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Episode #1643
Air Dates: 1/01/09 and 1/04/09

Marty DeHart visits with plant breeder Buddy Lee, inventor of the patented Encore azalea that blooms in spring, summer and fall. Troy Marden showcases a collection of new spring flowering trees, vines and shrubs. Jeff Poppen drops in on a fellow organic market gardener to learn his methods for pasture composting.

For more info on the Encore azalea: www.encoreazalea.com

Jeff’s segment was filmed with Eric and Cher Smith of Bugtussle organic farm. Email them at bugtussleorganicfarm@hotmail.com

Troy’s segment was filmed at Shadow Wholesale Nursery in Winchester TN

Plants featured:
Viburnum x carlcephalum (common name Fragrant snowball)

Aesculus pavea (common name red buckeye)
Halesia diptera ‘Magniflora’ (common name American Snowdrop or Two-wing Silverbell)
Wisteria violacia plena purpurea

 

 

Episode #1644
Air Dates: 1/08/09 and 1/11/09

On this episode, open up your mind and think of gardening in a new and easy way. Its called lasagna gardening and we learn all about it from Patricia Lanza. Troy Marden explores some new ways to be environmentally conscientious in our lawn care. Tammy Algood uses country ham in an appetizer recipe that doubles as a light lunch idea. She calls it Miniature Ham Turnovers.

Patricia Lanza has authored three gardening books: “Lasagna Gardening”, “Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces” and “Lasagna Gardening with Herbs”. The garden she created on the show is on display at the Davidson County Master Gardener’s demonstration garden at Ellington Agriculture Center in Nashville.

Troy’s segment featured the Sunlawn LMM-40 reel mower. To learn more, visit www.sunlawn.com

It is available locally at:
Harpeth True Value Hardware
203 Downs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-3641

Inglewood True Value
3214 Gallatin Road
Nashville, TN 37216
615-228-9546

Troy’s segment also featured two products from GETMicrosolutions: Get Growing Natural Composter and Get Green Lawn Greenalizer.

Episode #1645
Air Dates: 1/15/09 and 1/18/09

Join Marty DeHart for a stroll through a Japanese beach garden and discover how smart choices in groundcovers, trees and shrubs can create serenity in a landscape. Annette Shrader salvages a treasured peony from an old home site. Sally Reynolds tours a home garden in Knoxville that reflects the natural mountain setting just beyond. Sheri Gramer profiles the 2006 rose introduction “Home Run” that shows fortitude against the dreaded black spot and is completely resistant to powdery mildew.

The “Home Run” rose is available through weeksroses.com and waysidegardens.com

Marty’s segment was filmed at the Memphis Botanic Garden: www.memphisbotanicgarden.com

Plants featured:
Pleoblastus pygmaeus or pygmy bamboo
Acer japonicum ‘fullmoon maple’ or ‘peacock maple’
Polygonum cuspidatum ‘Japanese knotweed’ or ‘Mexican bamboo’

 

Episode #1646
Air Dates: 1/22/09 and 1/25/09

Jeff Poppen explains how local farmers and conscientious consumers have come together to bring new life to market gardening with community supported agriculture. Sheri Gramer goes vertical with a collection of vigorous vines and colorful climbers. Annette Shrader tours a woodland garden in Memphis featuring native azaleas and a collection of ferns. Tammy Algood uses those garden fresh cherry tomatoes as a tasty topping in Chicken Cakes with Oven Roasted Cherry Tomato Puree.

For more information about community supported agriculture, contact:
Jeff Poppen
Box 163
Red Boiling Springs, TN 37150
e-mail: jeff@barefootfarmer.com
web: www.barefootfarmer.com

Sheri Gramer’s segment was taped at Bates Nursery and Garden Center:
3810 Whites Creek Pike
Nashville, TN 37207
615-876-1014

Plants featured:
Sweet Autumn clematis
Hydrangea anomala petiolaris
Carolina Jessamine
Evergreen clematis / clematis armandii
Mandevilla
Trumpet creeper
Moonflower / Ipomoea alba

 

 

Episode #1647
Air Dates: 1/29/09 and 2/01/09

Troy Marden finds great performing perennials on a visit to Yew Dell gardens near Louisville. Sheri Gramer discovers you don’t need a garden to grow fresh tomatoes with Topsy Turvy tomatoes. Tammy Algood stops by with a summer salad idea, Spicy Wheat Bread and Tomato Salad. Jeff Poppen takes a closer look at a couple of old world vegetables: sorrel and swiss chard.

Yew Dell Gardens
Crestwood, KY 40014
502-241-4722
Paul Cappiello, Executive Director

Plants featured:
Rudbeckia maxima
Physocarpus ‘Summer Wine’
Echinaceas ‘Kim’s Knee High’, ‘Harvest Moon’, ‘Fragrant Angel’
Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’
Coreopsis ‘Golden Gain’, ‘Moonbeam’

The segment on topsy turvy tomatoes was taped at Harpeth Tru Value:
203 Downs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-3641

The tomato used was Bush Champion.

 

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