Help, tomatoes are dropping their blossoms! This problem can be frustrating and difficult to manage as the problem usually is caused by high heat and low humidity. That’s a hard problem to deal with in southwest Idaho. Some blossom drop is normal because plants generally produce more flowers than the amount of fruit the plant […]
It’s May and garden season has kicked into high gear. Here’s a list of chores that will keep you busy for the entire month! Spring flowering shrubs should be pruned now! They begin to set their buds for next year’s bloom right away. If you prune too late in the season, you’ll be pruning off […]
As I look out my window I see snow blowing around acting like it still wants to be winter. Thus, March, coming in like a lion. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the “lambiness” at the end of the month. Things are beginning to bud and it’s time to think about […]
Customer Question: My spruce tree top broke under the snow load from this winter. Will the tree die? I would like to save it if possible. -Clay Garden Show Answer: Thanks for the good question. First of all, the tree won’t die because of the broken top. Without some help, though, it will have a […]
Sometimes, getting through the months of December and January can be tough for a gardener. But, February arrives and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Seed catalogs begin to arrive with their irresistible pictures, seed packets are beginning to show up in stores and the days are beginning to get […]
Master Gardener, and Certified Arborist, Debbie Cook talks winter snow removal ideas, ant abatement preparation and of all things, pineapple. Do you use salt, sand or non-clumping kitty litter to help with ice melt and/or traction? Debbie has some ideas on what to do and what to avoid. Now is the time to start thinking […]
It seems weird to be talking about hummingbirds in January, but for some strange reason, Anna’s hummingbirds have decided they like to overwinter in Idaho and I have been lucky enough to have a couple at my house this winter. Because I had procrastinated about taking down my feeders, I discovered them in the late […]
I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. “We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,” I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. by Oliver Herford . The birds I’ve heard singing lately, and it’s really more of a chirping, are […]
There was a time when November gardening was unheard of here in the Treasure Valley. Bogus Basin always opened on Thanksgiving and it wasn’t uncommon to have snow in the valley, too. Well, times have changed and there are lots of things we can be doing outside. Leaves are still changing color and falling, giving […]
Debbie Cook, Master Gardener, and Certified Arborist, welcomed Melinda Jean Stafford to her show this week. Melinda is the Campus Programs Coordinator and manages the Rooftop Bee Farm internship program at Boise State University. Melinda joined the Garden Show to talk to Debbie and her listeners about beekeeping. With the cooler weather, bees begin going […]
Thank you to Julie, a D&B Garden Show listener for sending in a question about what to do after spraying her fruit trees. Q: I sprayed my pear trees (1 Oriental pear, 1 Bartlett pear) for the first time this year for coddling moths. It worked great, beautiful pears, bumper crop. But now I’m worried […]
It is September and you can definitely feel fall in the air. That only makes sense because fall officially begins on the 22nd, so autumn is knocking at our door. We still have about a month before the average first frost and if this year is typical, we’ll have a few nights of frost and then […]
