For the best consistent harvest every year means changing planting locations for plants from the same family. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants MUST shift with beans, carrots, kale, lettuce etc. I know, not always easy! Plus lawn care now, Amaryllis (again), apples, cedars and overwintering an ancient Easter cactus!

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Overwintering canna lilies and peonies. Mushrooms growing in a lawn, transplanting Clematis and propagating Dipladenia. Plus tar spot on maples and pruning Hydrangeas.

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Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins again to share tips on birds and wildlife. Best food to support migration and ideas to control raccoons included. Callers have issues with Hibiscus, garlic, spots on maple leaves and more!

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Can waxed Amaryllis be re-grown? What about severely overgrown cedars? Transplanting, managing invasive species and encouraging morning glory blooms.

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Paul Oliver (Urban Nature Store) joins us from the Oliver Farm in Napanee. It's so dry the passing trains are causing grass fires due to sparks from the rails! His tips include: water and food (suet is a good choice) to support fattening up birds for long migrations south. Flowerbulbsrus.com is offering a 10% discount for purchases now towards beautiful spring blooms. And callers want to fix lawns, kill caterpillars, trim silverlace vine and figure out non-blooming Hydrangeas.

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Charlie & Dean reminisce about Blooming Onions for breakfast at the Ex last year. Plus growing kale indoors during winter, pesky squirrels, and how much the high temps have affected plant growth this summer. Tips for watering and more!

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Mycorrhiza is big this episode due to Rob, a garlic grower in Stirling. We (briefly) discuss the benefits, symbiotic relationship with fungi/plant roots plus the importance of organic matter to support it all. Huge topic - more to come! Plum drop, trumpet vine invasion, dehumidifier water and stinging nettles. Just another garden show!

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Callers share: garlic ideas to deter insects, garlic infested with onion maggots, and when is it best to harvest garlic? Redbud tree shedding seeds, burning bush defoliating for no apparent reason and roses Japanese beetles don't eat!

Charlie rants about quality soil - better to provide a $5 hole for a 50 cent plant than the other way around! Plus transplanting maple trees and roses. Protecting roses overwinter, lawn grubs, black mulch that stinks and more...

We discuss clover as a wonderful groundcover. Plus non-flowering lilacs, lilies and immature tomatoes. Are Lupin seeds from PEI in 2016 still viable? All this on the Garden Show.

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