"DeFenceless" - A Gardening Simplified Preview

Rick Vuyst joins us to discuss this week's episode of Gardening Simplified!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And this is West Michigan's morning news. I see Steve
Kelly and Brett Pakita and Laurence Smith knock appligators in
studio a little early as we had to. Our friend
Rick Weist Gardening simplified the topic this weekend. Don't be defenseless.
And you sent me a video this morning. It's hard

(00:21):
for me to get my head around. I'm gonna let
you report this as a cubby reporter on the scene.
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Well, I'll tell you what. Out here on the beach,
it is rocking and rolling this morning. It feels all
of a sudden, it feels like summer is over and
they're busy putting up the snow fence. I guess I'm
not gonna call it a snow fence because if you
live out here, you recognize the fact that when you
have windy days like today, that sand blows like you

(00:52):
would not believe and the street fills with the beach sands.
So but yeah, aware the season is changing.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
It's really a sand fence. And I remember that from
my days in Luddington. Same thing. It's like you could
go out one day and there's like eight feet of
sand where you're usually drive right, come on, it's September fifth.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Well, you know when we get storms inland in the winter,
you guys shovel snow. We shovel sand out here soon.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yes, so defenseless is that what we're talking about.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, we're going to talk about fencing and structures on
the Gardening Simplified Show this weekend. And you know, for example,
a dark or black fence is surprisingly effective in the landscape.
Dark fencing is a stunning backdrop for bright green foliage.
And when you use those colors, they also recede, so

(01:54):
they make your property visually, make the boundaries disappear, so
they give you an illusion of depth. And we're not
talking about white picket fencing here or dog ear panel fencing.
We're doing interesting stuff with galvanized metal panels or colorful
inserts into chain link fencing. You don't want to feel

(02:18):
penned in in your landscape and you want to highlight
the plants. So this weekend on the show, we're going
to give you some really interesting tips on creating backdrops
and fencing in your landscape.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
But to that point, Rick, there are a lot of
just little simple privacy fences or corners, right, so you
can sit onto your deck where maybe you have the
lights up, or you're grilling and have a little privacy
from your neighbors if you live in a neighborhood.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, that's exactly it. You can use plant material to
do that bread, or you can combine plant material with structure.
And that's what I'm driving at because it's just like
taking a picture with your phone. You know the backdrop
for your picture. You want to frame that picture. You
don't want somebody to photo bomb your picture or yourselfie.

(03:05):
It's the same thing in a landscape. That backdrop is important.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Question when it comes to like a creeping vine or
something on a fence and it dies in the colder months,
are you supposed to cut that down or just think
it's going to bounce right back.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
I love that question because part of the reason Lauren,
for putting structure or fencing within your landscape is that
when you get to winter, it gives you winter interest.
So in most cases I will just allow the vine
to remain, snow builds, it's very pretty and it gives

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you some winter interest, and then as you get towards spring,
that's when you do that cleanup. So that's a great question.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yeah, if you're one of those people that leave your
grasses as supposed to cut them back when it snows
in an ornamental grass, That's what my hair looks like
if it were to grow out anymore.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
It's just so sad you have that flattened look.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
Gardening Simplified, Rick Weist again. Gardening simplified on air dot com.
Rick will hear you tomorrow morning. Thank you.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Sounds great. Have great weekend.