Garden Bite with Teri Knight

I'm fortunate to live near an area where the very rare Dwarf Trout Lily is still seen (and protected). There are also some other lovely ephemerals (woodland flowers) including White trout lily, Bluebells and Columbine. Learn more about these little beauties and why they're important for pollinators and the very soil they live in! On today's Garden Bite. Of course, see them on my website gardenbite.com. 

I'm highlighting 4 annuals selecting as All America Selections Winners for 2022. A verbena, zinnia, a torenia and a sunflower that you're going to want in your containers or annual beds or sprinkled among your perennials. Listen in and then take a peek on my website GardenBite.com. Be sure to check out my Facebook page too! Comment on your favorite.

Once again I dip into my fav magazine and find a perfect Garden Bite as spring approaches. I’ve talked many times about buying quality tools and how much I love my garden fork. That’s on the list of ‘Most Valuable Tools’ for the gardener. Find out the rest of them on today's Garden Bite and be sure to check out my website and social media channels. PS, the cool tools do NOT include the boot in the photo! HA

One hundred fifty years! That’s how long Northern Gardener has been publishing gardening advice to those of us living in cold climates. Or as I call us, Extreme Gardeners. I share a few of those tips today on Garden Bite. Please check out my website and be sure to follow, like and subscribe all my social media outlets. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too! 

The Japanese beetle is one nasty invasive insect. While those of us in a cold climate had a significantly cold winter, is it enough to kill the grubs? Learn all about it on today's Garden Bite. Check out my website and be sure to follow me on social media too! Send me your comments, questions and suggestions for future bites. 

The National Garden Bureau has chosen 2022 to be the Year of the Lilac. You may ask why? Lilacs are among the most carefree spring-flowering, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrubs (or small trees). Listen for some of the top lilac offerings and go to Garden Bite for a new cultivar to fall in love with. 

The only constant thing in life is change and that really follows us into the garden. Whether it’s change WE choose, the PLANT chooses, a hungry critter chooses or the weather! With that said, if  there’s a plant not performing to peak parameters you’ve set, well then, change it. Learn your landscape! Today's Garden Bite is about the questions you need to ask. Go to my website for further information and be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe on all the social media pages! 

Another gardening trend, losing your lawn while gaining landscape. The hardest chore is getting rid of the sod. On today's Garden Bite I have several ways to do some sod bustin'! Check it out. And also be sure to visit my website. Send me an email if you have questions at [email protected] You can also find Garden Bite on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube too! 

Got a garden itch you just can’t scratch?  Here’s a helper that doesn’t involve rubbing your back up against a hard surface!  Get a jump start by planting your tender bulbs indoors from now until April. But how? That's on today's Garden Bite! 

Garden trends for 2022 include Gardening for Climate Change. What's that, you ask? It's on today's Garden Bite. Also other trends for this year including Small space gardening and the continuing trend of vegetable gardening. Gardening overall has exploded over the last 2 years as the world has dealt with a number of things, not the least of which has been the pandemic.