Your Midwest Garden Podcast

Send us Fan Mail With our last episode of Season One, Mike helps Scott understand cool weather plants. The basics for Scott, the Freshman Gardener and some extra tips for everyone else. Plus general philosophies from starting to harvesting your cool weather plants. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way...

Send us Fan Mail YMG would like to welcome Annie Johnson to the show. We ran across a post that Annie had about new "tiny homes" possibly being built. She encouraged the city to have them not only plant decorative landscape, BUT food bearing plants/trees mixed within. What a great idea to extend the new home owner sustainability in a small footprint. Today, we expand that discussion. ___...

Send us Fan Mail Today we give you a few pointers to get that empty bed, thought out, designed and a plant list ready for the garden center! Things to think about and a few you can accomplish right now in the midst of February. Join us for several tips & ideas. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashioned way...

Send us Fan Mail Since our first podcasting season started a little late for this episode, we thought we would re-release it at this time. As it is now time to start your seeds indoors! Enjoy our ENCORE EPISODE, a little more on time! ___________________ Nic and Mike talk about the itch to get going in your garden while it's still cold outside. How Nic started seeding indoors to get that jump...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time MIDWEST GARDENERS! Today we give you a few pointers to get your veggie garden up and running as soon as you can! Things to think about and a few you can accomplish right now in the midst of January. Take a listen... and comment on the Facebook page if you have additional ideas you'd like to share. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-a...

Send us Fan Mail HAPPY NEW YEAR MIDWEST GARDENERS! In this episode, we have a quick impromptu discussion on indoor air quality. How much can plants help or should you use an electronic ionizer? NASA even did a study on this. Take a listen and comment on the Facebook page. ________________ If you'd like to ask us an "on-air" question or just leave a show comment, do it the old fashio...

Send us Fan Mail HAPPY NEW YEAR MIDWEST GARDENERS! In this episode, freshman gardener Scott reviews his episode homework with Mike to see if he graduates from Poinsettia Care School. Plus a Mike's Mail Q&A about Christmas Cactus... ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us wit...

Send us Fan Mail Got the post Holiday Blues??? Today the guys chat with Jen Linehan from Beautiful Blooms by Jen, a florist who can brighten up the now empty looking house. Jen, along with your area florists can easily put a smile on a loved ones face, and even more important your own! All proven by a well known university! Listen in as we discuss ways to make flowers bring smiles all with her bus...

Send us Fan Mail Scott can't be anymore excited to welcome a new product to our garden center shelves! SoilKit by AgriTech Corp. is not only an easy 9 point test kit, but a translator, making the test results one language, so both you and your garden center are on the same page! Listen in as we chat with Christina McInnis about the foundation of every garden or lawn... your soil! Contact your...

Send us Fan Mail There’s no better family tradition than picking out your own Christmas Tree! Taking your family to pick out the perfect tree for your holiday celebrations is a memory maker. Unless you are Clark Griswald..."little full, lots of sap". It’s a heart-warming experience you’ll want to enjoy year after year. The guys sit down next to a warm fire with Duke Wheeler. Duke is here...

Send us Fan Mail After the highly successful Mike's Mail #1...Your Midwest Garden Podcast group returns to answer listener submitted questions. This time with... well... no differences other than new folks and new questions! With a full mailbox, Mike does his best to answer a new round of questions with as few words possible, and we all know that's not possible for The Garden Guy! ______...

Send us Fan Mail Today our experts discuss Holiday Centerpieces. Choices and ideas for those of you just wanting to order a piece or those would like to build their own. Frank Viviano discusses holiday centerpieces plus he takes us beyond the table, carrying your theme throughout your house. Check out our guest website for more information. Bartz Viviano: https://www.bartzviviano.com/ ____________...

Send us Fan Mail In the confusing world of hydrangeas, Mike clears the mystery up of when to prune. Plus a few other tips including over Wintering, watering and how to spell. Get out your colored crayons and take some notes!!! ________________ Like to check out our Facebook Page? Please "LIKE" it, follow along and even post, not only your garden pictures, but message us with questions. P...

Send us Fan Mail This is our fourth & final interview in the lawn service series for 2020 .  Dave Slivinski from Black Diamond Lawn Service returns to discuss Fall/Winter lawn care. Taking care of the new grass you just planted in late August, early September. Prepping your lawn for Winter. And a few early items to do in early, early Spring. ________________ And as promised, a link to our Face...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Scott stir up a brew of black flowers, vampire teeth, gargoyles, blood grasses and stockings...(stockings???) as The Gothic Garden Girl walks us past the cemetery and into a Goth Garden! Listen in to see who makes it out... A L I V E! After all, the episode releases at the darkest time of night...3 AM! ________________ Catch the Gothic Garden Girl on Facebook here: http...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for gourds, squash, corn and pumpkins so the guys chat onsite with Matt from LaVoy's Pumpkin Farm. That's right, the boys hit the road and traveled up North to Temperance, MI. No matter what pumpkin farm you visit in your area, we bet it is going to be a smash! But watch out for those bees around your donuts & cider! Check out the LaVoy's website...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to the making of a corn maze, from design to opening day. Little issues like lost kids & new Covid procedures. PLUS we make mention of several corn mazes through out the Midwest region. See if your local corn maze made our list. Originally set to release on Oct. 14, we bumped the date up to give more folks a better chance at visiting their local corn maze. Some state...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Scott chat with Georgia Clay, New Plants Manager with Monrovia, about new releases for 2021! Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus, roses & more. Get your pens & notepad out! Check out our Facebook/Instagram post for pictures of some the plants featured in this episode! You know Monrovia, with the famous green containers and the stripe branding... but did you know they were...

Send us Fan Mail Chrysanthemums (mums) are one of the most popular fall garden flowers. Most varieties are easy to grow with their basic needs being full sun, water, rich soil, good drainage, and good air circulation. There are hundreds of varieties available in a range of shapes and sizes that can provide blooms from late Summer through end of Fall. In this episode we chat about caring for your m...

Send us Fan Mail This is our third (of four) interview in the lawn service series. Dave Slivinski from Black Diamond Lawn Service returns to discuss the end of Summer/Early Fall lawn care. Subjects that pop up in the conversation include the two BIG THINGS in lawn care: Water & Mowing height, nut sedge grass, grubs, when to water,  Did we say water again? Sure did!!! Dave will appear one more...

Send us Fan Mail Joining us today is Alan Branhagen. Author of the recently released book: The Midwest Native Plant Primer. And that's what we are here to discuss. This incomparable sourcebook includes 225 recommended native ferns, grasses, wildflowers, perennials, vines, shrubs, and trees. It’s everything you need to know to create a beautiful and beneficial Midwest garden. Author of : The M...

Send us Fan Mail Chloe Deike, from Garden Gate Magazine joins us today. In this episode, Chloe shares gardening tips & hints from her archives and reader suggested ideas. Chloe is the assistant editor and writes various articles, including tips for Garden Gate Magazine. Now in her third year at Garden Gate magazine, she delights in passing along wisdom from gardener to gardener, tending the be...

Send us Fan Mail Just a quick (not so quick) episode to announce a couple special guests making their first appearance on Your Midwest Garden Podcast. And a few tips on Summer's biggest pest, The Japanese Beetle, which are out in FULL FORCE right now. We have mentioned them before, but here in the Great Lakes Region they out of control this year. ________________ And as promised, a link to ou...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk with Rich Giddens, he and his wife, Diane, own Oak Park Garden Center, specializing in ponds and water features. Mike and Rich touch on pond plants, pond sizes, pumps and what you, as a new pond owner, need to do in order to enjoy the peace of a pond or water feature. All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast! ________________ Our guests weblink:...

Send us Fan Mail --- BONUS EPISODE---BONUS EPISODE--- Breaking News... It's the time...of the season... for bagworms! Lots of pictures and samples of arborvitae, Junipers,etc coming into the store so we thought we'd throw out an ALERT EPISODE. Photos on our Facebook Page and a couple video links below. All this and your homework question answered... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podca...