The D Garden Show

The Garden Gal, April 10, 2012 — Debbie Cook, the Garden Gal, a master gardener and certified arborist chats it up with listeners about worms, geraniums and a pesky woodpecker. Beware of the Black Vine Weavel this season, who will lay her eggs at the base of the plant. Debbie tells us what to use, and what you can't use, to kill the larvae and how to protect your plants this spring.

The Garden Gal, April 6, 2012 — Master gardener and certified arborist, Debbie Cook tells us that because forsythias are currently in bloom, now is time to prune your roses. Houseplants are waking up as well and need to be re-potted or new soil needs to be added to their existing pot.

The Garden Gal, March 28, 2012 — Debbie Cook, the Garden Gal, a master gardener and certified arborist chats with Ashton Ritchie from Scott's. Learn the difference between crabgrass and quackgrass and what to do about it now and later on in the season. If you are itching to plant your vegetables, Ashton says go ahead, as long as they are cold weather veges like peas, spinach, lettuce and other cabbage family items.

The Garden Gal, March 19, 2012 — Master gardener and certified arborist, Debbie Cook welcomes Eric Hansen from Bailey Nurseries to talk about the easiest and most successful type of planting you can have, bare root planting. He shares some tips and tricks that we can all use as we head into the spring planting season.

The Garden Gal, March 15, 2012 — Debbie Cook, the Garden Gal, a master gardener and certified arborist chats with chicken expert, Jo Ann Goodwin this week. She talks about what straight run chicks are, how to identify hens from roosters and how important it is to do your research when considering back yard chickens. The first week is very critical to the chicks so Jo Ann reminds us what is needed to take care of these chicks until they start growing feathers.

The Garden Gal, March 7, 2012 — Master gardener and certified arborist, Debbie Cook shares some backyard chicken ideas in preparation for next week's guest, Jo Ann Goodwin. We also learn that now is the time to plant bare root raspberries (as well as other bare root plants) and if you need to prune, do so now with direction from your local extension office. Debbie also gives us a simple way to make worm composting in your garage and why using red wigglers is the key.

The Garden Gal. February 21, 2012 — Debbie Cook, the Garden Gal, a master gardener and certified arborist kicks her show off with a list of classes to get you ready for spring and summer planting. Rita Slack, with Sun Gro, joins Debbie this week to talk about tree pruning, seed starting and soil conditioning. If you have questions throughout the week, you can go to  and send Debbie a question to be answered in next weeks show.

The Garden Gal, February 13, 2012 — Master gardener and certified arborist, Debbie Cook talks with Tammy from Bonide about protecting your trees now to prevent those little sucking bugs from hatching when it gets warmer. Dormant Oil or an all season spray is best applied in the morning so the application can take advantage of the rising temperatures throughout the day.

The Garden Gal. February 7, 2012 — Debbie Cook, the Garden Gal, a master gardener and certified arborist tells us that although you might be seeing your Perennials come up, it is not their time. Cover those plants back up with mulch and compost to protect them until the real spring weather arrives. Many people are eager to do some tree trimming as well, but be sure to take a class or ask questions as to when is the right time to trim your trees.

The Garden Gal, January 30, 2011 — Master gardener and certified arborist, Debbie Cook talks about the lovely, full bud Christmas Cactus plants, why this tropical cactus is so fickle and how to take care of it. Do you have your spring and summer plants picked out yet? If not, now is the time to figure out what you want to grow and where all those new plants and vegetables should go.