Recent Volunteer Gardener Clips
When a Chef Becomes a Farmer
October 13, 2022
Tammy Algood introduces us to Tyler Brown of Southall Farm & Inn. We gain insight into farming from his perspective as a chef who strives for great flavor coming straight from the field. It;s here where guests are encouraged to explore the various gardens and growing sites on the farm.
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Caladiums
October 13, 2022
Caladiums are known as 'angel wings'. We check out the varieties in the garden beds and containers of a grower who has included caladiums in her home landscape for more than 30 years. She tells us how and when to plant in USDA zone 7. She also shares when and how to store properly.
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Pollinator and Wildlife Friendly Home Landscape
October 06, 2022
We tour a home landscape that is certainly spectacular to look at, but it's also a pollinator paradise. This gardener enjoys choosing native plants that will support their need for food and habitat. Hummingbirds, bees and butterflies are common sites in this garden.
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Tennessee Tomato Club
October 06, 2022
We visit with a couple who are part of a grassroots group that call themselves the Tennessee Tomato Club. Members get together during the winter to cull seed catalogs and decide what they'll be growing for the coming tomato season. We visit their large tomato patch to see how those selections are producing.
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Kitchen Display Garden
September 29, 2022
There's help for home growers of edibles in this kitchen display garden at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The vegetables and fruits growing in the 55 raised beds are All-America Selections Winners that are proven in taste and performance. Also on display is the integrated pest management achieved with chosen plant combinations.
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Cleaning the ornamental garden to serve beneficial insects
September 22, 2022
Late September finds us doing clean up in the ornamental garden after the growing season. But not so fast. Host Marty DeHart, along with Rita Venable (author of 'Butterflies of Tennessee'), will have you looking at garden clean up a different way. They look at several common garden specimens with suggestions of what to do to benefit pollinators and beneficial insects for the winter.
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Pretty plant palette for a shady backyard
September 22, 2022
From the back door of the house all the way to the fence line, there are pretty plant combinations filling this backyard. Host Tammy Algood enjoys the established plants in the beds that add dimension to the space, and the containers that hold some outstanding plant specimens.
