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DOORS OPEN AT 9:30
THIS MORNING.
NEW THIS MORNING.
SO WHAT MAKES A
GARDEN? A BIG SPACE,
SMALL SPACE OR
SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN?
HERE IN SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN, THE
ANSWER CAN BE ALL
THREE.
PONTON-"EVEN THOUGH IT
IS JUNE, THERE'S STILL TIME
FOR YOU TO GET OUT AND
DO SOME GARDENING.
WE'RE JOINED NOW BY
JOEY AND HOLLY BAIRD
WITH THE WISCONSIN
VEGETABLE GARDENER, AS
ALWAYS, THANKS FOR
JOINING US, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE TO
DO STILL PARTICIPATE IN
GARDENING THIS
SEASON?"
JOEY BAIRD-"WELL IT'S TOO
LATE TO REALLY TO GET THE
YARD DUG UP OR PUT
RAISED BEDS IN,
CONTAINER GARDENING IS
A GREAT OPTION FOR
GARDENERS NOW
BECAUSE THE, YOU CAN
BUY A CONTAINER, PUT SOIL
IN IT AND THEN LEARN HOW
THOSE PLANTS WILL REACT
TO THE WEATHER OVER THE
SUMMER AND THEN THEY
CAN BE MORE EDUCATED
BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S
GARDEN SEASON COMES
AND THEN BE MORE APT TO
DIG THE BACK YARD UP OR
PUTTING A RAISED BED IN
TO GROW MORE IN THE LITTLE
SPACE THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE."
PONTON-"AND HOLLY WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE CAN PLANT IN
THESE CONTAINERS?"
HOLLY BAIRD-"RIGHT NOW
YOU CAN PLANT
TOMATOES, PEPPERS,
BEANS, CUCUMBERS, AND
EVEN SOME MELONS IF
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
SPACE FOR THEM."
THEMA PONTON-"AND
FINALLY, WHAT IS IT THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO DO TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
CONTAINERS GROW AND DO
WELL?"
JOEY BAIRD-"A LOT OF SOIL,
THE SMALLER THE
CONTAINER, THE LEAST, THE
LESS VOLUME OF SOIL YOU
HAVE IN IT, THE QUICKER
IT'S GOING TO DRY OUT.
THE LARGEST CONTAINER
YOU CAN POSSIBLY PUT IN
THE AREA THAT YOU'RE
PUTTING IN, US THAT, AS
WELL AS KEEP IT MOIST, AS
THE CONTAINER BEING
ELEVATED IS GOING TO
HAVE MORE AIR SURFACE,
WHICH IT MEANS IT'S
GOING TO DRY OUT
QUICKER, WHICH MEANS IF
YOU DON'T KEEP ON IT
YOUR PLANTS ARE GOING TO
DIE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO
BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL
GROWING SEASON FOR
YOU."
THEMA PONTON-"ALRIGHT
WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING FOR."
JOEY BAIRD-"YEAH."
THEMA PONTON-"THANK