Air Dates: 18 &21 | 25 & 28
Monthly Program Listing

 

 

Due to special programming, Volunteer Gardener will be pre-empted the first two weeks of September.

 

 

Episode #1712
Air Dates: 9/18/08 and 9/21/08

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Troy Marden introduces us to some beautiful tropical plants while in the peak of their glory. Sheri Gramer visits Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm for a look at culinary herbs and their many uses. Julie Berbiglia is at the brand new nature center in Shelby Park where green living is exemplified.

Tropical plants featured in Troy’s segment:
Colocasia gigantea ‘Thailand Giant Strain’
Musa ‘Siam Ruby’
Tetrapanax ‘Steroidal Giant’
Asclepias physocarpa
Trachycarpus fortunei

Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm
132 England Lane, Clinton TN (Marlow Community near Oak Ridge)

865-435-1452
www.erinsmeadowherbfarm.com

Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
1900 Davidson Street
Nashville, TN 37206
www.nashville.gov/parks/nature
denise.weyer@nashville.gov

 

Episode #1713
Air Dates: 9/25/08 and 9/28/08

On this week’s episode, Marty DeHart shares her picks for best-performing sweet peppers for our Tennessee gardens. Jeff Poppen visits Hidden Springs orchard to uncover some lesser known trees worthy of consideration in the landscape. Annette Shrader visits with a beekeeper in Cheatham County and gains insight into the positive impact honeybees have on food production. Tammy Algood profiles beans and peas, discussing soak times and cooking times. Then she follows up with her favorite recipe for an instant appetizer of Hummus.

Marty gets ‘Boynton Bell’ seeds from Harris Seeds, Rochester, New York
www.harrisseeds.com

Other good seed companies she would recommend are:
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
www.johnnyseeds.com
877-564-6697

www.mariseeds.com
Dickson, TN

Park Seed
www.parkseed.com
800-845-3369

Marty mentioned using Ortho Garden Disease Control in the vegetable garden with good results.

For more information concerning beekeeping:
Paul Carter, President of Cheatham County Beekeepers Association
615-746-5398
www.tnbeekeepers.org/locals.htm
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/pnw/pnw591.pdf for “How to reduce bee poison from pesticides”

Hidden Springs Orchard/Hector Black
170 Hidden Springs Lane
Cookeville, TN 38501
931-268-9889
Hblack1925@fastmail.fm

 

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