The Garden Show

Host Dan Van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, and Master Gardener Randy Robison get together again to gab on gardening.

Some topics covered today:

• What do vacuum breakers do for your irrigation system
• Does it do any good to leave your dead vegetable plants in the soil
• Is baby breath considered a weed

It was a full house today, with Dan Van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, Craig Witt from Full Circle Compost, and Master Gardener Randy Robison.  They did the show inside today, and Dan was glad!

Some topics covered today:

• Planting garlic - should you soak the cloves in hydroigen peroxide, and should you leave the paper on
• Can you plant garlic next to onions
• Mulching tomatoes
• What to do about skunks
• How to get your amaryllis to bloom again

And we heard a health update from one of the Garden Guys.

The Garden Show originated from the KOH studios today. Dan Van Eeno and Randy Robison hosted Wendy Hanson-Mazet with the University of Nevada, Reno Extension.

Rail City Garden Show owner Pawl Hollis & his grandson Jack called in from Disneyland with the Jokes of the Day.

The first show in October was blessed with a full roster of regulars:  Host Dan Van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, Craig Witt from Full Circle Compost, and Master Gardener Randy Robison.
 
The Guys talked about various gardening topics, but there was a lot discussion about getting rid of kangaroo and pack rats.  One caller called it the worst rat season in 50 years.  You'll hear plenty of tips on repelling and removing rats.

Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis anchors a thin broadcast crew today.  He's joined by Michael "Apple Mike" Janik (yannik) from http://michaelsapples.com/,  Author Jennifer Rader ("Medicine Surrounds Us") also stops in.
 
Michael and Pawl talk about bird recognition apps that can identify bird species just from their songs.  They also offer some help for a reader that has a dwarf peach/nectarine tree that has never produced, and talk about the garden chores that you need to get into as we get into fall.

As the balloons fill the skies in the Truckee Meadows, Dan Van Eeno and Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis were joined by The Pickle Lady, Doreen Spires.
 
The discussion was wide-ranging:

• Reviving knockout roses
• Proper care & feeding of snake plant (or mother-in-law's tongue) involves putting a bag over it
• Time to clean up the string algae
• And Pawl talked about finally taking his own advice about putting a net over his pond

On this Labor Day episode, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis teams up with Craig Witt from Full Circle Compost to answer listener questions. 

• Is it time to fertilize and aerate our lawn?
• Why are ants swarming my green bell peppers?
• When is the best time to repair/expand my irrigation system?
• What can I do to compost and cover the lawn for the fall
• Why is my burning bush withering and dying?
• My 12-ft arbor vitae are still in containers and they looked burned.  Can I save them?
• And more rat wars!

The Three Garden Guys bring their botanical to the airwaves, with host Dan Van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, and Master Gardener Randy Robison.  

The Guys waxed eloquent today about many topics, including::

• The Medieval Drought at Lake Tahoe
• Brown spots on rhubard leaves
• What effects powdery mildew will have on your harvest
• More rat wars

And Jack the Jokester checked in, in the nick of time before the end of the show!

The Garden Show this Saturday brought to you by Dan Van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, and Master Gardener Randy Robison.  

In today's show, you'll hear about:

• Grubs in Nevada?
• Rat wars, and some sweet-smelling weapons
• Why are my plants swarmed wit hmeat bees?
• Some tips on cleaning mouse droppings, with tips on avoiding hantavirus`