MY GUEST THIS WEEK

My guest today is Debra Lee Baldwin, author of  Designing with Succulents , Succulent Container Gardens. Both of these wonderful books are bestsellers.

Debra will be talking about her book, Succulent Container Gardens and how we can add these beauties to our gardens.

Succulent Container Gardens

Helen  Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Like Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

7 Must-have Garden Tools

Chris Sabbarese joins us from Corona Tools to talk about the 7 must-have garden tools for planting a vegetable garden. The discussion also goes into how these same tools are used in the ornamental garden, plus discussing my favorite gardening tool.  Who knew tools could be so cool?

Corona Tools has graciously offered the Razor Tooth 8″ Pruning Saw as a give-away. Be sure to listen in at the end of the show to hear details to win.  

TIP OF THE WEEK – Saving Time with Tools

At any given time in the garden, I have my clippers in my back pocket. As best I can, when I start a new project in the garden or when I’m just going about my weekly maintenance, I try to anticipate what tools I may need and pull them in advance to  save me time from going back and forth to the shed.

So, if today I’m planting, I’ll head to the shed for a shovel and probably loppers too.  If you are wondering why I bring loppers to a digging project, I do so, because I find the digging easier when I can cut roots with loppers (or clippers) as opposed to using the shovel.

Another trick I’ve learned over the years, is to have a tools stashed in a handy spot in addition to those in the shed.

For example, I keep a hand trowel, a hand cultivator, and a pair clippers (pruners) on the south side of my 1/2 acre habitat which is on the opposite side of the yard from the shed.  That way when I’m walking through garden and see a tiny task that needs to be done,  I’m not discuraged by having to walk all the way to the shed.

These three are the ones I use most.  If the job needs more than these can do, I just make short work of it and go fetch the appropriate tool from the shed.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum