The
15th Annual
Summer Celebration/Lawn and Garden Field Day
UT West Tennessee
Experiment Station in Jackson, Tenn.
Informative sessions and tours of the grounds.
July 8,
2004 from 1-8pm
Admission is free
For more information, please call 731-424-1643
or visit
www.westtennessee.tennessee.edu/events.
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Episode
#1105
Air Dates: 7/08/04 & 7/11/04
This
week, Marty DeHart explains the importance of maintaining
perennials in
mid-summer; Julie Berbiglia learns the preferred farming methods of a certified
organic market gardener; and Annette Shrader takes us along to a community
flower show.
Contact info:
Tana
Comer's certified organic produce
Farmer's Market at The Factory in Franklin
(615) 791-1777
Held Saturdays through October
7 am - 12 noon
Episode
#1110
Air Dates: 7/15/04 and 7/18/04
This
time on Volunteer Gardener, join Julie Berbiglia as she sets
out to create an edible landscape with fruit-bearing trees
and shrubs; Catherine Darnell turns the table as she tours the home
gardens of a landscape contractor; Sheri Gramer shows how
to make gift containers of vanilla sugar; and learn the
secret to a bountiful tomato crop as Annette Shrader visits
a Clarksville vegetable grower.
Contact info:
To
receive a catalog of edible landscape trees and shrubs, please
send a request plus $1.00 to:
Hidden Springs Nursery
170 Hidden Springs Lane
Cookeville, TN 38501
Episode
#1111
Air Dates: 7/22/04 and 7/25/04
On
this episode, Marty DeHart has an important review of landscape
plants that could pose a danger to children and animals;
Catherine Darnell stops to admire the roses at the home
of a Franklin rosearian; and Ron Gunter demonstrates how to keep
the cutting edge on lawn and garden equipment.
Some
Toxic Landscape Plants:
- Caladium-causes intense burning
and paralysis
of mouth
and throat
- Rhubarb-the leaves can
cause sickness
- Jack in the Pulpit-all parts are toxic, especially
the roots.
- Ivy-the leaves can cause digestive upset.
- Lantana-the
green berries in some varieties can
cause digestive upset
- Sweet Pea-do not eat the seeds
- Hellebore-all parts can cause
digestive pain and vomiting
- Bleeding Heart (eximia and spectabilis)-leaves
and roots
- Tomato and Potato leaves-tomatine
- Polygonatum or Solomon's
Seal
- Delphinium-used as heart depressant; fatal in large
amounts
- Foxglove or digitalis-used as
heart stimulant;
fatal in large amounts
- Lobelia or Cardinal
Flower-all parts are poisonous.
Several deaths.
- Nicotiana
or Flowering Tobacco-Nicotine is a powerful poison;
fatal
- Lily of the Valley-all parts fatal; one of the most
poisonous
plants.
- Castor Bean-ingesting 2 seeds are
fatal for an adult
- Mountain
Laurel-highly poisonous; all parts fatal
- Yew-red berries
are highly toxic; fatal in sufficient quantity.
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