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Hi plant people welcome to episode 18 of

d'ango Radio 18 of From a snow-covered tree, one bird singing, each tweet poking a tiny hole through the edge of winter and landing carefully, balancing gently on the tip of spring.

Plant friends, spring is coming.

It's basically here, okay?

Can you tell I'm excited?

Oh man, spring is in the air. And that is a lovely poem I found

while hanging out with my favorite three-year-old and reading his new favorite children's book,

When Green Becomes Poems for All Seasons by Julie Folliano.

Yep, it's totally a children's poetry book

and I don't care because this sweet book has a lovely collection of poems all having to do with the changing of the seasons and as I was reading it with my little friend I totally found myself getting choked up and emotional at all these poems and how the poet Julie Foliano just like beautifully captures the changing of the season.

So you totally might hear me reading various snippets from the book throughout my show because I'm just

loving it right now and I totally ordered a copy for myself. Speaking of the show, I am always excited to welcome

that Chris Sat from the sill for our plant science series.

Even though New York City is still getting random weird snowfall,

the days are getting longer and we are getting some beautiful bursts of sunshine and blue skies.

Ugh, I cannot wait.

So, this week we discuss what we need to do to prepare our plants for spring.

Chris gives us the low down on pruning, trimming,

fertilizing, and repotting.

We cover a lot, and I ask a lot of simple newbie questions,

so get your pens out and get ready to take notes. Before we get started with the

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