Charlie Nardozzi
Host, 黑料吃瓜网 Garden JournalCharlie Nardozzi is a regional Emmy庐 Award winning garden writer, speaker, radio, and television personality. He has worked for more than 30 years bringing expert information to home gardeners.
Charlie hosts 黑料吃瓜网 Garden Journal on WNPR, on Vermont Public Radio and has hosted TV specials on CT Public.
Charlie delights in making gardening information simple and accessible to everyone. His love of the natural world also makes him an exciting public speaker and presenter. He has spoken, in-person and virtually, at national venues such as the , , , Master Gardener conferences, and trade shows. Regionally, Charlie has spoken at venues such as the 黑料吃瓜网 Horticultural Society, University of 黑料吃瓜网 Master Gardener Conference, 黑料吃瓜网 Flower and Garden Show and at many garden clubs throughout the state. He also leads international garden tours.
Charlie is a native of Waterbury, 黑料吃瓜网 and has been gardening in New England his whole life. Learn more about him at .
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With the changing season, it鈥檚 time to close the garden down. After a 10-year-run, this series is also ending, but keep nurturing your backyard and container gardens! -
If you want to enjoy your spring flowering tulips, daffodils, crocus and other bulbs a little earlier in spring or if you don鈥檛 have a garden, consider forcing them in containers. -
Plant hard- and softneck garlic and mild-flavored shallots in the fall for an early summer harvest. -
While the look of a cleaned garden might be appealing, it's not the best for the ecology around your yard. -
While tulips, daffodils, and crocus bulbs are commonly planted each October, don't forget about alliums. Alliums, aka flowering onions, come back each year and deer, rabbit and mice don't seem to bother with them. -
Bring these cook's favorites indoors for the fall and winter: parsley, rosemary, geraniums, chives, thyme and oregano. Once inside, mature potted herbs will continue to send out shoots and leaves into November, and under grow lights, your herbs will continue growing into winter. -
Boltonia is a pollinator favorite often visited by butterflies, bees and other insects. It's deer and rabbit proof and a delightful fall flower for your garden. -
Helenium has the unfortunate common name of sneezeweed because it blooms when ragweed is flowering. It's a carefree, native perennial to grow for fall color and food for the pollinators. -
Charlie's tips for harvesting apples and pears. -
While there are chemical controls for Japanese and other ground dwelling beetles, there are effective ecologically friendly controls as well.
