Garden Bite with Teri Knight

Learn what to look for when purchasing bulbs of any type and how to plant them. It's important to also deter squirrels from digging them up before they even have a chance! Of course there's also some great photos on today's Garden Bite too. 

Planting those bulbs that will bring us flowers from spring to early summer! Check out today's Garden Bite for planting depths and some lovely new choices from tulips to hyacinth and crocus for 2022. 

I'm excited, I ordered some native seed and will be planting them late in the month. Today's Garden Bite is about why and how you plant native seeds at this time of year. Which ones it works with and what I will be planting. See what I will be planting on my website! 

I saw a recent article wherein the Dept. of Natural Resources has been testing the spleens of road kill deer and deer spleens from hunters who sent them in wherein there were noenicitinoids found in all of them. This insecticide was found in deer that were in corn fields and deer in northern Minnesota away from any treated fields. Learn more and understand there is a lot more research to do. Check out today's Garden Bite. 

This plant is SO cool looking and it's not amenable to propagation. You likely won't see this plant except in the deep dark forest but if you do, wow! Is it a fungus or is it a wildflower. It has a few different names and is an extremely unique plant. Take a look and learn more on my GardenBite website! 

This time of year there's an abundance of zucchini, sweet corn and so much more! At least for many, my garden hasn't produced as well but my neighbor, who started a new bed this year, has reaped LOTS of tomatoes. Lucky me! On today's Garden Bite I share ways to harvest your produce and preserve it safely. 

I saw two different times of when exactly the Autumnal Equinox will happen... first time that's happened. Regardless of OUR clocks, the Equinox will happen at the exact same time all over the Northern Hemisphere. On today's Garden Bite I share exactly what's happening to create this transition around the world, what happens to the Southern Hemisphere and how those of us in the north start our "nesting" season. 

Many years ago in another iteration of my life, I used old carpet to create a flower bed. On today's Garden Bite I share ways to rid your area of weeds without using chemicals, mixing in some natural elements to create a soil "potpourri" and some suggestions on the flowers to create a cut flower garden. 

I talked about this "new" fruit shrub I saw in a catalog a couple of years ago, and boy howdy has the Honeyberry bush become very popular! While it's been around for some time, it's now getting a lot of attention. Find out why it's such a sought after fruiting shrub, it's amazing zone hardiness and flavor and how to plant and care for this wonderful berry on today's Garden Bite. 

In my zone 4 area we generally start saving seeds in mid-October. Native plants work best in terms of continued viability and remaining true to the original plant but you can also save seeds of cultivars just don't expect the new plant to look exactly the same! On today's Garden Bite I share ways to harvest the seed and store it, how long it lasts and more.