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In our first spring 2025 episode, with all the early seeds planted and doing the basement germination thing, Mike & Scott review what they learned over the winter gardening break. I'm sure you remember those essays in school when returning to class in the fall, What I Did On Summer Break... here's the gardener's version!

Some you may know what we learned, hopefully a few ideas you don't. And if you have more tips, message us and become a guest on the show! Remember, it's just a couple gardeners talking over the fence... so I am sure you can do it with no problem.

In the next show we are also going to teach Scott it's a concrete or cinder block NOT a cylinder block! Jeez Scott! haha... Did you catch that mistake?

Cement Block: Heavy, dense, and ideal for load bearing walls and foundations. Cinder Block: Lightweight, cost-effective, and perfect for DIY projects and garden structures

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And as promised, PRE-SEASON Episode number two, our fav flowering seeds to plant. Don't forget these can be annuals and or perennials you decide to sow. Take a listen as we discuss a few of our favs...

Anybody ever do a large perennial raised bed? Thinking about doing one extra large one at the garden center as a display. Maybe even just a section of the display yard...??? Hmmm...

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And we are back! Well... it's a couple of PRE-SEASON Episodes to get the wires humming again. Besides, we are chatting about seed packets, as it's that time of year when you all buy seeds, prep them and back time their planting schedules. Take a listen as we discuss a few of our favs...

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Today we wrap up season number FIVE! This final show of the season is a mixed bag of tidbits and wishes that you had a great gardening season. We know it was tough in the Midwest with another drought, Spotted Lantern Fly, Aphids and of course the sun and HEAT of the summer. Check out our final thoughts of this past gardening season.

Here's the link for your rain barrel system!

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Today's episode recorded just before Summer 2024 ended, is a part two of sorts to our recent episode, The Forgotten Season. This episode has Lisa teaching us about building and using garden row covers. Which let's us to continue growing cool weather veggies all winter long. Doesn't some fresh veggies sound great in the dead of the winter? Here's how you can do it!

Direct link to her blog on this subject:
https://www.midwestgardengal.com/growing-under-the-covers-usda-zones-5-and-6/

If you'd like Lisa to appear at your club or convention, check out this link: https://www.midwestgardengal.com/services/teach/

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ENCORE EPISODE: Bringing back one you may have missed in the archives... listen into VINE TIME! Gourds, Pumpkins or Squash?

Mike has a mystery fruit growing in NW Ohio, bringing up the question about Cucurbita (Latin for gourd)  or herbaceous vines in the gourd family. Then, the alternative use of pumpkin seeds... got to listen in for that ONE ALONE!

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Today, along with the Midwest Garden Gal... we walk through the simple step by step process of growing garlic in the Midwest. 

The good news is that this prcess is spread out over a nine month period and five of those months you don't have much to do at all... if ANYTHING! 

Join us and bring a pencil & paper.

We once again welcome in our West of the Midwest podcast contributor, Lisa Hinzman Howard, also known as The Midwest Garden Gal.

 https://www.midwestgardengal.com/growing-glorious-garlic/

Visit Lisa here: 
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Need a copy of her book? 
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ALERT EPISODE:

Today's episode stared with a conversation with a garden center customer. And took off from there... 

Mike & I have brought on board a returning guest, Amy Stone, of The Ohio State Extension Office to discuss the invasive Tree of Heaven. And the tag along friend, the Spotted Lantern Fly. We chat about how hard it is to remove a Tree of Heaven from your property, to the attraction it offers the Spotted Lantern Fly. Which actually does NOT FLY... it's jumper! The one thing I've learned is we have to stop importing things into the good ole US of A! 

Listen in because I guarantee you'll learn something today!

Plus check out the new guide Amy helped author!
https://bygl.osu.edu/index.php/node/2330

Links mentioned in today's show:

https://extension.psu.edu/tree-of-heaven

https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-65

https://u.osu.edu/spottedlanternfly/

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The Midwest Garden Gal joins us once again to discuss The Forgotte  n Season. The late planting season time to sow some more cool weather veggies right now in mid August! Take a listen and take advantage of the warm soil and soon to be cool morning dew. PLUS, get some cucumber scoop form the Iowa expert herself!

Here's the Grow guide:
https://www.midwestgardengal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MGG_Zone5_GrowGuide.pdf

Here's that Blog:
https://www.midwestgardengal.com/blog/

Visit Lisa here: 
https://www.midwestgardengal.com/

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https://www.midwestgardengal.com/book/

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The guys welcome in, returning guest from Season One... Melisa Sherman-Weckerlin! Melisa is the grower at Black Diamond Garden Centers, our business and sponsor, where she also oversees plant buying. Melisa and Scott have been discussing natives though-out the work days this year and it was time to bring her back to educate us with some plant types that work well in our backyards... mainly because they've been here for hundreds of years. Please join us and bring a pencil & paper!

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