Garden Bite with Teri Knight

Oh peperomia how I love your vast foliage options. I recently treated myself to a new plant and sassy pot. ‘Watermelon’ peperomia argyreia, is a sweet little beauty. There are more than a thousand varieties and they are great for small spaces! Check out today's GardenBite! 

I talked about how plants help to clear the air in our homes but they can struggle to do that if they're covered in dust or cooking residue or whatever! Tips on cleaning your houseplants and clearing the air on today's Garden Bite! 

There is an interesting history to Champagne. Fraught with intrigue and lawsuits on WHO can call their sparkling wine, Champagne! Was the bubbly always welcome? Find out on today's GardenBite. And toast to a new happy, healthy 2022... I think we can all say Amen to that! 

As gardening continues to grow (no pun intended!) I take a look at how it's grown! What plant breeders are doing to create vegetable and flower cultivars to fit urban landscapes as well as raise nutritional values. And also, what's a Duchene Smile?! That is on today's GardenBite. 

Around this time every year, after the holidays and when our winter in the Upper Midwest is really settling in, we are really needing our green fix and also need to clear the air in our homes. What are some of the best houseplants to do that? NASA proved decades ago that plants do have the capability of pulling toxins out of our indoor air! Learn more on gardenbite.com. 

Of 25 million acres of Tallgrass Prairie between Minnesota and Iowa only about 300,000 remains. Tallgrass Prairie are among the most decimated and threatened natural plant communities in the Midwest and the world. The tallgrass prairie ecosystem is dominated by native grasses and wildflowers. It's soil rich in nutrients. Learn what happened and how some are working to recover some of what's been lost. gardenbite.com. 

Every year plant breeders are coming out with new introductions. Hybridizing plants for a variety of reasons. Today I'm sharing some a few flowers and foliage plants that may not be AAS winners but have been trialed and are pretty darn gorgeous to look at! They also have additional attributes like staying power and disease resistance. Take a peek on gardenbite.com. 

It’s Christmas Eve and that means I bring you my gardeners version of an old classic poem written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore. Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the house, not a plant was stirring, not even a sprout... hear the whole thing on today's Bite and find it on my website, gardenbite.com. 

While the American chestnut was for humans the American hazelnut is really for wildlife. I planted them on some property years ago primarily for the wildlife including pheasant, turkey, deer, woodpeckers and little mammals. Learn the ins and outs of growing American hazelnuts shrubs on today's Garden Bite and find additional info on gardenbite.com. 

Sowing seed in winter doesn't make sense... or does it? Talking with native seed companies, it's a perfect time to sow seeds of native plants with the right snow conditions and a prepared site. Learn all about the reasons why winter seed sowing is a great idea on today's Garden Bite.