In The Midwest Garden with Rob Zimmer

If you're looking to add to your foraging oasis in your yard, Rob suggests adding trees or shrubs that produce nuts. In today's episode it's all about backyard nuts and the benefits they provide.

The focus on building a foraging garden at home continues today as Rob talks about growing a tea garden.

Today, Rob covers the bountiful berries you can include in a foraging yard to enjoy with relative ease.

In today's episode, Rob focuses on creating a foraging yard and the benefits you can enjoy all year long.

Planning for spring begins in fall this week as Rob focuses on bulbs to get in the ground now to give your garden and landscape a spectacular spring bloom. In today's episode, Rob pays attention to bulb-like plants that are actually roots and rhizomes.

Planning for spring begins in fall this week as Rob focuses on bulbs to get in the ground now to give your garden and landscape a spectacular spring bloom. Rob shifted his focus today away from the larger bulbs like tulips to the smaller minor types of bulbs.

Planning for spring begins in fall this week as Rob focuses on bulbs to get in the ground now to give your garden and landscape a spectacular spring bloom. Today it's a focus on the uniqueness of allium bulbs.

Planning for spring begins in fall this week as Rob focuses on bulbs to get in the ground now to give your garden and landscape a spectacular spring bloom. Today it's all about daffodil bulbs and the many varieties you can include.

One of Rob's favorite things in the fall is to imagine the sensation of spring and that can be accomplished by planting tulip bulbs right now.

With fall on the doorstep, it doesn't have to mean the gardening season is over. Rob believes that fall gardening can be just as or even more enjoyable than spring or summer. Today it's all about those makeovers for containers, beds, and boarders.

Relax and enjoy fall migrations from the comfort of your own backyard. Rob explains there a tons of fall migrations besides the popular monarch, that you can consume right at home.

Shrubs are often overlooked during the fall as we focus on trees for color but don't miss some of the best ways to add color, texture, and beauty to your garden or landscape with these shrubs Rob suggests.

Looking to avoid fall clean up, well Rob has some things you can do to make that happen in your yard and garden.

Rob offers advice for those looking to continue gardening after Labor Day.

Rob's travels this week have revealed Fall mums are out and available for sale, but take caution as it's still too early to plant fall bulbs. Rob suggests now is the time to purchase bulbs as you'll likely get the best selection, but hold onto them for a bit until soil temperature cools into the 50's.

Freshen up your landscape or containers and add a burst of color to your garden or yard with fall-blooming annuals. Rob has a variety of ways you can do this and the advice to make it successful.

Late summer is the perfect time to begin planning for the early fall planting of trees, shrubs, and perennials. Rob combs through a variety of tips and advice to get you ready to take advantage of this time.

Rob explores another wonderful way to extend your garden now and into fall with fresh garden greens.

Right now is the perfect time to sew some fall root crops. Rob covers a variety to fall crops that you can get in the ground now to enjoy later in fall.

Rob gives a beautiful tribute to monarch butterflies with a focus on their yearly migration.

It's all about the best places to enjoy the monarch migration as Rob gives you some of his favorite spots to see this fantastic journey.

Zinnias are the focus for Rob in today's episode as a late-season annual to help monarchs along their migration.

Today, Rob focuses on some late-season perennials to provide a source of food for monarchs who are migrating.

Monarch fans are rejoicing as it's the beginning of the Monarch migration. Rob highlights this time of year and sets up this week of episodes where he'll talk about the various aspects of the migration and how you can help.

Today's In the Midwest Garden is all about turlehead and why August is the perfect month to start seeing these all around us!