Hello and welcome to another excellent episode of the Blooming Valley Garden Club Podcast!

Just like Spring, your hosts Bethany and Justine are here bursting with energy and thoughts to share about the very busy of month of May. This week, it’s all about transplanting! What’s the best method, and SHOULD you be burying that stem? Take a listen to find out all about Bethany’s opinions on fixing root-bound problems, the best day to transplant and of course, all of Justine’s questions about the hows and the whys.

We’re introducing a new segment this week called “Rookie Mistakes”, which dovetailed beautifully into the highly acclaimed segment “The Highs and Lows”. What were Bethany and Justine’s highs and lows? I’ll give you a hint… someone is suspected of overwatering :( Listen more to find out how to fix this issue for good!

We finish off this fantastic episode with some book recommendations! For all those who need a literal picture book with step by step instructions, Justine highly recommends “The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step by Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone”. Bethany speaks beautifully about “Tasha Tudor’s Garden” by Tovah Martin, linked below in the show notes.

Enjoy the episode, beloved listeners! All farms, resources and books linked below for YOUR convenience and enjoyment

Links to the flowers mentioned in our Spring Colour segment:

Poet’s Eye Narcissus, Narcissus poeticus - https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/narcissus-poeticus/

Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum - https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/trillium/

Hellebore, Helleborus - https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-hellebores/

Forget-me-not, Myosotis - https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-forget-me-not/

Valley Recommendations:

France Droulers’ Asparagus Farm in St-Anicet, Ferme Biophile: https://www.facebook.com/lafermebiophile/

Organic Plant Sale on Saturday May 16 and Saturday May 23 at Les Jardins Glenelm in Elgin, 10am-2pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/1503157687866740/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

Plant Sale (annuals, perennials, vegetables) sponsored by the Chateauguay Valley Garden Club, Saturday May 16, 10am-3pm in Ormstown: https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/961574006845317/?ref=share_attachment

Two of our beloved garden club members are having a plant sale on Sunday May 17, 9am-3pm in Huntingdon: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162166788425047&set=gm.27731971603058387&idorvanity=631955743486673

Book recommendations:

Tasha Tudor’s Garden by Tovah Martin

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/189425.Tasha_Tudor_s_Garden

Justine’s Book Rec: The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich and illustrated by Liz Anne Kozik.

If you would like to join the gardening club in person, check us out here: https://www.facebook.com/bloomingvalleygardenclub

The full list of events both past and upcoming can be found here: https://www.bethanygl.com/bvgc

Music by Mike Wise