WJOY's "In The Garden"

In the Garden (5-28-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 28 May 2026 11:10:07 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, Leonard Perry describes how to create critter baffles, growing healthy Maple Trees, echinacea, and how to test your soil.

In the Garden (5-21-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 21 May 2026 11:30:19 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show get your questions answered on Petunia varieties. It's the bees knees! New pest protections for both garden and gardener, the latest tomato varietals, and everything you wanted to know about compost but were afraid to ask on the radio!

In the Garden (5/14/2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:10:00 -0400

On this week's episode, Ginny & Charlie discuss transplanting cucumbers, planting strawberries, growing hollyhocks, how to care for your amaryllis, rose pruning, and the right kind of shrubs to plant in wet areas.

In the Garden (5/7/2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:33:58 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden podcast, hear Charlie answer your questions on eating Hosta and daylilies, moving daffodil bulbs, why tulips don't bloom, repairing dog urine spots in the lawn, container gardening, and dividing perennials.

In the Garden (4-30-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:51:09 -0400

This week on the In the Garden podcast Eric and Charlie discuss hardening off seedlings for replanting, growing asparagus, spring weeding, groundcover under trees, and nitrogen in compost.

In The Garden (4-23-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:10:41 -0400

This week on the AM 1230 WJOY In the Garden show, Charlie & Ginny take your calls about overseeding lawns, planting peas and lettuce, creating successful railing planters, controlling crabgrass, and fertilizing geraniums.

In the Garden (4-16-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:09:17 -0400

This week on In the Garden, Charlie talks about protecting bulbs from critters, fencing against deer, growing corydalis, warding off Boxelder Beetles, and the right kind of tomatoes for paste.

In the Garden (4-9-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:01:57 -0400

On this week's In the Garden Replay, hear Charlie answer your questions on raised beds, inoculants for bean seeds, uncovering perennial flowers and roses, and planting peas.

In the Garden (4-2/2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:57:30 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, hear about growing Witch Hazel, protecting bulbs from critters, pruning raspberries, making a Hugel Mound Garden, and the care of Easter lilies.

In the Garden (3-26-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:23:26 -0400

On this week's In the Garden show, hear Charlie's answers to your questions on fertilizing and pruning blueberries, soil testing, pruning Hydrangea and Rose of Sharon, flowering annual vines, and bird protection.

In the Garden (3-19-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:44:28 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, Charlie & Ginny answer your questions on using seed tape on lawns, pruning flowering shrubs like Hydrangeas, pruning big trees, growing Clivia houseplants and more!

In the Garden (3-12-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:20:47 -0400

This week on the AM 1230 WJOY In the Garden show, Charlie answers your questions on pruning and propagating houseplants, pruning trees, Spring ephemerals, crop rotations in the vegetable garden, and removing burlap from trees.

In The Garden (3-5-2026)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:24:12 -0500

On this week's Premiere Episode of the 2026 Gardening Season, Charlie answers your questions on growing grass in shady areas, growing Brussels Sprouts, caring for houseplants, and the continuous vegetable garden book.

In the Garden (11-20-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:45:58 -0500

This week on the Season Finale of WJOY's In the Garden show, Leonard Perry answers your questions on the care and feeding of holiday plants including the many Poinsettia varietals, Christmas Cactus, houseplants and pests, and fall pruning tips.

In the Garden (11-13-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:10:26 -0500

This week in the WJOY In the Garden podcast, hear Charlie answer your questions about protecting Rhododendrons, late-fall bulb planting, care for living Christmas trees, protecting Brussels Sprouts and the proper care of your Amaryllis plant.

In the Garden (11-06-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:44:14 -0500

On this week's thrilling episode of In the Garden, Charlie answers your questions on watering Christmas Cactus, protecting roses, overwintering rosemary, pruning lilacs, and protecting veggies.

In the Garden (10-30-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:45:11 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden, Charlie answers your calls on watering houseplants, overwintering hibiscus indoors, growing garlic in elevated beds, carting for your Christmas cactus, and the true story behind the Jack O'Lantern!

In the Garden (10-23-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:14:52 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, Charlie takes your questions about planting bulbs, leaving the leaves, layering bulbs in pots, canning pumpkins and more!

In the Garden (10-16-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:05:14 -0400

This week on the show, Charlie and Ginny chat with listeners about winterizing roses, digging up gladiolas, shielding geraniums from the cold, and pruning maple trees—plus, an in-studio guest asks about cutting back hydrangeas!

In the Garden (10-9-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:22:55 -0400

On this week's jam-packed episode of WJOY's In the Garden, Charlie answers your questions on everything from overwintering mums and geraniums, to getting that Christmas Cactus to bloom on time, to harvesting Butternut Squash, to why growing Horse Radishes is fun and useful!

In The Garden (10-2-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:39:19 -0400

On this week's In the Garden Replay, learn about pruning Forsythia, dividing peonies, trimming sage, harvesting butternut squash, over wintering pepper plants and more!

In The Garden (9-25-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:04:51 -0400

This week on the In The Garden podcast, Charlie answers your questions on picking and saving tomatoes, transplanting Shasta daisies, rose hips, fighting caterpillars and more!

In the Garden (9-18-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:51:18 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden podcast, listen and Ginny & Charlie talk about planting blueberries, cover crops, Chrysanthemums, and caring for cemetery plantings.

In the Garden (9-11-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:51:53 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden show, Leonard Perry was in for Charlie answering your question on garden tools for pruning, birds in the garden, fall planting, bulbs, and house plant replanting and care in the fall.

In the Garden (9-4-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:49:59 -0400

On this week's In the Garden show, Charlie tackled your questions about the best flowers for making bird seed, the best berries for birds, removing oregano and so much more!

In the Garden (8-28-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:52:51 -0400

This week on our In the Garden podcast, Charlie answers your questions about black leaves on lilacs, when to bring in those houseplants, sowing fall veggies, self-sowing sunflowers, and hardy hibiscus!

In the Garden (8-21-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:26:56 -0400

On this week's In the Garden podcast, Charlie tackles dividing perennials, picking cucumbers, overwintering Hibiscus, resetting tulips, dying lilacs, and Champlain Valley Fair judging with Charlie!

In the Garden (8-14-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:28:32 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, Charlie & Ginny answer your question on pruning zucchini, redoing a lawn, pepper sunburn, overwintering canna lily, fertilizing hanging baskets, and even this year's Champlain Valley Fair.

In the Garden (8-10-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:48:39 -0400

This week on the In the Garden replay, Charlie & Ginny tackle your questions about Red Leaf Lily Beetles, wasps in pots, Cucumber Beetles, caring for Norfolk Island Pines, when to water and more!

In the Garden (8-3-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:59:41 -0400

On this week's In the Garden Replay, Charlie & Ginny take your questions on renovating strawberry beds, which annuals you should be planting now, deadheading daylilies, peppers that aren't producing, and how to transplant peonies.

In the Garden (7-24-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:42:04 -0400

On this week's WJOY In the Garden podcast, Charlie and Ginny tackle curling tomato leaves, squash growing poorly, jumping worms, Hydrangea not blooming, self-sowing lettuce, and deer repellents.

In The Garden (7-17-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:29:42 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden replay, Ginny & Charlie answer your questions on redoing container gardens, squashing Squash bugs, how to handle beetles eating peppers, controlling Bishop's weed, and picking basil.

In the Garden (7/10/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:34:36 -0400

On this week's WJOY In the Garden show, Ginny & Charlie discuss those tomatoes not ripening, renovating strawberry beds, pollinating squash, sawflies, what's eating your roses, and things to do with lettuce.

WJOY's In the Garden (7/3/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:13:30 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden replay, Charlie answers your questions on tomato pests, slugs on Basil, tomatoes not setting fruits, controlling Japanese Beetles, and pruning lavender and more!

In The Garden (6/26/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:08:42 -0400

On this episode, Ginny & Charlie discuss roses, slugs on peppers, edible daylilies, and problems with hibiscus plants.

In the Garden (6/19/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:40:39 -0400

On this week's episode of In the Garden, Charlie and Ginny answer your questions about cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles, early summer flowering shrubs, replanting beans, and what kinds of tools every gardener needs to have in their shed.

In the Garden (6-12-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:55:33 -0400

On this week's In the Garden Show, Ginny & Charlie take calls on Peonies, pinching flowers & veggies, how to tackle disease on pansies and mint plants, and why your lilac might not be blooming.

In the Garden (6-5-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:23:45 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden podcast, hear Charlie and Ginny answer your questions about moving Baptisia, watering plants when on vacation, dealing with wet conditions, great flower combinations and how and when to prune your Lilacs.

In the Garden (5/29/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:16:20 -0400

On this week's In the Garden Replay, hear Ginny and Leonard Perry tackle your question on invasive plant species like parsnips, answers to questions about lantana plants, Kalanchoe, leggy tomatoes, zinnias, and what to do with those pesky squirrels.

In the Garden Replay (5/22/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 23 May 2025 07:40:04 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden show, learn about Petunia hanging baskets, how to fight that wet weather caused fungus, and how to garden with patience this season.

In the Garden (5-15-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 15 May 2025 10:35:30 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden show, Ginny and Charlie take your calls and answer your questions on how to grow squash vertically, when and how to prune Rhododendrons, tackling cucumber beetles, protecting hanging baskets from the cold, and planting tomatoes.

In the Garden (5/8/2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Fri, 09 May 2025 09:35:41 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden show, Ginny & Charlie talk about fertilizing your bulbs, dividing sedum, potting up a daisy, Redbud trees, growing Azaleas plus your phone calls on a variety of other topics.

In The Garden (5-1-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Thu, 01 May 2025 11:36:21 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden Show, Charlie talks about growing moss roses, cutting back begonias and geraniums, weeds, pruning plum trees, and transplanting rhododendron.

In The Garden (3-20-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:32:16 -0400

Here on the first day of spring, Charlie talks lawn care, wood chips and houseplants... plus tips on everything from pruning geraniums to setting up and electric fence!

In The Garden (3-13-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:26:09 -0400

This week on WJOY's In the Garden Show, Charlie tackles your questions about starting Brussels Sprouts and Broccoli, growing heirloom tomatoes, protecting spring bulbs, and proper flowers for Saint Patrick's Day.

In The Garden (3-6-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:24:04 -0400

Welcome to a new season of the WJOY In the Garden Show! This week Charlie and Ginny take your questions on pruning: Rose of Sharon, plum trees and grape vines. Plus, find out how to force flowering branches, and what seeds we should be starting now.

In The Garden (3-27-2025)

WJOY Burlington, VT — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:22:28 -0400

This week on the WJOY In the Garden Show, Charlie answers your questions on Philodendrons, starting tomatoes, Creeping Charlie weeds, using hay mulch in the garden and why is that Christmas Cactus flowering NOW?