Dan hears from listeners on their issues such as blood orange tree winter weather woes, if ginger roots can leave behind messes blocking off areas for future gardening, and what pre-emergence is the go-to for Dan?

Dan eases your concerns on how our yards are still looking rough as they bounce back from that incredible snow storm that struck most of the Gulf South!

On today's show, Dan Gill takes a look at how we, and more importantly, our plants are bouncing back from a record setting snow storm that left many on the Gulf South under unbelievable levels of snow... so what's next for our plants? Dan opens up discussing what we can to to help our plants now and evaluate the state and health of our gardens and beds before opening up the phone lines to hear from callers covering a variety of topics such as the "scratch test" method, if thanksgiving cactuses are hearty-enough to power through the weather, the best time to cut back your roses, if the cold weather got rid of all the nasty pests we don't want on our plants, and much more!

This hour, Dan Gill goes back to the trusty ole telephone to help WWL listeners with their questions, concerns, and botanical hurdles following a record setting snowstorm that hit Louisiana and the Gulf South. We figure out why azaleas browning up, thanksgiving cacti looking rough due to this frigid weather, and much more!

Dan dives back into the lines to help callers figure out if their plants made it out of the cold, the neat trick to use an old cheap thermometer to protect your plants from a hard freeze, and if the cold has had any negative effects on any pests that may have bothered our plants.

Dan heads back to the phone lines to open up the 2nd hour discussing when the best time is to fertilize blueberry bushes and azaleas turning brown, so what is the scratch test Dan recommends we do?

This hour, Dan Gill dives into the show discussing the cold weather we just had and how we are entering a period of evaluation to see what damage we will have in our yards before diving into the phone lines to hear from callers concerns ranging from cutting back roses, changes to upcoming festival dates due to the weather, if crotons come back from this freeze, the heartiness of different palm trees in our climate, and much more!

Dan opens up the phone lines to hear from listeners about their issues and questions such as a Camelia show that was rescheduled for anyone interested, as well as another Camelia Festival Meeting taking place in Folsom in just a couple weeks, and if we are getting close to the time of the year where we start cutting back roses.

Dan opens up about the weird week we just had and how the cold could leave an impact on our plants, trees, grass, and more.

On today's show, Dan Gill helps listeners figure out what preparations if any, they should be taking ahead of what could be record setting lows across most of Louisiana and the Gulf South, so what plants are likely to freeze and which ones are hearty enough to withstand the frigid temps? Also, of the plants, trees, shrubs, and more that need some help from us, how can we protect them and what steps, tips, and tricks can we do to make sure those plants stay alive through the rough weather ahead.