It's the fungi with the funny name! Mycorrhizae fungi have a symbiotic relationship with the roots of many plants. What role does this fungi play? Can you have too much? It's all about the fungi on today's Garden Bite!  

We've had weather to melt the best of us. And those who love lawns are looking at brown already. There are a lot of great ideas from the University of Minnesota extension! Check out my website along with my podcast!

Plant sales are awesome but there are a few things to look for before purchasing. We can't expect perfection, after all they're on sale, however you do want to make good choices. Especially if you're purchasing perennials, trees or shrubs. 

Gardening is a lot of trial by error! Unless you get a few tips from those of us who've gardened for a while! On today's Bite, I give you some of the nuances of planting. 

Late blight is a lousy disease that affects tomatoes stems, leaves and fruit. The pathogen does not survive our winters but if you have "volunteer" tomatoes or potatoes coming up, and had late blight last year, pull them out! Learn more on gardenbite.com. 

June is an exciting month for vegetable gardeners. We've had some harvests of lettuces, radishes and such and we're seeing our tomatoes and peppers start to producing, although a ways out from harvesting! You can start some successive plantings now too. Check out gardenbite.com for even further details. 

Punctuate your landscape by stuffing in some annuals, either into the ground or in containers. They make great transitions for filling in those "holes" left by spring flowering perennials. Be sure to check out my website too! Gardenbite.com 

Wasps, the bane of the summer time picnic and those nests! Ugh, don’t get me started. BUT, and it’s a big one, they’re good for our ecosystem. Dang it! I mean, that’s good, but their bite is not fun. So how many wasp species are there? What do they actually DO for your ecosystem? That's on today's Garden Bite! Always take a look at my website gardenbite.com for a LOT more information on each episode!

I talk about perennials and annuals for pollinators but what about trees and shrubs? Today I talk about some of the recommended trees and shrubs for cold climates that pollinators dig! 

When I became a Master Gardener in 2003, there was a group of MG’s that formed a group called “Friends of Charlie” because nearly every other question asked by home gardeners was, “How do I get rid of Creeping Charlie”? Learn about what you can and cannot do, if you can get rid of it and whether you really want to!