Ep. 258- Preparing Your Winter Garden for Spring

Is it still winter? Has spring started yet? Some days are hot. Some nights are cold. This week, Nathan talks about preparing your winter garden for spring. He walks you through several gardening tasks, discusses the best (and worst) time to perform them, and

Design, Fertilizing, Perennials, Planting, Propagation, Pruning, WeedingNathan WilsonMarch 16, 2024garden planning, garden design, fertilizing in spring, pruning plants, watering the garden, weeding garden beds, mulching, propagating plants, planting a shrubComment

Ep. 214- Top Tips for Terrific Tomatoes

This week, Nathan talks about the Southeast's favorite garden vegetable: the tomato! Join him as he walks you through selecting the appropriate tomato for your needs, planting it well, mulching, feeding, and problem solving. In just a few more weeks, you should be able to harvest the tastiest tomato you've ever eaten!

Fertilizing, Podcast, Vegetable GardeningNathan WilsonMay 13, 2023growing tomatoes, planting tomatos, hornworms, early blight, late blight, mulchingComment

Ep. 195- December Q&A Week- Winter Damage, Winter Planting, and Mulch

It's the last week of the month and Nathan answers your questions! This week, he looks at winter damage concerns, planting over winter, and picking and laying mulch appropriately.

Perennials, Plants, Podcast, Planting, Q&A, PruningNathan WilsonDecember 31, 2022garden question and answer, garden Q&A, mulching, mulches, winter damage plants, winter planting, planting over winterComment

Ep. 154- Prioritizing the Garden

This week, Nathan helps you prioritize your garden spaces and plantings! Sometimes we experience roadblocks such as time, labor, and budget that get in the way of our gardening goals. Nathan has worked with many clients and their landscapes to

Planting, Podcast, shrubs, TechniquesNathan WilsonMarch 5, 2022garden goals, mulcing, mulching, pathways, plantingComment

Ep. 147- Soil and Improving Soil Health

Winter is a great time to work on soil health! This week, Nathan gives you a simple way to test the components of your soil and discusses what you might find. Then, he talks about the main way to improve soil health: incorporating organic matter. From compost

botany, Compost, plant biology, Podcast, TechniquesNathan WilsonJanuary 15, 2022soil, soil health, compost, mulching, organic matter, green manure, manure, mycorrhizaeComment

Ep. 135- 9/11 Memorial Garden, Preventing Weeds, and More Fall Garden Plants

This week on New Southern Garden, we remember the events and lives lost on September 11 twenty years ago. Nathan talks about a beautiful memorial garden, The Garden of Reflection, located in Pennsylvania. Be sure to check out images and

Design, Flowers., History, Lawn, Planting, Plants, Podcast, WeedingNathan WilsonSeptember 11, 20219/11, September 11, The Garden of Reflection, preventing weeds, preemergents, mulching, fall garden, fall planting, fall vegetablesComment

Ep. 96- Gardening in Three Steps for the Beginner

Ep. 86- Tips for Fall Planting

Fall is THE BEST time for planting most plants in the south. But what's the best method for most success? Nathan takes you on a planting journey from turning that "nothing" landscape or bed into something beautiful! From clearing weeds,

Compost, Flowers., Pesticides, Philosophy, plant biology, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Tools and EquipmentNathan WilsonSeptember 26, 2020fall planting, planting, plants, garden, gardening, weeds, weeding, annual, perennial, trees, shrubs, tilling, prepare planting hole, preparing planting bed, mulching, pinestraw, mulchComment

Ep. 85- Growing the Best Winter Crops Ever

This week, Nathan discusses the types of vegetables that can be grown over winter and tips to help keep them growing well! Cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, and radish are just a few plants you can grow in your winter veggie plot. Nathan talks about

botany, Compost, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Techniques, Vegetable GardeningNathan WilsonSeptember 19, 2020cabbage, kale, broccoli, collards, cauliflower, mustard, mustard greens, radish, turnips, turnip greens, beets, vegetables, vegetable, gardens, gardening, coldframe, mulch, mulching, fall crops, winter crops, winter vegetables, fall vegetablesComment

Ep. 80- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 2)

In this week's episode, the fun begins! Nathan continues his six steps to a new landscape and we start to plant! Preparing the site is a critical step before planting. Making sure weeds are cleared, removing obstructions, amending the soil, and

Compost, Design, Garden Design, Philosophy, Planting, Plant Disease, Plants, Techniques, Tools and EquipmentNathan WilsonAugust 15, 2020weeds, planting, pre-emergent, soil amendment, soft soil, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, screening, screen, hedges, fertilizer, fertilizing, mulch, pinestraw, mulching, water, wateringComment

Ep. 73- Jackson and Perkins Roses, Pruning, Fertilizing, and Mulching

This week Nathan let's you in on something exciting happening in the Wilson household! Then he describes his experience with buying bare root roses online from Jackson and Perkins. Now is the time to prepare your plants for next year to keep them

Ep. 49- Winter Gardening Do's and Don'ts

Winter isn't coming. It's here. Don't just wrap up warmly and hibernate though. Plenty of jobs need to be done in the garden over winter! This week, Nathan discusses the Do's and Don'ts for winter gardening. Planning and designing your landscape, planting, propagating, mulching, and weeding can keep you busy before spring. However, now is not a good time to water regularly, prune, or fertilize. Nathan walks you through the winter garden guiding you on what you should and shouldn't be doing...and the reasons why!

Design, Planting, Propagation, PruningNathan WilsonJanuary 11, 2020winter, gardening, prune, pruning, water, watering, plants, fertilize, weeding, mulching, planning, designing, landscape design, planting, plant propagation, propagatingComment

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