Ep. 91- Q&A Week- Blackberry, Rose Sawfly, and East Asian Joro Spider

This week, Nathan's back to answering your questions! David from Alabama asks about the best way to build a bed for blackberries and how to keep them disease-free and growing great! Nathan discusses a nemesis of roses known as the Rose

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,

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

Ep. 82- Melania Trump's Renovated Rose Garden and 5 Steps to Creating Your Own

This week Nathan discusses how older gardens require renovation and how to start your own rose garden! First Lady Melania Trump recently renovated the White House Rose Garden and received a lot of negative feed back. Politics aside, gardens

Ep. 81- 5 Native Plants for the Garden

This week Nathan talks about native plants to help attract and maintain pollinators in your garden! Black-eyed Susans are well known but Nathan describes a couple that you might not have in your landscape, including one known as "Green-eyed Susan." The

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

Ep. 79- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 1)

In this episode of New Southern Garden, Nathan helps lead you through six simple steps to start a new landscape. Whether you are looking to redo an entire wasteland, an overgrown site, a veggie plot, or just a new bed, Nathan makes

Ep. 71- Buttonbush, Weeds in Liriope, and Best Watering Practices

This week, Nathan helps out with preparing your garden for drought! First up, he describes the awesomeness of the American Buttonbush which can be used and planted in standing water and wet soils. Penny has a question about ridding

Ep. 69- Q&A Week Agapanthus, Hedges, Weeding, Fireblight, and Wildflower Meadows

On this week's episode, we answer your questions! Nathan first discusses a really cool perennial plant known as Agapanthus, or African Lily. With it's blue, purple, or white globe shaped flowers atop a thin spike that emerges from the

Ep. 68- Memorial Gardens, Lavender, Compost, and Clematis

This week, Nathan gives you tips and ideas for creating a memory garden in your landscape. Use this Memorial Day weekend to commemorate those who gave their lives for our country or, simply, someone you love.

Ep. 65- Cheap Landscapers, HOAs, What's Blooming Now, and Hydrangeas

This week on New Southern Garden, Nathan exposes the problem with getting a "cheap landscaper" and tips of figuring out if they are worth the price. Did you know you might have a governmental agency dictating what you can and cannot

Half Episode 62- How-to Grow the Best Peony Ever!

Some people claim peonies can't grow in the South. Those people are absolutely wrong. If you want to grow peonies with gorgeous, huge blossoms and amazing fragrance, just follow Nathan's simple steps to growing the best peonies ever!

Flowers., Planting, Plants, Podcast, TechniquesNathan WilsonApril 15, 2020peony, soil amendment, planting, plants, fertilizer, ants, blossomsComment

Ep. 61- Vegetables for the Apocalypse

With cultural changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it makes you wonder what an apocalyptic world might look like. We've seen it in the movies, but what about real life? If grocery stores run out of food, what are you going to eat? Don't fear! Nathan

Half Episode 60- Creating and Maintaining Annual Beds

Continuing his talk on annual flowers, in this half episode, Nathan walks you through starting an annual flower bed, planting it, and maintaining it throughout the season. If you want a stellar flower bed this year, be sure to take notes and put them into action!

Ep. 60- Q&A Week- Annual Flowers, Color Theory, Wet Winters, and Feeding Shrubs

"Your Questions, Our Answers"- Our promise to you every last Saturday of the month! If you've got a question for next month, feel free to share it with us! Be sure to listen to this Q&A Week for all things annual flowers, color theory, problems

Flowers., Philosophy, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Q&ANathan WilsonMarch 28, 2020annual flowers, vegetables, color, container gardens, winter, wet, water, rain, fertilizing, trees, shrubs, begonias, petuniasComment

Half Episode 56: Creating a Sense of Place

Welcome to New Southern Garden's first half-episode! These new bonus episodes are meant to keep you engaged in your garden during the week! During this half-episode, Nathan expands upon topics from the previous show to give you more detail and also talks a bit about the importance of creating a sense of place in your space. Join us

Ep. 56- Lying Landscapers, Soil Amendment, Fescue Overseeding, and Gardenia Cuttings

This week is Q&A Week! Your questions, our answers. Your problems, our solutions! First Nathan rants about landscapers who are trying to scam ya! Be careful when dealing with these so-called "landscapers." Maggie asks if she should add soil amendment to her planting hole. Carl wants to over seed his fescue lawn this spring and Jenny wants

Lawn, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Propagation, Q&A, TechniquesNathan WilsonFebruary 29, 2020gardenia, propagation, plant, soil, soil amendment, planting, lawn, seed, overseeding, fescue, bermuda lawn, landscapersComment

Ep. 53- 10 Steps to Conservation Gardening (Part 2)

Be sure not to miss the third and final installment of our discussion on Conservation Gardening! In this episode, Nathan talks about his final steps to making your garden more sustainable and nature-friendly. He encourages you to plant wildly and prune with nature in mind. Knowing the difference between useful plants and noxious weeds is

Ep. 52- January Q&A Week

Every month we get answers for your gardening questions! This month, Nathan answers questions from a variety of topics. Kimberly wonders how to get rid of moles (don't we all). David wants to save money on buying plants (don't we all) by dividing his existing perennials. Molly thinks she wants to plant a tree in a container while Jim's got a weed problem (don't we all). Lastly, Karen wants to be sure she's pruning her hydrangea at the right time of year! It's a doozy of a show filled with gardening fun. Submit your question for the next Q&A here.

Ep. 51- 10 Steps to Conservation Gardening (Part 1)

We believe that gardening will save the world! In a world where environment is being replaced with economy and society, who will be nature's defender? You, of course. The gardener. Let Nathan help you get into conservation gardening. In this episode, Nathan details the first of five steps to making your garden more sustainable and ecological. Fighting invasive plants, using native plants, reducing lawn, planting for the site, and planning for pollinators are just the beginning of this exciting adventure. Be sure to catch the next five steps in an upcoming episode.

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