Mid-American Gardener

Mid-American Gardener: Planting garlic, scale on burr oaks, switchgrass, perennials

 

Mid-American Gardener guest host Shane Cultra is joined by Steven Still, Kelly Allsup and Rusty Maulding to answer viewer questions. They talk about perennial plants, including a switchgrass that is the 2014 Perennial Plant of the Year, planting garlic, how to kill ghost flowers andoverwintering knock-out roses. Allsup shows off some grasshoppers she uses in educational programs.

Air Dates and Times

Channel Day Time
WILL-TV, Urbana Thursday 7 pm (live)
  Saturday 11 am (repeat)
WTVP-TV, Peoria Saturday 11:30 am
WEIU-TV, Charleston Sunday 1:30 pm
WSEC-TV, Springfield Saturday 11 am
WQEC-TV, Quincy Saturday 11 am
WMEC-TV, Macomb Saturday 11 am
Lakeshore PBS, Chicago/Northwest Indiana Friday 1 pm

Featured Entry

Pruning Tips with Ryan Pankau

Spring has Sprung and you’re almost out of time to get that last minute pruning done before it’s too late for the season. Late winter, early Spring is prime time pruning season and to discuss this and learn all about the perfect technique we’ve brought in a local expert in forestry and a friend of our show through the University of Illinois Extension office, Ryan Pankau. 

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