Ohio’s Garden Sage Debra Knapke joins us with her insights and inspiration.
Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher, Spring Gardening with Debra Knapke.
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Gardening on the Rise in Michigan
Some have called it Pandemic Gardening. With so many employees in Michigan still working from home, heading out to work in a garden has become quite therapeutic. There is nothing I enjoy more than eating foods that were grown in my own garden.
If you are new to gardening, Michigan State University offers a great resource to help you out. The school offers toll free hotlines for gardening in Michigan. Your call will be answered by a gardening expert. The same goes for lawn and soil issues.
Growing up our neighbor had fruit trees in his backyard, and folks from MSU came to his place a number of times when he was having issues with his trees.
Northeast Texas Trail, Facebook
Hank Pickering of Wolfe City, a supporter of the Northeast Texas Trail, says the NETT had a record number of users in 2020, at least in nearby Lamar County, possibly because people were looking for places to get outside during the coronavirus pandemic. Trail usage with electronic counters in Lamar county for 2020 came to 163,555. 2019 was 130,324. Hank says the NETT is still in the process of seeking status as a state park.
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David added: “If it’s pulling it up, you’re compacting the soil as you’re walking on it, it’s hard work for you.
“The best thing to do is wait until it dries off a bit, another couple of weekends like we’ve had or if you’ve got free draining soil, and when it’s dry, that’s the time to cut.”
David also explained how to cut your grass when it is ready to be.
He said: “Cut it quite high, you can see on the side of mowers, you’ve got these adjusters here, you want to cut it up to no less than three inches, so put it on its maximum for the first cut.