Saturday, March 12, 2022

March to May Garden Punch List PowerPoint & Resources

Thank you everyone who attended my recent spring garden punch list class at Echter's Nursery & Garden Center in Arvada, CO. Many thanks to Echter's for hosting me. It's an honor to be part of the group of knowledgeable garden professionals taking part in their Meet the Experts series.  

You're in luck if you didn't attend. I've posted the PowerPoint program in this blog, along with links to resources to many of the topics I mentioned in class.

This online version is about ten slides longer than the class version with additional slides about shrub pruning.

 


Resources in order presented in the PowerPoint, plus Extra topics-

Frost Dates and Climate Summary

Downloadable Plant Designs Plant Select® and Many Native Plants

Landscape Design 

Native Plants 

Water Wise Landscaping/Xeriscaping  

Flowering Herbaceous Plants: Flowers, Ground Covers and Ornamental Grasses 

Critter Resistant Plants

Critters in your Yard burrowing types

Japanese Beetle 

Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods

Ornamental Plants that help the Natural Enemies of White Grubs 

Tachinid Fly beneficial parasitoid of pest insects, including Japanese beetle

The Spring Tiphia: a Natural Enemy of the Japanese Beetle

Tool Care 

How to Clean and Sharpen your Garden Tools Video with Laura, Garden Answer

Pruning

Small Fruits includes grapes

Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments includes composting

Soil, Water and Plant Testing Laboratory, CSU in Fort Collins 

Trees and Shrubs includes selection, planting, care, pruning, diseases, insects 

Tree Fruit

Best time to Divide Perennials from Garden Gate Magazine 

Lawns includes grass selection, aeration, fertilization, mowing, diseases, watering, weeds, pest insects and more 

Irrigation Management 

Vegetables and Herbs includes many topics

Propagation and Seeds 

Seeding and Planting Charts for Herbs, Vegetables (Cool and Warm) and Annuals from Betty's Blog

Mulches for Home Grounds 

Organic Mulches 

Mulching with Wood/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings, and Rock

Plant Health Care 

Many other Garden Topics not covered in the PowerPoint. Also try searching on my blog, I might have written about the topic. 

Most of my videos with the Denver Post are in the left column under Betty's Garden Videos.


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