We show you some great heleniums, one of the best flowers of the late summer. We also share with you some late summer color shrubs and perennials. We have some tips for late summer in the garden, and we show you how to ripen and serve pears from your garden.
Gosh, it's really getting dark now in the mornings.
Autumn is almost upon us now.
Here is today's harvest from the web.
This is what's on the latest episode of the Mid-American Gardener.
Guest host Shane Cultra and panelists Kay Carnes, Jim Appleby and Rusty Maulding answer your phone calls and emails. They cover topics ranging from saving tomatoes from squirles to identifying why your tree may be dying to trimming back your hydrangea.
German broadcaster HR has a programme about how to get the garden ready for winter, planting bulbs, they test leaf blowers, give tips on getting the lawn to look good, prune trees and shrubs and look after the borders.
And Silence, ça pousse ! visits the garden of an old castle, helps someone revamp their garden, and wonders if there are more cows in the fields again these days.
I've been running around since 5.00 arleady, because today is a very busy day here in town.
Saturday, so Gardening Australia today and here is what's in it.
The Art of Espalier: Jane visits a nursery specialising in espalier and shows how training plants into patterns is underpinned by simple principals that anyone can apply at home.
Tomatillos: Sophie profiles the Mexican fruit - the tomatillo.
Punters' Pitfalls: Angus visits a nursery to show how to avoid some of the common pitfalls gardeners make when buying plants.
FAQs - Vegies in Shade | How Much Mulch | Split Citrus: Answers to frequently asked questions from emails, letters and Facebook.
A Special Spot: Costa visits North Head in Sydney to explore the unique flora of the area.
Evergreen Hydrangea: Jane takes a look at an evergreen hydrangea.
Holiday Herbs: A recent holiday in Vietnam has inspired Jerry to plant some unusual herbs that will thrive in his subtropical garden.
Pruning Olives: Tino demonstrates how to prune olives correctly.
Native Hedges: John shows us some terrific native species that lend themselves to both formal and informal hedging.
Should be available to watch or download here fro around 12.00.
With summer winding down we look forward to the harvest and a tour of this year’s garden season. How did your vegetable patch fare? Was the produce plenty? Or were the pests relentless? We’ll look at some of the prettiest flowers grown in these parts.
And a video from the University of Sussex about research on the attractiveness of ornamental garden flowers to bees & other insects.
The video is based on a talk given by Francis Ratnieks to the Wildlife Gardening Forum, at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, UK on 17 March 2014.
MDR Garten also has an item about dahlias, but they wonder which ones are edible. And they have items about grasses and about what they call a flower clock.
-A 2015 Viewers' Garden Contest Winner in Eastern Oklahoma -How to calibrate a spreader for turfgrass seed -Management of Fall Webworms -Tips on overseeding tall fescue in a shady location -Spider Mite damage and control
Studio guest is Rhonda Mathews from the Clemson Food Safety and Nutrition Team who will teach us all about food dehydration. The featured segment is a visit to Sidi Limehouse of Rosebank Farms on John's Island where we tour his garden which includes hundreds of hydrangeas.
We take look at all the fall spiders in the garden. We check out some great fall perennials, we visit the Oregon Garden for their Fuchsia day event, we introduce you to the new 'Garden Time' dahlia and we share a recipe for zucchini that doesn't involve bread!
And finally a short programme about a couple of German guys who discovered a gap in the market. They use the internet to rent out small bits of land on farms to city folk to grow vegetables.
Not as many programmes on the web today as yesterday.
But it's Saturday, and that means Gardening Australia.
Here is what's in this week's show.
Phylli's Paradise: Costa finally meets the gardener behind a plot he has admired for years - a vibrant and creative verge garden in the heart of Bondi Junction.
FAQs - Using Grey Water | Bulb Foliage | Slaters: Answers to frequently asked questions from emails, letters and Facebook.
Tuber Time: Tino is planting a range of easily grown edible tubers; from the humble potato to an exotic sunflower and a South American yam suited to the even poorest soils.
Making Microclimates: John looks at a fantastic example of microclimates, and explains how to use them to grow a wider range of plants in your garden.
Holiday Fun: Sophie and her twins fill their school holidays with fun by planting some cheap and cheerful succulent pots.
Tillandsia: Jerry profiles this unusual group of plants.
Wattle Wonderful World: Angus looks at the diversity of Australia's most prolific genus, the wattles, and explains why he thinks every Aussie garden should have one!
Should be available here, from around 12.00 as usual.
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Good morning everyone,
Rather windy here today, but at least it's dry at the moment.
Here is what I found on the web.
The Central Texas Gardener has this...
Meet homegrown designs that inspire drought tough visions. Visit a garden that supports wildlife all year.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365563601/
Garden Time has the following...
We show you some great heleniums, one of the best flowers of the late summer. We also share with you some late summer color shrubs and perennials. We have some tips for late summer in the garden, and we show you how to ripen and serve pears from your garden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hd0N1avGo
I also found a programme about apples from German broadcaster HR.
http://www.hr-online.de/website/suche/home/mediaplayer.jsp?mkey=57015790&type=v&xtmc=Äpfel&xtcr=2
One about grain from Servus TV.
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Moderne-Wunder49
And one from the same series about axes. Looked rather dangerous to me!
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Moderne-Wunder
I also found a short clip about how much water is used in the south of Spain to grow crops.
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=53831
Have a lovely day!
Good morning everyone,
Gosh, it's really getting dark now in the mornings.
Autumn is almost upon us now.
Here is today's harvest from the web.
This is what's on the latest episode of the Mid-American Gardener.
Guest host Shane Cultra and panelists Kay Carnes, Jim Appleby and Rusty Maulding answer your phone calls and emails. They cover topics ranging from saving tomatoes from squirles to identifying why your tree may be dying to trimming back your hydrangea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRS2wd696-E
German broadcaster HR has a programme about how to get the garden ready for winter, planting bulbs, they test leaf blowers, give tips on getting the lawn to look good, prune trees and shrubs and look after the borders.
http://www.hr-online.de/website/fernsehen/sendungen/index.jsp?jmpage=1&rubrik=68446&mediakey=fs/servicezuhause/2015_09/0182884_70397&type=v&jm=1&key=standard_document_56982360
And Silence, ça pousse ! visits the garden of an old castle, helps someone revamp their garden, and wonders if there are more cows in the fields again these days.
http://www.france5.fr/emissions/silence-ca-pousse
Have a great day, whatever you're doing!
Good morning everyone,
A bit late today I'm afraid.
I've been running around since 5.00 arleady, because today is a very busy day here in town.
Saturday, so Gardening Australia today and here is what's in it.
The Art of Espalier: Jane visits a nursery specialising in espalier and shows how training plants into patterns is underpinned by simple principals that anyone can apply at home.
Tomatillos: Sophie profiles the Mexican fruit - the tomatillo.
Punters' Pitfalls: Angus visits a nursery to show how to avoid some of the common pitfalls gardeners make when buying plants.
FAQs - Vegies in Shade | How Much Mulch | Split Citrus: Answers to frequently asked questions from emails, letters and Facebook.
A Special Spot: Costa visits North Head in Sydney to explore the unique flora of the area.
Evergreen Hydrangea: Jane takes a look at an evergreen hydrangea.
Holiday Herbs: A recent holiday in Vietnam has inspired Jerry to plant some unusual herbs that will thrive in his subtropical garden.
Pruning Olives: Tino demonstrates how to prune olives correctly.
Native Hedges: John shows us some terrific native species that lend themselves to both formal and informal hedging.
Should be available to watch or download here fro around 12.00.
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/download.htm
Grünzeug is about rhododendrons, pruning lavender, prairy plants, and various shades of green.
http://www.swr.de/gruenzeug/rueckschau/gruenzeug-sendung-vom-19/-/id=13057518/did=16160438/nid=13831112/aglrgx/index.html
German broadcaster NDR has a programme about mushrooms.
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/epg/import/Xenius-Pilze-Giftig-oder-lecker,sendung420978.html
Great Gardening has the following...
With summer winding down we look forward to the harvest and a tour of this year’s garden season. How did your vegetable patch fare? Was the produce plenty? Or were the pests relentless? We’ll look at some of the prettiest flowers grown in these parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sI-fftazC4
And Decouvertes Jardin has been out to visit gardens and a garden show, and looks at potagers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaA7fl6fBcM
Have a lovely Saturday!
Good morning everyone,
Sunday today, and not much on the web.
I had to start searching for oldies to find anything at all.
So only two videos today.
First a programme about birds in British gardens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVkQ-hi9iW0
And a video from the University of Sussex about research on the attractiveness of ornamental garden flowers to bees & other insects.
The video is based on a talk given by Francis Ratnieks to the Wildlife Gardening Forum, at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, Surrey, UK on 17 March 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMgzQ1_kVA
I'm sure I'll have a better harvest tomorrow, because there are several garden programmes scheduled for later today.
Have a good Sunday!
Good morning everyone,
Looks like it's going to be a nice day here in The Netherlands.
And here is what I found on the web.
RBB Gartenzeit has items about dahlias, passion flowers, a Japanese garden, garlic and more.
http://www.rbb-online.de/gartenzeit/archiv/20150920_1800.html
MDR Garten also has an item about dahlias, but they wonder which ones are edible.
And they have items about grasses and about what they call a flower clock.
http://www.mdr.de/mdr-garten/video298298.html
Servus TV has a programme about all sorts of modern gadgets to get a perfect lawn.
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Moderne-Wunder37
And one about how New York has been going green over the past years.
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Naturopolis2
And Jardins et Loisirs visited a prize winning garden, has a salvia as plant of the week. And I think they have an item about soft fruits as well.
http://www.rtbf.be/video/detail_jardins-et-loisirs?id=2044382
Have a lovely day!
Good morning everyone,
Here is the latest from the web.
ARTE has a programme about house plants.
http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/057372-012/x-enius?autoplay=1
French version here.
http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/057372-012/x-enius?autoplay=1
Querbeet has items about planting bulbs in pots for indoors, a wreath with berries for the door, tree of the year... the field maple, and more...
http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/querbeet/querbeet-200.html
Oklahoma Gardening has the following...
-A 2015 Viewers' Garden Contest Winner in Eastern Oklahoma
-How to calibrate a spreader for turfgrass seed
-Management of Fall Webworms
-Tips on overseeding tall fescue in a shady location
-Spider Mite damage and control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G66HttX6kk
Servus TV has a short programme about cottage gardens and their Austrian equivalents.
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Einfach-gut-leben57
And finally this one
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LnIhNSxOG4
Have a great day, whatever you're doing!
Good morning everyone,
Here is today's harvest from the web.
Making it Grow has the following...
Studio guest is Rhonda Mathews from the Clemson Food Safety and Nutrition Team who will teach us all about food dehydration. The featured segment is a visit to Sidi Limehouse of Rosebank Farms on John's Island where we tour his garden which includes hundreds of hydrangeas.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365567778/
Next a programme about parks.
http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/unter-unserem-himmel/leben-mit-einem-denkmal-parkgeschichten-100.html
And one about a guy who is mad about swallows.
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/epg/import/NaturNah-Der-Herr-der-Schwalben,sendung422050.html
Have a lovely day!
Good morning everyone,
Not much on the web today, as far as I could see.
Garden Time has the following...
We take look at all the fall spiders in the garden. We check out some great fall perennials, we visit the Oregon Garden for their Fuchsia day event, we introduce you to the new 'Garden Time' dahlia and we share a recipe for zucchini that doesn't involve bread!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFxhSgtSYY
And I found two short videos about pumpkins.
http://www.swr.de/kaffee-oder-tee/garten/kuerbisernte/-/id=2244146/did=16195292/nid=13831118/1lr00dl/index.html
http://www.swr.de/kaffee-oder-tee/ernaehrung/kuerbis-rundum-gesund/-/id=2244116/did=15974096/nid=2244116/lk2u7t/index.html
That's all for today alas, folks.
Have a lovely day!
Good morning everyone,
Loads of nice new programmes on the web today.
The Mid-American Gardener answers questions about the following...
They cover topics ranging from vine ripened tomatoes powdered mildew on pumpkins to identifying why your tree may be losing its leaves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPej7ePyrPA
The Austrian programme Natur im Garten is back after the summer holidays and they visited a rather weird garden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VobKTunkO_g
Servus TV has a programme about the problems of creating a balance between protecting wildlife and human activity like farming.
http://www.servustv.com/at/Medien/Servus-Reportage39
The Central Texas Gardener visited rather exotic gardens.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365567414/
And the Volunteer Gardener has uploaded 3 new videos.
First one about an organic farm that provides job skills training, growing hops, landscape design.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365561107/
Next one about tomato gardening in containers, daylily hybridizing, small farm organic corn production.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365561121/
And the final one is about Target group focused garden design, green roof in civic design, downtown arboretum.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365561224/
Silence, ça pousse ! seems to have a new presenter.
This week they feature sweet potatoes and visit a garden show in Chaumont-sur-Loire.
http://www.france5.fr/emissions/silence-ca-pousse
And finally a short programme about a couple of German guys who discovered a gap in the market. They use the internet to rent out small bits of land on farms to city folk to grow vegetables.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toUVz81LSmE
Have a great day!
Good morning everyone,
Not as many programmes on the web today as yesterday.
But it's Saturday, and that means Gardening Australia.
Here is what's in this week's show.
Phylli's Paradise: Costa finally meets the gardener behind a plot he has admired for years - a vibrant and creative verge garden in the heart of Bondi Junction.
FAQs - Using Grey Water | Bulb Foliage | Slaters: Answers to frequently asked questions from emails, letters and Facebook.
Tuber Time: Tino is planting a range of easily grown edible tubers; from the humble potato to an exotic sunflower and a South American yam suited to the even poorest soils.
Making Microclimates: John looks at a fantastic example of microclimates, and explains how to use them to grow a wider range of plants in your garden.
Holiday Fun: Sophie and her twins fill their school holidays with fun by planting some cheap and cheerful succulent pots.
Tillandsia: Jerry profiles this unusual group of plants.
Wattle Wonderful World: Angus looks at the diversity of Australia's most prolific genus, the wattles, and explains why he thinks every Aussie garden should have one!
Should be available here, from around 12.00 as usual.
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/download.htm
Grünzeug visits a garden with dahlias, looks at feeding the lawn in autumn, propagating plants in autumn, and solves problems with iris.
http://www.swr.de/gruenzeug/gruenzeug-sendung-vom-26/-/id=13831112/did=16204666/nid=13831112/zra7i9/index.html
And in case anyone in the UK has missed this...
I think the first 2 episodes aired and may be available on demand, but only if you're in the UK.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titchmarsh-on-capability-brown
Have a lovely Saturday!