Garden Bite with Teri Knight

When the flowers fade, the foliage flashes! A gardener can hardly help themselves to love flowers but foliage really lends color and texture that is capable of showing off flowers then becoming the show itself. There are so many options, check them out on gardenbite.com. 

Sunday is the Summer Solstice, celebrated for centuries. The beginning of summer, although this year feels like summer started in May! From Ancient Greeks to Native Americans and Vikings, learn more on today's Bite... ahh, I'm thinking of BLT's.... tomatoes here they come.

Garlic mustard was planted as an herb but escaped cultivation. The chemicals in garlic mustard reduce the growth of other plants around it and will outcompete native understory vegetation. Learn more about this herb and find recipes as well as ways to get rid of it on today's Bite!

Ground covers come to the rescue in many ways. From keeping weeds down to assist in soil erosion to helping keep moisture in the soil. With this heat, that's a great thing. There are many kinds of ground covers, learn about them on today's Garden Bite. 

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.