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In The Garden

by Garden Supply Company

In the Garden with Keith Ramsey is a podcast aimed at helping you grow and maintain a beautiful and healthy garden and landscape.Each podcast will focus on a new specific topic. Check back every two weeks for the latest episode!

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Episodes

  1. Houseplants & Replanting Tips

    Shannon joined Garden Supply Company during COVID and takes care of houseplants and tropical plants. The houseplant industry exploded during COVID; interest in rare plants has tapered off, but basics and standards remain popular. Snake plants, also known as mother-in-law's tongue, are Shannon's...

  2. Seed Starting Masterclass

    Keith and Shannon discuss starting seeds for various plants including flowers, trees, and vegetables. Seed starting can be challenging; success comes from good direction and proper technique. Start with an open flat, plant seeds in rows, and mark each variety. Use vermiculite as a top layer for...

  3. Services at the Garden Supply Company

    Keith and Shannon discuss Garden Supply Company's emphasis on customer service and a variety of services outside the garden center. They tier their services according to customers' specific needs, from landscape consultation to DIY advice. Garden Supply offers expert plant advice for DIY…

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  4. A Flamethrower on a Bike - The Origin of Garden Supply Company

    Keith, from Garden Supply Company, shares his background and passion for gardening, inspired by his parents. Despite his parents considering gardening a hobby, he pursued a career in horticulture. As a teenager, Keith did odd jobs in the neighborhood, including cleaning out a chicken coop where…

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  5. What's Next?

    Shannon: What's next in garden supply? . Keith: I'm here with Shannon from Garden Supply Company. We're talking about what's next what's next for Garden Supply Company and what the stuff we've got coming in and changes we're making. We're moving away from. Some of the mass produced products and...

  6. Unicorn Plants Part Two

    Keith: So today I've got Shannon here with me from Garden Supply Company., we've talked about unicorn plants plants that are just, you just don't think you're gonna see 'em out there. Things that bloom throughout the year that are evergreen, that will handle wet or dry, that really fit a…

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  7. Unicorn plants

    This morning I've got Shannon with me from Garden Supply Company. She's got a, a couple subjects we're gonna talk about. Shannon, what, what did you have in mind this morning? I wanted to talk about some unicorn type plants that I consider customers who come in and look for something that's...

  8. The Power of a Local Business

    Keith Ramsey: [00:00:00] Hey, Keith Ramsey with the Garden Supply Company. I've been talking a lot lately about hiring and our team, the length of time our team has been there, what a difference a good team makes, and how to manage them. I think it's the key part of a business. It's having the...

  9. Yearly Maintenance

    Keith Ramsey: [00:00:00] Hey, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I wanted to outline yearly maintenance things we do at our house and recommendations for people. People always call in the middle of spring and want mulching done, that kind of thing. And just laying it out the way I think...

  10. Spend the Afternoon in and around the Garden Supply Company

    Hey guys, Keith, with the Garden Supply Company. Today I wanted to talk to people about all the things that you can do that are close to the garden center. Basically coming over and spending half a day spending the afternoon at the garden center. And in that thought centering it around lunch or...

  11. Swarm Season - Wild Bees and what to do if you see them

    Hey, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I've got Jason here with me today. Many of you guys know Jason as our resident beekeeper, manages our bee department, and takes care of everything related to bees. With a little bit of help from me every once in a while. Jason talked the other…

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  12. Beekeeping - Nucs vs Packages

    Keith: [00:00:00] Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. I've got Jason here today. Jason is our full-time beekeeper who manages the bee department. It helps people out with advice and does all of our pollination and honey chasing that we do up in, up, and down the red. Jason, now we'll talk...

  13. Easy and Bulletproof Houseplants

    Hey, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I've got Shannon here. Shannon manages our house plant area of the garden supply company. She does all our buying. She's our go-to person when people have questions about new and unusual plants or plant care. Yeah. Today, we talked about just easy...

  14. The Return of the Houseplant

    Good morning, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I've got Shannon here this morning and wanted to ask her questions about what's trending and houseplants. She manages our houseplant department and garden supply company and does all our buying, and there's just been a massive growth in...

  15. Adding Structure to Your Garden in the Wintertime

    Keith: [00:00:00] Good morning, Keith Ramsey with the Garden Supply Company. It's wintertime in North Carolina. And I always start thinking about structure in the garden in the winter. And you look out and you've got all these vacant spaces or dull spaces, and there are all kinds of things you…

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  16. Winter Garden Checklist

    Keith: [00:00:00] Hey, Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. People are always asking what to do in the wintertime in the garden. And there's, there's a long list of, to do's in the winter. Not many people want to go out because we've got such cold weather. One of my favorite things to do…

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  17. Weeds: Know Your Enemy

    [00:00:20] Keith: Hey, Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. We've had a lot of questions recently about weeds how to rid your yard of weeds. And it's a constant problem for sure. The one thing about weeds that I always tell people is, if you just spend a few minutes figuring out what we do…

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  18. Veggie Garden Prep

    Keith: [00:00:00] Wintertime in North Carolina is a great time to start prepping your veggie garden, pulling out, finishing up excellent seeds and stuff from the fall. And you can do additional seasonal plannings and cover them, or you can do cover crops, which is a perfect way to get green…

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  19. Garden Design

    33 Garden Design [00:00:20] keith: [00:00:41] We're always talking about garden design and how we're gonna, how we're gonna do things, how we're going to mix plants up and different colors and textures and One of the things that I think comes naturally to me and not necessarily utilizing…

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  20. Winter Gardening

    [00:00:20] Keith: so when it gets cold outside everybody thinks that gardening comes to a halt, but some of the most interesting plants, in my opinion, bloom during the wintertime or really show off during the winter so it's an interesting time too. It's also a, really good time to plant plants....

  21. Holiday Traditions

    [00:00:20] Keith: good morning with black Friday, right around the corner we were trying to come up with ideas for our family just to create new traditions. And move away from commercialism. And it seems right now there's a backlog of products coming in and a shortage of this and that. [00:00:51]...

  22. Help! Is my plant dead?

    Keith: [00:00:00] Hey, it's Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. I wanted to talk to everybody about the seasonal look of plants and the misconception that plants are gonna look the same all the time. I think when people look at a magazine, they see a hydrangea for some reason or another,...

  23. Thinking outside the box

    Keith: [00:00:00] Hey guys, today, we're going to talk about thinking outside the box. And when I say thinking outside the box, getting outside of the box more like it max bean or house a box, be in our house, it's get up off the couch and get outside. It's a great way to relieve stress and in…

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  24. Rabbits, Moles, Deers - Oh My

    Keith: [00:00:00] Good morning, Keith Ramsey with the garden supply company. These days, everybody that comes to the garden centers has deer or rabbit problems, and a lot of times, these problems'll follow a cycle. The rabbits get really out of control, and they're eating all the plants. The Hawk...

  25. The Art and Science of Landscape Design

    [00:00:20] Keith: [00:00:33] Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. I've got Steven Petrilliac here who works with Garden Supply CO as well. He manages our nursery. Today, we want to bring people up to speed on the art and the science of landscape design. The importance of getting good advice...

  26. Diagnosing issues with your plants

    [00:00:20] Keith: And I brought in Steven Petrilliac who manages our nursery and we were talking about all the number of things that people are bringing in this summer leaves and brown spots on them and insect problems and plants that have been overwatered and underwatered. So we thought we would...

  27. The Importance of Buying Local part two

    Keith: [00:00:20] So we were talking about last week, the importance of shopping local. I think it's extremely important. It was a good conversation. We finished up last week about creating community it's a mental game-changer, it's a social experience when you know that the person that you've...

  28. The Importance of Buying Local part one

    Keith: [00:00:20] Good morning, Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. Today, we were going to talk a little bit about buying local and all the benefits of buying local. People always talk about the financial benefits or the environmental benefits, to me, one of the most important benefits is…

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  29. Square Foot Gardening

    Keith Ramsey: [00:00:15] Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. We've had a lot of questions recently about square foot gardening. This time of year is people, have tons of interest in vegetable gardens, and a square foot garden is an older concept. It works very effectively. It gives people a...

  30. Cocktails or Mocktails in the Garden

    Keith Ramsey: [00:00:15] Hey, Keith Ramsey here with In The Garden. I wanted to talk to everybody about cocktails and mocktails today. I came to this subject basically because I'm not too fond of the taste of water or the lack of water taste. we drank a lot of water in the garden center when I'm...

  31. Host-a-Hive

    Keith: I want to talk to everybody today about our host of the hive program and bees in general. We've been doing this host-to-hive for two or three years. It's a perfect introduction to beekeeping. It's a way to keep bees long-term without having a hive in your backyard. [00:00:55]Some people…

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  32. Gardening for mental health

    Keith: Today, I’m talking about gardening for mental health. There are lots of articles out there more about gardening and how good it is for mental health. Something I figured out a long time ago for myself personally, not recognizing it, but no matter how bad a day I’d had, if I got out in the...

  33. The straight pooh on fertilizer

    Keith Ramsey: How are we doing today? We were going to talk about fertilizer for your yard, lawn, and garden today. There are always lots of questions that surround fertilizer and what to use and when to use it. It's pretty much two broad groups of fertilizer, organic fertilizer and chemical...

  34. Gardening in the winter?

    Keith Ramsey: All right. Today, we're talking about gardening during the wintertime winter work. Winter is a great time to take a look out your window and look at areas that need improvement. Either from a view standpoint, areas that need a screen, or looking at the bones of the landscape....

  35. Bonsai and Cobra Kai

    Keith Ramsey: Today, we're talking about bonsai trees. Bonsai has been around for thousands of years but has become really popular in the last few years at garden centers here in America. They've been here for a lot longer than that, but it's definitely a trend that's coming on. And the word…

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  36. Japanese Maples in North Carolina

    Keith Ramsey: Hey, this is Keith Ramsey at the garden supply company. Today. We're going to talk about Japanese Maples. I always feel like Japanese Maples are kinda misunderstood. Everybody thinks they're extremely slow-growing and. They're really expensive. We carry a wide variety of one gallon...

  37. Fall is a great time for landscaping

    Keith Ramsey: How are we doing? We're here today to talk about what's going on in the fall. I'm Keith Ramsey with garden supply company. Fall's a great time of year to, be in the garden. It's the season that really never ends. Once it's temperature starts cooling off, you can start planting...

  38. How to prep annual flower beds and pots in the time it takes to enjoy a coffee or cocktail

    Keith Ramsey: [00:00:15] Today, we're going to talk about prepping annual beds or prepping pots for planting annuals. Joe Woolworth: [00:00:20] what is an annual bed? Keith Ramsey: [00:00:22] Every year, people plant annual flowers. An annual is something you're going to replace in the spring…

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  39. Veggie Gardens

    This podcast contains advice on how to prepare your soil for planting vegetable gardens. Keith talks about ways to get children involved and suggests which veggies to grow according to the season."

  40. Japanese Maples

    A discussion about the hardy Japanese Maples. This podcast goes into caring for them, why most come from the west coast, and the many different types and varieties available.

  41. More About Bees

    Keith Ramsey discusses a program called "Host A Hive" where you can learn about beekeeping by overseeing a hive maintained at Garden Supply Company. He also discusses bee swarms, maintaining a hive, and the importance of bees to the landscape.

  42. Victory Gardens

    In this week's podcast Keith Ramsey talks about something that started in WWI with homeowners turning their front laws into vegetable gardens. He gives you tips on starting one of your own and how to maintain it.

  43. Container Gardening

    This podcast covers container gardening. Point covered include, appropriate plants and trees for containers and how to maintain them.

  44. In The Garden with Keith Ramsey

    A discussion on how to improve your landscape and picking the right professional landscaper.

  45. In The Garden with Keith Ramsey

    What preparations in your garden now to set you up for spring and beyond.

  46. NC Soils

    Learn about the benefits of our red clay soils in North Carolina and how to properly prepare for planting.

  47. Watering

    Tips on watering plants and lawns.

  48. House Plants

    Choosing the right houseplant for your space and how to maintain it and keep it healthy.

  49. Pollinators & Bees

    A discussion about the importance of bees and ways to attract and feed them along with hummingbirds, butterflies and more by planting pollinator plants.

  50. Pansies

    How to attain a professional looking pansy bed.

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In the Garden with Keith Ramsey is a podcast aimed at helping you grow and maintain a beautiful and healthy garden and landscape.Each podcast will focus on a new specific topic. Check back every two weeks for the latest episode!

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