's and to Charlotte, we go John,
good morning.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Good morning, Ron's longtime listener of your show, love your show.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Thank you, sir. Just go ahead, go ahead and teases
what's the weather there this morning?
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Our weather hair, we're let's see outdoors, we're forty eight
right now.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
We're right with you then, yeah, you're using a little
bit warmer than this.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Over Christmas. We were in the seventies. In fact, we're
on there live on the We were about to go
boating but decided against it. But it was warm enough.
There were jet skis running around out there and it
was crazy.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Wow. So how you had the crape myrtles that are
on the hillside right? Yes? Yeah, see I remember? So
how are those doing?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
You know, they're doing very well.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
Good, they're doing very well.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
We question I have for you. We've got an amaryllis
about oh about a month before Christmas, and a few
days before Christmas it bloomed and it's just spectacular, large
trumpet shaped red deep red flowers, four of them, and
there's a second stalk and it's it's about ready all
(29:48):
bloom as well. The flower the plant is you know,
I guess it'd be like a wax around wax base. Yes,
And we're wondering what can we do going forward? Can
we get this to bloom again once these flowers are gone?
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Or what?
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You know, what should we do?
Speaker 1 (30:06):
You sure? Can you know that that new waxed amarillis
has been a It's amazing how it's increased amarilla seales
for the for the holidays. Because it's made it so easy.
You just set that thing on the on the pad
at your table or whatever and let it do its thing. Now,
after it's done, what you want to do when they're
totally finished flowering is go in and cut those flower
stalks off just as low as you can, just above
(30:29):
where the foliage is coming out of that bulb, and
and get that out of the way, and then gently
peel that wax off of the outside of the bulb.
All right, So all what it's doing right now is
it's using up it's whatever moisture's in that bulb to
force up the flowers in the foliage. So as soon
as that's that foliage is done, cut those off, remove
(30:49):
the wax. And it may be a little soft, don't
worry about that. And now you want to pot it up,
and you want to put it in a pot that's
probably about eight inches in diameter, you know, maybe four
to six inches deep, good potting soil, and plant it
depth wise up to the base of that neck, so
that when you're done, you kind of see where the
(31:11):
top of the bulb starts to round off, and you
see the next sticking up. But then and this kind
of lightly pressure a little bit of pressure on that
potting soil, uh to make it nice and solid, watered
in really well. You can go ahead and give a
little bit of miracle grow something like that if you want.
And now, John, you're gonna grow that like a houseplant
all winter long and keep it in a nice, bright,
(31:34):
sunny location. Uh. Water it as needed in the summertime.
You can move that outside, let it continue to grow
over the summer. And these are big feed, heavy feeders,
so you're gonna feed this thing about every two weeks.
Really give it a lot of you know, a lot
of fertilizer. Loves it. And at the end of August,
all right, we're gonna stop watering that thing. We're gonna
(31:55):
let the foliage turn brown, cut it off, take it,
pot it all, store it in a cupboard somewhere where
it's cool and dark for about six to eight weeks,
bring it back out and let it start to regrow,
and chances are it should flower for you right around
the holidays are a little bit later. Now, I've got
a tip sheet for that, so if you will email
me and you can go to ron Wilson at iHeartMedia
(32:16):
dot com. Email me call drop so you may not
hear this all right, I will send you that tip
sheet for anybody that's out there that looking to what
to do now after my you know, the holiday's over.
With that ponsetti or the Amarillis bulb. I've got that
tip sheet for you. But if it's in that wax
around the outside, we need to get that off and
get it replanted and then go from there. And you know,
(32:36):
I'll be honest with you. I have done three or
four or five at the same time, never had one
hundred percent getting all of them to flower the next season.
I know a lot of folks that do. I know
some that don't. But it's it's worth it to do that.
And if you never let them go dormant, they'll flower
somewhere down the road. Some folks just let them grow
all the time. So you got those options, but you
(32:56):
do want to make sure you get it out of
the wax and get it potted up as soon as
those flowers are done. Before we take a break and
bring on mister Scott beer Line Doctor z Is on
the air. Is it really you Christmas?
Speaker 6 (33:10):
Mister Wilson and Danny.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
Is it really you Christmas?
Speaker 6 (33:14):
It really is me?
Speaker 1 (33:15):
So there really is a doctor Z for everybody that
every at the opening of every show, we blame you
for everything that's wrong.
Speaker 6 (33:23):
I know, and I'm here to say I'm sorry for
all the technical stat foods everyone. It's just it's hard
to do eighteen jobs at once. I mean, I'm no,
I'm know Danny or Joe, I'm only human.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Love it? And is it true with it that you
now have a sidecar?
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (33:42):
For Bowser right, and well you're sweethearts on the back right.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
Right, the fiances on the back and then you know
Bowser's in the sidecar and with that news what is
it called a pylon? Right when it's a passenger in
the back.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, there you go. So so when she she signals
to turn left with that new rock on that left hand,
does it kind of kind of you have to lean
to the right.
Speaker 6 (34:06):
Yeah, it's really going to work out like having to
you know, I get through all that.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
It was almost blinded when you sent me a picture
of that thing.
Speaker 6 (34:14):
Oh, well, thank you, I appreciate it, Joe. Joe kind
of pushed me for years. So yes, you know, the
biggest relief was a I get to marry this woman
and be Joe can't make fun of me anymore.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
Oh something else, Oh we'll find something else. You will
find something else.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
But she would see the comments and it would be like, oh,
sure would look nice. She had a ring on that finger,
and I'm like, Joe, what are you doing? But I
know it was good fun. But Ron, I also have
a big announcement I'd like to announce live on your
radio show if I could.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
Okay, we're ready, I will.
Speaker 6 (34:48):
Be returning to plot eighty three and twenty twenty six. Right,
they're doing another round in the community.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
Guard any Garden, Washington, d C. Guard number eighty three. Yep,
you know.
Speaker 6 (34:59):
There was a a little bit of talk. We are
thinking about potentially moving back to Ohio at some point,
but I think I got another year in me.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
So one more year in the DC area and then
maybe back to Cincinnati. Yeah sounds good to me. Man.
I'm up, But.
Speaker 6 (35:16):
All right, very Christmas, Happy New Year, enjoy the rest
of the show. Thanks for all that you do wrong.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
Doctor Z. Always a pleasure, my man. Tell you that
lovely sweetheart of yours. I said, hello, and bile Bow
Bowser see all right, doctor Z Doctor Z Garden eighty
three Washington, d c Old producer there. I always had
fun with doctor c. All right, we'll take a quick break,
we come back. Stay calm, stay settled. That's right, Scott
(35:41):
Bearline for the Cincinnati Botannaco Garden and Zoo will be
with us live in the studio. Yeah, that's right. The
limo just pulled up here in the Garden with Ron Wilson.
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