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Host Troy Marden knows first-hand the destructive nature of voles, moles and even armadillos in the garden. He shares what he has found to be the most effective treatments and traps to solve the problem.

Got moles, slugs, carpenter bees, deer, rabbits, raccoons, o'possums, armadillos, or voles? Troy Marden has personal recommendations for the best ways he's found to combat these nuisances in the garden setting.

We visit TN Urban Farms to see how greens, herbs and vegetables are being grown in vertical food-grade plastic towers. The ingredients for growing so fast and healthy are water, light, nutrients and oxygen. This greenhouse operation boasts 440 plants in production in just a 6 ’x 8’ greenhouse space.

We'll help get your garden tools in tip-top working condition.

We’ll see various evergreens being trained with espalier pruning techniques to create fans, arches, screens and ornamental specimens.

Commercial agriculture is starting to trend toward sustainable farming practices, and Tennessee farmers are leading the way. Phillipe Chadwick sees how a farm in Manchester is optimizing soil health, and yields, each successive growing season.

A trellis can be created with 5 wooden stakes of 4' length and some twine. The twine is strung around the stakes in intervals in a star pattern hold up tomato plants, for example. Great for container vegetable gardening.

We visit a half-acre greenhouse that houses more than 17,000 strawberry plants. We'll learn about the growing methods a native of the Netherlands has brought to Humboldt Tennessee.

Introducing the element of water into your landscape can be a win-win-win: a pleasant focal point, support for wildlife, and the possibility of a new plant palette. Troy Marden visits with a certified aquascape contractor to explore the options.

There's a rhythm to the growing seasons at Long Hungry Creek Farm, with pairs of crops going in and out of the garden together. Jeff Poppen explains that it's all in getting the timing right.

We visit an organic farm in Nashville to learn the media and the methods they have selected for their seed starting operation.

Tammy Algood makes selections from this season's inventory at Digger O'Dell Nursery and gets good planting advice from these nurserymen. They have a lot of knowledge and want customers to have success with their plant purchases.