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Fed up with critters stealing your bulbs or waiting for the foliage to die back after your bulbs finish flowering? In this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, Joanne Shaw explains why creating a layered bulb planter may be the solution you’re looking for. How to build a layered bulb planter: Choose the container …Read more About “How to Build a Layered Bulb Planter”

As we trudge through the seemingly endless shortest month of the year, the promise of spring looms for gardeners itching to get outside and back to work. Although this month has been warmer than many of the Februarys past, resist the urge to get out into our yard and gardens. The soft, wet soil is …Read more About “A Few Suggestions to Get a Gardener Through February”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing provide some tips and tricks and do’s and don’ts for your November garden. Here are some of the topics covered in this episode: Planting bulbs Cleaning up your vegetable garden in time for winter Why you should not cut back your perennials …Read more About “November in the Garden”

In this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, professional landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing spotlight the classic holiday plant amaryllis. These easy-to-grow bulbs make great gifts or additions to your own holiday decorating. Tune in to hear Joanne and Matthew discuss how to grow amaryllis. Some of the topics they cover in …Read more About “How to Grow Amaryllis”

Do you have some annuals that are still going strong? In this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing discuss how some annuals can be saved and brought inside for you to use in your gardens next spring. Tune in to hear Joanne and Matthew discuss ways you …Read more About “Saving Your Annuals”

With gardening chores changing so much from month to month, staying on top of your outdoor to-do list can be a challenge. In this week’s episode of Down the Garden Path, Joanne and Matthew discuss October in the Garden with down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. Each month in our “In …Read more About “October in the Garden”

with flowerbulbs.com’s Peggy Anne Montgomery With October well underway, one of the gardening tasks on our minds and our to-do lists is planting fall bulbs. For the most part, we think of them only as early spring colour, when really, they’re so much more. On this week’s episode of Down The Garden Path, Peggy Anne …Read more About “The Buzz About Bulbs”

Monthly Feature: August in the Garden Our monthly feature shows are really meant to help you keep your garden as low maintenance as possible. Our August in the Garden episode continues to provide that knowledge for you. Some of the highlights: Importance of deadheading summer annuals and perennials In some case, a good pruning will rejuvenate …Read more About “August in the Garden”