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Ellen and C.L. discuss whether the use of mulch robs the soil of nitrogen, and we take a dive into the Polygonaceae family…smart weeds and knotweeds. We give you the scoop on two informative webinars for anyone interested in growing hydrangeas, and answer a question about the odd, jelly-like forms that a listener has found on some junipers.

1:42 True or False: Mulch robs the soil of nitrogen. 6:21 Eat/Drink/Grow: Is your weed smart or knot? 12:31 Insider Information: Hydrangea webinars given by C.L. 16:33 Love Letters and Questions: Aliens in the juniper!

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The Virtual Hydrangea classes that C.L. recorded are: Mopheads and Lacecap Hydrangeas, and https://bit.ly/panicle_smooth Hydrangeas.

This episode will inspire you to make an omelet using vegetables you've grown or foraged for. Ellen and C.L. take a deep dive into peonies and all the questions people have about them not flowering, when to move them, how to control mildew and more. Finally, we clue you in about the fascinating (and mostly harmless) round growths on oak leaves, and advise a listener about the use of soap in the garden.

:33 What's For Dinner Omelet Ideas, Farmed and Foraged 6:36 Eat/Drink/Grow: Peonies They're finished flowering but you've got questions! 21:35 Insider Information: Oak Galls 25:19 Love Letters and Questions: My wife likes putting Irish Spring soap in our vegetable garden…

If you're wondering about growing blackberries or raspberries, want to know how to use a hoe for weed control or how to pinch your cannabis plants for bushy growth, this episode will help. Plus foraging for pineapple weed and growing pineapple sage.

:35 What's for dinner: Pineapple weed, pineapple sage

6:32 Insider Information: When to use a hoe to control weeds in vegetable/annual/perennial gardens.

9:33 Eat/Drink/Grow: Brambles! Black raspberries, blackberries, raspberries

22:53 Love Letters and Questions: Tim writes to ask about pinching cannabis plants grown outside.

Ellen and C.L. talk about the possibility of pruning to reduce a plant's size, plus information about milkweed. We discuss pine needles in compost and how to keep a hanging basket looking great.

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1:15 Plant Noob: Can I make my shrub or tree smaller?

8:49 Eat/Drink/Grow: A deep dive into Milkweed.

17:15 True or False: Putting pine needles in a compost bin.

19:39 Love Letters and Questions: How to take care of a flowering hanging basket.

How to germinate milkweed seeds information here.

This episode addresses if eggshells are beneficial in a veggie garden, along with roses: fertilizing, deadheading, insects and diseases. Plus a question about the tall verbena.

:30 True or False: Eggshells are good for the vegetable garden.

4:31 Eat/Drink/Grow: Roses in early summer.

25:16 Love Letters and Questions: From Billie about Verbena bonariensis

If you're wondering if you can still plant vegetables, or you're seeing your new plants being eaten, this episode is for you. Learn what to do about holes and bites out of young plants, hear how to repot houseplants now, and find out which indoor plants should be sent "to summer camp."

:39 What's For Dinner Planting in early June 5:00 Eat/Drink/Grow: Seeds that don't germinate, seedlings that disappear, and young plants that are being eaten. 19:29 Insider Information: Repotting houseplants. 23:25 Love Letters and Questions: A question from Bailey about putting a Norfolk Island Pine outside for the summer.

Hear about eating unripe apricots and growing the tiny, tasty cucamelons. Learn how to plant for better weed management, discover the exotic, fragrant Brugmansia plant and learn what thinning seedlings is all about.

:33 What's for dinner: Unripe Apricots and cucamelons. 7:04 Insider Information: Planting for easier weed management. 13:43 Eat/Drink/Grow: Growing Brugmansia, aka Angel's Trumpets 19:44 Love Letters and Questions: Kipper wonders what "thinning" means.

Ellen and C.L. talk about how often plants need fertilizer, and several flowering vines you should know and grow. They review a product that treats poison ivy and poison oak and Ellen explains the difference between elderberry shrubs.

:38 True or False: I need to fertilize all my gardens every year, right? 8:43 Eat/Drink/Grow: Flowering Vines 17:37 Product Review: Zanfel for Poison Ivy/Poison Oak 20:51 Love Letters and Questions From one of the attendees of the Northweest Flower and Garden show: What's the difference between the blue and purple elderberry flowers?

Learn when to cut back lavender, how to grow herbs in pots, and why your perennials may need dividing. Discover where to plant herbs. Hear about pruning lilacs and wisteria, brought to you by Dramm Rainwands.

:28 Plant Noob: Dividing perennials - how, why and when. 9:13 Eat/Drink/Grow: Herb Garden Questions from the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival 20:57 Love Letters and Questions: When should I prune lilacs and wisteria.

:32 What's For Dinner Dandelion Flowers

4:51 Eat/Drink/Grow: The Edible Landscape – Vegetable Gardens and Perennial Edibles aka "Foodscaping"

21:35 Love Letters and Questions: I have a plant that won't flower.

In this episode, brought to you by Dramm Rainwands, we talk about eating dandelion flowers, foodscaping, and what to do with a plant that won't flower. Is fertilizer the answer?