working around wet spring soil (and self-sowns), plus mole and vole issues: q&a with ken druse

My longtime friend Ken, an award-winning garden photographer and author of many books, including “The New Shade Garden” and “Making More Plants,” produced his own “Real Dirt” podcast for 10 years, all available on KenDruse dot com.

Read along as you listen to the May 15, 2017 edition of the program using the player below (or at this link). The May show is a doubleheader, and includes a whole “overtime” segment (starting at about 24 minutes into the audio file), which I’ve separated into its own transcript and is at this link (and includes questions and answers on what to do next, after you pull or dig invasives like garlic mustard, and growing bulbs such as pineapple lily in pots, among other topics).

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Q.  Did you put down your shovel and put on your headset or are you still digging while we speak, Ken?

Ken. I was weeding, actually.

Q. Weeding at the desk?

Ken. No, I was weeding outside and I put down my hands and my gloves and my wheelbarrow.

Q. And your muddy knees of your trousers—how are they looking?

Ken. I like them that way.

Q. I know, but I have ruined a lot trousers in my life. [Laughter.]

Ken. And then you have to go somewhere and you forget that your