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Episode #1541
Air Dates: 11/1/07 and 11/4/07

Troy Marden travels to McMinnville, Tennessee, the nursery capital of the world, to find the best-performing perennials for a Tennessee garden. Julie Berbiglia visits a unique business in Shelbyville that focuses on a gardener’s best friend, the earthworm. Jeff Poppen, the barefoot farmer, explains why more vegetable gardeners should give celery a try.

Julie’s segment was filmed at Tennessee Crawlers
www.tennesseecrawlers.com

Troy’s segment was filmed at Mary’s Greenhouse
202 Meiser Lane
McMinnville, TN 37110

The selection of tried and true perennials featured were:
Coreopsis (tickseed) ‘Rising Sun’
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’
Pulmonaria (lungwort) ‘Bertram Anderson’ and ‘Raspberry Splash’
Digitalis (foxglove) ‘Camelot Mix’
Geranium ‘Cranesbill’
Candytuft ‘Alexander’s White’
Salvia ‘May Night’
Carolina Jessamine
Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’
Polygonatum ‘Solomon’s Seal’
Shasta Daisy ‘Becky’
Athyrium nipponicum (Japanese painted fern)
Dicentra spectablis (Bleeding Heart)
Hosta tardiana ‘Halcyon’
Astilbe
Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) ‘Goldstrum’
Verbena Canadensis ‘Homestead Purple’
Helleborus ‘Pink Lady’
Creeping phlox

Episode 1619
Air Dates 11/8/07 and 11/11/07

Catherine Darnell visits a gardener in Dickson whose passion for tomatoes is unrivaled. Marianne Jones grows 2,500 varieties of open-pollinated heirloom tomatoes and now has her own seed company. Marty DeHart then demonstrates how easy it is to start tomatoes from seed. Troy Marden showcases a group of dwarf conifers that can add structure and everlasting greenery to the garden.

For more information about Marianne Jones and heirloom tomatoes:
www.mariseeds.com

Marty has suggested the following seed suppliers:
Seed Savers Exchange
563-382-5990
www.seedsavers.org

Harris Seed
800-514-4441
355 Paul Road
P.O. Box 24966
Rochester, NY 14624-0966

Tomato Growers Supply
www.tomatogrowers.com

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
www.southernexposure.com

Tanager Song Farm
www.tanagersongfarm.com

Burpee
www.burpee.com

Park Seed
www.parkseed.com

Episode #1612
Air Dates 10/18/07 and 10/21/07

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Sally Reynolds tours a grand garden in Nashville and visits with its creator and caretaker. This one-acre lot features native perennials, specimen trees, a bog garden and a summer perennial bed that is bursting with peak color. Then Sheri Gramer finds a big selection of fall annuals and perennials at Stanley’s Greenhouses in Knoxville. Jeff Poppen hosts a fall tour of his organic vegetable farm. Our ‘barefoot farmer’ shows off the greens that harvest until Christmas time as well as the many cover crops that protect and enrich the soil until the next planting.

Stanley’s Greenhouses
3029 Davenport Road
Knoxville, TN
865-573-9591
www.stanleysgreenhouses.com

 

Episode #1540
Air Date 11/15/07 and 11/18/07

On this episode, Sally Reynolds takes a springtime walk in the park on a search for wildflowers. Natural beauty surrounds the trails of Nashville’s Beaman park where these spring beauties flourish. Jeff Poppen shares his growing tips for a successful watermelon crop. Also, Tammy Algood cooks up a hot lunch that can feed a crowd with Lima Bean Soup.

Wildflowers highlighted in  Beaman park (www.nashville.gov/parks/locations/beaman.htm)
Claytonia virginica-Virginia Spring Beauty
Thalictrum taalictroides-Rue anemone
Phlox divaricata-Blue Phlox
Erythronium-Trout Lily
Trillium cuneatum-Sweet Betsy
Dodecatheon meadia-Shooting star
Pachysandra procumbens-Allegheny Spurge
Iris cristata-Dwarf crested iris

Jeff recommended these watermelon varieties for a Tennessee climate:
Jubilee, Charleston Gray, Crimson Sweet, Dixie Queen, Amish Moon ‘n Stars, Sugar Baby and Tender Sweet

Episode #1545
Air Date 11/22/07 and 11/25/07

Annette Shrader demonstrates how a simple door wreath frame can be filled with fresh flowers and garden goodies to welcome visitors . Sheri Gramer shares a gift idea for the cook in your life with a spaghetti-themed herb pot. Troy Marden surveys the effects of the 2007 freeze on nurserymen and the long-range effects on consumers.

Programming Note: Volunteer Gardener will not be seen 11/29/07.
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