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William McClenathan

 

 Episode 57
August 4, 2007

 

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Where have you been this summer?  Camping?  Travel?  Do your plants need to take a trip?  Wander out in your garden and look at your plants.  Are they suffering in the heat?  Maybe conditions have changed.  Plants grow, protection disappears.  If you have a plant that doesn’t seem to like where it is, tag it.  Later this fall you can move it to a new place and give it a better home.  Then next year it will be happier and so will you!

This week we featured...

Eugene Garden Centers

Summer is a great time for a drive around the neighborhood.  We took a drive to Eugene to check out some of the local garden centers down there.  At this time of year you would think that the garden centers are all picked over but we found some just packed with tons of perennials and late summer annuals.  We visited Grays Garden Center, Northwest Garden Nursery, and Bloomers Nursery.  All had tons of plants to offer and great service.  Give them a call to find out hours of business, then jump in the car and enjoy the adventure.

Fresh Marionberries

It is berry time and it is also a ‘berry’ wonderful time to live in the Northwest.  Cane berries, named for the trellised shape they take in the field, are in full swing and one of the best berries around is the Marionberry.  We visited with Nancy Hendricks at Fresh to You (503-769-9682) in Silverton to see how they grow this great plant.  The Marionberry is Oregon born and bred.  Developed at OSU, it is named for Marion County.  It is a great producer on the farm and will be for the home gardener as well.  As far as raising them, you need to remember to save the new canes.  These are the fruiting canes for the second year.  After they fruit in the second year you can cut them down and then in the early fall train the new canes up on a wire for a great crop in year 2.  

Patio Misters

The hot days of summer are coming again and the heat can really sap your energy, robbing you of enjoying your garden or patio.  We found a couple of neat systems that can cool you down quick!  Michelle from the Greenhouse Catalog (800-825-1925) demonstrated some patio misters that produce a fine spray that can cool the temperature by 30 degrees or more.  She also had a portable pump mister that is perfect for hiking, picnicking or any other outdoor adventure!

Marietta’s Summer Garden

A lot of people have problems creating a border garden that will provide color and interest for the whole summer.  We visited with one of the experts in the state to get some tips for the home gardener.  Marietta O’Byrne of Northwest Garden Nursery (541-935-3915) in Eugene took us on a tour of 2 of her display gardens at the nursery, one sunny and one with a little more shade.  Her garden was packed and she told us that home gardeners can expect to have a couple of year’s growth before they can enjoy the same fullness.  Perennials follow a general rule of ‘Sleep, Creep and Leap’.  This means that they will stay in a small spot the first year, slowly grow during the second season and really burst out on the third season of growth.  She recommends that you plant annuals in your garden until your other plants take off.  Some of the annuals she planted years ago have seeded and she lets them enjoy space in her garden even now.  If they get too frisky, she pulls them out.  We saw so many plants we couldn’t name them all so we suggest you call the nursery or drop by and see these borders for yourself.

Stihl – KombiSystem

We are always on the look out for new tools on the market that will make gardening easier.  We found a great new system from Stihl called the KombiSystem.  The Stihl KombiSystem is a complete family of multi-task tools comprised of different power heads and numerous attachments. The split shaft design lets you quickly change attachments.  It also comes with the new Easy2Start engine which takes no effort to start!  Wayne Sutton from Stihl demonstrated how easy it is to operate.  Check out the Stihl website to find a dealer near you.

Hypertufa Pots

Hypertufa is the art of making lightweight cement pots.  Donna Wright from Black Gold/Sungro gave us the step by step instructions for making these wonderful pots.  Hypertufa means ‘light weight cement pots’ and she walked William through the process of making them.  The 3 ingredients to remember are ‘Peat, Perlite, and Portland Cement’.  You can customize them by adding moss, creating patterns and changing the color when you make them.  It is a great project for families and will last for years!  Check out the recipe if you missed it on the air.
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