Subj : Jerry Baker
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Dec 01 2021 11:12 pm

Does anyone remember Jerry Baker, the Master Gardener?  He was originally a 
police officer in Detroit, MI.  When he left the force, he would appear on a 
local Detroit TV station to give gardening tips.

Most of his tips involved using a hose end sprayer to make your lawn healthier.
You can dethatch your lawn by mixing beer in the sprayer.  You can give your 
bushes a 'spring tonic' by mixing ammonia (I think it was ammonia) It adds 
nitrogen.  He talked about using true golf spikes while mowing the lawn because 
it aerates the lawn.  He talked about mixing grass seed into the bag of black 
dirt to spread across areas of the lawn to fill in any ruts.

My wife and moved from Detroit in 1981 and saw him at a local K-Mart as their 
representative.  Having been a Detroit police officer myself, I was very proud 
of him.

Mike Dippel
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