Ep. 45 Holiday wreaths, tree, spices, and more with Andrew Holsinger

On this week's Good Growing podcast Andrew Holsinger joins the group to talk about their upcoming webinar series. From Christmas trees, wreaths, holiday plants, spices, even feeding the birds this winter, we cover a lot of ground in this episode. Register for the webinars at the link below. • Christmas Tree Types: go.illinois.edu/GGChristmasTrees. • Fun with Foliage: go.illinois.edu/GGEvergreenFoliage. • Popular Holiday Plant Care: go.illinois.edu/GGHolidayPlantCare. • Holiday Spices: go.illinois.edu/GGHolidaySpices. • Create a Winter Bird Haven: go.illinois.edu/GGWinterBirds. Questions we tackle on this week's show: What would you recommend we plant to grow a live Christmas tree? Do we plant it after the holiday is over? We harvested greenery to make a wreath, but most of it dried up and turned brown in a few weeks. Do we need to spray the wreath with something to keep this from happening? Do you need to spray greenery to kill bugs? If I cut the top off of a larger pine tree to use as a Christmas tree, will it regrow? How can I keep my poinsettia alive? How do I know if I have a Thanksgiving or a Christmas cactus? I planted mint. Now it is everywhere! What can I do to stop mint from taking over everything? Will a potted lemon tree ever produce lemons in Illinois? What are some herbs to grow inside over the winter? No birds at the bird feeder. Why?