Garden Bite with Teri Knight

With this drought,  what if you could just EAT your yard? I’ve noticed PLENTY of weeds. Plantain for one. You can use the young leaves like spinach or lightly stir fry the old ones. Some people blanch them, freeze them and use them in soups and stews. Much more on today's Garden Bite including recipes. 

Landscaping is what YOU make it. Form, function, color, site conditions and your imagination are all factors. Today, though, I’m going to bust a few myths I’ve been hearing over the garden fence. Be sure to check out my website gardenbite.com for more information

Pinching back, deadheading. Sometimes these terms can make new gardeners nervous. They're not exactly sure what it means. Where do you "pinch" or prune back to? What's the point? It's all on today's Garden Bite! The what, the where and the how.

A native groundcover, ground plum is super cool. But it's not a plum. Learn more about this wonderful cold climate groundcover and what you do with when you just can't help yourself buying more plants! 

A listener asked about what plants get along with each other and what plants don't... Well, invasives don't get along with any other plants. So, there's that. However, there are some very friendly plants for sun and for shade. Learn all about them on today's episode and find more information on my website gardenbite.com. 

Have you ever thought of growing kiwi? Me either. I mean, come on, we live in zones 3 and 4! BUT, Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta and Actinidia kolomikta) is the cold-hardy cousin of the vine that produces the familiar kiwi fruit sold at grocery stores. Learn more about this hardy kiwi and what cultivar is best for our cold zones. 

So what does THAT mean? The "well-gardened mind". I interviewed the author of this book. While it's her grandfather's story of being a POW during WWII and his journey back to life, the echoes of his story can reach all of us. Collectively we've been through a lot over the last year and a half. Our gardens have become more than a "showcase" of plants. That's today's Garden Bite. ENJOY your time spent in the garden

A shoreline planting does so much more than provide physical stabilization of a lakeshore or river bank. The extensive root systems of native plants embrace the soil and hold it in place which also benefits the water ecosystem by filtering-out pollutants from water runoff, creating healthy shoreline habitat. And there's more! That's on today's Garden Bite. And also more info on my website, gardenbite.com. 

Midsummer is the time for zone 4 to 6 gardeners to begin planting crops like broccoli, lettuce, peas, spinach, kale, cilantro and arugula. Planting now through early August will have you harvesting from September through November. Learn tips and tricks for 2nd season plantings on today's episode of Garden Bite and also on my website, gardenbite.com. 

Perennial grasses are one of my favorite plants. There are tall grasses, small grasses, green grasses, blue grasses! Grasses for the prairie, grasses for the shoreline, grasses for sun, grasses for part shade and then the grasses that make you just say WOW! Take a listen to today's Garden Bite and find more info on my website, gardenbite.com.