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GARDEN TALK WITH LARRY MEILLER Produced by Jim Packard Wisconsin Public Radio Aired December 15, 2000 11:00 am -12:30 pm
Sisters, Dr. Sonya Newenhouse (President of Madison Environmental Group) and Dr. Astrid Newenhouse (Horticulturist and Assistant Scientist of the UW Department of Biological Systems Engineering) shared their garden gift ideas on Larry Meiller’s Garden Talk Radio Show. Following are their suggestions as well as listeners’ suggestions. To order a copy of the show ($12), call Wisconsin Public Radio at (800) 747-7444 To
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FAVORITE GIFTS OF WELL KNOWN WISCONSINITES GIFT SUGGESTIONS FROM LARRY MEILLER SHOW LISTENERS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY GARDEN GIFTS GARDEN GIFTS THAT MAKE THE JOB EASIER GENERAL GARDEN GIFTS GIFTS TO ENJOY THE GARDEN HARVEST GARDEN GIFTS – BEYOND THE BASICS GARDEN GIFTS FOR BIRD LOVERS GIFT OF TIME GARDEN RESOURCES BOOKS SUBSCRIPTIONS CATALOGS COURSES OR FIELD TRIPS
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*gifts to make -gifts under $10
+gifts over $100
FAVORITE GIFTS OF WELL KNOWN WISCONSINITES To prepare for this show Sonya called upon some people many of you know: · Nina Leopold Bradley – (Conservationist and daughter of Aldo Leopold) has given many garden gifts, including canned tomatoes and tomato ladders for her son in law that fold up for easy storage. The most unusual garden gift she has given is a cup of bat guano, which she collects under her bat houses. In her words, “Now that’s quite a present! ... It’s the very best fertilizer, due to its high nitrogen content.”
Kathleen Falk – (Dane County Executive) who has already achieved great results in protecting the greater garden of Dane County, has received cast iron bronze figures including a toad, swan, praying mantis and butterflies that she very much enjoys in her garden. Sue Ann Thompson – (President of Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation www.wwhf.com) says that the favorite garden gift she has received is garden art. Mrs. Thompson and Gov. Tommy Thompson enjoy a beautiful blue heron sculpture and a frog stone sculpture in their garden.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS FROM LARRY MEILLER SHOW LISTENERS Metal watering can that you can also use as a vase in the winter Make a recipe book from your favorite garden harvest recipes; add pictures of your garden Winter roses that bloom even under snow, Helleborus Niger. (Buttercup family, not a true rose) Hardy to Zone 3. (J. VanBourgendine and Sons) American Forest Famous and Historical Tree, such as Walden Woods Red Maple (800) 320-8733 Give a subscription to Organic Gardening Magazine www.organicgardening.com Coyote urine to keep deer away from your garden (Hunting supply or hardware store) A hand sculpted metal trellis – from artist Kim MaCarus (303) 499-8113 Hand weeder made by Smith and Hawken Korean Hand Plow (Kinsman) Ergonomic hand tools from http://www.earthbud-ez.com (877) 504-9800 Cotton gloves with vinyl coating for use in mud (Hardware or garden supply store) Indoor flowering bulbs such as amaryllis or paper white narcissus Homemade ornaments fashioned from goldenrod galls, or milkweed pods A beautiful rock for a rock gardener Homemade pear sauce (like applesauce) Metal plant identification tags or markers Garden books, note Pinetree Garden seeds sells discounted ones (207) 926-3400 Hose attachments and spray nozzles with a soft spray (made by Gardena) Battery powered seeders Collection of heirloom tomato seeds (Seeds Savers, Fedco, or Territorial) ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY GARDEN GIFTS Paper pot maker that uses newspaper to make seedling pots Edible birdfeeders, which leave nothing to waste Solar accent lights A compost crock for the kitchen -*Rain barrel – you can make one or buy one. If store bought, they cost about $80. *Compost bins "Let it Rot" by Stu Campell, under $10, first published in 1975. Third edition 1998 -- has plans for building bins.
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"Worms
Eat My Garbage” By Mary Appelhof www.wormwoman.com All Natural Vegan Mix Fertilizer $29,95 www.abundantearth.com Worm Castings Organic Fertilizer, also at www.abundantearth.com -Slo Drip Bottle Taps $8.50, Recycle your milk jugs into drip irrigation systems, Garden Supply A hose timer or irrigation timer GARDEN GIFTS THAT MAKE THE JOB EASIER Cut and hold pruners, that hold onto the flower after you cut it Tools with large cushy grips Long handled trowels A big-wheeled cart or wheelbarrow Kneepads, or kneeler seat An extra handle that connects to your long handled tools like a hoe or cultivator -Lotion to take care of your hands, such as Udder Balm Ready made raised beds for wheelchair gardeners (Alsto’s Handy Helpers, IL (800) 447-0048 Big pots to avoid bending Book: Enabling Garden by Gene Rothert A quiet, gentle sounding wind chime for a blind gardener to place in a favorite tree or shrub GENERAL GARDEN GIFTS -*Manure, a gift certificate for the delivery, annually, of a load of manure or compost -Straw, bark, mulch -*Plant identification tags -*Single stem plant stakes, made from coated wire -* Garden stakes Hand Tools Digging fork – stainless steel Spade – stainless steel Diamond hoe Gooseneck hoe Pruners Hand pruners (Felco) Sheep shears for pruning perennials Cut and hold pruners for flowers Loppers Pole pruner Pruning saw -Gloves Wells Lamont for women’s sizes, leather -Mud gloves, 100 % cotton, coated with texture latex rubber (hardware store, garden supply), Garden foot ware, clogs and or rubber boots Garden sun hat Apron and tool belts -Tool bucket Good quality hose Good quality hose nozzle with fine and gentle spray +Garden cart or wheel barrel with a big wheel Min max thermometer Rain gages in all sizes Coupon for a new variety of perennial plant GIFTS TO ENJOY THE GARDEN HARVEST -Apple corers and peelers Cherry pitters Juice steamers, the Finnish “Mehu Lisa” – look on web under steam juice extractor Dehydrators – solar and or electrical GARDEN GIFTS – BEYOND THE BASICS -Color plastic dip to mark your tools so that you can find them (Hardware stores) -*A bucket with sand and oil to clean your tools +Have an aerial photograph taken of the garden at top season +Pay a consultant to give you a detailed plan to redesign your garden +Hire an expert for a day to teach you about disease and bug control A copper handcrafted lawn sculpture that measures snowfall A distributor that you screw on your water outlet that allows four hoses to get water from one outlet (Gardena is the name of a line of hose accessories) Miniature garden tools as tree ornaments (Garden Supply) -Tree in a Box, Grow your own Christmas tree – box can be hung as an ornament -Floral frog pin holders for the bottom of a vase for flower arranging (from a florist) -Houseplant tool set, stainless steel miniature fork and trowel Bird netting to protect your fruit trees from the birds, $15 *-Bin to store and organize seed packets, made from a shoebox and cardboard dividers -Buy a tree for parents to plant in honor of their newborn -Children-sized tools Medicinal garden kit, www.stressless.com A deer chaser – a motion sensing water blaster that hooks to your garden hose $89, battery lasts for 600 3-second bursts, Greenhouses Canada (800) 243-1789 Rent a Community Garden plot Buy a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm -A spring peeper CD ($9) to celebrate the “garden” of WI http://www.madisonenvironmental.com
GARDEN GIFTS FOR BIRD LOVERS -Extension publication NCR 338 Shelve Houses and Feeders for Birds and Mammals -Extension publication G 1609 Landscape Plants to Attract Birds Blue Birdhouse made from recycled wood www.greenmarketplace.com Wren nesting box made from recycled wood www.greenmarketplace.com Squirrel proof birdfeeder Edible birdfeeders Custom made birdfeeder – built as a model of your home or barn Hummingbird feeder that eliminates the need for unhealthy red dye +Spotting scope to look at your birds *GIFTS YOU MAKE/GIVE FROM YOUR GARDEN Jams, jellies Cakes, breads Wreaths, such as made from grape vines Potpourri Hand cream or lotion made from scented oils you infuse from your herbs (see books by Susan Weed) Tinctures such as Echinacea (for method, refer to books by Susan Weed) Decorations from dried material: see the milkweed pod star ornaments on the WI Capitol Holiday Tree Candles with your pressed leaves and flowers Bookmarks and note cards with your pressed leaves and flowers A whiskbroom from your own broomcorn Cornhusk dolls A coupon for a perennial plant from your garden
GIFT OF TIME Coupon to help with spring transplanting Coupon for weeding Coupon for watering Coupon for digging potatoes GARDEN
RESOURCES
BOOKS -UW Extension Publications (877) 947-7827 Shelves Houses and Feeders for Birds and Mammals NCR 338 Landscape Plants to Attract Birds G 1609 Growing Fruit in WI (series) Growing Fresh Market Vegetables (series) Canning Foods Safely B0430 Prairie Primer G2736 Backyard Berry Book, also Backyard Orchardist by Stella Otto New Organic Grower, also Four Season Harvest by Elliot Coleman Well Tended Perennial Garden, by Tracy DiSabato-Aust The Prairie Garden, by Smith and Smith (UW Press) Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr Straight Ahead Organic, by Shepherd Ogden The Inward Garden, by Landscape Architect, Messeny. This book takes you through a process of remembering what spaces you loved as a child and how you can recreate them in your garden today. SUBSCRIPTIONS to magazines Hobby Greenhouse Association $19, Organic Gardening Minnesota Horticulturist Horticulture National Gardening Association (VT) (802) 863-1308
CATALOGS Seed Savers (319) 382-5990, Store in Madison Fedco Seed Catalog, P.O. Box 520 Water Ville, ME 04903 Pinetree Garden Seeds, Box 300, New Gloucester, ME 04260 (207) 926-3400 Territorial Seed Co P.O. Box 157 Cottage Grove, OR 97424, (503) 942-9547 Prairie Nursery P.O. Box 306, Westfield, WI 53964 (800) 476-9453 A.M. Leonards (513) 773-2694 Gardeners Supply (800) 863-1700 Kinsman (800) 733-4146 Gardens Alive (812) 537-8650 Clappers (617) 244-7909 Shepherds Seed (860) 482-3638 Cooks Garden (800) 457-9705 Charleys Greenhouse Supply (800) 322-4707
Alsto’s Handy Helpers, IL
(800) 447-0048
COURSES OR FIELD TRIPS Perennials, Perennials, Perennials -- review the basic design principles and learn Perennials from A-Z · Held at UW-Richland Continuing Education, Richland Center, Wisconsin · To register call (608) 647-664 (February 24 and March 3 from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm) · Fee $49.00, Instructor Jenny Johnston Missouri Botanical Gardens Tour organized by UW-Fond du Lac Continuing Education · June 15-17, 2001 · Leanne Doyle (920) 929-3622 · $340-450, includes lodging and meals, Instructor, Dick Zontag, President of Jung Seeds
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