Happy New Year, coming to you from Studio A. Here at proven Winners
Color Choice Shrubs. It's time for the Gardening Simplified Show. We're going to
establish a resolution constitution for you this year on today's show with Stacey Hervella,
Me, Rick Weist, and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Happy new
Year to both of you and here we go. This is going to be
fun resolutions, not from us, from you, and we thank you very
mulch. I loved the first resolution right off the top Stacy from Anne.
She says, Happy New Year. I'm in six B and have been gardening
for thirty plus years. My new year's resolution is to start a cut flower
garden. I've felt guilty for cutting flowers to bring them indoors to enjoy no
more. Well, I think that's a great resolution. I think that it's
just as important to stop feeling guilty about stuff you're cutting, as well as
giving yourself a place to you know, cut other stuff. But cut flowers
are the fastest growing segment in agriculture right now. Cut flower growers, and
I think we've said it on the show before, it's the ultimate luxury to
be able to go into your own backyard and pick a fabulous bouquet. So
kudos, Ann. I can't wait to hear how that turns out. Good
work, Anne, and I love this one from Nadine. She says,
my name is Nadine. I am from Belgium, Flanders. I was in
Holland this past year. I wish I would across the border into Belgium.
What a wonderful place. Nadine says. I am a blind gardener. My
resolution for next year is to sew more flowers and hopefully succeed. Kudos to
you, Nadine. Way to go. Yeah, that's a really interesting situation.
I'm wondering what she's going to plan. We'd like to hear from you
again, Nadine. That's fantastic. Also, you know, it was interesting
to me. A lot of the resolutions related to something that I bemoaned last
year and I'm working on and have resolved, and that is irrigation and drip
irrigation. Althea says, my resolution is to learn how to lay drip irrigation.
I'm so overwhelmed and clueless it actually scares me. But I know if
I plan to be a successful gardener, I have to learn and it'd be
great if you guys speak on this topic. Cecilia says the same thing twenty
twenty four. Resolution is all about garden beds and pots have to be on
drip before I plant anything, and Carol Rose says the same. One resolution
is to follow my plans and then install drip irrigation. Well, you can't
argue with that. I have had drip irrigation before, and for me that's
the ultimate luxury. Because I do not enjoy watering my garden. I enjoy
the results of a well watered garden. It's kind of like cleaning your house,
you know. I don't like the process of cleaning. I like that
it's clean. Similarly, I like plants that look watered and healthy, but
I do not personally enjoy watering. I'd rather weed than water. And so
I've had a garden under irrigation and it is fantastic. You just you do
nothing and you get all the credit, and you know, and it uses
less water because it's a very low water emission. So it sounds like it's
a resolution for a lot of people to get away from those kinky hoses and
install some drip irrigation. I love this one from Brandon, I've got to
share this here a minute, Brandon says. My resolution, which started about
a month ago, is to make and throw more seed bombs out of my
car window on highways and interstates. It sounds a little dangerous, but every
winter I make seed bombs with native prairie plants to make these areas a little
more attractive, mostly to help out with insects, birds, and small mammals.
I take care not to throw them in mown areas or areas that are
adjacent to farmland to avoid spreading them into crops. But he's doing more of
that this winter, and his sore shoulder is there to prove it. I
like that few seeds germinate and survive to maturity. But when you see something
you've planted a couple of years prior, puts a smile on your face.
Happy New Year from your southern Hoosier neighbor in Indianapolis, Brandon. That is
not a resolution. That is a revolution. Wow. Yeah, Brandon's an
MVP Most Valuable Planter. Ah, So way to go, Brandon. I
love I love that resolution. Lisa is going to continue resolutions from last year
to continue digging in trench edging around garden beds now. Of course, last
year we discussed the topic of edging, and I'm doing more of that too,
that trench edging along grassy area. So it sounds like some people are
looking at edging as a resolution also, well, hopefully we inspired them.
But it is a nice thing to have an edged garden, especially if it's
a low maintenance edge. Exactly if there is such a thing to live,
if there's such a thing, here's a limb a rick for all these resolutions
that you've sent us, and again, thank you very much. You can
find us on Instagram, of course YouTube if you watch us on YouTube,
our website Gardeningsimplified on air dot com. All right, here it goes.
I keep my expectations on a tether and keep my eye on changing weather no
matter how it goes. The consolation, I suppose is that we're all in
this together, and that's very true. So go ahead, stick your neck
out. No room here for self doubt. And so to improve, we
resolve our garden skills to evolve and our dreams to grow and sprout. So
that's the first lima rick for twenty twenty five. That's delightful. Thank you,
Thank you very much. All right, Don says Happy New Year to
both of you, looking forward to another year of gardening with you for twenty
twenty four. I want to bring my garden plans with me when I purchase
new plants. Now. I have seen this also from other folks who jumped
in on the resolution thing, and that is this year, I'm going to
have a plan, and then I'm gonna stick to the plan. But the
issue is, in spring, we get so inspired. We walk into the
greenhouse or the garden center. Everything looks good. It's kind of like going
to the buffet when you're hungry. Right, Yeah, that's exactly right.
And then you overdo it. All those good intentions go out the window and
you say, oh, but there's this. I didn't expect to see this
this year. And then next thing you know, you're at home trying to
sort it all out, which is a great feeling. I love that.
Personally, I'm all for it. Oh, we're part of the problem too.
And plants on trial, I mean, we talk about fabulous plant It's
true that we'd love to have you put in your garden, and then before
you know it, you're walking around in the yard with a shovel in one
hand, a plant in the other and trying to figure out where you're going
to put it. But that is, of course, you know, and
I'm not so sure. I'm not so sure that that is a resolution you
can keep. Well, you can try, if that's what you really want
to do, But I think that takes out a lot of the fun of
going to the garden center. You know, It's like, does anyone go
to Costco with a list and only get what's on their list? No,
never happens. It should we should have the same freedom at the garden center
as well. You've got a jumbo pack of everything from Wendy Rick, the
Mulchman, Vice more Power Rick, you get the reference. Yes, Tim
Allen right made me laugh. I have a resolution to redo the west bed
and some hardscape projects that I've been talking about for years. But what I
loved here from Wendy is she said one other thing. I love Stacy's pins
she wears. I think they were her grandmother's. Can she do a piece
on them, even if it's only online since it's not gardening. The one
she had on today was beautiful, Happy New Year, love your show.
Ah, that's so nice. Thank you. Wendy. Yeah, maybe an
Instagram post. Yeah, maybe we'll do an Instagram post of some of Grandma's
holiday jewelry. Even though the holidays are over, I have a bunch of
it, so it's not all holiday themes. Great, right, Jack,
or maybe it's Jacques. I don't know it's spelled jac How would I pronounce
that? I don't want to mess it up for you, Jack or Jacques.
I think if it sounds like it's short for Jacqueline. Oh you know,
because if it was just like the man's name, Jack would probably if
who knows, So we'll go with that, Shack. I resolved to remove
all the weed barrier fabric installed by the previous owner in my flower beds,
utilize all the cardboard I've been saving in the garage to sheet mulch to improve
the soil Stacey. I put that one in there for you. Oh,
thank you, And I appreciate you doing that, because you know, it's
one of those things. I can rant on this all day, but it
sounds like a good idea, It sounds like it should be helpful. But
any gardener who has ever had to deal with it, whether it was a
previous well intentioned gardener or a previous well intentioned version of their own self.
It's a nightmare to try to get it out and it's not even effective.
It doesn't even really keep the weeds down. So it's lose lose. There
you go, so sorry, And Jones says, simply, I want to
buy less and divide more, divide and conquer. You know, have you
ever heard about a perennial exchange? Oh, yeah, yeah, they It's
such a great idea. You get together with a bunch of other people in
your community or town, friends, whatever, and you just divide and swat
perennials. And that's a great way to expand your plant palette. And I've
thought of organizing one myself. It is great, It is great. And
we also got resolutions from people interested in a topic that I touched on in
a previous show, and that is layering. There's different types of layering that
you can do for propagation, but also layering as it relates to establishing and
planting your garden and combining plants together. And I appreciate and love that.
Let's see, it was Meghan in Rhode Island, So thank you Meghan.
And yes it's on the agenda and upcoming show this year on The Gardening Simplified
Show to talk about layering. We're gonna handle more resolutions a little later in
the show. But next up plants on trial. Let's see what Stacy's gonna
roll out first for twenty twenty four. That's next here on The Gardening Simplified
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back to the Gardening Simplified Show. The first one of twenty twenty four.
And since it's a new year, I thought it would be the perfect time
to talk about a new plant. I like that. You know, every
year proven Winter's Colored Choice Shrubs we have anywhere from twenty five to thirty five
new varieties coming onto the market every year. Now, that does sound overwhelming,
but we like to say they're not just new, they're better because even
though they are really pretty, and you couldn't be blamed for thinking that,
we introduce something simply because it was beautiful. There actually is another reason behind
everything that we introduce, whether it's that it's you know, doesn't produce seed
and get invasive. It's a native alternative to an invasive plant, it has
a better habit, a new color. We look for all of these different
features and ideally more than one, and that's how we determine whether a plant
is worth introduction if it meets all of those qualities after our trial and testing
process. So, I know a lot of people think, oh my gosh,
more new plants. What am I going to do? There's so many,
But it's like an upgrade or an update on your cell phone. That's
kind of what it's like. Well constantly it is. It is. And
you know when people when people often say like, oh, more new plants,
why, it's like, well, do you say that about your phone?
You want your phone and just like stay stuck in two thousand and five
and not do all the cool stuff it can do and have a great camera
and all the helpful things. No, you like, welcome that in other
aspects, but with plants, some people just want the same old sable and
if so, well, then the show probably isn't for them. So,
but there's always new plants. And the one that I am covering today is
juiced orange jessamine. Wow, and you're going to have to explain to me,
Stacy, why is it jessmine and not jasmine? Right? I'm glad
you asked that because I'm sure a lot of people are thinking, like,
wait, did I hear that? Right? Did she say jasmine? Because
it didn't sound like it, but it kind of sounded like it. So
this plant is a cesstrum. That is the scientific name C E S T
R U M. And the common name is indeed jessamine j E S S
A M I N E. So not jasmine jessamine. And no, I
don't actually know where that name comes from. To you. I did a
little research and it said jessmine and jasmine are used interchangeably. They had here
you go, Joint Resolution number five thirty four that established South Carolina State Flower
in nineteen twenty four and described it as Carolina jessamine. So I guess it
is interchangeable. Oh, interesting, because the plants certainly are not exactly.
If you grow juice orange jessamine expecting a jasmine, you're gonna have a really
cool plant, but you're probably gonna be disappointed number one, because it's not
fragrant. And so that's one of the biggest issues is that this is not
a fragrant plant. It looks like it should be, but it actually is
not. But let me give you sort of a taste of what it looks
like. So it is a compact shrum where it is four to five feet
tall and three to four feet wide, so much smaller than the average one,
which is one of the reasons we selected it for introduction. It's more
compact and easier to use in the landscape. But the main thing that this
plant does is it is just covered in yellow trumpet shaped flowers all summer long.
And these the trumpets are small, so don't think of like a trumpet
vine, which has really large trumpet shaped flowers. These are many small trumpet
shape flowers that are arranged together in these clusters that kind of remind me of
a honeycomb. They have like a unique sort of geometric look to them,
and they boom like that all summer long, and they attract tons of hummingbirds.
So they have a lot of nectar. But what they don't have is
fragrance. So that's why I would not argue for using those terms interchangeable.
I would agree Stacy not using them interchangeably. It's just something I read in
my research, but very different from the tropical jasmine plants that we would bring
up from Florida. And they're super fragrant, right, And so the flowers
are yellow and not white, although some jasmines can have sort of kind of
yellowish flowers, so if you want to be perfectly correct, you can call
it cestrum. Those two are actually interchangeable. And so this is a plant,
and I have to say, first of all, most people might be
hearing about it for the very first time, but I do want people to
understand that it is not a super hardy plant. It's only hard to about
USDA Zone seven B, and even there in if you have a harsh winter,
it might actually die back like a butterfly bush wood, you know,
in our climates, but it will still come back from the roots and it
will still go on to flow or just fine through the summer. It flowers
on new wood, but it's also very heat tolerant. It grows all the
way up to USDA Zone ten. It's native to South America so loves the
heat, humidity, warm climates. But for those of us in colder climates,
you are not going to miss out on this plant because it is an
awesome patio plant. So I love this plant because it takes all of my
must have boxes for my annuals or patio plantings. It's yellow, which I
love hot colors, and it attracts hummingbirds and that's kind of where it ends
for me. Those are my most important factors when I'm choosing them. But
so I did grow this from a small one court plant like you could find
mail order, and it grew really fast and it literally did bloom all summer
all the way up to frost. And so it's such a great way to
just keep having those flowers forms like an annual, even though it's actually a
shrub. So if it performs like an annual, is this something Stacey that
you put in the compost pile if you're a northerner like me, or could
you potentially overwinter it and keep it alive? Well, So that depends on
you. You can absolutely try to overwinter this. Generally speaking, the more
heat tolerance something is, and this one goes all the way up to USDA's
own ten. But the more likely you will be able to overwinter it.
Okay, Usually it's plants that need more cold that are harder to overwinter.
That said, if you are going to try to grow it indoors a very
cool spot, much cooler than what you would want to live in your house
in winter and bright and good air circulation, So it's possible and you should
certainly try. You might just wish it had died if it starts looking really
bad, you know, getting powdery, maildew and passed out breaks, just
because it's kind of struggling. It's not it's preferred environment. My whole goal
is just to keep it alive until next year. Yeah, and then you
can reuse it. Yeah, So it's absolutely worth a try. But on
the other hand, if you do find yourself going online and purchasing a twenty
twenty five dollars plant that you can grow and enjoy, I mean, compare
that to most other annuals. Most annuals are usually costing nowadays six seven dollars
for a quart themselves. People are buying hibiscus, jasmine mandavilla, and those
are costing upward of thirty dollars. Oh, yeah, and this is one
that not everyone else is going to have, so it's really going to bring
a lot of unique color dimension and like I said, my favorite hummingbirds.
Yeah, well worth it. And if you can attract hummingbirds butterflies to your
landscape, that's ideal. Now, I will say that my success with this
plant I was fertilizing it regularly, so as I fertilize my other annuals probably
every other week or so, that's going to definitely in a container give you
the best flowering fertilizer and sunshine. Hey, I got to mention this has
nothing to do with the what do you call it? Jasmine? Jasmini,
Jessamon Jessamine. That'sa but I've got this cool new lambs Ear cardigan sweater that
Stacy and Adriana gave me at Christmas time. This thing's just fantastic and I'm
able to dump my other mister Rogers cardigan because of it. And it's got
these great little pockets, so there's a meant for it. Thank you,
Rick, appreciated Christmas Happy. Well, you know, we just won't stand
for anyone teasing you about your mister Rogers, so we wanted to make our
love clear. I appreciate it. So a couple more things to know about
juice orange systrum. It is deer resistant, yes, I know, we
love that y and I grew it on my patio again with all my other
deer resistant annuals, and they never touched it, so that I took as
a great sign. It's going to want full sun. Another thing's definitely great
for me. So you want at least six hours of bright, uninterrupted light
to be successful with this. Now in the landscape, if you live in
a hot climate, you can probably get away with some shade, but if
you're growing it, certainly as an annual in seasonal color, you're definitely gonna
want that full sun. And right along with that, of course, good
drainage. So this is not going to be one that you're going to plant
in a container that doesn't have any holes or in a spot where it gets
water. Full sun, good drainage is going to be best and semi evergreen.
So if you live in an area where it loses its leaves, it
keeps ones at the end just the tips of its branches. So all in
all, a really great plant that I think is a lot different than what
most people are used to seeing and Stacey, if you live down south,
you're in Florida, whatever it is Texas, and you're warmer than let's say,
Zone seven B. Is pruning concern any concerns as far as pruning,
it's concerned oldwood, new wood, that kind of thing, or are you
just good to go? It's a good question. So it does flower on
new wood, which is why it's able to flower so much during the summer.
Okay, And because we did select this to have a more compact habit,
it's not going to need as much pruning as one more conventional variety wood.
But you are going to want to make sure that you are giving it
some pruning, managing it to do what you want in your landscape. So
that's it for the first plant on trial of twenty twenty four juiced orange Jessamine.
You should be able to find it at a local garden center, especially
if you live in an area where it is hardy. If not, look
online at the number of places that sell proven Winter's Color Choice shrubs and find
out what the fuss is about. I think this is a great plant that
definitely deserves to be better known, and that is why I am making it
Today's Plants on Trial love it. I'm juiced about this one and I'm going
to give it a try. Hey jazzed about it. I'm jazzed and juiced,
jazz juiced and Jessamine. We're gonna take a little break. When we
come back, we're opening up that garden mail bag and we're gonna have more
of your resolutions, so police stay tuned. At proven Winter's Color Choice,
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Friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. Everyone knows it's my
favorite part of the show where we answer your garden questions and we are going
to be taking some time to also share your resolutions. It was so great
to hear from everyone. It was fantastic, and you know, winter's a
great time to plan to think about it. There were folks who sent us
messages saying, well, they love to buy seeds, at this time of
the year, so do I. It's fun to look through a seed wreck
or a seed catalog at this time of the year. So again, we
garden three hundred and sixty five days out of the year. Yeah, if
dreaming counts, and I think it definitely does. Absolutely, you got it.
Karen sent us a New Year's resolution. I love this, she says.
This year, I vow to spend more time enjoying my guarden. Amen.
And we had a show on that also, go back and look at
it, the art of enjoying your garden. We'll talk more about that in
the coming year. Way to go, Karen, she says. Usually I
sit down a cup of coffee, try to actually enjoy my garden. But
then I see a weed that needs pulling or a flower that needs dead heading,
and next thing you know, I'm up and attending to the many tasks
the garden REQUI you know I do that too. It can be early in
the morning and I've poured a cup of coffee and then I spot something in
the garden and next thing I know, I'm out there in my bathrobe with
a cup of coffee. I'm weeding and doing stuff out in the yard.
So we got to sit back and enjoy our garden. The coffee's cold,
it's full of dirt. You know my recommendation in this situations in the coffee,
I'm one hundred percent in support of anybody enjoying their garden because really most
gardening tasks can wait, and the more important thing is to enjoy it.
Well you can, but I have I personally have a little bit of a
cure for the weed situation. Okay, can you pick a weed? Go,
sit back down and look at the weed. It's always so interesting.
Oh good, idea good I would do. All right? Sounds good and
Stacy. This from Trixie, who lives in south central Texas newly named Zone
nine A yes. Wow. By late June, my garden looks wrecked.
I need to stay focused on consistent water, routine maintenance and weekly or bi
weekly feedings, if for no other reason then to have a nice garden,
even if that's possible in the Texas heat. Boy, I feel your pain,
Tricksy, and a great job on working on your garden in that kind
of heat. Again, it goes back, Stacy, to the fact that
a lot of people are looking at watering issues and that sort of thing moving
forward. Absolutely, yeah, so Stacy. A resolution from Drew says,
I'm starting a new garden with a blank slate at sixty five. It's not
as easy. I understand that, Drew. I'm right there with you when
I put my last garden in, but I'm motivated to give it a shot.
Unfortunately, it's solid clay soil. Oh, I'll be buying lots of
sand and top soil. I would recommend, Drew, no sand. No
sand. You mix sand with clay, you get concrete, So don't mix
that. Save yourself the time, and don't mix the sand with the clay.
Muriel says, I'm always thinking about gardening. I just ordered seeds and
some of the plants for next year's garden. Muriel's resolution is to be less
of a procrastinator in her garden in the coming year. Peggy also included a
shot a part of her garden New year's resolution. Because of our age,
our backs, the size of our garden, we want to start replacing some
of our higher maintenance perennials, spreaders and large grasses. Less summer deadheadings,
splitting fall clean up, fewer annuals. This is tough because I love them
all with medium to small evergreen and colorful shrubs. So yes, looking for
medium to small evergreen shrubs and evergreens, very doable. Peggy. Again,
over the course of last year, we talked often about how plant breeders,
the golden age of plant breeding. We're finding a lot of plants that can
fill the bill for Peggy. Right. And you know, Peggy included a
picture of her garden and it was one of those ones where I said,
Okay, look at the picture and my eyes popped out of my head when
I looked at it. And we will have that on the YouTube video as
well as on the show notes at Gardening Simplified on air dot com. You
have to see Peggy's garden. It is spectacular. Way to go. Peggy
and says my new year's resolution is to learn more about plant diseases and be
more responsible about organic management. My new year's resolution for Cindy is to enjoy
the garden more as it is. Last year, I scurried around so much,
buying new plants and changing things. I know why I did that,
but I think it took away some of the joy from the garden. To
find solitude and relaxation. So busy Miss some of the beautiful and simple enjoyment
a garden can bring. And eastern North Carolina is such a beautiful place to
live. I intend to appreciate that and revel in that. I like that
a lot, Cindy, that's well done. And you know, that's another
reoccurring theme that we're finding from people, is again to embrace the joy of
gardening, to enjoy their garden more, not be too hung up on the
fact that we got a little problem here, or we got a plant that
basically kicked the bucket over here. But we keep trying, and as I
said in my limerick, we're all in this together, right. And I
think that Anne's comment about learning more about diseases and pasts so that you can
be a better manager of your garden is such a great one for all of
that, because if you do take the time to learn a little bit,
you know what's crucial, you know what's not crucial, you know what you
can procrastinate right exactly, And timing is everything, Laura says, not really
a resolution. But we're moving from central Ohio to northwest Indiana, and I
can't wait to visit Zeeland, Michigan. Now, of course here at Proven
Winner's Color Choice Shrub Studio A. We are broadcasting from let's call it Spring
Lake or Grand Haven, Michigan, very near Zeeland, Michigan. And Laura's
been following these proven winned Proven Winner sponsored youtubes and wants to know the best
place to see tulips. So I sent a note to Laura about the tulip
fields in Holland, Michigan. And usually most years, you know, if
we get a really warm early spring, you can have a stemfest out there,
but they try to hit it the best they can. Can't control nature.
Usually the first week of May is when those tulips will be in full
blooms. Well, and if you mess the tulip festival, there's always the
dandelion festival in Forculo. So that's a fun one too. Bamby House says,
I want to collect more rainwater. So we talked about the hoses,
we talked about drip irrigation, but yes, what about rainwater. There's an
another great responsible way to garden. And Jackie wants to enjoy more colorful dwarf
conifers. Now what I'm seeing here is daisy is a trend that there's a
number of people who have a renewed interest in four seasons of gardening and evergreen.
Yeah, you can't go wrong with shrubs. I mean I eat and
breathe them here, so I am on board, and I'm glad to hear
that so many other gardeners out there are as well. And then finally here
on this segment, make Go Grow is the handle here for this person who
says I'm joining Rick on the shed organization wagon and any suggestions for organization systems.
There were some folks who sent us messages saying putting shelving in their garden
shed was a game changer for them and helped them organize. So maybe there
are some shelves in my future. Not a bad idea. I'm going to
get that shed organized. Branching news coming up next here on The Gardening Simplified
Show. Stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show is brought to you by proven
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center. Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. Okay, I tell you
what resolutions fun looking forward to twenty twenty four, and we want to thank
everybody for your support. It's been overwhelming. Podcast, radio, YouTube,
Thank you very much. This is going to be a great year and we're
glad you're joining us in this year. Like the resolution from Kristin Stacey,
Christen's here, Hi guys, faithful show watcher, and I'd like to say,
why would I buy a Word of the day calendar when we can listen
to Stacy? I like that. That's so nice. Thank you, Kristin.
Yeah, I'll tell you what Kristen. Stacey taught me more words last
year than I had learned in some time, and I think twenty twenty four
will be the same. So I agree with you. And also Kristin has
a resolution to add new garden paths, just like I did this past year.
So that's fantastic. Plant more proven winners Vista in Kristen's landscape of course
the Vista Supertunias. I'm a big fan of Vista Supertunias and I would agree
with that. Also want to mention Froca also sent us a resolution planning to
pre order annuals instead of making do for the ones she can find at the
greenhouse when she comes back in early May home from warmer zone. So wintering
in warmer zone, you know, I feel that, and it's a problem
because I get an idea in my head about, oh, I want these
annuals. They had them last year, I'm gonna do this, or I
hope they have it, and then I go and no one has it.
Yeah, the supply chain is, you know, it's not reliable. Unfortunately,
except for things like Vista, Bubble Comes super Tunia. There's a couple
of things that you'll know you'll always find unless they sell out. But yeah,
you know, pre planning and pre ordering. If you are very set
on what you want, you know, your color scheme, you're not one
of those composing on the spot kind of gardeners, then it's a great idea.
Strike while the iron's hot. Now here's some ideas for branching news possibly
you could do in the coming year. How about this. Shore Bird enthusiasts
share their best imitations of seagulls, sand hill cranes and other birds at Alaska
at an Alaska Festival bird calling contest. So there you go, Yeah,
Adriana I think wants to do this. The Homer Brewing Company Bird Calling Competition
in Ketchemac Bay, Alaska, May eighth through twelfth. So if you think
you've got some really good bird calls, that would be a good place to
go. Or how about July sixth of this coming year the World Championship Snail
Racing event in Congham, England. The event was founded in the nineteen sixties
and the Guinness Book of World Records is now named the annual event the longest
running Humane Snail Racing World Championship. Oh, the addition of humane in there
is very concerning, not because of this particular race, but that there were
in humane snail races happening before. Apparently, oh, I must be they
were happening, so now Guinness recognizes it. The snails attempt to cover a
distance of thirteen inches aw world record of twenty two seconds was set by a
snail named Archie in nineteen ninety five. And if you go to it,
you'll get a tankard of lettuce. That's your prize for the winning snail.
Oh. I'll bet they really appreciate that. It is. That's Shelarius,
is what it is last year's runner up. Was heard saying I'll get you
next slime. Okay, let's see here. Oh, I wanted to mention
this top ten tasks that relieve stress as we head into the new year tasks.
So not top ten things that relieve stress, but we're going to post
this survey on our website, Gardening Simplified on air dot com. So here
you go, Stacy, Top ten tasks that relieves stress. Number one.
What do you think the number one task is a task that you have to
do that you're like, I'm going to do this because it's going to relieve
stress for me, and it can't be gardening, right right? I mean
I would say cooking for me. You got it. Cooking by far was
number one on the list. Nice cooking top of the list, cleaning number
two, gardening number three, doing the laundry number four, folding the laundry
number five, Mowing the lawn number six. I can see that, doing
dishes, organizing, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, and then last on the
list, weeding. I think we both enjoy weeding. The lad I do
enjoy weeding. I'm surprise didn't just get lumped in with gardening. But I'll
take it. Yeah, and a big thank you, very mulch to all
of the folks who watch and listen to our program, the podcast radio show.
We just appreciate you so much. And last year, here's a follow
up to a story that we did. Let me see what the name of
this chicken was. Peanut. You remember Peanut. Last year, Peanut the
chicken, the oldest chicken in the world, died on Christmas Day. Oh
yeah, sad story. Twenty one years old. Peanut died at her home
in Michigan on Christmas morning. So was born in two thousand and two and
is in the Guinness Book of World World Records. That's extraordinary, is what
it is. And I've been following this as far as Peanut is concerned.
And so, yeah, twenty one years is a chicken. That's not bad
sniff, as they say, the plot chickens. So there we go.
A story we'll post it on the website of a gal who went into a
good will store and bought a vase for three dollars and ninety nine cents.
Now I like this because I like to go out there goodwill hunting also to
these stores. It's just fun. Found out that it was a rare vase
and it sold at an auction for one hundred and seven thousand dollars. Nice
return on investment. Whoa, it's a pretty cool vase. Bought it three
dollars ninety nine cents. Let's see. It's a good will store just outside
of Richmond, Virginia, I believe. And it was December nineteenth where the
vase sold through the right auction house for one hundred and seven thousand, one
hundred dollar. The buyer a top collector from Europe. Also in the news,
Well, we'll put it on the website. They've found a mole that
they thought was extinct. They call them Dewinton's Golden moles. They hadn't been
seen since nineteen thirty six. They used us let's see, they used a
dog by the name of Jesse to pick up the scent of the mole and
tunnels and were able to find this in South Africa. In South Africa and
this mall generally operates in sand. So there you go, the mole.
The merrier. They found this mole that they thought was extinct. And it's
a beautiful mole too. When you see the pictures of it, it really
is golden and kind of shimmers in the sun. You probably don't want to
get me started on moles. I know that they will be abstructive. I
know they can be destructive, but they are just fascinating, amazing creatures.
They are amazing and hard workers. Will put a link to some trends that
are from the Royal Horticultural Society for twenty twenty four and they're saying fruits that
thrive in hot weather and weeds such as cow parsley to decorate borders are some
of the twenty twenty four trends for them. I thought that that was interesting.
And then finally in a future future Gardening Simplified show, I'd love to
hear from folks what their favorite gardening movies are, or a movie that has
a gardening trend or whatever. My favorite lines as it relates to gardening from
movies have got to come from Bill Murray in Stripes when his girlfriend is leaving
him and heading out the door and he says, you can't go. All
the plants are going to die. You remember groundskeeper Carl Speckler in Caddy Shack.
And then I love Walter Mathow from Grumpy Old Men. He says I
got a cactus in my bathroom, but we got nothing to say to each
other. Talk to your plants. It'll help get you through this winter.
And then Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy in Batman. You must be new in
town in Gotham City. Batman and Robin protect us even from plants and flowers.
So down the road. Love to hear from you. If you've got
a favorite gardening movie or a line that relates to gardening from a movie,
we'd love to hear about it here on the Gardening Simplified Show. As always,
you can send us your emails. Just go to Gardeningsimplified on air dot
com, look for the Gardening Simplified Show on Instagram, and of course,
as far as tuning is in is Concerned Radio podcast or look for us on
YouTube. Stacy, Happy New Year to you, Happy New Year Ic,
Happy New Year around it, and happy New Year to all of you,