UNCATEGORIZED

Ciscoe’s Tips of the Week: Attract birds to your garden

Aug 1, 2013, 12:48 PM | Updated: Aug 2, 2013, 5:59 pm

...

Ciscoe’s Tips of the Week:

Prune fruit and other deciduous trees in August. Remove sprouts, branches crossing the middle, and control height. Take your time and you won’t knock off any fruit. Pruning now reduces regrowth in spring, and reduces disease problems.

Deadhead summer long perennials such as Agastache, cape fuchsia, evergreen penstemon, etc. by cutting off the spent blooms to prevent them from going to seed and keep producing new flowers.

Attract birds to your garden by providing clean fresh water to drink and bathe in. Clean the bird bath by blasting the water out of the basin with a powerful hose-end nozzle on a daily basis. Don’t worry about forgetting to refill the basin. As I’ve learned from experience, the birds get really mad at you if you forget, and peep at you non-stop until you replenish their water supply.

Ciscoe’s Tips of the Month for August

Weed beds, and add a layer of fresh organic mulch to reduce weed regrowth and the need to water.

Prune fruit trees by controlling height, removing sprouts growing out of the top, and crowding the middle.

Pull finished crops. Work in bone meal and organic vegetable food. Plant spinach, leaf lettuce, radishes, and spinach.

Click here for Ciscoe’s Plant of the Week!

Gardening with Ciscoe can be heard on KIRO Radio on Saturdays at 10 a.m. Available anytime ON DEMAND at KIRORadio.com.

Uncategorized

kent trooper shot...

Kate Stone

Man faces multiple charges after WSP trooper shooting in Kent

A man accused of shooting a Washington State Patrol trooper multiple times in Kent last Friday has been charged.

1 month ago

Oregon Emergency Landing - (Elizabeth Le via AP)...

KIRO 7 News Staff

‘Everyone was eerily calm,’ recalls passenger aboard ill-fated Alaska Airlines flight

Terror in the skies: A Vancouver, Washington, woman shares the harrowing moments after an airplane blowout over Portland.

3 months ago

Photo: SPD vehicle...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Two men shot at bus stop in North Seattle near Northgate

Two men were shot at a bus stop along Aurora Avenue Wednesday, according to the Seattle Police Department.

5 months ago

Manuel Ellis arrest, Tacoma police officers...

Associated Press

Prosecutors focus on video evidence in trial of Washington officers charged in Manny Ellis’ death

A cellphone video of the 2020 fatal arrest of Manny Ellis shows the Black man on the ground with his hands in the air in surrender

6 months ago

...

No Author

EXPIRED: Win tickets to see Stokley at EQC!

KIRO Newsradio is giving you a chance to win two tickets to see Stokley at the Emerald Queen Casino on Saturday, November 11, 2023!

6 months ago

(File photo)...

L.B. Gilbert

NLRB files complaint against Amazon for unlawful confidentiality agreement

A new complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB ) is accusing Amazon of requiring some corporate employees to sign an unlawful confidentiality agreement. The complaint states Amazon had required a former employee from its drone project, Amazon Prime Air, to sign an agreement that forbade discussion of information regarding Amazon, whether or not […]

7 months ago

Ciscoe’s Tips of the Week: Attract birds to your garden