+wildchook (Mary) - The jury is still out as it will take time to heal. Perhaps we didn't catch it soon enough but rather than simply cutting it down we wanted to get the tree another opportunity to grow and thrive. It's such a beautifully shaped tree, we really didn't want to eliminate it from our garden without trying other options first. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+Regina Derr - Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. We actually haven't had much extra time and have been extremely busy attending and participating to man the booths at multiple Master Garden workshops and presentations. In fact we just returned home minutes ago from the annual SEW-MG volunteer fair. Plus we're preparing five sets of lesson plans for teaching 5 different classes at our local technical college (WCTC) starting in a couple of weeks. We are also working on some Power Point presentations which may work their way in a video or two as now is the time to plan this year's garden and do a lot of pruning. Hope you've had a chance to visit over 650 prior videos listed by topic on our Wisconsin Garden website to tide you over in the meanwhile.wisconsingarden.com/videos-by-topic-a-z/ Thanks again for watching and sharing you comments. Lynn & Richard
Wow unusual case by all means, it is amazing how ppl like me miss watching ur great vids , I guess u r perfectly right , we all r part of ur great WI garden family and I am so grateful to be part of it, have a blessed Feb. ;)
+Kaho Fotyfar - Missed your comments recently. Love having you part of our garden family. Thanks for watching and sharing your comments. Always appreciated. Lynn & Richard
Good morning. Yes, our Bradford Pear survived for several years but because it's considered an invasive specie, we decided to have it cut down last year and reclaim that part of our SW gardens. Hope this idea will be helpful. Keep us posted on your progress. We'd like to share a copy of our entire garden video directory index? It's a free 23-page eBook highlighting over 950 of our Garden Videos that we've arranged by Topic of Interest from A thru Z. If you'd like a copy, simply email me at: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and please Add 'A-Z' in your message. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe & healthy. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
You're most welcome. Glad you enjoyed our garden video. We invite you to see our latest at www.WisconsinGarden.com. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+Jackie Horsley - You're correct, only time will tell whether this helps mend the cambium, the life blood of a tree. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
That was a heck of a split! Hopefully your fix will to save it. If it doesn't those trunks would work great in the garden as shelter for American Toads and other things.
+JBtheExplorer - Time will tell whether we caught it in time and whether the cambium will reconnect. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Would be a pity to remove this beautifully shaped flowering pear tree from our garden. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
This method works but the wood blocks should not be used. Arborists tighten the nuts against the washers then trim the bolt ends flush with the nut. This way the tree grows around the nut and seals everything, allowing the wound to heal.
Good advice. We wanted to experiment by using blocks and actually loosening the bolts a little bit each year as the tree grows and eventually remove the wood and simply keep the bolted tree as you mentioned. We did have to remove this tree because it is considered an invasive species. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. May you and your family continue to enjoy a safe and prosperous 2022. Lynn & Richard www.WisconsinGarden.com
I'm hearing you guys may getting some wintry weather 2/2/16. Hope it's not too bad up your way. We are supposed to have a chance of severe weather here in Georgia on Wednesday. I don't mind the rain, but I'm not crazy about high winds, tornadoes, etc. We had a dusting of snow and a little bit of freezing rain on my car windshield 1/22. I'm still hopeful to see a beautiful snow here in GA, but I don't know. Hope you all are doing well. ~ Craig
+Craig Dixon - Be careful what you ask for. I know Richard would gladly send you all the snow we get anytime anywhere. Yes, it's in the forecast but may be mostly missing us and heading farther north. We may end up with 2" but then the rain and warmer temps come in so it may all melt just as quickly. We will see how accurate the weather forecasters are with the models. Thank you so much for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+WisconsinGarden Lynn, you are so right. Be careful what you wish for! Seems our weather here in Georgia can give you all 4 seasons in one day. Take care.
+iggy “iggy5681” hoderny - We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope it begins to heal itself now that it's bolted together. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
It worked well for several years but last year we had it cut down as it was starting to shade our enclosed south garden too much. Here in Wisconsin, Bradford Pear is now considered and invasive specie. It was beautiful but stinky when it blossomed. As we post our 950th garden video, we’d like to offer you our free 21-page Directory Index eBook, listing all of our garden videos by Topic of interest A-Z, filled with lots of ideas and positive inspiration. No Spam - No Hype - No Selling - just Family-Friendly informative garden videos with us working in our eclectic experimental gardens. If you'd like your free copy, email me at lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and add the letters A-Z in your message. We will email your copy ASAP. We hope to hear from you soon. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing you gardening adventures. We continue to wish you, your family great health and a prolific garden. We look forward to your future comments and suggestions. Your garden friends from Wisconsin, Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
This is such an odd winter this year. Well it's warm so i suppose this is another Elnino year. I hope the snow comes soon though, I don't want my tulips to be confused. I watched your tomato planting video and you certainly have made a subscriber of me. I even went through the garden tool list everything is just so informative. I'll have to place an order for some compost before march comes i think. I know we had such awful white butterfly problems that chewed up my greens and broccoli, I was near tears trying to get them under control even throwing out flour to deter the caterpillars seemed to not work. I didn't want to harm the honey bees that loved my garden this year lol. So i'll have to think of something else to deal with caterpillars, i didn't see anything in the blog about them, so I wondered if you had that problem yet. I stay on Milwaukee northside so i know they love to be around that area.
+shambray24 - Something you may want to consider is creating a small hoop garden area where you can cover it with garden fabric to control pest before they start attacking and laying eggs amongst your green veggies. While we have several hoop areas most of our greens we buy at our local farmers market that way we can focus on most of the canning and dehydration veggies, tomatoes, peppers, varieties of squash, kale, peas, beans, and other experimental plants. Then there are all the fruits, grapes, peaches, apples, pears, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Difficult to find room to store more so we do limit what we grow. Nothing can compare with home grown tomatoes and all those other goodies. So worth the time and energy. Get ready for the sleet and snow heading our way this morning. Be safe. Thanks again for watching and sharing your comments. Hope to see you next year. Lynn & Richard
+Anna C - Thank you for your kind holiday greetings. We wish you and your family a magical and wondrous year as well. Only time will tell if and how our tree will survive. Keeping fingers and positive energy alive. Thanks again for watching and posting. Lynn & Richard
Good morning Sheriar. For a small or medium size tree, threaded 3/8" steel rod with matching washers and nuts are available Online from Amazon, Home Depot, Lowes, or most hardware stores. We used a scrap piece of wood on both sides of the tree with the washer and nut so that we can eventually loosen and remove once the tree can support itself after several years of healing. Unfortunately, some trees can't be saved due to excessive damage to Cambium growing layer. Hope that helps. Thank again for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. #KeepTheLoveGrowing - WisconsinGarden.com :) Lynn & Richard
+Sarah Miller - Time will tell how well this support patch works. May you and your family have a wondrous holiday season. Thank you for taking time to visit and share your time with us this summer. Thanks again for watching and posting. Lynn & Richard
Not sure you'll even see this comment, as this was just over 5 years ago. In case you do see it, were you able to save the tree, or did the it die anyway because of the split?
Good morning Boska. Yes, the bolt held and the tree survived for several more years before we had to have it removed. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. We truly appreciate hearing from you. Stay safe, healthy and happy. #KeepTheLoveGrowing - WisconsinGarden.com :) Lynn & Richard
Hi Vanessa. If I remember correctly we used a 12" - 1'4" threaded bar stock with matching washers and nuts purchased at our local hardware store. The drill bit was slightly larger probably 3/8" and long enough to got through the width of the tree. Then we used pieces of wood between the tree and washer and nut so that we could eventually release the pressure as the tree healed and grew larger. So far it's been working fine. At some point we may remove both end supports and see what happens. Keep us posted on your progress. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+Sarah Miller - We're at around 670 as of today. Working on several other projects and not sure when we will create or post a new one in the new year. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hello Ted. Depending upon the width and thickness of both sections, you could try taking 2 scraps of wood, one of each side, and wire clamp it together. If the total diameter is small enough, you could wrap it with a stretchy grafting type tape to keep it together while staking it for vertical support. Hope this helps. While our technique of bolting this tree together worked for at least 5 years, because it was a Bradford Pear, we had to remove it, since here in Wisconsin it is considered and invasive specie. We did several videos this year that show how we reclaimed this area. If you enjoyed this video and like to see more like it, we can send you our free Directory and Index Guide to all of our first 950 garden videos, arranged by Topic of Interest, from A-Z. It's our 21-page eBook with TH-cam hotlinks to each garden video, for easy access day or night. If you'd like your free copy, email: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and add 'A-Z' in your message. PLEASE NOTE: We respect your privacy and do not SPAM or share information provided to us, with anyone! Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Your Wisconsin Garden Family. Lynn & Richard - See all of our latest garden videos: www.WisconsinGarden.com.
Now that it has been awhile, does it seem like the tree is doing better? I'm curious because I have a tree that is split and i need to decide whether or not to try to fix it. I also wanted to ask, How long was it split before you tried to fix it? Mine has been split for a few months.
Thanks for the great question/follow-up. The tree was split for several months I'm sure. We didn't realize it was for a while. It did great all last summer with full leaf coverage. I think this year will tell. We will do a follow-up video on one or our garden tours. Thanks for watching, caring, and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+SuperWoodyboy - We decided to wait and see If and how it does grow back together on it's own. It's another garden experiment we will observe. Otherwise we will take your advice, cut it down and start over. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and preparing for the sleet and snow on it's way. The grass here is still green until around 9 am this morning as it heads our way. Thanks again for watching and sharing your appreciated comments. Lynn & Richard
Hello I stay in Milwaukee WI, I tried gardening for the first time and I failed so horrible at it lol when it came to my vegetable and strawberries. I'm just at a lost and want to try again and keep learning as it's been an exciting experience for me. I think my soil was just awful conditions because my green beans did well but my tomatos had bloom rot. I'm wondering if i could get some pointers from you on so many things honestly. Such as how much should i plant and grow for a family of six. When is a good time to start planting certain varieties like broccoli and peppers. Maybe we can exchange emails. I do love that my tulips turned out very pretty, i loved it. s277.photobucket.com/user/shambray24/media/IMG_0195_zpsz0e5xyck.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13 I really hope your pear tree survives too. God Bless!
+shambray24 - When you say stay in Milwaukee, do you mean live or just visit during summertime? Having a large family makes home gardening even more important. As MPS teachers, Richard and I encouraged our students to learn how to grow their own food and at Auer Avenue we got our students involved in developing a garden in one of the courtyards. Don't know if anyone took over the challenge. But what a great real-life experience for the students and staff.In nearly all of our Wisconsin Garden videos regarding planting something, the magic 'Always' starts with richly composted soil. This is the life blood of every successful garden whether in the field or in containers. We always recommend testing your soil, especially for lead when living in a house built prior to 1976 because of all the lead paint used prior to that date. If needed remove the old soil down to at least 12-18 inches and replace it with great composted soil with great drainage capacity is also important. Plants don't like their roots sitting in wet soggy soil. Then you know what you're starting with and have a much better chance of success. Unpredictable weather patterns can also play havoc with any garden as well as the pest and molds weather patterns bring to a garden. Under and over watering can be equally damaging. So, yes there are many factors that determine how successful your garden will be from year-to-year.Richard created a page on our website where he listed all of our videos by topic that you may find extremely helpful. Perhaps this is a place to start. Simply visit: - wisconsingarden.com/videos-by-topic-a-z and select the specific videos of interest. You can simply Google the search term 'Wisconsin Garden' and our contact info and photo will appear at the top right of your search.Hopefully this spring you and your family can visit and join us in next year's plantings. We always enjoy meeting people from around the country, as well as right here in Wisconsin, who love gardening or simply want to learn more.Thanks for watching and sharing your comment. Lynn & Richard
+WisconsinGarden Yes, I live in Milwaukee all my life actually. I did watch some video's last night especially on tomatoes. It seemed so simple to add dry milk for calcium to the soil. I'll be having surgery this coming April but i'd like to start off the growing season properly this year. Last year I did not know when to start at all and i ended up starting so late we didn't get many of our veggie plants to bloom or grow. We do have a lot of wet soil on the southside of my house and that's because my neighbor won't fix her gutters. That's okay although will get weeds barely gets any sunlight and i have no idea what to plant over there. The back yard there is a spot you can good lighting all day and the front yard too. However most of that backyard is covered by my neighbors over grown tree that really needs to be cut down. I would love to meet you after my surgery is over and i've recovered a bit. My kids are young kids and they love to garden as well so there has been one great thing out of our failure. We did learn a lot and we did it together as a family. I love that part. I'll check out some more video's I'd love to know when you do you start your growing and planting in the ground and what are good strawberries to plant so that you can have them from spring to summer.
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You two did a fab job with that tree, now you will enjoy it more for many years to come.
+wildchook (Mary) - The jury is still out as it will take time to heal. Perhaps we didn't catch it soon enough but rather than simply cutting it down we wanted to get the tree another opportunity to grow and thrive. It's such a beautifully shaped tree, we really didn't want to eliminate it from our garden without trying other options first. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden How is the tree doing??? My Chinese Elm is about to undergo this treatment.
47 yr arborist, starting in 2:14 1977 for $3 per hour. Nice work. I nticed a lg. Co- dominate hardwood ter behind you that also needs a cable
Miss you guys posting videos I try watching everyone of them...you two are amazing please post more.
+Regina Derr - Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. We actually haven't had much extra time and have been extremely busy attending and participating to man the booths at multiple Master Garden workshops and presentations. In fact we just returned home minutes ago from the annual SEW-MG volunteer fair. Plus we're preparing five sets of lesson plans for teaching 5 different classes at our local technical college (WCTC) starting in a couple of weeks. We are also working on some Power Point presentations which may work their way in a video or two as now is the time to plan this year's garden and do a lot of pruning. Hope you've had a chance to visit over 650 prior videos listed by topic on our Wisconsin Garden website to tide you over in the meanwhile.wisconsingarden.com/videos-by-topic-a-z/ Thanks again for watching and sharing you comments. Lynn & Richard
Wow unusual case by all means, it is amazing how ppl like me miss watching ur great vids , I guess u r perfectly right , we all r part of ur great WI garden family and I am so grateful to be part of it, have a blessed Feb. ;)
+Kaho Fotyfar - Missed your comments recently. Love having you part of our garden family. Thanks for watching and sharing your comments. Always appreciated. Lynn & Richard
Great video! Gave me ideas how to fix my tree
Good morning. Yes, our Bradford Pear survived for several years but because it's considered an invasive specie, we decided to have it cut down last year and reclaim that part of our SW gardens. Hope this idea will be helpful. Keep us posted on your progress.
We'd like to share a copy of our entire garden video directory index? It's a free 23-page eBook highlighting over 950 of our Garden Videos that we've arranged by Topic of Interest from A thru Z.
If you'd like a copy, simply email me at: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and please Add 'A-Z' in your message. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe & healthy. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
"Helps to have a sharp knife..." *Man sawing enters frame* -- I got a kick outta that. Thanks for the lesson!
You're most welcome. Glad you enjoyed our garden video. We invite you to see our latest at www.WisconsinGarden.com. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
good job I would have not thought of saving a tree like that before now we just have to wait and see what happens I hope its good
+Jackie Horsley - You're correct, only time will tell whether this helps mend the cambium, the life blood of a tree. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+WisconsinGarden my only concern , that hole in the middle of the truck , would that harm the tree?
You have such nice helpers :)
+Sarah Miller - It helps to have extra sets of hands from time to time. Always appreciated. Thanks for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
That was a heck of a split! Hopefully your fix will to save it. If it doesn't those trunks would work great in the garden as shelter for American Toads and other things.
+JBtheExplorer - Time will tell whether we caught it in time and whether the cambium will reconnect. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Would be a pity to remove this beautifully shaped flowering pear tree from our garden. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
This method works but the wood blocks should not be used. Arborists tighten the nuts against the washers then trim the bolt ends flush with the nut. This way the tree grows around the nut and seals everything, allowing the wound to heal.
Good advice. We wanted to experiment by using blocks and actually loosening the bolts a little bit each year as the tree grows and eventually remove the wood and simply keep the bolted tree as you mentioned. We did have to remove this tree because it is considered an invasive species. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. May you and your family continue to enjoy a safe and prosperous 2022. Lynn & Richard www.WisconsinGarden.com
I'm hearing you guys may getting some wintry weather 2/2/16. Hope it's not too bad up your way. We are supposed to have a chance of severe weather here in Georgia on Wednesday. I don't mind the rain, but I'm not crazy about high winds, tornadoes, etc. We had a dusting of snow and a little bit of freezing rain on my car windshield 1/22. I'm still hopeful to see a beautiful snow here in GA, but I don't know. Hope you all are doing well. ~ Craig
+Craig Dixon - Be careful what you ask for. I know Richard would gladly send you all the snow we get anytime anywhere. Yes, it's in the forecast but may be mostly missing us and heading farther north. We may end up with 2" but then the rain and warmer temps come in so it may all melt just as quickly. We will see how accurate the weather forecasters are with the models. Thank you so much for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
+WisconsinGarden Lynn, you are so right. Be careful what you wish for! Seems our weather here in Georgia can give you all 4 seasons in one day. Take care.
What a great idea!!!!
+iggy “iggy5681” hoderny - We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope it begins to heal itself now that it's bolted together. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
How is the tree doing now? has it begun to grow around the support yet?
It worked well for several years but last year we had it cut down as it was starting to shade our enclosed south garden too much. Here in Wisconsin, Bradford Pear is now considered and invasive specie. It was beautiful but stinky when it blossomed.
As we post our 950th garden video, we’d like to offer you our free 21-page Directory Index eBook, listing all of our garden videos by Topic of interest A-Z, filled with lots of ideas and positive inspiration. No Spam - No Hype - No Selling - just Family-Friendly informative garden videos with us working in our eclectic experimental gardens. If you'd like your free copy, email me at lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and add the letters A-Z in your message. We will email your copy ASAP.
We hope to hear from you soon. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing you gardening adventures. We continue to wish you, your family great health and a prolific garden. We look forward to your future comments and suggestions. Your garden friends from Wisconsin, Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
This is such an odd winter this year. Well it's warm so i suppose this is another Elnino year. I hope the snow comes soon though, I don't want my tulips to be confused. I watched your tomato planting video and you certainly have made a subscriber of me. I even went through the garden tool list everything is just so informative. I'll have to place an order for some compost before march comes i think. I know we had such awful white butterfly problems that chewed up my greens and broccoli, I was near tears trying to get them under control even throwing out flour to deter the caterpillars seemed to not work. I didn't want to harm the honey bees that loved my garden this year lol. So i'll have to think of something else to deal with caterpillars, i didn't see anything in the blog about them, so I wondered if you had that problem yet. I stay on Milwaukee northside so i know they love to be around that area.
+shambray24 - Something you may want to consider is creating a small hoop garden area where you can cover it with garden fabric to control pest before they start attacking and laying eggs amongst your green veggies. While we have several hoop areas most of our greens we buy at our local farmers market that way we can focus on most of the canning and dehydration veggies, tomatoes, peppers, varieties of squash, kale, peas, beans, and other experimental plants. Then there are all the fruits, grapes, peaches, apples, pears, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Difficult to find room to store more so we do limit what we grow. Nothing can compare with home grown tomatoes and all those other goodies. So worth the time and energy. Get ready for the sleet and snow heading our way this morning. Be safe. Thanks again for watching and sharing your comments. Hope to see you next year. Lynn & Richard
There you go again, getting that gym workout in the garden. We may reach 70 this week!
+Sarah Miller - Yep - who need the gym when you have a garden? Looks like 50's for us as well. Merry Christmas to all. Lynn & Richard
Wishing you and your family a merry Xmas and a happy 2016. Thank you for your vids.
Btw great work saving this tree :)
+Anna C - Thank you for your kind holiday greetings. We wish you and your family a magical and wondrous year as well. Only time will tell if and how our tree will survive. Keeping fingers and positive energy alive. Thanks again for watching and posting. Lynn & Richard
Where does one purchase the rod/clamp contraption? Or is this something that one builds for themselves.
Good morning Sheriar. For a small or medium size tree, threaded 3/8" steel rod with matching washers and nuts are available Online from Amazon, Home Depot, Lowes, or most hardware stores. We used a scrap piece of wood on both sides of the tree with the washer and nut so that we can eventually loosen and remove once the tree can support itself after several years of healing. Unfortunately, some trees can't be saved due to excessive damage to Cambium growing layer. Hope that helps. Thank again for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. #KeepTheLoveGrowing - WisconsinGarden.com :) Lynn & Richard
Thank you so much for your tree trunk ‘fix’ video and responses. Truly appreciate your contributions.
You're most welcome. TKS Lynn & Richard
I hope this works well. Red buds are famous for splitting like that. I had to wire two of my grandma's red bud trees for the same reason.
+Sarah Miller - Time will tell how well this support patch works. May you and your family have a wondrous holiday season. Thank you for taking time to visit and share your time with us this summer. Thanks again for watching and posting. Lynn & Richard
Not sure you'll even see this comment, as this was just over 5 years ago. In case you do see it, were you able to save the tree, or did the it die anyway because of the split?
Good morning Boska. Yes, the bolt held and the tree survived for several more years before we had to have it removed. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. We truly appreciate hearing from you. Stay safe, healthy and happy. #KeepTheLoveGrowing - WisconsinGarden.com :) Lynn & Richard
What size drill bit and threaded rod did you use? Need to try this on our lemon tree.
Hi Vanessa. If I remember correctly we used a 12" - 1'4" threaded bar stock with matching washers and nuts purchased at our local hardware store. The drill bit was slightly larger probably 3/8" and long enough to got through the width of the tree. Then we used pieces of wood between the tree and washer and nut so that we could eventually release the pressure as the tree healed and grew larger. So far it's been working fine. At some point we may remove both end supports and see what happens. Keep us posted on your progress. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Lydia just asked if you reached 700 videos yet. She's keeping track :)
+Sarah Miller - We're at around 670 as of today. Working on several other projects and not sure when we will create or post a new one in the new year. TKS Lynn & Richard
We have a young red bud that split from itself. Is that too thin to use this trick? We cant get it to stand on its own
Hello Ted. Depending upon the width and thickness of both sections, you could try taking 2 scraps of wood, one of each side, and wire clamp it together. If the total diameter is small enough, you could wrap it with a stretchy grafting type tape to keep it together while staking it for vertical support. Hope this helps.
While our technique of bolting this tree together worked for at least 5 years, because it was a Bradford Pear, we had to remove it, since here in Wisconsin it is considered and invasive specie. We did several videos this year that show how we reclaimed this area. If you enjoyed this video and like to see more like it, we can send you our free Directory and Index Guide to all of our first 950 garden videos, arranged by Topic of Interest, from A-Z. It's our 21-page eBook with TH-cam hotlinks to each garden video, for easy access day or night.
If you'd like your free copy, email: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and add 'A-Z' in your message. PLEASE NOTE: We respect your privacy and do not SPAM or share information provided to us, with anyone!
Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Your Wisconsin Garden Family. Lynn & Richard - See all of our latest garden videos: www.WisconsinGarden.com.
Now that it has been awhile, does it seem like the tree is doing better? I'm curious because I have a tree that is split and i need to decide whether or not to try to fix it. I also wanted to ask, How long was it split before you tried to fix it? Mine has been split for a few months.
Thanks for the great question/follow-up. The tree was split for several months I'm sure. We didn't realize it was for a while. It did great all last summer with full leaf coverage. I think this year will tell. We will do a follow-up video on one or our garden tours. Thanks for watching, caring, and sharing. Lynn & Richard
@@WisconsinGarden Is the tree still healthy?
@@Spy1655her Now I want to know too! Tell us and end the suspense, lol.
Was thinking...maybe melting some grafters wax and sealing the whole thing to keep out bugs and disease.......
+SuperWoodyboy - We decided to wait and see If and how it does grow back together on it's own. It's another garden experiment we will observe. Otherwise we will take your advice, cut it down and start over. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and preparing for the sleet and snow on it's way. The grass here is still green until around 9 am this morning as it heads our way. Thanks again for watching and sharing your appreciated comments. Lynn & Richard
Hello I stay in Milwaukee WI, I tried gardening for the first time and I failed so horrible at it lol when it came to my vegetable and strawberries. I'm just at a lost and want to try again and keep learning as it's been an exciting experience for me. I think my soil was just awful conditions because my green beans did well but my tomatos had bloom rot. I'm wondering if i could get some pointers from you on so many things honestly. Such as how much should i plant and grow for a family of six. When is a good time to start planting certain varieties like broccoli and peppers. Maybe we can exchange emails. I do love that my tulips turned out very pretty, i loved it. s277.photobucket.com/user/shambray24/media/IMG_0195_zpsz0e5xyck.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13
I really hope your pear tree survives too. God Bless!
+shambray24 - When you say stay in Milwaukee, do you mean live or just visit during summertime? Having a large family makes home gardening even more important. As MPS teachers, Richard and I encouraged our students to learn how to grow their own food and at Auer Avenue we got our students involved in developing a garden in one of the courtyards. Don't know if anyone took over the challenge. But what a great real-life experience for the students and staff.In nearly all of our Wisconsin Garden videos regarding planting something, the magic 'Always' starts with richly composted soil. This is the life blood of every successful garden whether in the field or in containers. We always recommend testing your soil, especially for lead when living in a house built prior to 1976 because of all the lead paint used prior to that date. If needed remove the old soil down to at least 12-18 inches and replace it with great composted soil with great drainage capacity is also important. Plants don't like their roots sitting in wet soggy soil. Then you know what you're starting with and have a much better chance of success. Unpredictable weather patterns can also play havoc with any garden as well as the pest and molds weather patterns bring to a garden. Under and over watering can be equally damaging. So, yes there are many factors that determine how successful your garden will be from year-to-year.Richard created a page on our website where he listed all of our videos by topic that you may find extremely helpful. Perhaps this is a place to start. Simply visit: - wisconsingarden.com/videos-by-topic-a-z and select the specific videos of interest. You can simply Google the search term 'Wisconsin Garden' and our contact info and photo will appear at the top right of your search.Hopefully this spring you and your family can visit and join us in next year's plantings. We always enjoy meeting people from around the country, as well as right here in Wisconsin, who love gardening or simply want to learn more.Thanks for watching and sharing your comment. Lynn & Richard
+WisconsinGarden Yes, I live in Milwaukee all my life actually. I did watch some video's last night especially on tomatoes. It seemed so simple to add dry milk for calcium to the soil. I'll be having surgery this coming April but i'd like to start off the growing season properly this year. Last year I did not know when to start at all and i ended up starting so late we didn't get many of our veggie plants to bloom or grow. We do have a lot of wet soil on the southside of my house and that's because my neighbor won't fix her gutters. That's okay although will get weeds barely gets any sunlight and i have no idea what to plant over there. The back yard there is a spot you can good lighting all day and the front yard too. However most of that backyard is covered by my neighbors over grown tree that really needs to be cut down. I would love to meet you after my surgery is over and i've recovered a bit. My kids are young kids and they love to garden as well so there has been one great thing out of our failure. We did learn a lot and we did it together as a family. I love that part. I'll check out some more video's I'd love to know when you do you start your growing and planting in the ground and what are good strawberries to plant so that you can have them from spring to summer.