It's hard to beat Mother Nature's show, but if you're looking to add
some unusual shrubs and trees to your yard and particularly want some
with fall foliage color, I've got some ideas for you.
Vermont Garden Journal with Charlie Nardozzi
The Vermont Garden Journal is a weekly program hosted by horticulturalist Charlie Nardozzi. Each week, Nardozzi will focus on a topic that's relevant to both new and experienced gardeners, including pruning lilac bushes, growing blight-free tomatoes, groundcovers, sunflowers, bulbs, pests and more.
Hear the Vermont Garden Journal Friday afternoons at 5:55pm and Sunday mornings at 9:34am.
Vermont Garden Journal 2012
Cold hardy vegetables such as leeks, Brussels sprouts, arugula, and
carrots can withstand some frost. Annual flowers such as snapdragons and
violas can too. But what about those plants that you want to keep
growing in spite of the cold?
Lasagna gardening is a way to eliminate all digging, turning and tilling
to create a bed next spring that will be ready to plant.
For years, fall was all about apples, pears and pumpkins. Those were the
symbolic fruits and vegetables of our autumn. But now edible gardeners
can add raspberries and blackberries to the list.
Called the poor man's asparagus by the French, leeks are a seldom used, but delicious vegetable.
Goldenrod is a native North American wildflower that is in full bloom this time of year.
Late summer is known for tons of tomatoes, asters and goldenrod in
bloom, and white patches on lilac, birch, phlox, bee balm, squash and
other leaves. It all sounds ideal, except for those white patches. They
are the sign of powdery mildew disease.
This week we're remembering a somber anniversary: the date tropical storm Irene wrecked havoc on Vermont.
Growing fruit is becoming more popular and many gardeners are
experimenting with some exotics too. Well, it doesn't get any more
exotic in the fruit world than the kiwi.
Ahh echinacea. This simple native midwestern prairie plant has garnered so much interest from a medical standpoint, that some people overlook its beauty in the perennial garden.
Any evaluation of the summer vegetable garden isn't complete with a review of the tomato crop.
Peaches are a special summer treat that have a long history. Early explorers of North and South America brought peaches to the New World, but it was the native Americans who spread them, planting peach pits as they traveled the countryside.
There are some interesting things to know about selecting perennial flower varieties for shade in Vermont. This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi tells you what they are!
Summer squash and zucchinis are prolific, but they do attract certain pests that can downright kill the plant
This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, tips on watering your plants just the right amount!
While we all know about growing pole beans on well, poles, peas on
fences, and tomatoes on stakes, there are reasons to trellis other
veggies too such as peppers, melons, and cucumbers.
This stately perennial has white, pink, blue, or purple flower buds that the ancient Greeks called "delphis" or dolphin.
Of all the fruits, apples are the most interwoven with our folklore. From William Tell's arrow, to Newton's theory of gravity, to a man named Johnny seeding trees around a new country, apples are part of our culture.
Start any conversation about gardening during a spell of wet weather and sooner or later the talk will turn to slugs and snails.
The English poet William Butler said, "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did." What fruit was he referring to? It's the strawberry.
Charlie Nardozzi discusses our complex relationship with roses.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares his tips for growing heirloom tomatoes!
I'm Charlie Nardozzi and this is the Vermont Garden Journal. I've always try to get creative on Mother's Day with unique gifts for mom, but this year I'm going traditional. I'm giving her geraniums. Pelargoniums have been know as old fashioned flowers, but they're really making a comeback. With new leaf and flower colors, geraniums will surprise you.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, all about artichokes!
Coral bells are the National Garden Bureau's perennial flower of the year.
Paw paw is a temperate climate relative of tropical fruits such as cherimoya. It's native to the Eastern United States, hardy to zone 5, and grows wild as an understory tree in the forest.
What kinds of spring wildflowers can we look for? Charlie Nardozzi spots a few this week on The Vermont Garden Journal.
We've heard of tomatoes, garlic, and eggplant at your favorite Italian restaurant. But what other garden veggies go well with your pasta?
Plant hardiness zones is a USDA system of mapping out average winter minimum temperatures across the country so gardeners can know what perennial flowers, trees, and shrubs most likely will survive in their area.
Charlie Nardozzi
Charlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, consultant, and speaker. He was the senior horticulturist for the National Gardening Association, and currently writes the monthly Edible Landscaping e-newsletter. He has been a VPR Commentator and guest on VPR's Vermont Edition.
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Garden Journal Archives
Vermont Garden Journal 2011
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for making carving pumpkins easier, and for making the result last longer!
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares some tips on how to grow some of his favorite ornamental grasses.
Ornamental gourds originated in Asia thousands of years ago and have spread around the world. This week, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips on growing and using gourds.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi extolls the benefits of cover crops!
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi has some ideas for green shakes!
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for cultivating asters.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi shares tips on dealing with flooded plants.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, host Charlie Nardozzi answers a variety of questions, including tips on how to turn your green pepper and tomatoes red!
Believe it or not, you can grow sweet potatoes in Vermont!
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi shares tips for maintaining your perennial hibiscus.
This week, Charlie has some recommendations for hardy pear varieties that thrive in Zone 4.
When you want fresh vegetables through the fall, you'll want to plant now. Charlie also explains why it's good to be merciless in the mid-summer garden on this week's Vermont Garden Journal.
This week on The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi surveys some options for flowering shrubs!
Have you wondered what those purple boxes in the trees are? Charlie explains. And we learn what to do with an overgrown zucchini.
One of Charlie's favorite midsummer flowering shrubs is the elderberry. Listen to the Vermont Garden Journal Friday and Saturday to find out why.
Who cares about woodchucks chuck'n wood, when they are living in the garden!
This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck.
This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi addresses one of the most persistent of pests; the woodchuck.
These beetles don't harmonize, they decimate. Flea, cucumber, potato, and asparagus are all beetles that love your veggies. Charlie Nardozzi offers some organic controls this week on The Vermont Garden Journal.
This week, Charlie Nardozzi offers tips on enjoying and growing peonies; including successful transplanting and disease control.
With record rainfalls, you can expect a record number of mosquitoes this year. On the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie Nardozzi debunks mosquito myths and shares some advice for coping with mosquitoes without harming the environment.
This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie examines basil. It’s not just for making
pesto! From its origins to harvesting
techniques, Charlie Nardozzi leaves no leaf unturned.
Why are more and more people suffering from allergies? Charlie Nardozzi says there's more pollen in the air than ever before. This week on the Vermont Garden Journal, he'll explain why that is and what you can do about it.
Things are getting hot on the Vermont Garden Journal this week.
Red hot chili peppers are in the spotlight and they range in strength from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-national-defense.
Red hot chili peppers are in the spotlight and they range in strength from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-national-defense.
Charlie explores varieties of many shrubs and trees normally thought of as
ornamentals that also produce great fruits for eating.
This week, Charlie shares a brief history of Mother's Day and offers some garden gift advice.
Dirty little weeds or delicious salad greens? Charlie Nardozzi shines a light on dandelions.
Charlie shares the method and science of planting shrubs and trees, starting with the bare roots.
Neither from Jerusalem nor a relative of the artichoke, how did the Jerusalem artichoke get it's name? Tune in to the Vermont Garden Journal to find out.
This week, the Vermont Garden Journal satisfies springtime urges. While some share wedding plans Charlie shares flower varieties that are old, new, borrowed, and blue - no wedding necessary.
The Vermont Garden Journal is back with weekly organic gardening advice from horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi. Listen Friday at 5:55pm and Saturday at 8:55am for the Vermont Garden Journal, and follow the conversation all season long on Facebook.
Vermont Garden Journal 2010
On this episode of The Vermont Garden Journal, Charlie will be talking about planting tulips.
Charlie Nardozzi will be giving tips on how to prep your lawn for Fall.
Charlie has some tips for protecting your perennial herbs from the cold of winter.
Now is the time to cut and prepare Dahlias for winter. This week Charlie will have some ideas on how to maintain these beautiful flowers.
Charlie talks about viewing and exhibiting veggies, fruits, and flowers at the Fair.
At this time of the year in the vegetable garden, it's time to think about what to eat and what to put up. Charlie has suggestions for putting vegetables by.
August is when we see the Rose of Sharon bloom in the northeast. Charlie has some suggestions for cultivating these beautiful flowering bushes.
Growing melons in Vermont can be tricky. Charlie will offer tips on how to achieve a big, juicy crop.
Charlie will talk about ways to help rid your garden of these flower predators.
It's the time of year to remember the old saying "Leaves of three, leave
it be." Charlie gives tips on controlling poison ivy and how to avoid getting it on your skin.
Gardening 101 from 2009
Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association joins VPR's Jane
Lindholm to wrap up our summer series of gardening advice with tips on putting
your garden to bed and preparing for next spring.
Horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about lawncare - how to aerate, fertilize and compost your lawn.
Charlie Nardozzi, horticulturalist with the National Gardening Association, answers your questions about organic insect control.
Charlie Nardozzi, horticulturalist with the National Gardening Association joins VPR's Jane Lindholm to give some tips to keep the critters out of the garden.
Charlie Nardozzi, senior horticulturist and spokesperson for the National Gardening Association, talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about growing beautiful, fragrant roses and how to best ensure their survival and blooms.
Charlie Nardozzi from the National Gardening Association talks perennials with VPR's Jane Lindholm.
Charlie Nardozzi from the National Gardening Association talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about successful container gardening.
Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association talks with VPR's Jane Lindholm about how to create an edible landscape with herbs, berries and flowers.