Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert survived the cold, wind, and ice! But what about our garden plants? Probably, but time will tell. Now it's time to think about dormant pruning of your fruit trees...and we'll offer tips and tricks on what we've learned through the decades (one tip is to wait until there is no ice on the branches...). And if you want to do any fruit tree grafting this spring, now is the time to gather scion wood--we'll tell you how. This month's word on the Dirtbag Dictionary (where we define a common or uncommon gardening term) is "chilling requirement" or "chill hours." Finally, Jim will talk about farmland protection in the state of Oregon.
As always, we'll answer your gardening questions, have a new Plant of the Month (edible fava beans), quiz you with a new Garden Stumper, and fill you in on what's going on in the honey bee hive this month.
The Dirtbag... Listen. Laugh. Learn.
- KBOO