Garden Bite with Teri Knight

I was recently reading an article regarding the "worst trees" and took issue with a few of their choices! Find out which ones they didn't like and why I think they're beautiful choices! Perhaps in spite of their "issues"...

Ugh, ants. They really invaded my perennial bed this year. Today's episode is all about how to control them so they don't lift your plants right out of the ground! 

It's the season when we decorate... for decades that has meant using Oriental Bittersweet. This is one obnoxious invasive. It is shocking to see what this vine is capable of. Please go to gardenbite.com to see the destruction of the "holiday tradition". We have our own American Bittersweet which is beautiful and a native plant! Therefore it plays well with others. Listen to the podcast and then take a peek on my website!

I love creating my festive containers! I normally go to my local nursery and buy the “ingredients”, spruce tops, cedar branches and various other evergreens and fresh accents. This year was a bit different for me due to scheduled surgery. No worries, I'll be at full force in a few months. That said, I share some "starter" containers and what I did last year. Go to my website to see those creations and the numerous options for natural elements and more!

Inching out of a pandemic, we’re gathering again. That means host/hostess gifts! Rather than last minute, consider something a little different that’s easy and just takes a couple of weeks. Infused sugars! I have lots of ideas on today's show with pictures and more instruction on my website, gardenbite.com. 

Each year, hundreds of annual flowers are on public display as part of the annual flower variety trial at the University of Minnesota Horticulture Display Garden in Morris, MN.

If you haven't brought your houseplants back in the house, they might be covered in snow or shivering and not too happy with you! Today's Garden Bite is about the steps to bringing them back indoors. Be sure to go to my website too! 

Our winters can be brutal and the Farmers Almanac is calling 2021/22 winter "The Season of Shivers". So today is about using nature for mulch, protecting those shrubs and what shrubs are more tolerant of salt and snow!

Transitioning from combat to civilian life isn’t easy. Experts are going back to lessons from long ago about the role nature has in healing. Years ago, on another radio show I had called “15 with the Author”, I talked with Stephanie Westlund who wrote, “Field Exercises: How Veterans Are Healing Themselves through Farming and Outdoor Activities". It is a look at the healing properties of being in nature, including activities  such as gardening. Learn much more on today's show and also on my website, gardenbite.com. 

Does indoor compost stink? What about those little fruit flies? I've learned a few things about indoor composting and as we enter winter, we're not as likely to head to the compost pile in 8 ft of snow (okay, I exaggerate!) So what are some of those little nuances to having an indoor compost bucket that doesn't smell?  Find out on today's Bite.