DIY Garden Minute by Spoken Garden

This fall, we are refreshing containers with new daffodil bulbs in anticipation for this coming spring. Now, w e are finding (surprise!) last year's daffodil bulbs and they have multiplied. Wow! And we need to separate and plant them. If you have older clumps of daffodil bulbs in your garden that need to be separated, listen to this podcast episode to hear our 3 steps to get it done! Go to spokeng...

Fall is a great time to plant and move spring flowering bulbs, including Grape Hyacinth. If they are dense in your garden, then they can be separated and transplanted. Listen to learn how to separate and divide your Grape Hyacinth bulbs. Go to spokengarden.com/213 for more Grape Hyacinth bulb information. Also, check out our planting garden bulbs and 7 popular bulbs to plant this fall ebooks  on o...

Fall is here and that means we need to check our mulching game. Mulch helps our plants in so many ways that it's an integral part of most gardens these days. Listen to learn correct depth, distance to plants, and when to get it done! Go to  spokengarden.com/212  for more fall planting tips.   Fall is a great time   to sow seeds! Ch eck out The Little Dibby and get your seeds planted at the right d...

Fall is a great time to add new perennials to your garden. Your garden soil is still warm and is workable. Take advantage of this time to add your new plants to your garden. Listen to hear our 3 tips to get your new perennials planted this Fall! Go to spokengarden.com/211 for more fall planting tips.   Did you know Fall is a great time to sow seeds? Ch eck out The Little Dibby and get your seeds p...

Happy Saturday! On this LIVE, it's all about fall bulb ideas, including bulb design inspo, ideas for blooming progressions of spring bulbs, which bulb catalogs and companies we're loving, other bulb resources, and more. We'll answer audience questions from previous YouTube videos, show audience photos, discuss any ongoing garden projects, and more! Bring your coffee or tea, and ask us your garden...

Happy Saturday! It's time to talk about gardening! This is an audience-picked topic, by Rhonda Testa, who submitted a topic as part of our August Audience Challenge! Congrats Rhonda! On today's LIVE, 8/28/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then it's all about how to support pollinators into the fall and winter season. 😉 We'll also discuss some other things...

If you are like us, you start planning for the upcoming gardening season at least a couple of weeks before it actually comes, and Fall is on its way. So, what 5 fall garden tasks should you be thinking about to get your garden ready for this coming winter? Listen to hear all 5 garden tasks! Go to spokengarden.com/210 for more information on these 5 fall tasks, and if you want to take our Fall Gard...

Happy Saturday! Today's topic was picked by Graham Thomas, as part of our August Audience Challenge! On today's LIVE, 8/21/2021, we'll answer your recent video questions, and then talk about how to make more plants! Yep, growing from seed, taking cuttings, layering, and so much more. 😉 We'll also talk about ongoing garden projects, what's blooming in your garden right now, and more! Bring your co...

If you are like us, you planted lots of different summer flowering bulbs in your garden this year, including Gladiolus. You might be wondering how to deadhead your gladiolus flowers. Listen to hear what to look for and what to do to deadhead your gladiolus plants! Watch our Deadheading Gladiolus Flowers #shorts video on YouTube to see how to deadhead your gladiolus flowers. Fall is approaching, an...

Zinnias are one of jewels of our garden and we want them to keep flowering and be free from diseases and pests, which means we need to regularly deadhead them. Listen to learn our 3 easy deadheading steps!  Go to spokengarden.com/208 to watch our YouTube #Shorts video to see these three steps in action. Fall is approaching, and, if you are planning on late summer and early fall seed sowing, get yo...

This is an audience-picked topic, by G Baldasano, who submitted a topic as part of our August Audience Challenge! Happy Saturday! On today's LIVE, 8/07/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then it's all about what plants to grow by seed or buy to have fresh cut flowers in the late summer and into the fall months! Yay! 😉 We'll also discuss some other things,...

Are you looking to match companion plants with your Shasta Daisies?  Shasta's, in general, pair well with different heights of perennials, bulbs, evergreen shrubs, and ground covers.   Listen to hear our list! Go to spokengarden.com/207 for a larger companion plant list. If you are planning on late summer and early fall seed sowing, get your Little Dibby today and plant your seeds at the right dep...

Happy Saturday! On today's LIVE, 7/31/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then answer your garden questions LIVE. Yep, be ready with any garden questions or challenges you are having right now in your garden and hear what others are doing in their gardens! We'll also discuss some other things, including ongoing garden projects, what's blooming in our garden...

If you are looking to add more colorful and amazing plants to your garden, then you might be consider taking cuttings from the plants you already have. Listen to this podcast to hear our 5 easy tips to take your own summer stem cuttings! Go to spokengarden.com/206 for these 5 summer stem cutting tips and for our YouTube "Plant Propagation" playlist link. If you are planning on late summer and earl...

Happy Saturday! It's time to talk about gardening! On today's LIVE, 7/24/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then it's all about summer cuttings! Find out how to take summer cuttings and then take and prep cuttings from African Daisy, Lavender, and Coleus! Listen to know where to take stem cuttings, how to treat and prep them, and how to get them planted to...

One of our many summer gardening chores is to keep our beautiful plants watered. This can be hard to do when your garden hose nozzle doesn't work properly or ends up watering you more than your plants. Listen to learn what to look for and how to fix them right away! Go to  spokengarden.com/205 to learn more about these two problems.     If you are planning on late summer and early fall seed sowing...

Summer is in full swing and you still have this urge to propagate plants, but you aren't sure which plants you can take cuttings from. Well, here are 5 plants you can take stem cuttings from to create more beauty in your garden. Listen to learn which ones, the length of the stem to cut, and much more! Go to spokengarden.com/204 to see a larger list of plants to take stem cuttings from this summer....

Happy Saturday! 😎✔ On today's LIVE, 7/10/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then talk about edible flowers! Some you might know about, and some you might not. 😲 We'll also discuss some other things, including ongoing garden projects, what's blooming in our garden right now, and more! Bring your coffee or tea, and ask us your garden questions! Watch this L...

It's summer and your flowers are exploding with beauty all around your garden! But some need support to keep them upright and you have  sooo  many flowers. How can you give them support? What should you use? You have at least two options and they are stakes and cages. Now you might be thinking, well what's the difference and should I use one over the other? Listen to learn more! Go to  spokengarde...

Happy Saturday! It's time to talk about gardening! On this YouTube Saturday LIVE Garden Chat, on 6/26/2021, we'll highlighted some of your recent video questions and comments, and then talk about natural garden pest control (ornamental and vegetable, cause they do cross-over) with a guest appearance video by Susan Mulvihill, the author of The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook , too! She also has a gr...

If you have planted petunia's in your garden this year, then you will or possibly already have had some common petunia problems. Listen to this podcast to hear these 3 petunia problems and how to then fix them fast! Go to  spokengarden.com/202   for more and how to deadhead other plants. Also, watch our YouTube #shorts video to see us talk about and demonstrate how to deadhead. Go to  youtube.com/...

Happy Saturday! It's time to talk about gardening! On this YouTube LIVE, on 6/19/2021, we highlight some recent YouTube video questions and comments, and then help gardeners tuning in LIVE with their gardening questions, too! We also talk about one audience members pollinator garden, and then our ongoing garden projects, what's blooming in our garden right now, and more! Bring your coffee or tea,...

You added petunias to your garden and they have been blooming and looking fabulous, BUT now you aren't sure how to clean away those old withered flowers. On this podcast episode, learn how to deadhead your petunia plants so they stay clean and tidy looking, but also stimulate them to keep flowering during the summer months. Go to spokengarden.com/201 for more and how to deadhead other plants. Also...

Happy Saturday! It's time to talk about gardening! On today's LIVE, 6/12/2021, we'll highlight some of your recent video questions and comments, and then will discuss different shade loving plants that are great for growing in containers! We'll also answer your live questions and discuss some other things, including ongoing garden projects, what's blooming in our garden right now, and more! Bring...

With your hanging baskets and containers all planted and placed around your garden, you now are wondering how you can make them grow fuller. This is perfect because we have 3 tips to help you create and grow fuller hanging baskets and containers that you can apply right away in your garden. Listen to this episode to learn these 3 tips! - Corona Micro Snips - Fox Farms Liquid Plant Food Go to spoke...