The Garden Show

Dan goes back to the phone lines to help WWL callers find the best time to plant sweet potatoes, what works best against Virginia Button Weed, and when should you trim a satsuma tree so that the satsumas don't weigh it down so much the fruit are sitting on the ground.

Dan dives into a bit of a botany lesson as we go over what part of the plant needs sun to get energy from the sun and the fertilization practices best for your blueberry plants and not panicking when seeing the leaves start to look a little worse for wear.

Dan opens up discussing the winter weather that should be here by now but is hopefully coming soon enough giving us a lot more time to prepare for the cold temperatures ahead of us, a lovely community garden effort going on over in Folsom, some dos and don'ts about protecting the head of a cauliflower plants, and some good general rules to follow when dealing with weeds of any kind in your lawns a...

Dan does a deep dive on Virginia Button Weed in our lawns and some other good to know tips about general weed issues when you are looking to treat your lawn during the spring and summer.

Dan dives into the phone lines hearing about a Folsom Community Garden, and what you can do to protect a cauliflower head.

On today's show, Dan opens up the program discussing what he is seeing in his garden and around his neck of the woods are more and more homes and beds are being decorated in time for the holiday season, prompting recommendations on some plants that work best with decorations, look like decorations themselves and thrive in the fall/winter, before opening up the phone lines to help YOU with your gar...

In the 2nd hour, Dan answers a few texts about poinsettias and growing them from cuttings and clover extermination before hearing from callers about shaving off roots from an oak tree to make room for pavers, periwinkle issues with fall plants, why does it take so long for citrus trees to create fruit, trimming back a rambler rose bush, and dealing with stickers in your lawn during the spring is a...

Dan gets back to caller questions such as fruitless lemon and orange trees and the expectations on when they should produce fruit and how much should someone be trimming a rambler rose bush.

Dan opens up the 2nd hour with a few texts from WWL listeners on growing poinsettias from cuttings as well as what you should know about poinsettias, getting rid of delta shaped clovers or any clover that is messing up your yard, periwinkles causing a hiccup to your fall annuals, and what you can do to shave off some of the roots around a live oak to place down pavers.

Dan opens up the show discussing what sort of plants and flowers you could look to add to your house or garden beds to liven up your home as we move from winter to fall in this dormant time before diving into the phone lines covering everything from growing your own pumpkins in Louisiana, the dos and don'ts for growing garlic and what soil acidity you should strive to have, and how you can deal wi...

Dan opens up the phone lines helping WWL callers with topics such as growing pumpkins in Louisiana, garlic growing in soil that is just above 6 PH and what you should do when you move it into the garden, and someone is dealing with a flurry of white moths in their lawn so what could that be?

Dan dives into some of the decorations we see this time of year around our homes and gardens and some good information to know about the very plants we use to decorate our homes and garden beds during the fall and winter!

On today's show, Dan opens up discussing about what he is seeing in his garden as we transition to colder weather, fig tree fundamentals, Birds of Paradise pruning, the importance of transitioning our beds to cooler weather crops and crop covering plants for our grown fruit/veggies, and as our yards go dormant what can we do to help bolster their health during the winter. Later on, we discuss the...

In this hour, Dan starts off strong helping those figure out how and when is the best time to move agapanthus, figuring out how to handle a dead oak tree, the lovely blooming golden rain trees that are popping up this time of year all around the city, if now is far too late to be putting down sod, and if it is, what can you do to get the most out of the sod you do lay down, before closing things o...

Dan dives into listener questions about what could've killed off all the willow trees out near I-10 a few years back, what is the tree that is blooming all over the city right now, and if now is a decent time to lay sod, and what is the difference between a giant and regular bird of paradise?

Dan gets together with WWL callers on moving agapanthus during this time of year and how to tell if an oak tree is dead or dying and what you can do when dealing with a dead tree?

This hour, Dan discusses the things he is seeing as we continue to transition to cooler weather, before switching up to help WWL listeners cover all sorts of subjects, the fundamentals of growing fig trees, pruning a bird of paradise in a safe and healthy way, making the most of out your garden beds with cover crops, and what you can do to help curb brown spots in one's centipede grass?

Dan opens up the phone lines to hear from WWL listeners on a flurry of topics such as the basics of growing fig trees, pruning back a Birds of Paradise, and what are cover crops?

Dan discusses what he is seeing in his garden as the weather continues getting cooler, how we can prepare our beds, plants, and homes for winter, when transplanting how to keep the elevation and water level the same, and when you want to head to the nursey, be a bit more aware of what you need ranging from height to color schemes, etc.

On today's show, Dan opens up discussing what we should be seeing in our gardens, lawns, and all around our homes during the first big cold front of the fall, so how can we go about handling our lawn care during the colder months and dealing with excessive leaves in your garden beds and yards, and some of the best practices for protecting your plants from the cold. Later on, we discuss swapping pl...

In the second hour, Dan dives into a caller who is taking plants out of one bed and putting new plants in its place with big things on the horizon for that bed, as well as how you can grow your own sugar cane and what you'd need to know to pull that off before helping others transplant shrubs and trees, what avocado families work best in the Gulf Coast, and what should we be doing when our orange...

Dan goes over what avocado trees types work best in our area, not panicking when your orange trees aren't dropping fruit, and when you should be transplanting shrubs and young trees.

Dan helps WWL listeners figure out the best way to transplant plants from one bed to another, what to do with the plants in the meantime as you transition them, and what you should know about growing your very own sugar cane!

This hour, Dan Gill discusses what we should be seeing in our gardens, in our lawns, and around our homes during the first cold front this fall prompting us to go over some good things to know about handling lawn care during these colder months, dealing with excessive falling leaves in your yard and beds, and more best practices to use before helping WWL listeners protect their petunias from the c...

Dan discusses the steps you can take to protect petunias' during colder temps, and what you can do NOW to deal with "Sticker Weeds" that pop up in the Spring.