On the podcast this week we talk to garden blogger Erin Schanen, the Impatient Gardener. Erin lives in a small cottage in Southeastern Wisconsin. During the show we discuss some of Erin’s recent blog posts and other subjects including:
- Gardening mistakes.
- Dealing with creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) and other weeds.
- Remodeling a cottage.
- Erin’s day job as editor of Sailing Magazine. You can hear more about Erin’s sailing adventures on Garden Fork Radio episode 421.
- How to plant a tree.
- Killing plants.
- Winter and gardening with climate change.
- The folly of taking shortcuts with your soil.
- The importance of testing soil.
- Where to have soil tested.
- Deer!
- Messina’s Deer Stopper.
- Planting a memorial tree.
- Sweet peas.
- Grow lights.
- A lavender lined path.
Websites: The Impatient Gardener, Impatient Gardener on Facebook and Instagram, @impatientgarden on Twitter. Special thanks to Eric of Garden Fork for introducing me to Erin!
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