Dave & Trish, thank you for another fun, interesting and educational podcast!
Kudos to all gardeners who think twice when it comes to the use of chemicals; those with many acres as well as those with maybe just a 5' x 5' garden space or those who grow in only a few containers! Healthy soil means healthy plants, healthy bees and other insects that pollinate them ... meaning a healthier life for future generations!
Yeah, what is this thing about Crepe Murder??? I've never understood why people do this. I've lived in the south my entire life and had never seen this done until about fifteen years ago ... it really does make the trees look horrible. There is no good reason to commit Crepe Murder; trimming up some branches yes, but chain saw butchering makes no sense to me. I rather enjoy the natural look of the trees in winter without the foliage, much more so than streets lined with a bunch of butchered trees.
Dave, I didn't get the joke but I'm
at Trish's response!
Regarding the styrofoam peanuts; recycling is good but I'm with Dave, I hate those styrofoam peanuts as pot fillers. I've purchased a few orchids that have those things in the bottom with the plant roots growing into the styrofoam and when I repot I have to rip the poor roots off the styrofoam peanuts. I've used broken pieces of terra cotta as pot fillers in the past but gave that up long ago and prefer twigs and branches cut into smaller pieces to fill the container bottoms. For many years now I've been mixing orchid bark mix in with my potting medium for help with drainage. I used to just add a lot of perlite but that's like the styrofoam peanuts in minuscule pieces so I changed to orchid bark mix which has a bit of perlite but also charcoal in with the wood chips.
Interesting to hear about the Goji Berry Shrubs ... I thought about purchasing one recently when I read that they could be kept in a container!
Thanks again for another informative podcast you two!
