Archived Shows
December 2004

12/04/04
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What do folks who love to play in the dirt hope to receive for the Holidays? Mike McGrath will help you pick the perfect present with our annual guide to gifts that deter deer, stifle squirrels, waste weeds and otherwise make gardening life easier. Plus, Mike will free your carpet from the dread of dropped needles with tips to help you keep cut Christmas trees fresh, and "live" trees alive!

12/11/04
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Need a few more decorations for the holidays? Garden expert Rick Valentine joins us to reveal how you can deck your halls with the freshest greens by trimming some very special trees and shrubs in your landscape. Rick hosts a "Holiday Greening Party" in his home every year. Later on the show, Mike McGrath delivers last-minute gift ideas for the gardener on your list. He'll run a marathon of helpful hints when he delivers 47 suggestions in 286 seconds!

12/18/04
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It's our annual Holiday Spectacular!! Musical director Kenn Kweder and his Reindeer band play their favorite holiday tunes! Herbalist Judith Benn Hurley joins us to discuss the uses of frankincense and myrrh; pesticide Educator Fawn Pattison and grower Curtis Buchanan explain the benefits of organic Christmas trees; Holly Shimizu describes Christmas at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C. and Amy Wright from San Francisco's Shelter Network reveals the link between gardening and Christmas. Mike McGrath will also tell a festive holiday story - a tale of an amaryllis gone bad.

12/25/04
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Would you like to brighten up your garden's shadiest spots but don't have any success? Mike McGrath's guest is garden writer Patricia Taylor, she has great suggestions on how to add flowering color where the sun doesn't shine! Plus - on the Question of the Week we'll walk down the proper path of tree planting, and find out what kind of dirt to fill the planting hole with.