1 00:00:02,502 --> 00:00:04,104 >> HI THERE, I'M TOM SPENCER. 2 00:00:04,104 --> 00:00:04,704 THIS WEEK ON CENTRAL TEXAS 3 00:00:04,704 --> 00:00:08,308 GARDENER, HORTICULTURIST 4 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:10,210 GREG GRANT KEEPS THE HARVEST 5 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:11,311 GOING WITH LATE WINTER AND 6 00:00:11,311 --> 00:00:12,412 SPRING VEGETABLES. 7 00:00:12,412 --> 00:00:13,813 ON TOUR SEE HOW A NEW 8 00:00:13,813 --> 00:00:15,615 GARDENER TURNED A FIELD OF 9 00:00:15,615 --> 00:00:16,916 WEEDS INTO RAISED BEDS OF 10 00:00:16,916 --> 00:00:17,317 FOOD. 11 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:18,818 DAPHNE EXPLAINS WHY TO PRUNE 12 00:00:18,818 --> 00:00:21,021 TREES NOW AND GIVES YOU THE 13 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,023 TIMELINE FOR OAKS AND TRISHA 14 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:25,725 HAS BASIC BACKYARD TIPS. 15 00:00:25,725 --> 00:00:27,527 LET'S GET GOING RIGHT NOW. 16 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:28,128 >> SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER COMES FROM 17 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:29,729 GEOGROWERS, OFFERING CUSTOM 18 00:00:29,729 --> 00:00:31,031 SOIL BLENDS FOR LAWN, 19 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,133 GARDENS XERISCAPING AND 20 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,234 ORGANIC LANDSCAPING SUPPLY. 21 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:35,235 MORE INFORMATION AT 22 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:37,137 GEOGROWERS.NET. 23 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:51,451 >> [MUSIC PLAYING]. 24 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:53,253 >> YOUR FIRST GARDEN IS BOTH 25 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,155 THE HARDEST AND THE MOST 26 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:55,455 EXCITING. 27 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:56,990 IT'S ESPECIALLY POWERFUL IF 28 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:58,792 YOU MOVE TO AUSTIN JUST AS 29 00:00:58,792 --> 00:00:59,392 DROUGHT HITS. 30 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:01,695 SEE HOW NEW GARDENER ELLIE 31 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:03,196 HANLON TOOK ON THE 32 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:03,496 CHALLENGE. 33 00:01:03,496 --> 00:01:05,398 >> ELLIE HANLON IS GROWING 34 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,499 HER FIRST GARDEN. 35 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:10,203 NOT ONLY THAT, SINCE SHE 36 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:11,705 HAILS FROM FLORIDA AND 37 00:01:11,705 --> 00:01:13,506 BROOKLYN, SHE TACKLED PLANTS 38 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,207 AND TEXAS TOUGH AT THE SAME 39 00:01:14,207 --> 00:01:14,708 TIME. 40 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:15,308 AT LEAST WHEN SHE AND 41 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:19,112 HUSBAND L.B. DEYO BOUGHT 42 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:20,613 THEIR HOUSE IN 2009 THEY DID 43 00:01:20,613 --> 00:01:21,915 INHERIT AMENDED SOIL FROM 44 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:23,817 THE PREVIOUS OWNERS' 45 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,517 VEGETABLE GARDEN. 46 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:25,418 >> THERE HAD BEEN A PERIOD 47 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:27,120 OF MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS WHERE 48 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,221 THE HOUSE HAD BEEN VACANT, 49 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,823 AND SO WEEDS HAD TAKEN OVER 50 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:31,825 AND THERE WERE SUNFLOWERS, 51 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:34,127 MAYBE 14 FEET HIGH, AND THE 52 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:36,229 STEM, I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU 53 00:01:36,229 --> 00:01:37,130 COULD CALL THEM STEMS. 54 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:38,832 THEY WERE LIKE TREE TRUNKS. 55 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:39,733 THEY WERE HUGE. 56 00:01:39,733 --> 00:01:40,433 IT WAS A LITTLE 57 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:41,434 OVERWHELMING. 58 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:43,937 >> HER GOOD FRIEND, CHLOE 59 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,638 CERWINKA, AN ARCHITECT AND 60 00:01:45,638 --> 00:01:47,340 GARDENER, CAME TO ASSIST. 61 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:49,342 >> SO SHE CAME DOWN HERE AND 62 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:50,543 SPENT ABOUT TEN DAYS. 63 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:52,245 ACTUALLY WE HADN'T MOVED 64 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:53,346 INTO THE HOUSE YET BUT WE 65 00:01:53,346 --> 00:01:54,848 CAME OVER HERE EVERY DAY AND 66 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:55,648 MEASURED AND SORT OF WATCHED 67 00:01:55,648 --> 00:01:56,683 WHERE THE SUN WAS HITTING, 68 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:57,784 AND THAT'S HOW THE GARDEN 69 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,585 WAS PLANNED. 70 00:01:58,585 --> 00:02:00,687 >> ELLIE WANTED A TOTAL 71 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:01,688 GARDEN EXPERIENCE, WHERE 72 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:03,490 ROSES AND PERENNIAL FLOWERS 73 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,791 MINGLE WITH FOOD FOR THE 74 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:05,291 KITCHEN. 75 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:06,693 INSTEAD OF THE FORMER ROWS, 76 00:02:06,693 --> 00:02:08,194 THEY DESIGNED BEDS FRAMED 77 00:02:08,194 --> 00:02:10,797 WITH SCAVENGED ROCKS AND 78 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:12,198 MULCHED PATHWAYS. 79 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:13,400 >> EVEN THOUGH I KNEW I 80 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,801 WANTED TO DO VEGETABLES, I 81 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:15,902 STILL WANTED IT TO BE KIND 82 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:18,405 OF A PRETTY GARDEN, AND I 83 00:02:18,405 --> 00:02:19,606 THINK ROWS ARE NICE, BUT 84 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,007 THEY'RE MORE FOR EFFICIENCY. 85 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:22,709 SO I WANTED SOMETHING WHERE 86 00:02:22,709 --> 00:02:23,610 YOU COULD LIKE WALK -- YOU 87 00:02:23,610 --> 00:02:25,211 KNOW, WALK AROUND, SEE 88 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:27,514 DIFFERENT THINGS AND JUST 89 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:29,716 SORT OF EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT 90 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:30,417 MORE. 91 00:02:30,417 --> 00:02:31,518 IT WAS HARD TO MOVE AROUND 92 00:02:31,518 --> 00:02:35,121 WHEN IT WAS JUST ROWS SO 93 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:37,023 THAT FIRST WINTER 2009, WE 94 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:38,725 PUT CARDBOARD DOWN AND 95 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:39,826 COVERED IT WITH MULCH TO 96 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:40,927 SORT OF KILL ALL THE GRASS 97 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:42,128 AND THE WEEDS THAT HAD GROWN 98 00:02:42,128 --> 00:02:44,931 UP, AND THEN THAT WAS ALSO 99 00:02:44,931 --> 00:02:46,232 WHEN WE PUT IN THE FIRST 100 00:02:46,232 --> 00:02:46,933 WINTER GARDEN. 101 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:49,936 AND SO WE HAD LETTUCE, 102 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:52,238 COLLARDS, TRIED TO DO SOME 103 00:02:52,238 --> 00:02:53,039 BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 104 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,341 THAT DIDN'T WORK BUT WE HAD 105 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:55,241 BROCCOLI. 106 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:56,476 IT WAS AMAZING, AND EVEN 107 00:02:56,476 --> 00:02:57,177 THOUGH IT WAS SORT OF 108 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,278 CRAZY-LOOKING BECAUSE 109 00:02:58,278 --> 00:02:59,679 EVERYTHING WAS GROWING UP 110 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:02,482 WITH CARDBOARD AROUND IT, IT 111 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,983 WAS STILL DELICIOUS. 112 00:03:03,983 --> 00:03:06,086 >> WARM SEASON CROPS THRIVE 113 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:07,987 IN AN ORGANIC REGIMEN TOO, 114 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:09,489 ALONG WITH FRESH PICKS FOR 115 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:10,790 DINNER, ELLIE LEARNED HOW TO 116 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:11,491 CAN AND PRESERVE FOR THE 117 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:12,692 FIRST TIME. 118 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:14,094 SHE ALSO WANTS TO FEED THE 119 00:03:14,094 --> 00:03:15,295 WILDLIFE IN HER NEW HOME AND 120 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:20,100 SEE THEM UP CLOSE. 121 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:22,002 >> WELL, I KNEW THAT THE 122 00:03:22,002 --> 00:03:23,303 BORDERS, I WANTED THOSE TO 123 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:27,507 ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES AND 124 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:28,708 HUMMINGBIRDS. 125 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:30,210 >> AND FLOWERS BRING ON THE 126 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,312 BEES TO POLLINATE HER CROPS. 127 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,413 >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 128 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:34,914 BIRDS VISITING THAT HAVE 129 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,216 BEEN SITTING ON THE SWISS 130 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,317 CHARD AND EATING THE BUGS 131 00:03:37,317 --> 00:03:39,619 OFF OF IT, AND I THOUGHT, 132 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:41,021 OH, HOW WONDERFUL. 133 00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:43,123 SO I LOOKED INTO MY TEXAS 134 00:03:43,123 --> 00:03:44,524 BIRD BOOK AND I FOUND THAT 135 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:47,727 THEY'RE THE HOUSE SPARROW. 136 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,929 [LAUGHTER] 137 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:51,131 THOUGHT IT WAS THIS EXOTIC 138 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:52,632 BIRD, BUT IT WAS A HOUSE 139 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:53,233 SPARROW. 140 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:54,334 >> ALONG WITH THAT NATURAL 141 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:57,671 PEST CONTROL MANY BIRDS NOW 142 00:03:57,671 --> 00:03:58,672 LOVED THE NOW TAMED 143 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,173 SUNFLOWER VOLUNTEERS THAT 144 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:02,175 ALSO ACT AS A TRAP CROP FOR 145 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:03,176 TOMATO STINKBUGS. 146 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:05,178 >> I ALSO OFTEN COME OVER 147 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:06,279 HERE IN THE MORNING AFTER 148 00:04:06,279 --> 00:04:07,681 WALKING THE DOG SO I'LL HAVE 149 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:09,783 HIS LEASH WITH ME AND IT HAS 150 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:12,686 DOG BAGS ATTACHED TO IT. 151 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:13,586 I WAS SITTING OVER THERE BY 152 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:14,487 THE POND ONE MORNING 153 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:15,889 ENJOYING MY COFFEE AND I 154 00:04:15,889 --> 00:04:17,090 LOOKED OVER AND SAW A LEAF 155 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,291 ON ONE OF THE SUNFLOWERS 156 00:04:18,291 --> 00:04:18,692 COVERED, THERE MUST HAVE 157 00:04:18,692 --> 00:04:22,195 BEEN 50 OR 60 STINKBUG 158 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:22,696 BABIES. 159 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:24,497 AND SO I JUST WENT OVER WITH 160 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:25,999 THE DOG BAG AND GRABBED THE 161 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,600 LEAF AND TIED IT UP AND 162 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,402 TOSSED IT IN THE TRASH. 163 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:32,906 >> TO FEND OFF SOILBORNE 164 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:34,808 TOMATO NEMATODES AND 165 00:04:34,808 --> 00:04:39,012 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES ELLIE 166 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:40,113 ROTATES CROPS. 167 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,014 >> THEY STARTED UP ON THE 168 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:42,115 NORTH END AND I'VE BEEN 169 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,917 MOVING THEM SOUTH EACH TIME. 170 00:04:43,917 --> 00:04:44,818 >> LATER SHE ADD THE AN 171 00:04:44,818 --> 00:04:46,419 ANCHOR TO SIGNIFY THE 172 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:47,020 CENTRAL PATH. 173 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,923 THE ARBOR'S PRACTICAL JOB IS 174 00:04:49,923 --> 00:04:52,025 TO SUPPORT CUCUMBERS SEEDED 175 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:53,226 IN MID-SPRING. 176 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:55,128 ELLIE'S TACTIC IN 2012 WAS 177 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:56,463 ONE SHE LEARNED EARLY ON. 178 00:04:56,463 --> 00:04:57,464 >> ON ONE SIDE I HAD 179 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,766 ARMENIAN CUCUMBERS, WHICH I 180 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:00,967 GUESS AREN'T REALLY 181 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:01,768 CUCUMBERS. 182 00:05:01,768 --> 00:05:03,069 THEY'RE MORE IN THE GOURD 183 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:05,271 FAMILY, AND THOSE REALLY 184 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:06,773 COULD WITHSTAND THE HEAT AND 185 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:07,474 THE DROUGHT. 186 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:08,775 SO I PLANTED THOSE AGAIN ON 187 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:10,176 THE WEST SIDE, AND THEN 188 00:05:10,176 --> 00:05:12,979 STRAIGHT EIGHTS ON THE EAST 189 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,581 SIDE HOPING THEY'LL GET A 190 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:15,582 LITTLE BIT OF SHADE FROM THE 191 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:17,083 ARMENIAN CUCUMBERS. 192 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:19,085 >> IN 2010 SHE INSTALLED A 193 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:21,988 STOCK TANK POND THAT GIVES 194 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:23,189 THE WANDERING GARDENER A 195 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:24,190 PLACE TO STOP AND REFLECT. 196 00:05:24,190 --> 00:05:26,893 FILLED WITH PLANTS AND FISH 197 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,294 IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH CARE. 198 00:05:28,294 --> 00:05:29,195 >> IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN. 199 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:30,997 I LIKE TO SIT OUT BY IT AND 200 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,898 DRINK MY COFFEE IN THE 201 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:32,198 MORNING. 202 00:05:32,198 --> 00:05:34,100 >> THAT'S WHEN SHE'LL TURN 203 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:36,202 ON THE DRIP SYSTEM, IF 204 00:05:36,202 --> 00:05:36,603 NECESSARY. 205 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:38,805 SHE SET IT UP ON TWO MAIN 206 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:39,906 CONTROLS TO SERVE EACH SIDE 207 00:05:39,906 --> 00:05:40,607 OF THE GARDEN. 208 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:42,409 >> EACH BED IS ON A SEPARATE 209 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,010 VALVE, SO IF THERE ISN'T 210 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:44,911 ANYTHING GROWING IN A BED 211 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,212 RIGHT NOW OR IF IT'S 212 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:47,514 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED 213 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,015 WATER AT THAT MOMENT, I JUST 214 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:50,717 TURN OFF THE VALVE AND DON'T 215 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:51,918 EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT. 216 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,921 IT'S VERY PRECISE WATERING. 217 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:56,156 IT'S A DRIP SYSTEM SO IT'S 218 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:57,257 GOING STRAIGHT WHERE THE 219 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:58,458 PLANTS NEED IT INTO THE 220 00:05:58,458 --> 00:05:58,758 SOIL. 221 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:00,060 THERE ISN'T A LOT OF WATER 222 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,062 BEING BLOWN AROUND BECAUSE 223 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:03,863 IT'S AT THE GROUND LEVEL. 224 00:06:03,863 --> 00:06:05,765 AND I CAN ALSO ADJUST IT AS 225 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:10,270 NEEDED. 226 00:06:10,270 --> 00:06:12,872 I ALSO, JUST LAST WEEK, 227 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:13,973 ACTUALLY, I HOOKED UP A 228 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:15,775 FERTILIZER RESERVOIR FOR MY 229 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:16,976 DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND I 230 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:18,178 FILLED THAT WITH FISH FORT 231 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:21,581 WORTH FERTILIZER SO WE'LL 232 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:25,385 SEE THAT WORKS. 233 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:26,686 >> FOR HAND-WATERING SHE 234 00:06:26,686 --> 00:06:28,088 TAPS FROM THE LINKED RAIN 235 00:06:28,088 --> 00:06:28,488 BARRELS. 236 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:29,689 SHE ALSO USES THEIR WATER 237 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:31,591 FOR HER PATIO PLANTS 238 00:06:31,591 --> 00:06:33,093 INCLUDING FRAGRANT SOME TIME 239 00:06:33,093 --> 00:06:33,993 EVENING BLOOMERS, LIKE FOUR 240 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:39,199 O'CLOCKS AND VINING WHITE 241 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:40,400 MOONFLOWER TO SCENT THEIR 242 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,202 AFTER-HOURS PATIO DOWNTIME. 243 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:43,603 >> I BOUGHT STOCK TANKS AND 244 00:06:43,603 --> 00:06:44,804 FILLED THEM WITH ROCKS AND 245 00:06:44,804 --> 00:06:45,905 SOIL ROCKS ON THE BOTTOM FOR 246 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:46,706 DRAINAGE AND I DRILLED 247 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:47,407 HOLES. 248 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:48,508 >> MINIATURE PONDS COMPLETE 249 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,410 THE REFRESHMENT ON A WARM 250 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:51,111 SUMMER EVENING. 251 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:52,612 ALONG WITH THE FRESH FOOD 252 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:53,613 AND MEETING A NEW CHALLENGE, 253 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:55,215 THE GARDEN'S BEEN A 254 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:56,716 NEIGHBORLY LAUNCH PAD FOR 255 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:59,219 ELLIE, L.B. AND PRESTO. 256 00:06:59,219 --> 00:07:00,620 >> WE HAD A TRADING GROUP 257 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:01,521 WHERE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS 258 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:02,822 WITH CHICKENS OFFERED FREE 259 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:04,124 WONDERFUL EGGS IN EXCHANGE 260 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:05,425 FOR HOMEGROWN VEGETABLES. 261 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:07,027 WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER MEMBER 262 00:07:07,027 --> 00:07:08,528 WHO MADE SOAP, BEAUTIFUL 263 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:09,529 ORGANIC SOAP, AND SO WE 264 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:11,031 WOULD TRADE AND I ALSO WAS 265 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:12,232 LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET SOME 266 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:14,034 POPPYSEEDS FROM ONE OF MY 267 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:16,036 NEIGHBORS, AND THESE POPPIES 268 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:18,638 ARE REALLY THICK AND FRILLY. 269 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:21,541 THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE ROSES. 270 00:07:21,541 --> 00:07:23,343 I'VE NEVER SEEN POPPIES LIKE 271 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:23,843 THEM BEFORE. 272 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:24,944 AND I ASKED HER RECENTLY 273 00:07:24,944 --> 00:07:26,146 WHERE SHE GOT THE SEED, AND 274 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:27,947 SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN 275 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:29,749 THEM FROM MR. CRUTCHFIELD ON 276 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:32,352 AVENUE G 30 YEARS AGO. 277 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,753 AND SHE HAS BEEN PLANTING 278 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:34,654 THEM AND, YOU KNOW, 279 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:35,955 SOMETIMES SHE'LL THROW IN 280 00:07:35,955 --> 00:07:37,357 SOME OTHER POPPYSEEDS THAT 281 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:38,958 SHE'S PURCHASED OR GOTTEN 282 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:39,759 FROM A FRIEND. 283 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:41,061 AND SO THEY'VE JUST 284 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:42,362 DEVELOPED THIS NEW STRAIN OF 285 00:07:42,362 --> 00:07:44,164 POPPY THAT WE'RE CALLING 286 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:46,366 HYDE PARK POPPIES. 287 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:47,667 >> FOLLOW ELLIE'S STEP BY 288 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,169 STEP EXPERIENCE AS A NEW 289 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:51,471 GARDENER ON HER BLOG, MOSTLY 290 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:52,672 WEEDS, WHERE THEY TURNED 291 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:53,473 WEEDS INTO WONDER. 292 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:54,474 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR 293 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:55,775 SHARING YOUR GARDEN WITH US, 294 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:56,810 AND RIGHT NOW ONE OF MY 295 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:57,911 FAVORITE GUESTS ON CENTRAL 296 00:07:57,911 --> 00:08:00,113 TEXAS GARDENER MAKING REPEAT 297 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,715 APPEARANCE, GREG GRANT, 298 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:03,016 DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM EAST 299 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:04,718 TEXAS TO BE WITH US TODAY. 300 00:08:04,718 --> 00:08:05,719 GREG, GREAT TO SEE YOU 301 00:08:05,719 --> 00:08:06,119 AGAIN. 302 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:06,720 >> GREAT TO BE HERE. 303 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:07,620 >> WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT 304 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,622 VEGETABLE PLANTING AND YOUR 305 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:11,124 NEW BOOK, WHICH IS TEXAS BE 306 00:08:11,124 --> 00:08:12,625 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 307 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:14,928 GARDENING. 308 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:15,729 CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 309 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:16,229 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 310 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:17,230 >> IT'S A GREAT RESOURCES 311 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:18,431 AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO 312 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:19,632 GIVE PEOPLE AN OVERVIEW OF 313 00:08:19,632 --> 00:08:20,934 WHAT'S IN THE BOOK AND THEN 314 00:08:20,934 --> 00:08:22,235 TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT 315 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:23,336 SHOULD BE ON PEOPLE'S 316 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,738 CALENDARS THIS TIME OF YEAR 317 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:25,939 BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING PRETTY 318 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,040 DARN CLOSE TO SPRINGTIME 319 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,141 HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 320 00:08:28,141 --> 00:08:28,842 >> ABSOLUTELY. 321 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:32,145 >> SO LET'S START OFF BY 322 00:08:32,145 --> 00:08:32,946 TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE 323 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:33,747 TRYING TO INCLUDE IN THE 324 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:34,247 BOOK. 325 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:35,048 THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT 326 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:36,049 THINGS THERE, BUT IN TERMS 327 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:37,751 OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, FOR 328 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:39,052 EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF 329 00:08:39,052 --> 00:08:40,754 INFORMATION ABOUT PLANTING 330 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:42,155 SEEDS, RIGHT? 331 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:44,157 >> ABSOLUTELY. 332 00:08:44,157 --> 00:08:45,458 YOU CAN'T REALLY GARDEN, 333 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:47,961 PARTICULARLY VEGETABLE 334 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:48,762 GARDEN WITHOUT KNOWING 335 00:08:48,762 --> 00:08:49,462 SOMETHING ABOUT GERMINATION 336 00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:50,463 OF SEEDS. 337 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,264 SO YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO 338 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:52,766 START, NOT ALL VEGETABLE 339 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:53,667 PLANTS BUT A LOT OF THEM 340 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:54,668 FROM SEED, PARTICULARLY SOME 341 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:57,804 OF THE LARGER VEGETABLES. 342 00:08:57,804 --> 00:08:58,905 AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T 343 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:00,407 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW 344 00:09:00,407 --> 00:09:01,608 WHERE PLANTS COME FROM. 345 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:01,908 >> EXACTLY. 346 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:03,710 >> AND THEY ALL START FROM A 347 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:05,512 SEED, EITHER IN YOUR GARDEN 348 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:06,312 OFFER THE NURSERY. 349 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:07,313 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE 350 00:09:07,313 --> 00:09:08,314 UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS. 351 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:08,915 >> AND I THINK THERE'S A 352 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,818 SPECIAL PLEASURE IN GROWING 353 00:09:11,818 --> 00:09:13,620 A PLANT FROM SEED COMPARED 354 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:15,021 TO BUYING ONE IN THE 355 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:15,522 NURSERY. 356 00:09:15,522 --> 00:09:16,222 >> ABSOLUTELY. 357 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,524 I'VE BEEN A SEED SAVER AND 358 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:18,625 COLLECTOR SINCE I WAS A 359 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:23,229 CHILD, AS WITH ANYTHING I 360 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:24,631 WRITE, ARE I DON'T DO A POLL 361 00:09:24,631 --> 00:09:26,332 OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR. 362 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:27,534 I HAVE THIS STUFF IN MY HEAD 363 00:09:27,534 --> 00:09:29,536 THAT WANTS TO COME OUT. 364 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:30,236 BOTH MY PARENTS WERE 365 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,538 TEACHERS SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH 366 00:09:31,538 --> 00:09:32,539 THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND 367 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:34,240 WHAT I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO 368 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,342 KNOW WHEN I GOT INTO 369 00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:37,043 VEGETABLE GARDENING AND I 370 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,645 TURNED AROUND AND SHARE THAT 371 00:09:38,645 --> 00:09:39,646 WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND I 372 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,547 START WITH SEEDS AND I THINK 373 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:41,748 THAT'S WHERE THEY NEED TO 374 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:42,148 START TOO. 375 00:09:42,148 --> 00:09:43,550 >> I THINK THAT'S WHAT SETS 376 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:45,251 THIS BOOK APART, IS YOUR 377 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:45,952 PERSONALITY COMES THROUGH IN 378 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:46,953 THE BOOK, AND THAT'S ONE OF 379 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:48,455 THE CHARMS OF BUYING A BOOK 380 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:50,056 WRITTEN BY GREG GRANT, IS 381 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:51,057 IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE 382 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:52,459 THE HOW-TO KIND OF 383 00:09:52,459 --> 00:09:52,759 INFORMATION. 384 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:54,461 THERE'S GOING TO BE LET'S 385 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,562 SAY LOCAL FLAVOR. 386 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:56,096 >> UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT 387 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:56,996 YOU GET WHEN IT COMES OUT OF 388 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:57,497 MY HEAD. 389 00:09:57,497 --> 00:09:58,098 [LAUGHTER] 390 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:58,998 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN 391 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:00,600 WRITE. 392 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:01,501 >> WELL, IT COMES WITH THE 393 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:04,204 TERRITORY, I THINK OUT THERE 394 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:06,706 IN EAST TEXAS. 395 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:07,207 >> ABSOLUTELY. 396 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:08,008 >> ANOTHER THING YOU SPENT 397 00:10:08,008 --> 00:10:09,109 TIME ON IS TALKING ABOUT 398 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,010 SOIL TYPES. 399 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,411 >> CHRIS, TEXAS IS A BIG 400 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:12,812 STATE AND THE FALL IS 401 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:14,414 EXTREMELY VARIABLE, AND I'M 402 00:10:14,414 --> 00:10:16,016 ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN 403 00:10:16,016 --> 00:10:19,419 THE -- IN THE INDUSTRY THAT 404 00:10:19,419 --> 00:10:20,220 HAS LIVED IN THE DIFFERENT 405 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:20,920 AREAS WITH THE DIFFERENT 406 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:21,421 SOIL TYPES. 407 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:22,222 SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT 408 00:10:22,222 --> 00:10:23,423 LIVED IN EAST TEXAS ALL 409 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:24,724 THEIR LIFE AND THEY CAN TELL 410 00:10:24,724 --> 00:10:26,426 YOU ABOUT SANDY ACID SOILS 411 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:27,927 AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO 412 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,529 SPENT THEIR LIFE IN BLACK 413 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,831 CALICHE GUMBO AND THEY CAN 414 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:32,632 TELL YOU ABOUT IT. 415 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,934 I LOVE GARDENING AND JUMPED 416 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,336 AT EVERY JOB OFFER THAT CAME 417 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:36,936 MY WAY. 418 00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:38,338 I'VE WORKED FROM EXTREMELY 419 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:41,941 ACID TO ALKALINE AND NORTH 420 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:43,843 TO SOUTH TEXAS. 421 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:44,544 I HAVE A BACKGROUND TO 422 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:45,545 UNDERSTAND THE SOIL TYPES 423 00:10:45,545 --> 00:10:46,646 AND MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE 424 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,749 IN VEGETABLE GARDENING. 425 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:51,051 WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL IN 426 00:10:51,051 --> 00:10:52,052 COLLEGE STATION AND TRIED TO 427 00:10:52,052 --> 00:10:53,853 GARDEN BLACK CLAY I WASN'T 428 00:10:53,853 --> 00:10:54,854 SUPPOSED TO. 429 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,855 THEY DIDN'T COME UP. 430 00:10:55,855 --> 00:10:57,190 I ENTOMBED THE SEEDS AND 431 00:10:57,190 --> 00:10:59,492 THEY GRADED US ON IT. 432 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:00,593 AND THE FIRST TIME THERE'S 433 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:01,494 GREG WITH AN F BECAUSE 434 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:02,495 THERE'S NOTHING IN MY 435 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:02,796 GARDEN. 436 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:04,397 I LEARNED QUICKLY DIFFERENT 437 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:05,498 SOILS NEED DIFFERENT 438 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:07,100 TECHNIQUES TO GROW THINGS. 439 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,201 THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO 440 00:11:08,201 --> 00:11:09,302 FIND OUT BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT 441 00:11:09,302 --> 00:11:11,104 A SEED IN THE GROUND IS WHAT 442 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:12,105 KIND OF SOIL DO I HAVE 443 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,206 BECAUSE IT DETERMINES WHAT 444 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:15,208 KIND OF SOIL AND HOW DEEP 445 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:16,009 YOU'LL PLANT IT. 446 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:16,910 >> YOU ALSO SPENT TIME 447 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:17,811 TALKING ABOUT CONTAINER 448 00:11:17,811 --> 00:11:18,611 GARDENING, WHICH IS 449 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,413 INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN OUR 450 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:22,215 MORE URBAN LIFE-STYLES. 451 00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:23,516 >> I LOVE CONTAINERS AND 452 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,617 I'VE HAD GOBS OF CONTAINERS 453 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:25,919 IN MY LIFE AND OF COURSE 454 00:11:25,919 --> 00:11:27,320 LOVE TO GO TO THE NORTH AND 455 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,221 EUROPE AND SEE BEAUTIFUL 456 00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:29,923 CONTAINERS, BUT IT'S TRICKY 457 00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:32,325 IN TEXAS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 458 00:11:32,325 --> 00:11:33,326 RAISE UP A PLANT AND LIMIT 459 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:34,627 THE ROOT BALL AND THE SIZE 460 00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:36,229 OF THE SOIL, THEY DRY OUT SO 461 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:36,930 MUCH QUICKER. 462 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,131 SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW AHEAD OF 463 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:38,631 TIME. 464 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:40,033 IT LOOKS CUTE BUT MAIN THING 465 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,735 IN TEXAS, YOU GOT TO LOOK 466 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:43,336 ABOUT HOW AM I GOING TO KEEP 467 00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:44,337 THAT THING WATERED WHICH 468 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,339 SOMETIMES CAN BE AS MUCH AS 469 00:11:46,339 --> 00:11:47,040 TWICE A DAY. 470 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:47,741 A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T 471 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:48,441 WILLING TO DO THAT. 472 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:49,943 SO REAL SPECIFIC INFORMATION 473 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:50,844 YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 474 00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:51,945 CONTAINER GARDENING. 475 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:52,846 >> AS IT GETS UP TO 476 00:11:52,846 --> 00:11:54,547 110 DEGREES AS IT IS 477 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:55,749 ROUTINELY NOW IN AUSTIN, 478 00:11:55,749 --> 00:11:56,583 WATERING TWICE A DAY 479 00:11:56,583 --> 00:11:58,284 SOMETIMES IS A REALITY IN A 480 00:11:58,284 --> 00:12:00,887 CONTAINER GARDEN. 481 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:02,088 >> ABSOLUTELY. 482 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:04,391 >> BUYER BEWARE ON THAT. 483 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:05,191 HEADS-UP. 484 00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:06,092 ONE THING THAT IS REALLY 485 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:07,794 COOL IN THE BOOK IS DETAILED 486 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:09,095 INFORMATION ABOUT NUTRIENT 487 00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:10,497 DEFICIENCIES, AND THIS IS 488 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:11,398 SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN 489 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:12,599 REALLY HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC 490 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:14,801 TOOL WITH YOU WHEN YOU WALK 491 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:15,802 OUT INTO THE GARDEN. 492 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:17,103 >> TO BE HONEST, IT LOOKS 493 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,204 GOOD WHEN YOU FLASH ALL THE 494 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:19,506 NUTRIENTS UP THERE AND 495 00:12:19,506 --> 00:12:21,808 DESCRIBE THE DEFICIENCY 496 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:23,009 SYMPTOMS, BUT MOST OF THE 497 00:12:23,009 --> 00:12:24,811 TIME IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 498 00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:27,213 AND WHERE ALL THE MAIN 499 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:29,416 CULPRIT IS A LACK OF 500 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,817 NITROGEN, BECAUSE VEGETABLES 501 00:12:30,817 --> 00:12:32,118 ARE HEAVY FEEDERS. 502 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:33,420 IT'S A LOT TO ASK OF A PLANT 503 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:34,721 TO NOT ONLY GROW BUT PRODUCE 504 00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:36,423 LOTS OF STUFF TO FEED US. 505 00:12:36,423 --> 00:12:37,524 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW 506 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:39,926 ALL OF THIS, BUT ABOUT 93% 507 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:41,027 OF THE TIME PEOPLE WILL RUN 508 00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:43,830 INTO NITROGEN DEFICIENCY, SO 509 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:45,031 IF I CAN GET THEM TO LEARN 510 00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:45,932 THAT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH 511 00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:46,433 THERE. 512 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:46,733 >> OKAY. 513 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:47,734 WELL, I'M GOING TO REMEMBER 514 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,135 THAT IN MY GARDEN SHOW. 515 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:51,438 MY DEFAULT -- 516 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:52,739 >> GREG SAID NITROGEN. 517 00:12:52,739 --> 00:12:53,139 [LAUGHTER] 518 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:55,542 >> RIGHT. 519 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:56,576 ABSOLUTELY. 520 00:12:56,576 --> 00:12:57,577 ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOOK, 521 00:12:57,577 --> 00:12:58,678 THIS IS WHERE I THINK MORE 522 00:12:58,678 --> 00:12:59,679 OF YOUR PERSONALITY COMES 523 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:00,580 THROUGH IS THERE ARE A LOT 524 00:13:00,580 --> 00:13:01,281 OF RECIPES. 525 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:02,982 >> I LOVE TO EAT. 526 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:03,683 I LIKE TO COOK. 527 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:05,285 MY MOM LIKED TO COOK. 528 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:06,686 MY GRANDMOTHER LIKED TO COOK 529 00:13:06,686 --> 00:13:08,688 SO THAT'S SORT OF PASSED 530 00:13:08,688 --> 00:13:09,389 DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY. 531 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,091 BUT TO ME THE REASON WE GROW 532 00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:12,192 VEGETABLES IS TO EAT THEM, 533 00:13:12,192 --> 00:13:13,293 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 534 00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:13,993 PEOPLE OUT THERE. 535 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:15,095 AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG 536 00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:16,696 WITH EATING A VEGETABLE RAW 537 00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:17,397 OFF THE PLANT. 538 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:18,098 THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE 539 00:13:18,098 --> 00:13:19,699 DOING ANYWAY BUT A LOT OF 540 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:21,701 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE VEGETABLES 541 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:24,404 BECAUSE YOU BOIL IT IN A POT 542 00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:25,505 OF WATER AND THROW IT ON THE 543 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:26,006 PLATE. 544 00:13:26,006 --> 00:13:28,808 I HAVE NEPHEWS WHO REFUSE TO 545 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:29,209 EAT THEM. 546 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:30,410 YOU HAVE TO THINK OF 547 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:31,911 CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE THEM 548 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:32,812 LOOK AND TASTE GOOD. 549 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,014 A FEW TRICKS OF THE TRADE 550 00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:35,115 THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAD A LOT 551 00:13:35,115 --> 00:13:36,516 OF PEOPLE EATING VEGETABLES. 552 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:37,517 AUSTIN MAY BE DIFFERENT. 553 00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:38,618 THERE'S SOME EDUCATED FOLKS 554 00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:41,521 IN AUSTIN THAT KNOW JUST A 555 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:43,323 GOOD NUTRITIOUS VEGETABLE IS 556 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:43,823 FINE WITHOUT ADULTERATION, 557 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:48,928 BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE USED 558 00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:51,131 TO -- IT FLOWING THROUGH 559 00:13:51,131 --> 00:13:54,234 THEIR VEINS OR SLOP OUT OF A 560 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:55,835 CAN WITH POPEYE'S PICTURE ON 561 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:56,169 THERE. 562 00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:57,170 RECIPE IS IMPORTANT. 563 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,972 EVEN SIMPLE ONES. 564 00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:00,674 >> WELL, YEAH, AND SIMPLER 565 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:01,474 THE BETTER. 566 00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:01,875 >> ABSOLUTELY. 567 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,477 >> JUST ROASTING THEM IS MY 568 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:05,779 FAVORITE THING TO DO NOW. 569 00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:05,979 OKAY. 570 00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:07,681 SO WE'RE AT THE TIME OF 571 00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:07,981 YEAR. 572 00:14:07,981 --> 00:14:08,682 AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING 573 00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:09,582 OF THE INTERVIEW, WHERE 574 00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:10,684 PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT 575 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:12,085 THAT SPRING GARDEN. 576 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:13,186 THEY SHOULD BE PREPARING 577 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,488 SOIL, IF NOTHING ELSE AT 578 00:14:15,488 --> 00:14:17,290 THIS POINT, BUT YOUR BOOK 579 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:19,392 HAS LOTS OF GREAT DETAILED 580 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:19,993 INFORMATION ABOUT THE 581 00:14:19,993 --> 00:14:21,194 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS 582 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,596 YOU GROW IN THE GARDEN AND 583 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,098 FOR EACH PLANT YOU HAVE 584 00:14:25,098 --> 00:14:27,100 SPECIFICS ABOUT WHEN DO YOU 585 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:28,401 PLANT IT, WHERE DO YOU PLANT 586 00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:29,903 IT, THE CARE AND HARVEST OF 587 00:14:29,903 --> 00:14:31,905 THE PLANT AND ALSO, YOU 588 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:35,108 KNOW, BE LITTLE TIPS ABOUT 589 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:36,209 IT, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, 590 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,210 ABOUT WHICH VARIETIES DO 591 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:38,311 BEST IN OUR REGION. 592 00:14:38,311 --> 00:14:39,512 SO LET'S -- WHAT ARE YOU 593 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:40,513 GOING TO BE PLANTING THIS 594 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:41,514 SPRING? 595 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,716 WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE 596 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:43,216 PLANTS? 597 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:44,317 >> THE IMPORTANT THING TO 598 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:46,519 GET OUT OF THE WAY FIRST IS 599 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:47,620 WHAT IS SPRING. 600 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,522 THE REST OF THE WORLD -- 601 00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:49,923 >> UH-HUH. 602 00:14:49,923 --> 00:14:50,824 >> OUR CALENDAR DOESN'T LINE 603 00:14:50,824 --> 00:14:51,725 UP WITH THE REST OF THE 604 00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:54,227 WORLD'S GARDENING CALENDAR 605 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:55,729 AND A LOT OF BEGINNING 606 00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:57,564 GARDENERS DON'T KNOW -- 607 00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:00,166 GARDENERS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO 608 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:01,267 PLANT. 609 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,870 MOST PEOPLE, 75% OF THE 610 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:06,473 GARDENING WORLD, DON'T 611 00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:07,173 GARDEN IN THE SUMMER, DON'T 612 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:08,475 GARDEN IN THE FALL, DON'T 613 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:10,176 GARDEN IN THE WINTER. 614 00:15:10,176 --> 00:15:11,277 BUT THEY JUMP OUT IN THE 615 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,379 SPRINGTIME AND TRY TO GROW 616 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:13,880 ALL THE THINGS THEY LIKE. 617 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,981 UNLESS IT FITS THAT SEASON 618 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:16,282 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE 619 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:16,883 SUCCESSFUL. 620 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:17,784 AND SO WHEN YOU'RE STARTING 621 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,185 OUT WITH EARLY SPRING 622 00:15:19,185 --> 00:15:20,687 GARDEN, FEBRUARY, MARCH, 623 00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:22,188 STILL GOT A CHANCE OF FROST, 624 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:23,289 YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE WITH 625 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:25,091 PEPPERS AND TOMATOES AND SO 626 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:26,593 THOSE ARE -- YOU'RE LOOKING 627 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:27,694 AT COOL SEASON PLANTS THAT 628 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,095 CAN TOLERATE A FROST. 629 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:32,098 AND SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT 630 00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:34,801 WE HAVE FOR SPRING 631 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,202 CONDITIONS, WHERE WE GROW 632 00:15:36,202 --> 00:15:37,404 OUR SPRING CROPS, THAT'S 633 00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:38,405 WHAT A LOT OF THE REST OF 634 00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:39,305 THE WORLD IS GOING TO HAVE 635 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:40,907 FOR THEIR MID-SPRING AND 636 00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:41,908 SUMMER CROPS. 637 00:15:41,908 --> 00:15:43,009 SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING IN 638 00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:44,911 WITH THINGS WITH LETTUCE AND 639 00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:47,914 BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER AND 640 00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:50,016 TURNIP GROUPS, TURNIP 641 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:52,719 GREENS, ALL THOSE THINGS 642 00:15:52,719 --> 00:15:54,220 THAT LOVE COOL WEATHER AND 643 00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:55,822 FROSTY NIGHTS. 644 00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:57,557 SAME PLANTS CAN BE PLANTED 645 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,058 IN THE FALL. 646 00:15:58,058 --> 00:15:59,659 SO WE GET TWO FALL GARDENS 647 00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:01,061 IN TEXAS, TWO SPRING GARDENS 648 00:16:01,061 --> 00:16:02,662 IN TEXAS, BY SPRING I'M 649 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:03,963 TALKING LATER AFTER FROST, 650 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:04,964 SO YOU CAN DO TOMATOES AND 651 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,766 PEPPERS IN SPRING, DO 652 00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:07,667 TOMATOES AND PEPPERS AGAIN 653 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:09,169 IN THE FALL AND THEN GET ONE 654 00:16:09,169 --> 00:16:10,270 SUMMER GARDEN THAT THE REST 655 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:11,371 OF THE WORLD IS NOT FAMILIAR 656 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:12,772 WITH WHEN WE CAN DO THINGS 657 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:14,474 LIKE PEAS AND OKRA THAT HAVE 658 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,276 TO TAKE INFERNO FOR HEAT. 659 00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:17,677 SO WE LITERALLY HAVE THREE 660 00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:18,878 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROPS AND 661 00:16:18,878 --> 00:16:20,180 FIVE DIFFERENT SEASONS TOO 662 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:21,681 THAT WE GET TO DUPLICATE, 663 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:22,782 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO 664 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:23,983 CRAM ALL THAT INTO ONE 665 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,285 SPRING GARDEN AND IT JUST 666 00:16:25,285 --> 00:16:25,985 DOESN'T WORK. 667 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,287 SO WHAT'S COMING UP NOW ARE 668 00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:28,788 COOL SEASON CROPS THAT CAN 669 00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:33,293 TOLERATE, A LOT OF GREENS, A 670 00:16:33,293 --> 00:16:34,694 LOT OF GOOD NUTRITIOUS 671 00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:35,095 STUFF. 672 00:16:35,095 --> 00:16:36,096 >> LET'S TAKE ONE EXAMPLE 673 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:37,397 AND FILTER IT THROUGH THE 674 00:16:37,397 --> 00:16:38,898 WAY YOU DO IT IN THE BOOK. 675 00:16:38,898 --> 00:16:40,800 LET'S TAKE LETTUCE, WHICH IS 676 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,902 REAL POPULAR TO GROW THIS 677 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:43,603 TIME OF YEAR. 678 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:44,704 >> OF COURSE YOU HAVE ALL 679 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:45,605 DIFFERENT KINDS OF LETTUCE 680 00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:46,006 NOW. 681 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:47,207 EVERYBODY GREW UP JUST 682 00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:48,608 EATING ICEBERG LETTUCE AND 683 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,610 NOW WE HAVE THIS AMAZING 684 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:51,811 ARRAY OF DIFFERENT -- 685 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,513 PARTICULARLY LEAF LETTUCE, 686 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:57,517 EVERYTHING FROM GREEN TO 687 00:16:57,517 --> 00:17:01,021 BURGUNDY TO SPOTTED TO RICE. 688 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:02,722 IT LIKES COOL WEATHER SO IF 689 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:04,124 YOU PLANT IT WITH TOMATOES 690 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:05,325 AND PEPPERS IN APRIL IT'S 691 00:17:05,325 --> 00:17:06,326 TOO LATE. 692 00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:07,727 IT'S GOT TO BE PLANTED 693 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:08,928 FEBRUARY, MARCH MAYBE AT THE 694 00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,030 LATEST. 695 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,531 ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW 696 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:12,532 LETTUCE NEEDS LIGHT TO 697 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,234 GERMINATE SO IF YOU MAKE 698 00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:15,135 TRENCHES AND PUT YOUR 699 00:17:15,135 --> 00:17:16,236 LETTUCE SEED IN IT AND COVER 700 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:17,237 THEM LIKE YOU'RE PLANTING 701 00:17:17,237 --> 00:17:18,238 BEANS IT WON'T COME UP. 702 00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:19,739 THERE ARE CERTAIN SEEDS THAT 703 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,041 HAVE TO HAVE LIGHT TO 704 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:21,741 GERMINATE. 705 00:17:21,741 --> 00:17:22,242 LETTUCE IS ONE. 706 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:23,643 SO YOU CULTIVATE A PERFECT 707 00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:25,945 CUSHY BED AND YOU LITERALLY 708 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,347 SPRINKLE THEM ON THERE, 709 00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:28,448 SCRATCH THEM IN A LITTLE BIT 710 00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:29,849 MAYBE, BUT YOU'RE NOT 711 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:31,051 PLANTING SEEDS. 712 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:32,052 >> SCATTERING. 713 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:33,853 >> POPPYSEEDS ON A ROLL. 714 00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:35,455 SO THAT'S -- OF COURSE 715 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:36,956 THEY'RE DELICATE LITTLE 716 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,058 PLANTS AND UP NEED A 717 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:40,060 WEED-FREE GARDEN BECAUSE 718 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,761 YOUR WEEDS WILL ALL COME UP 719 00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:42,262 AT THE SAME TIME, AND SO 720 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:44,064 HAVING SOME NICE CLEAN 721 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:44,864 COMPOST, SOMETHING THAT 722 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,066 DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF WEEDS 723 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,368 IN THERE, AND KNOWING THE 724 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:49,469 DIFFERENCE AND JUST A MATTER 725 00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:50,770 OF GETTING THEM GOING. 726 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:51,771 THEN ALL OF THESE COOL 727 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:53,273 SEASON CROPS, PARTICULARLY 728 00:17:53,273 --> 00:17:54,874 LEAFY GREENS, ARE HEAVY 729 00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:56,309 FEEDERS AND SO YOU HAVE TO 730 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:57,711 FERTILIZE THEM, NOT ONLY 731 00:17:57,711 --> 00:17:58,411 WHILE THEY'RE GROWING BUT 732 00:17:58,411 --> 00:17:59,612 BEFORE, OTHERWISE YOU'LL 733 00:17:59,612 --> 00:18:01,314 HAVE STUNTED LITTLE TINY 734 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,016 LETTUCE PLANTS. 735 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:04,317 THERE'S NOT A LOT TO EAT ON 736 00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:06,219 TINY LETTUCE LEAVES. 737 00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:07,821 YOU HAVE BIG SALADS AND 738 00:18:07,821 --> 00:18:09,522 FREQUENT SALADS AND THAT 739 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,024 MEANS FEEDING THEM SO THEY 740 00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:14,327 CAN FEED US SO. 741 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:16,629 >> SO IN A NUTSHELL, IN A 742 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:17,831 CONDENSED VERSION WHAT YOU 743 00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:19,733 JUST SAID, PEOPLE CAN 744 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:20,834 EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY GET THE 745 00:18:20,834 --> 00:18:22,035 BOOK AND GO THROUGH ALL THE 746 00:18:22,035 --> 00:18:22,736 DIFFERENT CROPS. 747 00:18:22,736 --> 00:18:23,136 >> ABSOLUTELY. 748 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:24,437 WE BREAK IT DOWN. 749 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,740 MY MOM WAS THE FIRST GREAT 750 00:18:26,740 --> 00:18:27,040 TEACHER. 751 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,141 WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING 752 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:30,143 FOR THE EXTENSION SERVICE, 753 00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:31,845 DR. PARSONS WAS MY MENTOR, I 754 00:18:31,845 --> 00:18:33,246 CHOSE THE WORK OF BEGINNING 755 00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:33,747 GARDENERS. 756 00:18:33,747 --> 00:18:35,048 WHEN I FOUND OUT 50% OF THE 757 00:18:35,048 --> 00:18:36,750 WORLD DIDN'T GARDEN, I SAID, 758 00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:37,550 WHY? 759 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:38,351 THEY'RE MISSING OUT. 760 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:40,453 SO I'D MUCH RATHER WORK WITH 761 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,055 THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW 762 00:18:42,055 --> 00:18:42,956 ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL A 763 00:18:42,956 --> 00:18:44,958 STEP-BY-STEP ABC APPROACH IS 764 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:45,258 GOOD. 765 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:46,459 THERE ARE GOOD GARDENERS 766 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:47,660 THAT COULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS 767 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:48,962 BOOK SO THEY DON'T NEED THE 768 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:49,963 INFORMATION BUT A LOT DON'T 769 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:50,764 KNOW THE INFORMATION. 770 00:18:50,764 --> 00:18:51,765 WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SIMPLE 771 00:18:51,765 --> 00:18:52,465 FOR THEM. 772 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:53,366 >> I'M MORE AND MORE 773 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:54,167 CONVINCED WE'RE ALL 774 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:55,168 BEGINNING GARDENERS. 775 00:18:55,168 --> 00:18:55,769 >> THAT'S TRUE. 776 00:18:55,769 --> 00:18:57,103 I'VE BEEN DOING IT MY WHOLE 777 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:58,204 LIFE AND THERE'S GIANT 778 00:18:58,204 --> 00:18:58,905 MISTAKES. 779 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:00,607 I THINK, WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW 780 00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:00,907 THAT? 781 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:01,808 THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW IT 782 00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:02,809 ALL. 783 00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:03,910 THAT'S WHY GARDENERS LIVE TO 784 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,011 BE 107, BECAUSE THERE'S 785 00:19:05,011 --> 00:19:06,112 SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN EVERY 786 00:19:06,112 --> 00:19:06,613 DAY. 787 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:07,213 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR 788 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:07,914 GUEST ON CENTRAL TEXAS 789 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:10,517 GARDENER. 790 00:19:10,517 --> 00:19:11,317 >> GLAD TO BE HERE. 791 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:11,918 >> THANK YOU. 792 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:13,219 AND COMING UP NEXT IS OUR 793 00:19:13,219 --> 00:19:14,020 FRIEND DAPHNE. 794 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:16,623 [MUSIC PLAYING]. 795 00:19:16,623 --> 00:19:18,425 >> HI, I'M DAPHNE RICHARDS. 796 00:19:18,425 --> 00:19:19,325 OUR QUESTION THIS WEEK IS, 797 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,327 "WHY DO SOME PLANTS DIE IN 798 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:22,829 FREEZING WEATHER?" 799 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:23,830 WELL, THIS IS A GREAT 800 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:24,431 QUESTION! 801 00:19:24,431 --> 00:19:25,732 AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY A FEW 802 00:19:25,732 --> 00:19:26,833 WAYS THAT FREEZE DAMAGE 803 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,134 OCCURS ON PLANTS, BUT MOST 804 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,235 COMMONLY IT HAPPENS WHEN THE 805 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:30,437 FROZEN WATER IN THE PLANT 806 00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:31,137 THAWS OUT. 807 00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:32,539 JERRY PARSONS, ONE OF MY 808 00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:34,240 FAVORITE RETIRED EXTENSION 809 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,742 SPECIALISTS, ALWAYS 810 00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:36,743 EXPLAINED THIS QUESTION WITH 811 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:37,844 THE CHALLENGE OF AN 812 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:38,345 EXPERIMENT. 813 00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:39,946 FILL A GLASS HALF FULL WITH 814 00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:41,247 WATER AND PUT IT IN YOUR 815 00:19:41,247 --> 00:19:41,848 FREEZER. 816 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:44,451 TAKE IT OUT THE NEXT DAY 817 00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:46,853 ONCE IT'S THOROUGHLY FROZEN 818 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:48,254 AND IMMEDIATELY PLACE IT 819 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:49,556 UNDER A WARM STREAM OF TAP 820 00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:50,256 WATER AND WATCH WHAT 821 00:19:50,256 --> 00:19:50,557 HAPPENS. 822 00:19:50,557 --> 00:19:52,559 IF YOU'RE NOT A SCIENCE NERD 823 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:54,361 LIKE ME THEN I'LL SPARE YOU 824 00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:55,662 THE EXPERIMENT AND TELL YOU 825 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:55,962 WHAT HAPPENS. 826 00:19:55,962 --> 00:19:57,797 BUT I BET YOU CAN GUESS. 827 00:19:57,797 --> 00:19:58,898 THE GLASS WILL SHATTER AS 828 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:00,000 SOON AS THE ICE STARTS TO 829 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,202 THAT YOU AND CRACK, EXACTLY 830 00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:03,703 AS THAWING PLANT CELLS WILL 831 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:04,504 DIE AS SOON AS THE 832 00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:05,105 TEMPERATURES WARM UP. 833 00:20:05,105 --> 00:20:06,206 SOME PLANTS CONTAIN MORE 834 00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:06,906 WATER THAN OTHERS, 835 00:20:06,906 --> 00:20:08,008 ESPECIALLY IN THEIR LEAVES. 836 00:20:08,008 --> 00:20:09,509 A PINE TREE HAS VERY LITTLE 837 00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:10,810 WATER STORED IN ITS LEAVES, 838 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:11,911 SO PINE TREES DON'T 839 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,113 GENERALLY FREEZE. 840 00:20:13,113 --> 00:20:14,714 BUT TROPICAL PLANTS ARE FROM 841 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:15,715 CLIMATES WHERE THE HUMIDITY 842 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:17,517 IS HIGH AND RAIN IS USUALLY 843 00:20:17,517 --> 00:20:18,918 PLENTIFUL, SO THEY HAVE LOTS 844 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:20,420 OF WATER IN THEIR LEAVES, 845 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:21,721 MAKING THEM VERY SUSCEPTIBLE 846 00:20:21,721 --> 00:20:22,922 TO COLD TEMPERATURES. 847 00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,724 MANY PLANTS ALSO RETAIN HIGH 848 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:25,825 AMOUNTS OF WATER IN THEIR 849 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:27,527 FLESHY STEMS, SO THOSE TOO 850 00:20:27,527 --> 00:20:28,628 MAY FREEZE. 851 00:20:28,628 --> 00:20:29,729 PLANTS HAVE DIFFERENT 852 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:30,930 STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH 853 00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:31,231 COLD. 854 00:20:31,231 --> 00:20:32,532 SOME DIE COMPLETELY, LEAVING 855 00:20:32,532 --> 00:20:33,833 THE NEXT GENERATION TO CARRY 856 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,235 ON IN THEIR SEEDS. 857 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,636 OTHERS ONLY LOSE THEIR 858 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:38,238 TENDER LEAVES AND PERHAPS 859 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:40,640 ANY TENDER NEW STEM GROWTH, 860 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:41,941 WHILE OTHERS DIE ALL THE WAY 861 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:43,643 BACK TO THE GROUND BUT HAVE 862 00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:45,445 HARDY ROOT SYSTEMS ALLOWING 863 00:20:45,445 --> 00:20:47,047 THEM TO EMERGE AFTER THE 864 00:20:47,047 --> 00:20:48,448 HARSH, COLD WEATHER HAS 865 00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:48,948 PASSED. 866 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:49,949 OUR PLANT THIS WEEK IS 867 00:20:49,949 --> 00:20:51,951 HEARTLEAF SKULLCAP, 868 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:54,154 SCUTELLARIA OVATA. 869 00:20:54,154 --> 00:20:56,589 THIS PARTICULAR SCUTELLARIA 870 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,491 LOOKS LIKE BLUE FLOWERING 871 00:20:58,491 --> 00:20:58,992 SALVIAS. 872 00:20:58,992 --> 00:20:59,893 AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON 873 00:20:59,893 --> 00:21:00,493 FOR THAT, THEY'RE IN THE 874 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:04,798 SAME PLANT FAMILY, THE MINT 875 00:21:04,798 --> 00:21:05,198 FAMILY. 876 00:21:05,198 --> 00:21:07,000 EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS TENDER 877 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,103 IT'S A VERY COLD-TOLERANT 878 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:10,904 NATIVE PLANT THAT IS 879 00:21:10,904 --> 00:21:12,105 NORMALLY EVERGREEN IN 880 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:12,405 CENTRAL TEXAS. 881 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,307 YOU MAY SEE THEM PUTTING ON 882 00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:16,710 NEW GROWTH AT THIS TIME OF 883 00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:19,012 YEAR, PREPARING FOR PRODUCE 884 00:21:19,012 --> 00:21:20,814 THEIR LOVELY TOWERING PURPLE 885 00:21:20,814 --> 00:21:23,116 FLOWERS SPIKE IN THE SPRING. 886 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:24,718 IN FACT, IT PREFERS THE COLD 887 00:21:24,718 --> 00:21:27,220 SO MUCH IT MAY GO DORMANT TO 888 00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:28,722 AVOID OUR OVERBEARING 889 00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:29,522 CENTRAL TEXAS HEAT. 890 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:30,924 I WISH I COULD DO THAT. 891 00:21:30,924 --> 00:21:33,526 HEARTLEAF SKULLCAP GROWS 892 00:21:33,526 --> 00:21:36,029 VIGOROUSLY VIA ITS FLESHY 893 00:21:36,029 --> 00:21:37,130 ROOTS AND WILL CREEP AROUND 894 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:37,831 YOUR GARDEN. 895 00:21:37,831 --> 00:21:38,932 BE PREPARED TO TAME IT BACK 896 00:21:38,932 --> 00:21:40,834 IF IT MOVES INTO UNWANTED 897 00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:41,234 AREAS. 898 00:21:41,234 --> 00:21:43,536 THE OIL IN ITS LEAVES ALSO 899 00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:45,238 CONFERS SOME DEER RESISTANCE 900 00:21:45,238 --> 00:21:46,740 AND THE NECTAR IN ITS 901 00:21:46,740 --> 00:21:47,640 FLOWERS SERVES AS A 902 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,342 HUMMINGBIRD ATTRACTANT. 903 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:51,044 HEART SHAPED LEAVES ARE ALSO 904 00:21:51,044 --> 00:21:54,347 VERY PRETTY WITH PURPLISH 905 00:21:54,347 --> 00:21:56,182 STEMS AND FUZZY SURFACE. 906 00:21:56,182 --> 00:21:58,084 HEARTLEAF SKULLCAP PREFERS 907 00:21:58,084 --> 00:21:59,486 TO BE KEPT A LITTLE ON THE 908 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:01,688 DRY SIDE, IN DAPPLED 909 00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:02,088 SUNLIGHT. 910 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:03,390 IT CAN BE A LITTLE 911 00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:05,191 CHALLENGING TO FIND IN 912 00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:06,593 NURSERIES, BUT IF YOU KNOW 913 00:22:06,593 --> 00:22:07,794 ANYONE WHO HAS SOME, JUST 914 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:09,195 ASK AND I BET THEY'LL DIG UP 915 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:10,096 A CHUNK FOR YOU. 916 00:22:10,096 --> 00:22:11,598 TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN THIS 917 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:13,099 WEEK, CONSIDER PLANTING SOME 918 00:22:13,099 --> 00:22:14,501 ASPARAGUS CROWNS AND MAYBE 919 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:16,202 EVEN SOME COLD-LOVING HERBS, 920 00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:18,505 LIKE GARLIC CHIVES AND 921 00:22:18,505 --> 00:22:19,806 PARSLEY. 922 00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:20,807 >> WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM 923 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:21,107 YOU SO PLEASE VISIT KLRU.ORG/CTG, TO SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS OR PLANTS OF THE WEEK FROM YOUR GARDEN. 924 00:22:21,107 --> 00:22:22,709 >> LET'S CHECK IN WITH 925 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:24,811 TRISHA SHIREY WITH BACKYARD 926 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:25,512 BASICS. 927 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:28,114 >> HI, I'M TRISHA SHIREY AND 928 00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,315 THIS IS BACKYARD BASICS. 929 00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:30,417 TODAY WE'RE HERE IN MY 930 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:32,118 BACKYARD AT LAKE AUSTIN SPA 931 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:32,819 RESORT. 932 00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:35,121 AND THERE COMES A TIME WHEN 933 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:37,223 ALL GARDENERS NEED TO GIVE 934 00:22:37,223 --> 00:22:38,324 PLANTS EXTRA NUTRITION AND 935 00:22:38,324 --> 00:22:39,225 ONE OF THE WAYS I LIKE TO DO 936 00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:40,427 THAT THAT'S VERY INEXPENSIVE 937 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:42,829 IS TO MAKE YOUR OWN 938 00:22:42,829 --> 00:22:44,631 FERTILIZER BY MAKING A 939 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:47,734 COMPOST TEA OR NUTRIENT TEA. 940 00:22:47,734 --> 00:22:48,234 IT'S SIMPLE. 941 00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:50,136 TAKE A GOOD QUALITY MANURE 942 00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:51,938 COMPOST, PUT IT IN A 943 00:22:51,938 --> 00:22:55,442 5-GALLON BUCKET AND COVER IT 944 00:22:55,442 --> 00:22:57,377 WITH WATER, PREFERABLY 945 00:22:57,377 --> 00:22:59,179 RAINWATER OR NON-CHLORINE 946 00:22:59,179 --> 00:23:00,680 AND STIR IT A COUPLE TIMES A 947 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,182 DAY TO INTRODUCE AIR INTO 948 00:23:02,182 --> 00:23:02,982 IT. 949 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:03,883 YOU COULD LITTLE DO THE SAME 950 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:06,186 THING WITH EARTHWORM 951 00:23:06,186 --> 00:23:08,188 CASTINGS AND MAKE AN 952 00:23:08,188 --> 00:23:09,189 EXCELLENT FERTILIZER THAT 953 00:23:09,189 --> 00:23:09,689 WAY TOO. 954 00:23:09,689 --> 00:23:10,990 YOU CAN ALSO ADD COFFEE 955 00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:12,992 GROUNDS, TEA GROUNDS TO THAT 956 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:13,993 SAME MIX AND GIVE YOUR 957 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:15,395 PLANTS THE NUTRIENTS FROM 958 00:23:15,395 --> 00:23:16,196 THOSE, BECAUSE COFFEE 959 00:23:16,196 --> 00:23:17,797 GROUNDS ARE HIGH IN 960 00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:18,098 NITROGEN. 961 00:23:18,098 --> 00:23:19,599 SO THAT'S A GOOD DRINK FOR 962 00:23:19,599 --> 00:23:20,400 YOUR PLANTS. 963 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,702 NOW, I LET IT SIT FOR A DAY 964 00:23:22,702 --> 00:23:25,005 OR TWO AND THEN THE COMPOST 965 00:23:25,005 --> 00:23:26,206 WILL SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM SO 966 00:23:26,206 --> 00:23:30,010 I STRAIN THE LIQUID OFF THE 967 00:23:30,010 --> 00:23:31,611 TOP, DILUTE IT AND PUT A 968 00:23:31,611 --> 00:23:32,512 LITTLE AROUND THE BASE OF 969 00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:33,113 EACH PLANT. 970 00:23:33,113 --> 00:23:34,314 HERE'S ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN 971 00:23:34,314 --> 00:23:34,814 DO THIS. 972 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:36,216 TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER 973 00:23:36,216 --> 00:23:38,218 TO USE, USE AN OLD PILLOW 974 00:23:38,218 --> 00:23:39,419 CASE AND PUT YOUR COMPOST IN 975 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:42,222 THE PILLOW CASE AND TIE IT 976 00:23:42,222 --> 00:23:43,623 UP AND TIE IT TO THE HANDLE 977 00:23:43,623 --> 00:23:44,924 OF THE BUCKET, AND THEN THAT 978 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,526 WAY IT ACTS LIKE A GIANT 979 00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:47,127 TEABAG. 980 00:23:47,127 --> 00:23:48,528 YOU COULD PULL THAT OUT AND 981 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:50,530 NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 982 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:51,331 STRAINING THAT BEFORE YOU 983 00:23:51,331 --> 00:23:52,732 PUT IT IN THE GARDEN. 984 00:23:52,732 --> 00:23:54,734 THIS IS NOT TRUE AEROBIC 985 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:56,169 COMPOST TEA SO THIS IS NOT 986 00:23:56,169 --> 00:23:57,070 SOMETHING I WOULD PUT 987 00:23:57,070 --> 00:23:58,071 DIRECTLY ON THE FOLIAGE OF 988 00:23:58,071 --> 00:23:58,672 THE PLANTS. 989 00:23:58,672 --> 00:23:59,673 THIS IS MORE AS A ROOT 990 00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:00,373 FERTILIZER. 991 00:24:00,373 --> 00:24:02,475 SO I PUT IT TOWARD THE BASE 992 00:24:02,475 --> 00:24:03,076 OF THE PLANT. 993 00:24:03,076 --> 00:24:05,478 NOW, I HAVE MY PLANTS 994 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,479 MULCHED WITH COMPOST AND 995 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:09,182 THEN A SHREDDED HARDWOOD 996 00:24:09,182 --> 00:24:12,285 MULCH, SO AS YOU'RE PUTTING 997 00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:14,688 THAT NUTRIENT ON THE PLANT 998 00:24:14,688 --> 00:24:16,790 IT'S HASHED TO GET IT TO THE 999 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:17,190 MULCH. 1000 00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:18,191 SO I BURY POTS IN THE 1001 00:24:18,191 --> 00:24:20,493 GROUND, SMALLER, LIKE A 1002 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:22,295 ONE-QUART FOR THE SMALLER 1003 00:24:22,295 --> 00:24:24,698 PLANTS OR GALLON POTS FOR 1004 00:24:24,698 --> 00:24:26,099 LARGER PLANTS, LIKE 1005 00:24:26,099 --> 00:24:27,500 TOMATOES, AND PUT ONE POT 1006 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,504 BETWEEN TWO PLANTS OR EVEN 1007 00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:32,205 THREE PLANTS. 1008 00:24:32,205 --> 00:24:33,306 AS LONG AS IT'S 12 TO 1009 00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:34,708 18 INCHES FROM THE ROOT ZONE 1010 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:36,109 OF THE PLANT THAT FERTILIZER 1011 00:24:36,109 --> 00:24:37,510 WILL LEACH OUT INTO THE ROOT 1012 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:38,611 ZONE OF THE PLANT. 1013 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:39,412 AND IT'S INTERESTING WHEN 1014 00:24:39,412 --> 00:24:40,513 I'VE PULLED THESE POTS UP 1015 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:42,015 AND THE PLANTS UP AFTER THE 1016 00:24:42,015 --> 00:24:43,717 GARDEN SEASON IS OVER, I SEE 1017 00:24:43,717 --> 00:24:45,418 LOTS OF ROOTS JUST REALLY 1018 00:24:45,418 --> 00:24:46,720 AROUND THOSE POTS WHERE 1019 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,421 THEY'VE BEEN GOING FOR THE 1020 00:24:48,421 --> 00:24:49,122 NUTRIENTS. 1021 00:24:49,122 --> 00:24:50,523 YOU CAN USE THOSE SAME POTS 1022 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:54,127 FOR PUTTING KILL MEAL, 1023 00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:55,328 COTTONSEED MEAL, EPSOM 1024 00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:57,664 SALTS, GIVING YOUR PLANTS 1025 00:24:57,664 --> 00:24:59,165 MORE NUTRITION IN THE POTS 1026 00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,468 AND PUT A WATER HOSE IN AND 1027 00:25:01,468 --> 00:25:03,370 GIVE THE PLANTS A DRENCH OF 1028 00:25:03,370 --> 00:25:05,972 GOOD FERTILIZER. 1029 00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:07,374 ADD FISH EMULSION, 1030 00:25:07,374 --> 00:25:09,175 SUPER-THRIVE, ANY OF THOSE 1031 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,477 EXTRA NUTRIENTS TO THE 1032 00:25:10,477 --> 00:25:11,978 COMPOST SEED AND YOU CAN 1033 00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:16,383 REALLY GIVE YOUR PLANTS A 1034 00:25:16,383 --> 00:25:18,685 BALANCED AND HEALTHY DRINK. 1035 00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:21,187 THIS FERTILIZING CAN BE DONE 1036 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,189 AS OFTEN AS THEY LOOK LIKE 1037 00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:23,890 THEY NEED A PUSH. 1038 00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:25,692 I TEND TO USE THEM EVERY TWO 1039 00:25:25,692 --> 00:25:26,993 WEEKS AS THEY'RE GETTING 1040 00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:28,395 STARTED AND MAYBE ONCE A 1041 00:25:28,395 --> 00:25:29,596 MONTH AS THEY BECOME MORE 1042 00:25:29,596 --> 00:25:30,397 ESTABLISHED IN THE GARDEN. 1043 00:25:30,397 --> 00:25:31,297 IT WORKS VERY WELL. 1044 00:25:31,297 --> 00:25:32,198 ONCE YOU FINISH WITH THE 1045 00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:34,000 COMPOST YOU CAN USUALLY 1046 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,602 REBREW IT A SECOND TIME AND 1047 00:25:35,602 --> 00:25:37,303 THEN THAT COMPOST CAN GO 1048 00:25:37,303 --> 00:25:38,204 AROUND THE BASE OF YOUR 1049 00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:39,305 PLANTS, ADD IT TO YOUR 1050 00:25:39,305 --> 00:25:41,007 COMPOST PILE SO IT'S NOT 1051 00:25:41,007 --> 00:25:42,909 WASTED BUT YOU'VE GOTTEN A 1052 00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:44,210 LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT 1053 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,112 SHOVELFUL OF COMPOST. 1054 00:25:46,112 --> 00:25:47,013 THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO FEED 1055 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:47,514 YOUR PLANTS. 1056 00:25:47,514 --> 00:25:48,615 FOR BACKYARD BASICS, I'M 1057 00:25:48,615 --> 00:25:49,716 TRISHA SHIREY. 1058 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:50,717 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 1059 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:53,319 >> FIND OUT MORE AT 1060 00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:55,422 KLRU.ORG/CTG, AND BE SURE TO 1061 00:25:55,422 --> 00:25:56,756 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. 1062 00:25:56,756 --> 00:25:58,358 NEXT WEEK GET A NEW 1063 00:25:58,358 --> 00:25:59,059 PERSPECTIVE ON DROUGHTS. 1064 00:25:59,059 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