Hi Listener, in this episode, we talk about soil testing, spring lawn care (~5:20) and starting seedlings (~ 9:00) 

 Bug of the Month: Bumblebees (~25:00)
 Native Plant of the Month: Red Maple (~32:00)
 Garden Tip of the Month: Vegetable garden prep (~34:10)
 
 For more information about University of Maryland Extension and these topics, please check out the Home and Garden Information Center website at https://extension.umd.edu/hgic

If you have a garden question or topic you like us to talk about you can email us at [email protected] 

The Garden Hoes Podcast is brought to you by the University of Maryland Extension. Mikaela Boley- Senior Agent Assoc. (Talbot Co.) for Horticulture, Rachel Rhodes- Agent Assoc. for Horticulture (QA Co), and Emily Zobel- Agriculture Agent (Dorchester Co.).  

University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all. 

Episode image: Red Maple USDA Forest Service - Region 8 - Southern, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Music: Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky Korsakov