University of Georgia
On the April 23 "Gardening in Georgia," host Walter Reeves presents two important lessons for gardening: pruning those stubborn nandinas and building cold frames."Gardening in Georgia" airs on Saturdays at 12:30 and 7 p.m. on Georgia Public Television. It's produced by the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and GPTV.
This week, Reeves gives special guest Jim Midcap, a UGA horticulturist, a challenge: a thick bed of nandinas at Reeves' home. And Midcap shows how to trim even the toughest nandinas. The key, he says, is to use a stair-step process. The result should be nandinas that have foliage from top to bottom.
Reeves will cover preserving plants for next spring, too, by building cold frames. He shows how to build three types of cold frames to protect plants as you bring them outside in the spring.
The cold frames are easy to make. Reeves makes one out of bales of hay and an old window sash. For another, he uses a storm window and a box of 1-by-6 boards. He makes the third from PVC pipe and 4-mil plastic sheeting.
