Charlie Nardozzi
Host, All Things GardeningCharlie Nardozzi is a nationally recognized garden writer, radio and TV show host, consultant, and speaker. Charlie is the host of All Things Gardening on Sunday mornings at 9:35 during Weekend Edition on Vermont Public. Charlie is a guest on Vermont Public's Vermont Edition during the growing season. He also offers garden tips on local television and is a frequent guest on national programs.
- Be part of the fun and send your gardening questions here, for Charlie to answer on the air. Please include WHERE you are, as that will help Charlie answer your question.
- Find lots of great gardening tips and information for all seasons, here.
- For more gardening information, check out Charlie's website, Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi.
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Fruiting and flowering trees and shrubs, as well as certain types of hydrangeas, benefit from pruning this time of year.
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Charlie Nardozzi's new book, The Continuous Vegetable Garden, includes ways to make gardening easier, cheaper and more in tune with nature.
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Cornelian cherries flower early in spring and provide pollinators a critical food source.
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Perennial vegetables are just what they sound like: crops that grow each year without replanting. This spring, go beyond traditional perennial choices and try some different options in your garden or raised bed.
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Plan now to grow extra veggies, like carrots, potatoes and onions to share.
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Caring for cool houseplants can help us bide the time while we wait for warmer weather.
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Maximize your garden space and produce more vegetables with these planting techniques.
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Some tomato varieties, like, "Captain Lucky," make great additions to Caprese salads and add a striking look, with its green exterior and stripes of bronze and deep red.
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In a few weeks, you can start growing sweet peas indoors and Charlie Nardozzi has tips on how to give the roots an early start, plus which types work best for vines and which work better as cut flowers.
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Want to fill your home with plants but can't afford to just now? You needn't be green with envy; just enlist a friend with houseplants and ask them to propagate some for you.