New Southern Garden

Whether you have poor sandy soils or poor clay soils, both problems can be remedied naturally! This week, Nathan talks about practical things you can do this season and all year long to improve your plants' forever home: your soil.

If our gardens look like spring during spring, then shouldn't our gardens look like winter in the winter? This week, Nathan discusses ways to enjoy the "winter look" in your garden once temperatures have dropped and days have shortened. There is beauty in all of the decay.

This week, Nathan gives his annual update on the spider that has taken over the south: the East Asian Joro Spider!

Tired of the usual pansies over winter? Join Nathan as he talks about trying your hand at a different kind of annual winter garden!

It's time to plant bulbs. Well, some of them at least. Nathan explains how to get started with bulbs and suggests selections that will give you "bulbilicious" color to your garden across all four seasons.

Winter is coming. Get these herbs going now and they will provide you with delicious flavors all winter long.

If you've been growing and killing plants for years but want to try your green hand at something a bit more challenging, listen in as Nathan gives the advanced garden some new things to try.

Have you ever stuck a shovel in the ground and planted a plant? No? Then listen in, as Nathan talks about ways a new beginner gardener might get started.

Get out your shovel. It's time to do a little late summer planting. Nathan tells you what to plant right now.

Nathan continues the discussion on making your garden a place where ecology can bound and things need a little less attention and input from you.

Have you wanted to make your garden more self-sufficient and ecologically responsible? Nathan clues you in. Listen in.

Late summer. Yikes! What to do? Join Nathan as he gives you a heads up on what to do in the garden in the heat of summer.

Why not dedicate a whole show to growing bananas? Is it even possible to grow bananas in the southeast? Nathan explains it all.

We all think vegetables are tasty, but so do many insects. Join Nathan as he talks about the pests that might need a new pantry to live in.

Celebrate America's birthday by planting a few plants and crops that were important in America's history!

What's that wonderful smell? It could be your garden if you grow these fragrant plants. Let Nathan explain.

Need some help getting your summer garden in shape and looking good? Nathan's got some tips for you.

Native plants are great. Usually. But many times, you just don't see enough of the great ones in the garden center. Join Nathan as he reveals some of the best native plants that you might have never seen!

Hydrangeas are wonderful southern summer plants but they look so much better partnered with others! Join Nathan as he talks about some of the best companion plants for hydrangeas.

Join Nathan as he continues his discussion on how to grow your favorite summer vegetables!

Join Nathan as he talks about growing your favorite summer veggies!

Herbs are those special plants that provide delicious flavors and boast numerous uses. However, we tend to only focus on their tastes and fail to give them credit for their aesthetic beauty and flowering benefits to pollinators. This week, Nathan talks about some of the most beautiful, but also tasty, herbs to try in your garden this year. Don’t just send herbs to the “herb garden”, combine them w...

Don't let the word "mint" turn you off from listening to this episode of New Southern Garden! Peppermint and Spearmint have been grown in gardens about as long as their stems spread from one end of your garden to the other. These mints are notoriously aggressive, but their "cousin" mints are not. The mint family of plants is full of diverse and beneficial plants that don't move into every crack an...

Relationships can be complicated. But in the garden, they are welcomed! This week, Nathan talks about the unique and some times unusual matches between plants and other creatures. Join Nathan as he encourages you to increase the biodiversity in your landscape!

This week, Nathan talks about one of his favorite garden perennials: Baptisia (also known as False Indigo). This native spring-flowering plant is becoming more and more popular in gardens and for good reason. Baptisia is very drought tolerant, provides winter interest with its blackened seed pods, and is becoming more available in a variety of colors and styles. Jump on the Baptisia bus as Nathan...