Well, good morning, good morning and welcome to Around the House this morning.
I hope you're having a beautiful day outside around your house.
If you have not peeked out through the blinds, it is beautiful.
Absolutely gorgeous morning out there this morning.
Hey, my name is Scott Brokeamp.
I am founder and co-owner of his security and technology here locally owned in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
And, well, I think you can figure that out.
We do a little bit of security and, and focus on technology.
Weather forecast today is well orange.
What do you think about that Riley orange?
I don't know about y'all, but man, I'm Lady Falls.
Whoo.
I think the orange cast is very warranted.
I, uh, man, our men took Kentucky down last night for the opener.
The Vols playing in the SEC championship game today, three o'clock on ESPN.
And, uh, well, we'll see if we get some more Kiki bombs.
Uh, Larry Boutet boosted us in that opening first inning.
So, uh, lot to do today, by the way, other than of course, watch softball at three o'clock
and men's baseball.
Uh, you, you know, uh, it's such a good day.
A gorgeous day today.
I just want you to know that if you haven't seen it peek out the window.
I love driving into the studio, the studio this morning, sunrise, sun was coming up.
Just beautiful, little misty.
It was just, uh, uh, I mean, it's just gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Anyway, onwards we go.
Uh, some other things happen around town this weekend.
The Vestal community is hosting its neighborhood arts and music festival at the historic Pandora
marble company.
It's a free event and it runs from noon to five today.
So head over to South Knoxville this afternoon and pick up something for mother's day at
Vestal.
You can also find handcrafted items for sale at the spring marketplace at the historic
Ramsey house.
The market runs from 10 to four today.
There will be plenty of gift ideas on display.
And of course, the men's baseball team hosts Kentucky Wildcats at noon today at Lindsey
Nelson stadium.
The game will be on the SEC network and you can listen to John Wilkerson's play by play
on our sister station, WNML, the sports animal 99.1.
For more information on all events happening around town today, go to visit Knoxville.com.
That's visit Knoxville.com.
Well, I'm sure y'all are well prepared for this weekend.
And I'm not really sure how we only end up with one special day to honor mothers and
fathers.
But this Sunday is a very, very special day for me in particular.
My mother and I have a great relationship and well, I'm one of those fortunate fellows
that was raised by a single mom for many years in life.
So I tell our customers all the time, I was raised by a single mom.
So when we look at things, we look at things in a aesthetically appealing view, right?
They have to look good.
But other than Mother's Day today or tomorrow, there is today is the national day of some
really crazy and bizarre things.
And I'm just going to go through a list of a few of these because some of them really
speak to me.
I just want you to know, by the way, just so you all know, Riley and I are just going
to, we're going to share with you about special moments of some of these crazy days.
And then we're going to talk to you about Mother's Day because I'm just going to tell
you, as a proud dad of two beautifully young girls, as many of you know, I'm very passionate
about empowering women.
I feel, you know, we are a proud supporter of our Lady of All Booster Club.
And I just feel as though empowering and inspiring women is huge for us in these times.
And quite frankly, I was raised by a strong woman and I'm married to a strong woman.
And I think it's important.
So we're going to talk about that stuff this morning.
But first, let's have some fun.
Let's do it.
So this one again speaks near and dear to my heart, National Miniature Golf Day.
Oh, yeah.
I love some mini golf.
I remember years ago, I had a good buddy of mine.
He was a golfer.
I was not.
And I go play now.
I'm still not a golfer.
I'm a hack, but hey, it is what it is.
But we would literally, we would go and have mini golf tournaments.
Oh, I mean, that sounds incredible.
I'm going to tell you, I can putt.
Oh, yeah.
I can putt, baby.
Can't do the other stuff but putting, that's another thing.
You know, I get a shot or two around, but I can putt.
Where do you do you still play?
Have you played in a while?
I have not played quite yet recently.
I usually have the opportunity to play a few times a year.
And one of those is coming up the Home Builders Association annual golf tournament.
It's a huge event really for me.
Where is that?
It'll be at a Guani, Guani Farms.
But my father comes up from Florida to come play.
And this has been a kind of a standoff event for a few of us guys for going on about seven
years now.
Oh, wow.
So I'm looking forward to that.
Do you take your girls to pot play at all?
Have you taken them?
We do.
You know, and my two girls, they're different girls, right?
Of course.
She's a very competitive and loves it.
And she's okay if she doesn't get a good score.
One of them.
She's there to have some fun.
One of them, not so much.
If she's not getting a good score, it's not a good run.
Disappointing.
You know.
One of the places that I have been to with my girlfriend that you should take them, there's
just one at Pitch and Forge.
It is a candy course.
I forget.
Yes.
Have you all been there?
Yes.
Love that place.
The indoor-outdoor?
Yes, the indoor-outdoor.
That's awesome.
That is, it is really, it is just really.
Now the classic is the old McDonald one by the Tanger malls.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the classic.
It is the classic.
I will tell you, when I lived in Illinois and used to partake in our championship putt-putt
tournaments, there was a course that they completely redid it.
And it was volcanoes and mountains.
And it was challenging.
Ooh, that does sound fun.
It was challenging.
But man, it was really fun.
Oh, of course.
You know.
But, you see, I'm a creative brain, right?
That's why I, it's funny because we go play golf and like, at Wind River is a course that
I love to play because they have some crazy greens, right?
Right.
I love being creative with figuring out how can I get the ball to go around all these
hoops, humps and dumps and make it towards the cops.
Of course.
So, you know, hit the ball straight down the fairway.
Well, you know, hey man, not so much.
Hey, you know what they say, drive for show, but putt for dough.
For dough, baby.
That's right.
Well, I tell her, but when I go play golf, I said, listen, by the way, if you're looking
for me, I'm going to be over there by the trees because it's a lot cooler that way.
You know, some guys, they just go out there and hunt golf balls.
So, I feel that one of those people too.
You know, I will tell you another one of these cool days is National Archery Day.
Oh.
Now, you know, not a big deal much, but for me, it's pretty cool because as a kid, my
stepfather was a huge archer.
Oh, wow.
And so as a kid, I learned the art of archery, actually participated on archery leagues.
We had indoor and outdoor.
We would actually travel around and participate in shooting events.
And so I ran up a few trophies for my youth efforts.
So yeah, you know, kind of neat.
There's a lot of cool history when you start diving into archery as well.
So, nowadays, people think of the fancy combo, compound bows and now of course crossbows.
But you know, the old straight and in recurves were really cool.
We actually, I actually shot in my indoor league.
We had two Olympic archers who were a part of our league.
Unfortunately, they weren't able to participate in the Olympics of 1988.
Wow.
So, man.
You know, you're pretty boycotted.
Well, you're a pretty high company then.
So, you know, they were pretty good shots.
I can't say that I've ever done, I guess, would you say, archery before?
Yeah.
Never done it.
It is interesting.
It looks cool.
Now, I've done the Wii Sports Archery, if that counts, but not the real one.
Well, you know, that's similar.
That's similar.
So, you know, just two video game controllers pulling it back, it counts, right?
That's right.
Well, we're going to take a quick break.
So, if you're listening this morning, I just wanted to let you know, unfortunately, our
first planned guest this morning had something come up and was unable to make it this morning
and literally it was just last minute.
So, Riley and I decided that we're just going to have some fun this morning with you guys
and let's honor our moms and have some humor in the way.
So, we would like to hear from you this morning in particular.
You can give us a call or text at 865-656-8255.
That's 865-656-8255.
We'll be right back here on Around the House, a new stock WOKI.
Welcome back to Around the House.
This is Scott Brokamp and I'm joined with our amazing producer Riley.
Riley is, well, he's, I don't know if you've listened much to some of the other conglomerative
stations from down here at the old Harvard on the hill, but Riley, Riley's a man of
many talents and if you listen to much sports animal like I do, you will hear Riley quite
frequently.
You had a big spot fill yesterday with Mr. Ainge, didn't you?
I did, man.
That was something.
That was pretty special going over to Rusty Wallske, hanging out with Ainge.
That was something.
I enjoyed it though.
Yeah, yeah, that, yeah, you know, you do really good, man.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
I'm really glad that you're a part of this show with me as well.
Thank you.
So, I appreciate you getting up early on Saturdays to, you know, I know that means you're, you
must be the rookie who drew the short straw, but hey, whatever.
You'll see, yeah, that was me around this time, probably last summer I was the rookie
and I'm still, you know, semi the rookie, I guess, so we'll go from there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're good.
So as we mentioned before we went to break on our first segment there, our, unfortunately,
our guest that was scheduled this morning had something come up and was unable to attend
and make it this morning.
So, we just decided we're going to talk about some fun stuff today.
If you have anything you want to talk about, give us a call, 865-656-8255.
You can also text us at that same number.
That's 865-656-8255.
So we are talking a little bit about, of course, it's Mother's Day weekend, which is huge,
absolutely huge.
And I know that that means a lot to many of us in many different ways, but one of the
days today is actually National Dog Moms Day.
Can't forget those.
That's right, you know, and I know that there are moms of little fur babies who this is just
as special and important to them as well.
So let's not forget those.
Are moms of fur babies?
What else?
You got any ideas?
What do you think would be a good national day today?
Big national day today?
Yeah.
I mean, you've got to be something with food, right?
Like national, like a pie day or like cake or something.
Oh, you're itching, aren't you?
Okay, okay.
We'll hold that one for a moment.
So another amazing day today that will go very well is National Birth Mother's Day as
well.
Speaking of food, it's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day.
Okay.
So here's a good one.
It's National Frog Jumping Day.
Frog jumping.
Have you ever seen a frog jumping contest?
Have you ever been to one?
Not a contest, no.
So look, I grew up in Central Illinois.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
There's nothing for miles but fields.
And so where my grandparents lived, which was just a very, very small farming community,
they would have, it was called the picnic.
Okay.
And it was a carnival that would come into town.
It was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
And it was just, it was a fun weekend.
There was parades, there were rides, there were games.
There was of course a beer tent, which was one of the most popular.
There was, there were the firefighter hose, moved the ball along the line.
I don't know what you'd call that.
But there was always a frog jumping contest.
Interesting.
And I mean, you, somebody's bullfrogs, you lay them things out.
Oh, so it was like legit frogs.
Like legit, man.
Like leg to leg, somebody's things were laying out two feet.
Not gonna lie to you.
When you said frog jumping contest, I thought you met people doing it.
So when you said it was actual frogs, that makes it a hundred times better.
Now I'm not real sure what national frog jumping day is.
I'm going to look here real quick.
Because when you, when you said that, I imagine little kids frog jumping over each other.
Cause I used to do that as a kid just for funsies.
Yeah.
So, so here we go.
Okay.
In 1865, Mark Twain published his first short story, Jim Smiley and his jumping frog.
Later, he changed the name and published it at the celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras
County.
So that's kind of, that's where this started from.
The current frog jumping record was set in 1986 by Rosie, the ribbiter who jumped 21
feet, holy cow, five and three quarter inches.
So that is actually, that was what I recall is this frog jumping contest.
Okay.
And, and it would be kids and adults alike.
And you'd set that, you'd set that frog on a little pad.
And the funny part was, is trying to get them to jump.
Huh.
I mean, people are slamp it on the ground and clapping and making funny name noises.
And just to try to get this frog to jump.
So, no wonder I'm so messed up, right?
I mean, listen to these childhood memories.
I wouldn't say that.
You had to do something in central Illinois, right?
Yeah, right.
Detastal corn in the summer, that was our, that was job.
You know, walking beans, baling hay.
That's what we did.
All right.
So onward to a few better things.
Today is also a national fruit cocktail day.
Um, my kids will definitely appreciate that one.
I'll need to make sure to get them a fruit cocktail today.
Well, there you go.
And here we go, Riley.
All right.
System one we're all waiting for.
This is the one we were waiting for.
What better to go along with baseball than national apple pie day?
There it is.
Love, love some pie.
You like it.
You like apple pie?
I do like apple pie.
It's not my number one.
Yeah.
I'll eat apple pie.
I'll eat it for sure.
Yeah.
I'll eat it.
Yeah.
I'll eat it.
Yeah, I'm the same way.
I mean, I think we can say that fruit pies, they're there.
They're there.
Yeah.
But I would rather much, I would much rather eat another pie in front of me.
Yes.
Like what, what kind of pie, Riley?
Either pumpkin.
Oh yeah.
Or a little pecan pie.
Okay.
Maybe a little chocolate, chocolate hest pie.
Little chocolate.
There you go.
Yeah.
Some of those.
Obviously those before apple pie.
Yeah.
I'm just not a, I'm not a baked fruit in some crust kind of guy.
It depends.
I mean, a good apple pie, if the apples are like kind of mushy, I'm like, I mean, I'll
eat it, but I'm like, I'd rather not.
I don't know.
It just, you know what I mean?
It's that texture thing.
I do.
I think that right, that right texture for me to eat an apple pie.
Yeah.
It's a texture.
Yes.
Texture is, you know, it is, it is there.
And I think that's, that's a great topic right there.
Oh, okay.
Because I know that, because I've talked to people and it's either, it's either a taste
thing or it's a texture thing.
Absolutely.
You know, so what are you?
Are you a taste or a texture?
Exactly.
I'm definitely a texture.
Yeah, you are.
Okay.
It, it, I mean, there's things that, of course, I've been classified a picky eater by some
and I've gotten way better over the years, right?
But a lot of things, it's so weird because I'll be like, oh, I love the flavor of that,
but I'm never eating it.
Never eating it.
And, and like my wife will make fun of me because like, I don't really like onions.
And I don't like bits of onions cooked in things, but yet I'll eat me a deep fried onion,
have an onion ring.
Interesting.
Yeah.
That's what my wife said.
She says, I mean, but the texture is different.
The texture is a little different.
Because it's fried.
Interesting.
But now I love, I'll use onion powder in seasoning on almost everything I cook.
Well, I guess it's like you said, you like the flavor.
I like the flavor.
But you don't like little, tiny, little pieces.
I get that.
I know plenty of people who are the same way.
So what's your go-to pie?
If it's not apple, what's your go-to pie?
Well, I am pretty partial.
I do like pumpkin.
Of course.
I'm a big of pumpkin guy.
Classic.
But I'm just going to tell you, I don't know that there's much better than just a good
old classic French silk chocolate pie.
Ooh.
Okay.
That's just, you know, I mean, that's, that's just always a, it's a ready to go.
Can't beat it, man.
Can't beat it.
You just can't beat chocolate.
I think it'll also forgot these two, a peanut butter or a caramel pie.
Yeah.
Either one goes.
Peanut butter is, I mean, peanut butter and chocolate.
I'm going to tell you.
I'm a sucker for some peanut butter.
Yeah.
There's no doubt about it.
No.
Hey, I bet also there's some others out there who make some incredible pies.
So shout out to them.
Make incredible desserts.
Absolutely.
And that for us, the gentlemen who probably aren't the best in the kitchen, who make the
pies for us.
Yeah.
And you know what?
This weekend, don't make your mom cook.
Absolutely not.
Take her out.
If you can't cook, take her out.
There are so many amazing lunch brunch buffets and so many great places that you can take
your mom to celebrate her.
Just don't make her cook.
But hey, if you want to make her a present, make her her favorite pie, try your hardest
and that's all she'll care for.
That's right.
Because you tried.
And if you know that you can't make it, go pick it up.
Go pick it up.
Go to your Kroger, Food City, whatever you like and just go get it.
Or just order it from Buttermilk Sky, the Buttermilk Sky.
Make incredible ones.
That's right.
So we're going to take a quick break.
When we're going to come back, we're going to focus on our moms.
We're going to hit home here on Mother's Day.
And if you've got a special story about your mother that you would like to talk about, give
us a call.
Give us a text.
865-656-8255.
That's 865-656-8255.
We'll be right back here on Around the House on News Talk 987.
Well, good morning, good morning.
Welcome back to Around the House.
I am Scott Brokamp from his security and technology.
And we are talking about moms today.
Well, we've been talking about a lot of other stuff.
But we're going to focus on our moms.
In a couple of quick tidbits about Mother's Day, did you know the National Retail Federation
is expecting Americans to spend over $35 billion on gifts for their moms this year?
You say $35 billion?
$35 billion.
Wow.
Yes.
Flowers, cards, dinner out.
Those will be some of the most popular.
Jewelry will be the most expensive of them all.
Of course.
And get this.
I may feel bad now.
That average Mother's Day gift budget will be about $275 a person this year.
Wow.
So that you...
$275.
That's a good chunk of change.
So...
It's definitely so.
But...
No doubt.
That's a chunk of change.
And here's the thing.
I hope people don't realize you need to go, your mother or your wife, whoever it might
be.
You don't need to do all that.
Right.
But that's a chunk of change.
You're right.
You know?
And that's...
If you're a mom listening today, we'd love to hear from you.
What...
You know, let's face it.
I'm just going to tell you.
For years I've done just a conglomerate of different things to try to show my mom how
much I love her or impress her or let her know how important she is on this day.
And I know she has said to me, son, all I really want is to know that, you know, that
you appreciate me.
So if you're a mom and you're listening, help us...
Help us deadhead guys out here.
Help us figure this out, right?
Please, yes.
Call us or text us.
We'd love to hear from you to share what it is that you really, really would like.
What would make your Mother's Day the absolute best Mother's Day ever?
Give us a call or text at 865-656-8255.
I think that one of the things in particular about Mother's Day, and for me, it is it's...
How easily we take for granted what our mothers do.
And I'm just going to tell you.
I mean, I ran my poor mama through the ringer, right?
I was...
I mean, I just ran her through the ringer and she was always there.
I mean, no matter what, she was always there.
And I'm sure I'm not the only one that has that story, right?
And even to this day, my mama is always there.
Now, I know that life is life and I know that there are people listening right now that
their mothers have passed on.
And today is...
Or tomorrow is somewhat of a day of remembrance.
And I understand that as well.
And so, you know, just no matter what, it's important to cherish the time that we have.
And that's one of the things that I have unfortunately taken me a little while to understand
and learn is that life is short.
Life is short and we never know how long we have with anybody.
And it's important to make sure that you spend time with those special ones in your
lives.
My wife and I, we have two young kids.
We were late having kids and it's important for us that we make sure that we spend time
with the grandparents that are left for our kids and for them and for us to be able to
have those good times to reflect upon.
I want to enjoy the time that I have while they're here.
And I share all that because as I think about my mom, she still lives in Central Illinois.
I've tried to get her to move down here.
She loves it here, but she loves her life that she has.
And she recently was here for a visit and she came for a few days and then she went
and saw some other family down in Georgia and came back and was in and out.
And my mom is a doer.
She's a worker.
She's, I mean, she's got to be doing things, right?
And I always joke with her.
I'm like, nah, I'm just sitting out.
Just take a break.
And so this, this time when she came, I told her, I said, mom, I'm not, I know that you
like to have projects.
I know that you like to have stuff to do, but I just want you to come and hang out and
be a part of our family.
And she said to me with tears in her eyes, literally, that that's all I want to do.
I just want to come and be a part of your daily lives with you and your family.
And, and so as we embark upon Mother's Day coming tomorrow, that is, that is one of the
newest, most recent sentiments that I have with my mother.
But I will tell you, I am, I'm blessed because I have bonus moms in my life as many of us
do.
And, and I think that that tends to get overlooked every once in a while, but I have a bonus mom
and then I have a bonus mother-in-law mom.
And so, you know, let's not forget them.
Let's not forget what they've done because I'm going to tell you, I've got to be grateful
for my mother-in-law because my amazing wife came from her, you know?
So Riley, what, what's one of the most remarkable memories you've got with your mom?
Yeah, so for me, growing up, my mom definitely sacrificed a lot for me.
Obviously, she, you know, taking me to practice, to parties, to games, to, to doing all this
and that.
I was a pretty active child and for her to put basically me first in everything.
She was a stay-at-home mom.
She, she worked from time to time, but she wanted to be around me and my sister and us
from day to day needs, you know?
She, just everything that we take for granted doing laundry, cooking us meals.
Like I said, picking us up from school, taking us there, taking us everywhere.
You take that stuff for granted and, you know, I still live at home as, as of now and I'm
cherishing every moment I can at the moment.
You know what I mean?
Because obviously I want to, you know, start my own life, move out soon and that's going
to be, you know, challenging to start without my parents, mom, everybody.
And so as, at the moment, you know, I'm cherishing every day I have with them because it won't
be like that in the future.
So that, that for me is kind of where I'm at at the moment in my life with my mom, but
eternally grateful for what she did for me growing up in, in everyday life.
Yeah.
And I'm sure you and I are not the only one that share those sentiments.
No, yeah.
Hey, and if you're listening, we'd love to hear your mom's story, you know?
What is one of the most remarkable things that you constantly remember or think about
when it comes to your mom?
And give us a call, give us a text, 865-656-8255-8656-568255.
Speaking of moms, I would be remiss not to wish, of course, all moms a happy Mother's
Day, but my, my predecessor from the show, Ms. Dawn Steimer.
Yes.
Dawn, I hope you're not listening this morning.
I hope you're enjoying some sleepy time in bed.
Of course.
Because you've had many years being up this early.
Actually, chatting with her just, just the other day, such a remarkable woman.
Of course.
And, you know, and again, thinking of women and empowering and inspiring women, you know,
I know her dad was very influential in her life, but look at the woman that she had become.
And, you know, we, I mean, we talk about just like the sacrifice of moms.
My mom and dad, they divorced.
I was six.
My brother was 10.
And my mom was struggling to work a full-time job and, and raised two little aliens.
I mean, I'm just going to tell you, that's what it was.
And it was tough.
You know, it was tough, but she always found a way to make a way to do for our, for our
kids.
You know, we were, we were active in things.
I played, I played little league.
I was a bowler.
I bowled other sports.
My brother is a musician into music.
I mean, we were always, she was, we were always getting to where we needed to go.
We were always doing things.
In credit, back in that day, it wasn't a big deal.
And where I lived, I mean, you know, hop on your bicycle and ride seven to 10 miles and
go hang out with whoever, you know?
So it was a different time.
Sure.
There was a little help on that standpoint, but I just, I mean, I look back at what my
mother did, raising us two boys.
And I'm, I'm just amazed.
I mean, as, as a dad of two girls right now, I mean, between my wife and I together, most
days were like, how are we going to do this?
You know, how?
And it's exhausting.
And to think that one superwoman mom was able to take care of and raise two boys.
And I'd like to think we both turned out pretty good.
We, I, you know, I definitely, I don't, I don't know your other sibling, but I definitely
think you have Scott.
Well, of course I am the better.
Oh, well, obviously yes.
I mean, you have you on radio show.
Yeah.
Well, you know, but in my brother, I mean, we both, we've got, we have, we have, we
have a good work ethic, part of that.
And we got that from mom and dad both, you know, we just, we grew up that way.
But in my brother, he's, he owns a printing business in central Illinois.
He's, he's a printer.
He's in print.
And, you know, he's got two awesome kids that he started a lot earlier than I did.
So his are grown and out of the house and, you know, but hey, it helps keep me, keep
me young.
Um, but you, you know, I mean, again, I think that, uh, I just look back at that and I'm
just amazed.
I'm just amazed.
Um, anyway, I know we're, I'm just reminiscing here a little bit and, uh, but I hope it's
making you as you're sitting around your house this morning, reminisce, reminisce and
think about those times of, of you and your mom and, uh, you know, the mark and the inspiration
that she left on your lives.
And I know not everybody has that story, but we'd love to hear your story.
Give us a call or text at eight, six, five, six, five, six, eight, two, five, five.
We're going to take a short break and we will be right back here on news talk 98 seven W.
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Welcome back to around the house.
I am Scott Brokamp of his security and technology and, uh, here with Mr. Riley here in studio,
uh, and we're talking about Mother's Day, of course.
So I just want to say during the break, I was, uh, just looking into tomorrow's national
days, right?
Which of course Mother's Day.
There's very few national days tomorrow because well, let's face it, it's Mother's Day.
But there is one that I find that I'm sure is of no coincidence whatsoever.
Wink, wink.
Tomorrow is ash is, uh, also national decency day.
Decency day.
Okay.
Now decency, what, what is it referring to?
Is it just Riley?
Come on now.
Look decent.
Be decent.
You know, be decent to each other.
Be nice to each other.
Um, and also tomorrow is national biscuit day.
Oh, there, that's the real one.
After after Mother's Day, that's, that's it.
Take your mom for a biscuit.
Oh, lots of good biscuit places in town.
And I'm telling you, what's your favorite biscuit place?
So my favorite is, I don't know if he's open tomorrow, but Matt Robbs biscuits.
Okay.
He makes them fresh daily.
He's got a place downtown.
Incredible biscuits.
Incredible.
All right.
I, I really haven't had much for breakfast this morning.
So we can't dive down.
We're going to pass the biscuit, biscuit story here.
But back to national decency day.
Of course.
I mean, again, what better way to celebrate your moms than this?
It, it is to celebrate the basic standard of civility that every American, not American,
everybody, every person deserves.
Everybody.
I like this.
What it says here decency is a non part partisan grassroots movement.
Oh, why?
Why is that not just not just a natural core of your human being?
Right?
Uh, anyway, so, uh, again, I think that is a beautiful compliment to go along with Mother's
Day.
Absolutely.
Uh, I think most moms would agree that that is right there on the top of the list.
Right?
Oh yeah.
Um, so speaking of Mother's Day and shopping, have you done your Mother's Day shopping?
Already?
Uh, let's just say yes.
Let's just say yes.
So in case you're listening and you haven't already, um, let's talk about some last minute
gift ideas.
Okay.
So like me, um, my moms two out of three live out of state.
So I've tried the order flower thing and, and I'm just going to tell you, it ends up
a disaster.
Okay.
I mean, there's nothing worse than thinking that you're sending your mom a beautiful bouquet
and only to find out that maybe it's not quite what you thought it was going to be based
on the pictures from, you know, whatever that online place is.
Um, so I've been that route.
Uh, I've done little things here and there.
So, um, but you know, the big thing really for me is helping my kids celebrate their
mom.
That's the big thing.
So, but let's face it.
I don't know about your household, but for me, I know one of the good standbys is that
there's always a good comfy pair of pajama pants.
Can't beat those.
Uh, a nice comfy, fluffy snuggle blanket.
Okay.
Um, see that I'm told you I'm blessed.
Yes.
Obviously you can tell my wife likes to snuggle.
Of course.
Can't beat that.
I'm a lucky man.
My kids like to snuggle.
We have snuggle fest.
There you go.
Um, so of course there's the old standby.
You can run out and grab you a bouquet of flowers.
Uh, actually our, our next guest for the next hour is going to also have some amazing ideas
for you on the, uh, on the, uh, gardening and flower side of life.
Uh, but what are some other last minute great gift ideas?
Let's, I mean, you can't be chocolate.
Just any kind of chocolates.
Can't beat that.
It's like you've, you've mentioned blankets, like you said, flowers, chocolate, maybe just
some clothes.
Can't beat some more either.
Right.
We're coming around this time of year, maybe just some good looking dresses or some kind
of jewelry, maybe just run and get a quick little necklace or a ring or bracelet, whatever.
So you know, just some casual things, some chocolate, some stuff like that.
Probably.
I just got to tell you, Raleigh, that sounds like a good old fashioned gift card to me right
there.
Yeah.
This is a good old Amazon gift card.
Let her like, you know, get what you want.
You know, that's right.
I mean, look, I've, I've made that mistake buying clothes and then, you know, I mean,
gosh, I mean, there is nothing more awkward than when you get the wrong size, especially
if it's when you're, you know, if you're buying it for your wife on Mother's Day.
On Mother's, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm bypassing that whole situation.
The whole situation.
Yeah.
I don't blame you.
Yeah.
You know, and I bet you any of our moms listening today, I bet you that they would tell you
one of the best gifts that they have ever received is one of those beautiful homemade
gifts from one of their kids.
I know my daughter brought home a beautiful little picture collage for mom that they made
at school.
And my kids both are fairly creative.
So they'd normally come up with some, some pretty good ideas, but they, they love to,
they love to make things for mom.
And you know, I know that, I know my mom has things that I've made for her over the years
and I keep trying to tell her, just get rid of them.
You can't do that though.
It's too sentimental, you know?
You know?
Like, you can't do it.
I, I think for me, I, I, to stand by best of all, best ever last minute, Mother's Day
gift, right, is always the, hey, surprise, we're going to have a cook out and hang out
at your house.
Yeah.
There it is.
I'm just telling you, don't, you don't make mom cook.
You do cook.
You cook.
Whatever you want to make, don't forget the dessert.
Oh, that's, that's paramount.
Bring it to mom.
You know, or you could invite her to your house so she doesn't have to clean up after
you and you're gone.
You know, but, uh, whatever you do, whatever you do this weekend, I'll honor your mom.
Let her relax.
Let her enjoy time just being with you.
This, this important day.
So I'm gonna leave it with that. We're gonna take a short break and when we come back
We are going to be speaking with our amazing guest from
Stanley's greenhouse Abby Stanley will be here and she'll have some last-minute ideas for you as well
We'll be right back here on a news talk 1987 W. Okay. I
am a founder co-owner of his security and technology here in town and Riley. Thank you so much for
You know just sharing
precious moments
Well about life really for the first hour
If you've got any special memories with your mom
We'd love to hear about him. Give us a caller text at 865-656-8255
That's 865-656-8255
So there is also a boatload of places to pick up a Mother's Day gift today
The farmers market is back on Market Square
You have the Vestival Arts and Music Fest at
Kandora Marble Company in the vest in the Vestal community of South Knoxville
The spring marketplace is going on today at the historic Ramsey house
And there are many other things maybe your mom likes softball. Maybe she likes baseball
Don't forget our Lady Vols playing the SEC championship today at three o'clock on ESPN
our men baseball team I think first pitches at noon today at Lindsey Nelson and we're you know, we're going against Kentucky
So, you know mom's gonna be supportive of that no matter what but if you want to learn more about what's going on around town
You can go to visit Knoxville.com. That's visit Knoxville.com
My guess this hour is another prime example of a family owned business that has been an oxal for generations
We told you last Saturday about the container gardening workshop at Stanley's greenhouse
Well, we have the lady who taught that seminar with us live in the studio today from Stanley's greenhouse
Here's Abby Stanley Gerald's she's going to tell us all about the pretty things moms love
Hi, thank you so much for having me. I'm so glad that you're here
You know and in more ways than one but thank you so much
We appreciate you being here and I think I mean what better
Conversation to have with the Mother's Day than the beauty in the life of well quite frankly
Plants yeah, yeah, well without getting too philosophical with it, you know mothers are
You know the bringer of life essentially and you know plants being that and and that nurturing quality of plants
They just go hand in hand
I've told several people if you're a plant mom, you're still a mom
Because really I mean you're nurturing a living thing, right? That's all that's what it's all about
Um
But yeah, um, I don't know if I know a mom that doesn't like flowers
Yeah, I mean some people struggle with keeping them alive, right?
Who doesn't love flowers?
And we have so many options right now
So for those of you that don't know Stanley's greenhouse, we are a family owned and operated
Farm basically in South Knoxville. We grow over 60 percent of the plants that we sell
So for that reason all of our plants are tax-free
Yeah, so and we have a lot of control over it too. So
We like to think we have the best quality for that reason too
We have
thousands of blooming annual hanging baskets, which are great
Well, maybe not left but we grew tens of thousands
But the store is full of beautiful hanging baskets
They're just $20 you can just pick one up mom can put it on the porch easy peasy
Got a couple mixed containers. We'll see how long those last today
And those are also good grab-and-go
And then there are just there are so many options. We've got roses
You could plant mom a vegetable garden
She can use it in the kitchen
Fresh tomatoes, but if you're gonna plant mom a vegetable garden, you better go take care of it for her as well
Okay, we don't want mom to work now unless you're like my mom she loves that's what she loves to do
She I'll call her and she's like yeah, I'm not working in my flowers
And I mean you can tell she's exhausted, but that's just I mean that's her happy place. Yeah, it's just her happy place
It's a really healing thing
And in the world we live in you know, there's so much chaos and there's so much turmoil and just being able to escape
To the garden hear the birds, you know and take care of something watching it grow is so fulfilling
It just it's healing it really is yeah
I'm I'm grateful that I have a live-in mother-in-law who takes care of all of that around our house
So grateful. Thank you so much grandma. Isabel. We love you
What it is it's so beautiful right when when things are in bloom. I know that
Even though it's not really the fruits of my labor that have have made all this come to life
But it is so beautiful and I will every year when things get in bloom
I will go out and I will clip me some flowers and I will put them in a vase and I will put them on the counter
And and it just it literally brightens up the day. Yeah, if my wife and I are kids
It's just when you see that beauty sitting there in front of you every morning when you wake up
It's just I'm just gonna tell you it just really brightens the day
Totally so now if I could just learn how to sustain some of these plants in the house
That would probably be a lot better a lot better to do so
Obviously we've got some great last-minute gift ideas for mom
So if you're a slacker and you have not gotten mom taking care of Ryan
Um last-minute gift ideas go see Abby over at Stanley's greenhouse. They've got some amazing amazing plants
I love how you said that Abby
easy peasy
That's the way and squeezy. That's right. That's right
Okay
What do you got? Yes? No, Riley's just shaking his head. He's he's like I'm done
I ain't got nothing easy peasy lemon squeeze. We've all got busy lives life is cheesy. Oh, yeah
Right, I mean can't pass up a good dad joke opportunity right there. I'm just telling you
So but obviously beautiful flowers is is a great rendition and a great honor to your mom, but there's other things
You could plant a shrub for mom or plant a tree in honor of mom
So many different opportunities, right? Yeah, and and something about that too is just the longevity of it
You know if you plan to tree
That's going to be there hopefully
for decades and
That is such a beautiful reminder of that person
and that legacy and
It's something people do a lot of times in memory of but it can also just be something that they enjoy without me getting on my soapbox
trees are and you know extremely important for the environment creators of oxygen and
Taking in all the greenhouse gases and they're getting cut down left and right so
really important to plant trees, but
But yeah, it's a great thing
To be able to watch them grow and
Survive yeah, absolutely. Well in in your right
Moms are not just the giver of life it much like plants. They are very much so the sustainer of life as well
And we must not forget that again. This is you know, I'm just gonna tell you
Mother's Day. I mean I love being a dad and I love my dad
He was he's an amazing man and my stepfather was an amazing man, but I'm just gonna tell you nothing tops of mom
I'm just I'm just here to tell you nothing tops of mom
We are gonna take a real short break and we're gonna come back and we're gonna continue talking with Abby Stanley about well
Not just last-minute gifts from mom because I know not everybody needs the last-minute gift because a lot of you are planners and did good
But we're gonna talk about Stanley Stanley's greenhouse and the history and
Why you should visit them stay tuned and stay with us here on around the house on news talk 98 7 W. Okay
Welcome back to around the house. I'm Scott bro camp and
And I am sitting here in studio. I just got to tell you Abby Stanley is here from Stanley's greenhouse and
And she's just she's just a joy. I'm just gonna tell you
Just a joy
So I'm gonna do my best to stay on on point here so we can talk about important things
Which as most of you know, I struggle with so
Abby thank you so much for joining us
Thank you for having me so I know one of the neat things we want to talk about today is you have a seminar going on today
Yeah, it's actually our last seminar of this season
Then we'll be picking back up in the fall once things cool down in the greenhouse
But today at 1030 is warm season vegetables with John Tullick
If you're a gardener in Knoxville, it's probably you've probably heard of John Tullick. He's
he's just
a local
gardener
aficionado
He's written a couple different books on the topics too. He's done a lot of like farm to table
Focused on a lot of veggie gardening, but also done like small space and urban gardening too
But yeah, he's a wealth of knowledge when it comes to vegetable gardening and
We're lucky to have him so yeah, and so that's 1030 today
Uh-huh, so is it just a come show up? Is it come show up? They're free
We only have
25 chairs
So four people show up you may want to bring a chair, but um
But yeah, okay. Yeah, all right
So and where are you guys located so everybody knows how to get to you right our address is 3029
Davenport Road
We are in South Knoxville just about five minutes from downtown easy to get to yeah, there you go a GPS
That's right. I mean, let's let's face it just just Google
Staley's greenhouse and hit the directions button and
Make sure that you're you do that by you know 10 o'clock so you can be there by 1030. Yeah, right good. Go check it out learn about
vegetable gardening so I man that that would be a great gift for mom right there take her exactly
Some veggies she can cook with them. Yeah. Yeah, just not tomorrow, right? Just not tomorrow. She's got to take a break
but speaking of moms
Hydrenias are 20% off
Yeah, so the floral hydrangeas are 20% off
this weekend for mothers and
Yeah, they're mostly pink. There are some white, but they're gorgeous. They're in bloom. They're just these huge
I don't know another way to describe it puff balls of color
and
Another great grab-and-go gift, you know
So more easy peasy peasy. That's how we like it. So
You know, I'm sure many of our listeners today are very familiar with Stanley's greenhouse
Because you guys have been a staple here for a very long time
Yeah
Some people it's that we have a lot of new people to Knoxville and some people will say I never knew you were here
It's like oh wow
But then we get those that it's like I've been coming here and they'll say I've been coming here since y'all were on the hill and
And because we had an old retail center before we built the one we were in now
That was 1999 when we built this the new one and
Yeah, I mean we've been around for a long time
Yeah, you guys so you but you started you guys have actually
Produced
fields of beautiful flowers for really even many years before you were kind of recognized as a business
Yeah, well we quantify our our time is like 1955
We really don't even know when the first glass houses were built, but we guessed around the 50s
So that's what we say, but before then we were growing
flowers in the fields and
doing more cut flower stuff and growing that and I'm selling it on the market on Market Square and
To you florist around downtown
So what generation are you in the business?
Well
If we're talking about the business from 1955 then I am the third generation
Yeah, I
would say the eighth of
The eighth generation of people working on the farm though
Yeah, that we know eighth generation
On the land for yeah
listen, I mean
That I mean that's amazing. I mean most family businesses
They're you're lucky if you make it to a third maybe a fourth generation, you know
Hmm usually most family businesses do not sustain much longer
I think the average is three. I think it's three generations
I think it's within the the national average of sustainability of a family business
so to think that you guys have been around and
You're actually a part of the eighth generation of this farm
Giving back to the community here in Knoxville. Yeah, it's kind of amazing. Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna break that third generation thing
Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I feel extremely proud extremely lucky
It's it's just such a love of mine to be able to be there and and to be carrying on the work that
My ancestors have been doing for so long
Yeah, they'll really grateful. Yeah, that is I mean, that's awesome. That is amazing. So
Who's Lisa and Rocky? Oh
Yeah, well Lisa is my mom she
passed away last year
She
Was basically the face of the business for the 20 years that she was there
she well over 20 but
She loved that place so much and she had so much charisma
I swear she knew everybody in Knoxville because of it
We'd go to the grocery store and people would hunter down. It's just like oh my goodness, but
Um, but she I mean she had such passion and it was so visible
She was like the essence of the business
During her time there. So she married my dad. My dad is Rocky and he was the head grower
for his time there
So basically my grandfather
started the business as we know it now or at least he started growing flowers and
So my dad came along
I mean, he was working on the farm during high school. He'd get out of school go to go water some plants, you know and
It was really his brother Monty was working there too
And and is still working there and
and but my dad really wanted to grow and
So he kind of pushed for building more greenhouses building more greenhouses, which was a scary thing
You had to run a lot of money. Yeah, especially back then
But the more you know, we build the more that we grew and
Yeah, the more people bought and the more people
Learned about that so so it sounds to me and listen, I mean, I know
I've known you for a whole what 30 minutes now
but I can just I can just see and hear the passion in your voice and it sounds to me like
It sounds to me like your mom has passed along some some footprints on your heart that you are very passionate about and will carry on with you
through this business and that
Is amazing. It just is. Thank you. Yeah, I think I would have to I don't know be
Have a heart of stone for it not to she was just so you know
Amazing, but yeah, I'm doing what I can. I definitely care
And yeah, we'll see where it goes so I
I'm gonna speculate. I know what your answer is this question, but I've always heard that healthy plants rely on healthy people
Well, I've never heard that
Um, yeah, I mean the energy of you know, like, you know, you hear people talking to their plants and
Like it's the environment and bringing and bringing a healthy environment to those plants, right in mind, body and spirit
and so I
just I
Had one plant in my life when I was younger that I was able to sustain for a while and and I just it was a time in my life that
I needed a little something and I didn't know what it was and it ended up being a plant and and I would talk to my plant and I'm
Gonna tell you I'm gonna tell you it worked
It worked. Oh, I don't know
Well good good for you. Um, yeah, I mean whatever
My therapist whatever works, right? Well, it is and we tell people all the time
You know when they're checking out it's like hey, it's cheaper than therapy
Really is it is and it's and it's really good for the soul. It just is it just is really good for the soul
We are gonna take a short break and we're gonna come back and continue to speak with Abby and
We're gonna we're gonna dive into some plants
It's not like for real dive, but we're gonna talk about some some particular plants and species as we go on here
So make sure to tune back in with us here on
Around the house on news talk 97 W. Okay. I
Yeah
Welcome back to around the house I
Hope you're enjoying this beautiful morning outside today and
If you need some more beauty to enjoy well
go out to Stanley's greenhouse and
at
10 30 today there is going to be a
seminar on warm season vegetable gardening and
I am not a gardener, but I am told that John Tullock is a very prominent member of
The community and has written several books and he will be
presenting today out at Stanley's greenhouse
You can go to their website and learn all about what they have to offer and check out these events
There's actually a simple little button to click on for directions
You can go to Stanley green house calm. That's Stanley's green house.com
Don't forget to ask like I did
Stanley's with an S greenhouse calm. Sorry. I am I ran out of coffee and I don't have tea. So we're making do
We have Abby in the studio this morning and Abby is as we discovered earlier
eighth generation of the farm
third-ish generation of the business
And and she is carrying on and well we're just I'm just gonna call it the soon-to-be face of
The business
Yeah
No pressure no pressure
But as many of you know it is it is that time of year that we get outside and
And we start planting and enjoying the outdoor plants. So I know that we may be a little late for some plants
so
Abby I'm gonna look to you. You're the pro here
Again, I'm a novice know very little about what plants when to when to plant them and well
Where to plant them there's a lot of good information here. Yeah. Yeah
Well, I tell people all the time
Just because you don't know it doesn't mean you can't learn it. That's really
That's just really it, you know
You just have to just have to dive in and and start doing it and the more you do the more you learn
But as far as when to plant things
We are getting a little late. We talked about trees earlier. It's really best to plant like your larger plant material in the fall
So that there's enough time for those plants to get their root systems established before the heat and stress of summer
So if you are gonna buy a tree for mom, which is a great option
you know, maybe wrap it up put it in a pot make it look pretty for the summer and
water for and
Plant it in the fall to ensure that it does the best that it can
Yeah, so along with that goes shrubs shrubs are gonna be like the backbone of any garden, right?
So you want to start big and then work smaller a
Good garden is gonna have layers. It's gonna have larger plant material and
In all different things blooming at different times three things giving different interests at different times
So obviously the trees have their purpose and then you have your shrubs, which are gonna be your larger bushes and things
Usually a lot of things that are evergreen so there can be some things some interest in the winter
It's good to plant those in the fall too
You can get them established right now. It's just it's a little more work and sometimes summer like I said can be pretty stressful
and
But one of the things I tell people if you can put it on a slow drip as opposed to just sitting over there with the water
They're like five minutes. That's better because then it seeps into the ground more evenly
and
then working your way down then the next year would be perennials and
Perennials you could really plant at any time
And we have a great selection right now. We actually have a lot of stuff that's still yet to come too
So we're gonna have a great selection all summer and fall
And perennials are gonna be like your herbaceous
They come back every year, but they're more herbaceous
So they're not like the bones, but they're kind of like the muscle tissue like they fill in the like in
between you know
And they'll bloom
But they don't have they usually bloom for you know a month or so
And they usually stay in that like mid size range
It's like a lot of the like native wildflowers that you see those are gonna be perennials
and then
your smaller tier is gonna be annuals and
So we grow a lot of all of these we grow the most of annuals
definitely and
That's gonna be your color for the summer right so it's good to have all of those things
But the annuals are gonna bloom like some people are like why would I want it if I have to replant it every year?
valid question, but
Nothing else is gonna bloom from May to October. You're just not gonna get that longevity out of anything else and
That's definitely worth the money
so
well
So what are what are some of the most popular?
Annuals that that you guys grow or that you recommend for our area?
Yeah
Depends on your situation right so sun or shade or partial?
So if we're going with shade
There aren't a whole lot of options for color, but like begonias and impatience are basically the staple there
We have a lot of beautiful colladiums
Which are kind of like elephant ears. They've got gorgeous colored foliage
I can really brighten up the shade and
And that's a there's some other little guys, but that's about it for the shade
Then like partial sun and full sun. We've got petunias. We've got so many petunias
And baskets to petunias are probably the most bred annual
They just keep coming out with different colors different variations
There's one that looks like the night sky. It's got like little
Yeah, it's crazy. There are black ones
They're like
There are some with like little heart shapes in them
perfect for moms
I mean, it's crazy, but yeah
and then
We're really hot. We've got like geraniums and of course you got your pansies everybody loves your pansies, right?
Well, yes pansies are your winter annual, okay?
So we'll have those in the fall for you to plant during the winter, but they are gonna die soon
Yeah, when it starts getting hot. Yes. Yeah, I'm gonna replace them. Okay, so
Yeah, I'm sorry. I interrupted you. You were gonna tell us about some more. You're good. Oh, well, I could go on all day
I don't know how long we have
Um, you have you have as long as is is until Riley shuts the microphone off. No, just oh
We're good. Yeah, we have so many annuals. So we have about everything you would want, you know in
In it I remember one of the things that I remember most is I used to I had the pleasure
I had a friend who had family in a place in Michigan called Mackinac Island and
And so if you're old enough, you maybe remember a movie called somewhere in time with Christopher Reeves
It took place on that island, but there is an amazing place called the Grand Hotel and
One of the things that I recall about the Grand Hotel is every single week
They would take and they would replace the annuals
Every week, I mean, but you talk about beauty. It was absolutely beautiful
So but again, that's one of those one of those great memories I have but one of the questions that I have is
Because I've struggled with this
in in planting those annuals
What kind of spacing should we have in those? Yeah, you know, I mean, they're they're usually small
They're not gonna get real big. Yeah, so well depends
How much money?
It depends on the annuals some can get pretty big
But yeah, no spacing you just got to pay attention to what it is, right? So
The growth pattern so if I have a plant and it gets 12 to 18 inches wide, right?
Well, then you probably want to space things about 12
Inches wide right. I usually go on the smaller side, especially if you want it to look full, right?
so
Yeah, and
Part of that takes experience, you know, like oh, I did this last year and I saw how big that got but but yeah
Basically just looking at its growth
And going for there. Yeah, cuz I've got a couple little spots at the house that I tried my hand with
I did I tried and
Well, I'm just gonna say that I should have probably put and and it was I
believe it was last fall and
I probably should have put twice as many of those pretty little pansies in there that I put in there. Yeah
Because it just it it didn't turn out quite the way. I hoped it would yeah, you know, so
All right, and again, right? I'm fueling this with my own personal questions cuz I learned
So and I'm sure I'm not the only one but I we have a irrigation system that runs through obviously our beds
And and it is buried so it's not topical. It's it's soaking in through the ground
But I've always wondered
Do I need to go and sprinkle a little on the top?
Well, you shouldn't if you have an irrigation system that's working well
Irrigation is difficult though. Yeah
because you don't
You can't really control it as much but obviously we live busy lives and so for those that don't have time to hand water
It's yeah, it's it's beneficial
Well, I just you know, I look at some of my my plants and I'm like, okay, I know it's getting water
It's it's getting water in the root system. But what are those poor petals look like they just need to they just need a fresh in and up
You know and well and fertilizer is a big thing to you
A lot of annuals. They're heavy feeders. So fertilizer is really helpful to do
There's a product called osmica, which is a slow release. So it's like
Slowly releasing nutrients for four to six months
So I sprinkle that in like every hole that I plant
Because I don't have time to do it very often and that's like takes care of the main nutrients
Interesting so well, we're gonna take a quick break. But when we come back, I want to talk about that
I want to talk about feeding our plants
Because again my my novice ability
I want to learn I because I love looking at at our beautiful landscape when things are in bloom is beautiful
And and I need to know how to do a better job
Making sure to sustain the beautiful life that is living around my house
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I'm Scott bro camp from his security and technology
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but
Mother's Day is tomorrow and
If you have forgotten or have not had time or whatever the scenario may be the delivery didn't show up
Whatever the case is you should go see my friend Abby at
Stanley's greenhouse because if you've been listening, you know, they've got you covered
They've got you covered you can give your mother the most beautiful
Most beautiful gift of all and that is well you could return the gift of life
with a beautiful hanging basket or
A variety of things maybe even plant a shrub
For your mother and then come back and take care of it. So see look it it has built-in visits with it
I mean what more would a mom want right?
Although some there's probably some moms out there like no stay away. I need my privacy
Oh
I'm sure not
Just teasing so when when we left our last segment, you know one of the things you had mentioned
fertilizing and feeding our our plants in particular in particular our
Pridials
Is that correct annuals? Oh, right?
I always get that mixed up, but yeah, so when is when is the right time?
When when do we need to make sure that we're getting that fertilizer?
As you mentioned when you plan you put a product in there a fertilizer that is a long life
That's going to cover you right? Yeah, I mean obviously it's what you can do. I mean you can only do that
You know, I'm not truthfully not the best plant mom at home, which is why I do that slow release
Takes care of her months, but my husband is the head grower and he'll he'll usually put more time and effort into the
so he's taking care of that
But
Yeah, I mean it's pretty easy. You know, there are a lot of different products
But you know, I think it's a lot of different products
You know, there are a lot of different products, but it's important for the annuals especially because
They're putting out so much and because they're blooming so much all summer long
I mean that takes a lot of energy and there's only so much that it can get through the water and the rain
and the soil so
I mean obviously a rich soil is important to you
We're plagued with a lot of clay around here. So starting with a good soil base is
Uh, one of the most important things using like a soil conditioner to amend that clay
And some organic matter for food like manure or compost
Um is important, but yeah, you can also do water soluble fertilizers
A lot of different ones you can just dissolve
A teaspoon or however much and the watering can there are also some you can like hook onto the hose and stuff
Um, but yeah, it's important and like especially if you see any yellowing usually yellowing when it comes to those
um
annuals means uh nutrient deficiency
So is there is there a time I need to make sure to do that or not do that or is it?
I mean we just need to for the for the lifespan of it if we see issues and we need to make sure we take care of it
Yeah, I mean, um, let's just like us right like um
You've got your bread and butter, but you can't survive off of just bread and butter
Sometimes you need like a kale smoothie or a multi vitamin or something
You know, I was thinking more like a little bit of jelly to go on there, but you know, whatever no
but but yeah fertilizers important, um and
Um, all of the different products should have directions on there as far as like how often to do it
You don't want to do it more often than it says to right, obviously less is
fine, um
More you could follow the directions, which should be ideal, but um, wait, wait, well
That's a debate that happens at my house way too much by the way, I'm just gonna tell you right well
I'm an improvise guy, you know, I'm improvise
You give me a recipe and I'm gonna improvise you know for me. It's whenever I remember
So so see you can improvise right so
What I know, you know our focus right now is more to outdoor plants and obviously the beauty that we are
Being able to enjoy outdoors
But I would be remiss if we didn't talk at least a little bit about indoor plants
Um
Because uh in you're the professional so you let me know but I know a lot of people put their plants into windows
And I know in summertime a lot of times those plants struggle because of the additional heat. It's coming into the window
Oh, um
I I mean I haven't really seen that too much
Maybe it's just my plants honestly more towards the cold in the winter
Uh as far as I'm struggling most indoor plants if not all are gonna be like tropical sub tropical
Species so they're gonna want that heat. Um sometimes they if it's like an abrupt
Sun change they can get burnt, but it's usually not. I mean they can acclimate with the day links and right
and all of that but um
Yeah indoor plants are super important. Um, there are so many studies as far as what?
Um having plants in your space inside can do for you and it goes along with just like us as human beings being out in
nature all of the time like
um, it improves our
um
productivity
Um the way that your brain works it makes you more creative
Uh lifts your mood
Um, it's been there have been a couple studies. Um that have put plants in hospital rooms where like someone's been in a coma for months
And as soon as this plant gets brought in they turn towards it. Oh and like actually yeah, and I mean so many different things as far as like
healing goes and
So having plants inside not to mention it's going to clean your air too
Um, there are several different plants that can remove like heavy metal toxins and formaldehyde out of the air. Um,
so
So many benefits um to having plants inside
um
Yeah, so
Easiest easiest houseplant
What is it?
Oh
There's there's a couple. Um, there's this snake plant which you basically pretty much never have to water
Um, you could kill it by over watering it, but as long as you forget about it. Usually pretty good
Um, that one is one that's super important for air purification and like I said removing the stuffy toxins
It's really good to have in the bedroom for that reason
um
The zizi plant is nicknamed easy zizi
Um zizi short for its crazy scientific name, but um not zizi toppa
No, it's zamia colchis zamia folia
but anyway, um
And then pothos
Um is another one. That's the trailing one and it's nicknamed devil's ivy because
You can't kill it or you almost can't kill it. Um
So
I mean you saw me. I'm making notes. I'm making notes because I like to see it. I I you know
I you know my question about the heat the sunlight, you know,
Obviously the problem is is it's the plants that I have that I'm trying to uh make work in my house
Uh, yeah, I'm just gonna tell you it's the learning process. It it is a learning process
You get it and abby I thank you so much because you have
Helped me in my learning process because I know I've asked some very stupid questions. No, there's not a stupid question
I am a uh, I am a uh
gardening
Well, I'm just guarding in it. That's all I know how to call it
Uh, I I don't I don't know and I but again, it's my own fault. I haven't done that done
Put in the time to learn to do better and so you've inspired me to want to do that
And so I'm gonna make it my goal because my wife and I want house plants
And I'm gonna make it my goal to get some house plants that we can actually sustain and keep living so if you need help
With your house plants or outside plants
Go to stanley's greenhouse dot com or go visit them
Uh, they're gonna have a wonderful season warm season vegetable gardening seminar today at 10 30
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