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Hi, I'm Chris Cooper.

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Welcome to "The Family Plot: 
Gardening in the Mid-South."

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Thanks for joining us.

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Scientists estimate that one 
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exist because of 
  pollinators like bees,

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butterflies, moths, 
  birds, bats and other insects.

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But during recent years, there's 
  been a noticeable decline in the

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number of these 
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So today, we're going to talk 
  about ways we can reduce the

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impact of pesticides and 
  help restore our pollinators.

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And while gardening can be 
  a source of pleasure and

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relaxation, there are a number 
  of hazards that can result in

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accidents and  
  even injury if caution

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and care are not observed.

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So today, we're going to give 
  you a few safety tips to help

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you be safe and 
  successful in your garden.

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All of that and  
  more is just ahead on

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"The Family Plot: Gardening in 
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Hi, welcome to 
"The Family Plot."

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I'm Chris Cooper.

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Joining me today is Carol Reese.

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Carol is the  
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for University of 
  Tennessee Extension.

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And Genie Ashworth is here.

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Miss Genie is a master gardener 
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Thanks for joining me ladies.

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Thank you.

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Let's talk pollinators.

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Okay, I've heard a lot..

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that people are not 
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Why not?

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Well we just have to 
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They're just down.

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The numbers are down.

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We have talked 
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At some point in the future, 
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pollinators, we're really 
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But it looks like it's here.

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I think it's here 
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people are actually 
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"I don't see bees or anything."

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(Carol) 
  It's really scary.

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(Chris) 
  It is.

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(Carol) 
  I started really noticing it

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last year when we had the talk 
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And there were just no 
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It's scary.

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And now this year, I 
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my colleague that works there, 
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Facebook page that he's 
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that he is only the fifth 
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And he works 
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(Chris) 
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(Carol) 
  Isn't that scary?

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That is scary!

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So how many different 
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besides the bees?

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Well the bees and the 
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You know, you sort of say, 
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honeybee when there's all 
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But in truth, a lot of our 
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pollinators, not 
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So we've got to 
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But some very important 
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I was just reading some 
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orchard bee, which is also 
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And they're one of a group of 
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figures I read, 2,000 of these 
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100,000 honeybees.

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it may carry that problem back 
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hive where as a solitary bee, 
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affect the whole colony.

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solitary bees.

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(Genie) 
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The flies!

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There's a lot of good 
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especially the hover flies 
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(Genie) 
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Hummingbirds, even 
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Bats, we've talked 
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pollinated and is important 
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That's certainly a matter 
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I mean plants in general we need 
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and the carbon sink.

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and the way we live these days.

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But if we need 
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don't necessarily eat but 
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agent for our 
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the other things 
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you know, in California, how 
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honey bees 
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I could do without almonds.

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So how do we go about 
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pesticides in general or what?

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can do a little bit.

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We really do.

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negate that need.

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So sometimes people, you know, 
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It gets very political.

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dumping 
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"would you let me do that?"

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(Genie) 
  Balance!

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Yes, there's a balance there.

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and getting us all talking about 
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hippies, the greenies 
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The tree huggers!

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It's important to 
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It's an important 
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And some of these issues are 
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But luckily, we are in an 
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targeted insecticides safer, 
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grow, to go.

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I be as organic as I 
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I'm going to have to kill 
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The soap 
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if you've just got a few plants, 
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blasting it with a broad 
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Alright, just pick 
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you know, just, "Hey, 
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Prune it away.

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Put something else there 
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Now what about inter-plantings 
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Yep, that's always fun, too.

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To me, a vegetable garden is 
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blooming out there 
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And of course that's been a 
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industry is making your 
vegetable garden look pretty,

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attractive.

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We call them a kitchen garden.

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We even see them done in the 
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structures and they can 
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Mix in those herbs in there 
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really good, sort of, 
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So I think all of 
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Using those more targeted 
  insecticides and upping our

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tolerance level for 
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(Chris) 
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Can you deal with the damage and 
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I can in my home garden.

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You know I don't 
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Just clean that off and just..

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But most people can't.

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(Carol) 
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So I think for those people, if 
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If you've got to have that 
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pollinators for 
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you know, you might want to 
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And I think even, you know, 
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we've got to start thinking 
about these things and better

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ways that we can do them.

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Good information, Miss Carol.

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Alright.

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There are a number of gardening 
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couple of weeks.

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Here are just a few 
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Alright, Miss, Genie, 
let's talk about garden safety.

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Well let me start 
by saying annually,

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there are 400,000 E-R visits.

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That's emergency room visits 
secondary to somebody goofing up

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in their yard or their garden.

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I have to tell you both my 
husband and I contributed to

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those counts.

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Yes, from the 
voice of experience,

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it happens.

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And accidents do happen.

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Many of them are preventable.

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(Chris) 
  Okay.

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And, uh, I know I want to 
talk about chemicals because..

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But I want to also, 
before we get in to that,

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suggest everybody, um, if you're 
doing anything in the yard,

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you have 
children, you have pets,

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you're outside walking from your 
back door to your mailbox to get

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your mail, everybody needs to 
have a simple first aid kit at

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their back door or on their work 
  bench or someplace right outside

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so that should you have tripped 
  and fallen -- it happens over

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hoses, it happens just because 
  you're in a pair of flip-flops

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and slipped on the driveway -- 
  or you accidentally cut yourself

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using one of your 
tools or whatever,

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having something 
at the back door,

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not that you come inside 
bleeding running around the

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house looking for a Band-Aid.

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So it is easy.

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I'm a nurse so, consequently, I 
have a little bit more in my bag

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than some of the 
rest of you may.

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But I highly recommend 
some plain old Band-Aids,

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some rubber gloves.

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Okay, plain old rubber gloves 
because if you've been out

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gardening, your hands are dirty.

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And it is much easier, instead 
of trying to get your hands

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clean, is put the rubber glove 
on the hand that isn't cut.

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Then you've got a clean hand to 
work with the one that's soiled.

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Handy wipes are wonderful but 
don't ever use them if you think

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you've got poison ivy because 
the handy wipe will spread the

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poison ivy Urushiol 
oil and cause problems.

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But just to clean 
up, it's wonderful.

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Um, Band-Aids, of course.

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For a bigger accident, some type 
of clean or sterile pad that you

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can put on and put pressure.

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If it's a hand and you 
need to put pressure,

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put the band-aid on and put 
the other rubber glove over it.

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That way you're not 
running blood down your arm.

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But it also applies a little bit 
of pressure and helps hold that

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so that you can get 
proper treatment.

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If you have to, you can even 
drive yourself some place to get

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stitches if you needed to.

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Okay.

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The other thing is frequently 
people get things in their eye.

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And it may be a little speck 
of dirt because you've been

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digging.

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It may be a critter that 
just happened to pass through.

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What do we all do?

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The first thing is 
we put something,

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like a finger, in our eye and we 
start pulling our eye lashes and

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our eyelid.

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And actually, we probably are 
contributing more dirt from our

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hands.

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And, uh, there's also the 
possibility that we embed it.

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Years ago, one of the emergency 
room physicians that I worked

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with made a suggestion that 
y'all have to concentrate on

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this.

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If you get 
something in your eye,

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before you ever touch your face, 
close both eyes and occlude the

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nostril opposite the eye 
and sniff a couple of times.

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And what happens is your tears 
will pull or the moisture in

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your eye will pull across 
to the corner of your eye.

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But you've got to 
program your mind to do that.

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And of course if 
that doesn't work,

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you can have some 
plain old normal saline,

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which is just 
plain old eye wash,

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in your little bag that you 
put your gloves on because your

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hands are dirty and just 
put a drop or two in there.

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And try to flood it.

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But don't do all 
this sort of thing.

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Okay.

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Wow!

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And I do that!

324
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Its much easier because it 
washes naturally that way.

325
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Your bigger tear 
ducts are right in here.

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Yeah, that's perfect.

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The other thing 
is is an Epi pen.

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And I have a husband who's 
allergic and we've had a

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daughter who is very allergic.

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If you are allergic to bee 
stings -- and I'm not talking

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about plain old poison ivy.

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That's something else.

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But nature 
anaphylactic type responses.

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There are children.

335
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We've all heard about peanut 
allergies and things like that.

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If you have a member of your 
family that is allergic to bee

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stings, wasp stings, 
whatever, catastrophic,

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you do need to keep 
an Epi pen available.

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The last two deaths of 
copperhead bites in the state

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were anaphylactic 
shock reactions,

341
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not from the venom.

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(Chris) 
Okay.

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Interesting, yes, wow, yeah!

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So just as some thoughts, okay.

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When you go outside routinely 
to do anything in your yard,

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if you are a diabetic, 
have high blood pressure,

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on blood thinner, have seizures 
or something along those lines,

348
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wear your medical alert.

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And have your neighbors 
know what's wrong with you.

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You're not betraying 
personal information.

351
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You just want somebody to 
know in case you need help.

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Always carry your 
bottle of water,

353
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okay, because the water can wash 
but also the water is to help

354
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hydrate you.

355
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Okay.

356
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Your car keys, lock your house.

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Here in Memphis, we have folks 
that pay attention to folks that

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go out to do the yard work.

359
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And we get so 
absorbed in to the garden,

360
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we forget about that.

361
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There's a alert on your car.

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If you fall or you are hurt and 
you can't get help other than

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through your telephone, which 
hopefully is in your back pocket

364
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right along with your car keys, 
you can always hit your alert

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button, okay.

366
00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:25,324
So those are just some simple 
things to do and it can be kept

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at the back door.

368
00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,628
Don't keep all your 
first aid supplies inside.

369
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They're not doing you a 
bit of good in there.

370
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You need to carry something 
in your car all the time.

371
00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:36,135
But this is dual purpose for us.

372
00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:38,805
My husband's work bench is right 
out there as well as all my

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potting stuff.

374
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So it'll do it, okay.

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00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,610
Now let's talk quickly 
about chemical safety.

376
00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:45,611
Yeah, quickly.

377
00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:46,679
Okay, most of us buy chemicals.

378
00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:51,050
Okay, I don't because I am 
very opposed to the use of them.

379
00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:55,121
I have dogs, grandchildren, cats 
and we've got a lot of mother

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nature in our yard.

381
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However, I am aghast when I go 
to the grocery store and I see

382
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the folks that have 
bought Hot Shot or Off,

383
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,132
not necessarily 
just those brands,

384
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or they buy the bag of pesticide 
or fertilizer that they put in

385
00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:13,573
their grocery cart right along 
with their groceries with your

386
00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:15,942
fresh fruit, your 
eggs and your milk.

387
00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:20,313
And it's going through right on 
the same conveyor belt in to the

388
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bags to go in to your car.

389
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,684
So please keep 
those items separate.

390
00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:28,387
They are not something that 
you want to be handling the

391
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container and then 
handling your food products.

392
00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:34,694
Just a little bit 
of wisdom there.

393
00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:36,596
Only buy what you need.

394
00:16:36,596 --> 00:16:40,499
But before you buy it, read the 
label and make sure it's what

395
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you want and it is there to 
treat what you are supposed to

396
00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:45,638
be treating, okay.

397
00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:50,009
Don't buy the giant economy 
size bag of something or the big

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bottle if it says you only use a 
tablespoon to a gallon or four

399
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gallons of water.

400
00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:59,952
You don't need the quart size 
or the half-gallon size of that

401
00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:00,953
stuff.

402
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,255
Share with your neighbors.

403
00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:07,860
This is a good opportunity to 
get to know your neighbors on

404
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:12,031
either side, especially if 
they've got some roses and

405
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,900
you've got some roses and you're 
going to use a fungicide because

406
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:15,234
you all got black spot.

407
00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:17,870
Then find out if they would like 
to go in on something with you,

408
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:21,374
not necessarily pay for it but 
would they like what you mix up

409
00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,310
so that you are only mixing 
up what you need at the time.

410
00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:28,614
Don't go pour it down the drain 
out at the curb or down your

411
00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:31,951
toilet or where ever else 
you might want to pour it.

412
00:17:31,951 --> 00:17:36,188
There is a place here in 
Memphis called Hazardous Waste.

413
00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:40,526
In fact, can I take two seconds 
  just to tell them what happens?

414
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:41,594
(Chris) 
  As she puts

415
00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:42,628
her glasses on, quickly!

416
00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:43,462
(Genie) 
  Okay.

417
00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:46,065
They take oven 
  cleaners, toilet cleaners,

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00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:50,770
varnishes, oil paints, 
  flammable liquids like gasoline,

419
00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:53,439
kerosene, paint thinner, oil.

420
00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:56,809
They also take 
  poisons such as herbicides,

421
00:17:56,809 --> 00:18:00,346
pesticides, 
  fertilizers, pool chemicals,

422
00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:02,114
insect repellants.

423
00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:05,918
In other words, those 
  bottles of insect repellant,

424
00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,053
you don't throw that.

425
00:18:07,053 --> 00:18:08,154
You recycle that.

426
00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:09,822
It goes to hazardous waste.

427
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:12,591
It goes to hazardous 
waste says Miss Genie.

428
00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:14,694
Thank you for that information!

429
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:16,996
And if you're 
mixing any of it up,

430
00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:21,200
wear a mask, gloves and goggles 
if you don't wear glasses.

431
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,904
And wash those clothes.

432
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,906
Long sleeved shirt, long sleeved 
pants separate from the family

433
00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:27,907
load of clothes.

434
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:29,608
Separate!

435
00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:30,609
She got it!

436
00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:31,777
She got it covered!

437
00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,480
Alright, here's 
our Q and A session.

438
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,482
And Miss Genie, you 
jump in there with us,

439
00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:37,483
alright.

440
00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:38,584
Here's the first question.

441
00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:41,220
When you are deadheading your 
  plants -- and this person is

442
00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:45,024
talking about petunias -- do you 
  remove the spent flowers only or

443
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:47,159
the green part just 
  below the flower?

444
00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:50,096
Actually, I thought that 
  was a pretty good question.

445
00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:51,097
It is a good question.

446
00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:52,098
What do you think?

447
00:18:52,098 --> 00:18:53,099
I cut down to the next node.

448
00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:54,100
(Chris) 
  So do I.

449
00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,102
So I am cutting in 
to the green part.

450
00:18:56,102 --> 00:18:58,104
And of course if you cut 
down to that next node,

451
00:18:58,104 --> 00:19:00,773
just above it, then it's going 
to send out new shoots and you

452
00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:01,807
get new flowers.

453
00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:03,876
Just pulling the 
flower off won't do that.

454
00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,878
Just pulling the 
flower out doesn't do that.

455
00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,880
And if you just 
pull the flower off,

456
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,117
you might break the stem 
off if you don't pull right,

457
00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:12,118
too.

458
00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:13,419
So a nice, fresh cut.

459
00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:14,420
A good cut.

460
00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:16,422
Alright, here's 
the second question.

461
00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:17,590
And you'll like this one.

462
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:20,993
What is the best tree to plant 
  that will have pretty flowers?

463
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,128
(Carol) 
  Do I like that question?

464
00:19:22,128 --> 00:19:23,829
No, I don't like that question.

465
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:28,167
That's like saying 
who's your favorite dog?

466
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,168
[laughter]

467
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,371
You know, I can't 
say the best tree.

468
00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:33,873
There's a lot of great trees.

469
00:19:33,873 --> 00:19:36,042
It kind of depends on what 
time of the year you want it to

470
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bloom, what size it will get, 
what color flower you like.

471
00:19:39,645 --> 00:19:42,548
You know for spring, I like to 
recommend fringe trees a lot of

472
00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:43,549
times.

473
00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,285
They're late spring bloomers but 
  they're very trouble free and

474
00:19:46,285 --> 00:19:47,286
easily grown.

475
00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:50,990
I also love the deciduous 
  magnolias because they're,

476
00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:54,527
again, about bullet proof and 
  they're going to outlive us.

477
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,896
They're really great 
long-lived, durable trees.

478
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,998
I'd rather tell 
them what to avoid.

479
00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:01,000
Well let's tell 
them what to avoid.

480
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,001
Well the ornamental cherries.

481
00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:06,105
They're so prone to 
canker and bores.

482
00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:08,574
Usually short-lived so we're 
going to have some problems with

483
00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:09,575
those.

484
00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:11,577
Of course we know the Bradford's 
are going to split on us about

485
00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:14,213
the time they 
start to look good.

486
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,215
I guess some of the crab apples.

487
00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:18,217
There's good crab 
apples and bad crab apples.

488
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:22,254
I love crab apples but you need 
to do your research on which

489
00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:25,991
ones are resistant to the rust 
disease that they're so prone

490
00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:26,992
to.

491
00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:29,662
And also careful placement of 
crab apples because a lot of

492
00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:32,631
people object to the fruit 
that falls on their driveway or

493
00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:33,632
patio.

494
00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,634
But out in the yard, it might 
not be a problem and it's good

495
00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:36,635
for wildlife.

496
00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:37,636
Okay.

497
00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:39,638
Well since we are in the summer, 
so what about a tree for the

498
00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:40,639
summer?

499
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,640
Well I love the Magnolias.

500
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,642
Right now they're 
blooming like crazy.

501
00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:45,644
The little gem, the 
southern magnolia,

502
00:20:45,644 --> 00:20:47,813
the ones with the 
big flowers are also.

503
00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:48,948
They're going to.

504
00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:53,085
Little gem will continue 
to bloom on in to the fall.

505
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:55,321
And the sour woods 
  are just now in bloom.

506
00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:58,057
But sour woods are a 
  little bit difficult to grow.

507
00:20:58,057 --> 00:21:01,861
You have to have a really good 
  acid site with good drainage.

508
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:02,862
(Chris) 
  Okay.

509
00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:03,996
Another one I just thought of.

510
00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,766
Crepe Myrtles can be 
big enough to be trees.

511
00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,834
So a 30 foot 
crepe myrtle, to me,

512
00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:09,835
counts as a tree.

513
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:13,739
It's a tree if falling out of it 
will kill me or if it falling on

514
00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,641
me will kill me.

515
00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:17,576
That's a good definition, yeah.

516
00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:19,578
Alright, here's 
our next question.

517
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:21,947
I have an area that receives 
  about six hours of sunlight.

518
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:28,120
What kind of shrub can I 
  plant there besides a boxwood?

519
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,855
That's plenty of sunlight.

520
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,224
You can plant most anything.

521
00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:35,528
Nine bark would be beautiful 
  because the leaves are pretty.

522
00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:37,429
(Carol) 
  I do love the nine barks.

523
00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:38,831
I'm a big Abelia fan.

524
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:39,832
(Chris) 
  I know you are.

525
00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:41,333
(Carol) 
  And the Abelias will bloom for

526
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,636
you throughout the summer and 
  there's all sorts of variegated

527
00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,505
forms out there that  
  give you a lot of interest.

528
00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:50,342
But actually, six to eight hours 
is considered sort of full sun.

529
00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:52,811
Now if it were morning sun 
that would be a little different

530
00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:54,814
because the 
afternoon sun, of course,

531
00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:55,815
would be hotter.

532
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,217
But even the oak leaf 
  hydrangea, for example.

533
00:21:58,217 --> 00:22:00,653
If it were six 
  hours of morning sun,

534
00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,656
I would think that would be  
  fine right there, as well.

535
00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:04,790
(Genie) 
  The red twig dogwood is pretty.

536
00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:06,959
(Carol) 
  Yes, that would be great.

537
00:22:06,959 --> 00:22:10,162
And they'll do in 
sun or some shade,

538
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,430
not deep shade.

539
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:12,431
So that would be great.

540
00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:15,034
The blooms insignificant but 
the leaves and the stem are

541
00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:16,035
beautiful.

542
00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:17,102
(Chris) 
  Well there you have it.

543
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,705
Let me ask you about the 
boxwoods while we have a little

544
00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:21,006
time.

545
00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:23,842
Give us your spill about 
the meat balls please.

546
00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:28,314
I'm not a fan of shrubs that 
are tortured in unnatural forms.

547
00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:35,921
You know we see meat balls 
and cones and ding dongs.

548
00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:38,991
I've seen corndogs.

549
00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:41,727
Yes, I've seen terrible 
things done to shrubs.

550
00:22:41,727 --> 00:22:44,396
And I think a boxwood can 
be a very beautiful plant.

551
00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:46,398
And recently at the 
Rosson Arboretum,

552
00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:48,734
I was there by myself and went 
off to different parts of the

553
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:50,769
garden that I'm not normally in.

554
00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:53,405
And they have a big boxwood 
collection that had been allowed

555
00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:54,406
to grow naturally.

556
00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:57,943
And I was so impressed with 
the different growth habits and

557
00:22:57,943 --> 00:22:59,078
textures.

558
00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:01,013
And I thought, 
"Gosh, what lovely,

559
00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:03,015
"lovely plants if you 
leave them alone!"

560
00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:06,885
The English box, too, does like 
a little bit of shade in the

561
00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:08,287
deep south at least.

562
00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:12,858
The Japanese little leaf and the 
Korean boxwoods would take full

563
00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:13,859
sun just fine.

564
00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:14,860
Okay.

565
00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:16,862
Alright, here's 
the last question.

566
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,931
Something is feeding on my 
  hibiscus leaves and it is

567
00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:20,332
wearing them out.

568
00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:22,835
What is it and how 
  do I get rid of it?

569
00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:24,837
This came out of our own garden.

570
00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:25,838
No, it's not my question.

571
00:23:25,838 --> 00:23:27,840
But it came out 
of my own garden.

572
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,308
Okay, look at that.

573
00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:30,643
Perfect example.

574
00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,678
They eat right in 
between the lines.

575
00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:33,712
It's kind of pretty.

576
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:39,618
Especially that.

577
00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:41,487
Of course if you look close, 
it looks like a little tiny

578
00:23:41,487 --> 00:23:42,588
caterpillar.

579
00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:44,757
But it is not.

580
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:47,826
It has too many prolegs.

581
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:50,396
It's a saw fly larva.

582
00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:54,266
So while we like to 
  recommend B-t for caterpillars,

583
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,501
you're going to waste your time.

584
00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:57,202
(Chris) 
  You're going to waste your time.

585
00:23:57,202 --> 00:24:00,539
Saw flies, of course, are 
in the order hymenoptera,

586
00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:03,075
which is the same 
order as wasps and bees.

587
00:24:03,075 --> 00:24:05,844
So you're not going 
to be able to use B-t.

588
00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:09,515
Now what I use at 
home, insecticidal soap,

589
00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:10,716
if I must.

590
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,351
Otherwise, I just do this.

591
00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:14,486
Just kind of nip it 
off and, you know,

592
00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:16,488
the rest of them look just fine.

593
00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:17,489
It is true.

594
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:18,490
It doesn't kill them.

595
00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:20,492
It does kind of 
destroy the looks of them,

596
00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:22,494
even a little bit 
on the flowers.

597
00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:24,496
But there's a certain phase they 
go through and then they kind of

598
00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:25,497
outgrow it.

599
00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:27,499
And then they don't have it 
for the rest of the summer.

600
00:24:27,499 --> 00:24:29,968
But it's, again, not anything 
to really get terribly alarmed

601
00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:30,969
about.

602
00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:32,971
But if you want to groom 
them, like you do personally,

603
00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:34,973
if you don't have a 
  whole lot of them,

604
00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:35,974
that's the way to go.

605
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:36,975
(Chris) 
  It's pretty neat though.

606
00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:39,912
The female actually has a 
  saw-like blade on the tip of her

607
00:24:39,912 --> 00:24:40,913
abdomen.

608
00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:44,116
She cuts in to the tissue and 
  deposits the eggs there between

609
00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:45,250
the tissue.

610
00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:47,619
You know they're breeding some 
that are resistant to saw fly

611
00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:48,821
larva very soon.

612
00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,990
It's a fuzzy 
native hibiscus leaf,

613
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:51,991
the grandiflora.

614
00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:55,561
And apparently the insects don't 
like the fuzz in their mouth.

615
00:24:55,561 --> 00:24:58,063
And so they're hybridizing it 
with some of the more showy ones

616
00:24:58,063 --> 00:25:00,866
and creating some forms 
that are now more resistant.

617
00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,167
I need to get that.

618
00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,202
Alright, thank you ladies.

619
00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:04,670
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620
00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:06,438
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621
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626
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627
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628
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629
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