The Garden Show

Host Dan van Eeno, owner Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison were at the Rail City Garden Center sharing their extensive gardening knowledge on the show today.

They talked about another shipment of ladybugs at the center from their undercover ladybug lady, and ruminated about the Mormon crickets getting closer.

They also had some recommendations about (not) using Weed & feed on your lawn.

Host Dan van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison kick off the Memorial Day weekend.

Here's what you'll learn on today's show:

• Deadheading poppies
• How to get rid of "Snow on the Mountain"
• Care & feeding of your tomato plants
• Getting rid of spurge in your lawn
• Can you keep a codling moth trap for next season if it's still sealed?

The Three Garden Giuys were running a man short on this episode, with Randy Robison under the weather,  Host Dan van Eeno and Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis did the heavy lifting today.  Time to feed your lawn, and ladybugs are in at the Garden Center!

Some timely tidbits on today's show:

• The best way to handle crabgrass
• A mysterious powdery substance on roses
• Will garlic growth be affected by our strange spring?
• How to get rid of toadstools in your lawn
• And Pawl gets stumped by a caller!

It's a fully-loaded show with host Dan van Eeno, Rail City Garden Center owner Pawl Hollis, Randy Robison with The Medicine Wheel, and Craig Witt, founder of Full Circle Compost.

Here's the gardening questions that were answered on today's show:

• Will a lawn pesticide harm trees?
• What can we do to protect our young plants from the incoming high heat?
• Can a lemon tree survive in Reno?
• Where does Craig get his hats for the TV commercials?
• Can you move an orange tree outdoors from your living room?
• Is there an antkiller that's non-toxic to humans?

The Guys also had two other guests:  Shelly Brant from the Sierra Garden Club talked about hummingbords, and Jennifer Acker teased her delicious sourdough bread.

The Three Garden Guys (Dan van Eeno, Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison) expound on all things gardening from the Rail City Garden Center.  Topics today:

• Does wind make green vegetation drier, causing more risk for wildfires?
• What are those worms hanging by a thread from our trees?
• Can the same tactics be used against marmots as against other rodents?
• Get thee hence, dandelions!
• Rex from GreenGro Biologicals stops in

Dan Van Eeno and Pawl Hollis start the show without Randy Robison.  Randy had an unfortunate car battery issue, but made it by the first break.  The team takes on garden issues.

• Pawl says tomatoes are the #1 vegetable grown in the world
• A caller from Truckee is being required to remove all the grass next to his foundation due to "fire hazard."  The guys suggest Killzall, not landscaping fabric.
• Do we have grubs in the area?
• Bonsai Workshop at Rail City on the 3rd Sunday of every month.  Are there bonsai trees that bear fruit?
• Are pre-emergents pet-friendly?

Dan Van Eeno, Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison get together once again as the Garden Show Brain Trust.

• Jack's back with two jokes!
• The Guys talk about Costco's 3-in-1 "fruit salad" trees
• How to get rid of suckers at the base of plants
• Effectiveness of Frost Shield to proect fruit trees from killing frosts
• How to handle leggy shamrocks
• And a sad story about some unalive strawberries

Dan Van Eeno, Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison dispense sage garden advice on the day before Easter 2026.

• Three ways to protect your apricots from freezing during the vagaries of northern Nevada weather
• Will a systemic pesticide used to kill aphids harm ladybugs?
• A caller wonders about the "nuclear" option to get rid of yarrow weed from her law

And Dan educates the Guys on the "Dutch gutturals."

Dan Van Eeno, Pawl Hollis, and Randy Robison are the Three Garden Guys on the show today. 

Pawl opines, "temperature is very important for plants to grow," and the guys take many calls on this show:

• Recommendations for professional service for snowblowers, lawnmowers, and other small engines.
• How to grow gigantic onions, like those in Yerington!
• How to get started in beekeeping
• Pruning your roses
• And many more, including the latest episode of Jokes by Jack!