| Growing on the High Plains Archive |
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 Christmas Tree Redux - Why not end the holiday season with the three R's? Today, we'll look at ways to renew, reuse, or recycle that Christmas tree you thought was trash, but just might turn out to be a treasure.
(aired 12/30/10) |
 Mistletoe - Skip looks at the history of this romantic plant and then revisits her own history for a childhood Christmas memory.
(aired 12/23/10) |
 Christmas Cactus - This holiday favorite takes some special care to bloom on cue, but the rewards are worth the effort.
(aired 12/16/10) |
 Gifts of the Magi - Today, we'll catch the scent and track two biblical spices that have been used for centuries in exalted temples, though they are best known for their appearance in lowly stable in Bethlehem.
(aired 12/09/10) |
 Poinsettias - A look at the plant that says, "Christmas," no matter what time of year.
(aired 12/02/10) |
 Thanksgiving - Skip Mancini takes her annual look at the past gardening year. She discovers some glorious successes, a few failures, and much to be thankful for, while bridging the gap from one growing season to the next.
(aired 11/25/10) |
 Winter Squashes - Skip looks at a plant that provided winter sustenance for early pioneers and still graces many holiday tables.
(aired 11/18/10) |
 Persimmons - Persimmons are possibly the most pucker producing plant on the planet!
(aired 11/11/10) |
 Signs of Winter - Squirrel tails and wooly worms are believed by some to be more reliable than Doppler radar or the weather channel.
(aired 11/04/10) |
 Nightshade - Just in time for Halloween, we'll take a look at a group of plants that carry warnings of witchy ways. But, on the brighter side, some members of the family produce two of the most popular vegtables in the garden.
(aired 10/28/10) |
 Asters - If you thought that "mum's the word" for fall color, then look again at the broad color palette of asters. Today, we'll touch on the care, feeding, and history of these autumn beauties.
(aired 10/21/10) |
 Drip Systems - A look at a method of irrigating that has become essential to success in our dry and windy paradise.
(aired 10/14/10) |
 A Fruitful Frenzy - The shorter days of September can cause a flurry of activity in the kitchen that can leave gardeners and cooks breathless, as the harvest is brought in, processed, and stored for the cold times ahead. This season of plenty can also sometimes put everyone in the house in a sticky situation.
(aired 10/07/10) |
 Dyck Arboretum - A visit to central Kansas opened up new worlds of plants, trees, and landscaping. A turn north from Wichita brought Skip Mancini to Hesston, home of the Dyck Arboretum. The photo on the right, is one of many "clay tablets." It bears this quote from Kathleen Norris, "Maybe seeing the Plains is like seeing an icon; what seems stern and almost empty is merely open, a door into some simple and holy state."
(aired 09/30/10) |
 Garden Girls - A summer of toil in the yard and garden turned into a season of laughter and friendship when the garden girls arrived to help out with some of the heavy lifting.
(aired 09/23/10) |
 Bitter Greens - A taste of something colorful and different in the salad mixes sent Skip Mancini in search of the new greenery's background. Along the way, she learned that the bitter truth can sometimes be tamed and sweetened by using some culinary standbys that lately have been getting some bad press.
(aired 09/16/10) |
 Harvesting by the Hatful - A bountiful harvest from the garden and the orchard means that a proper garden chapeau might need to be the Texas ten gallon variety. Old family habits passed on to new generations are part of today's Growing on the High Plains.
(aired 09/09/10) |
 Tomato Report - After a couple seasons of less than perfect results, the state of home grown tomatoes seems to be thriving this year on the high plains. Skip Mancini files a report on everybody's favorite fruit that masquerades as a staple of the vegetable garden.
(aired 09/02/10) |
 Garden By The Sea - A recent trip to the California coast brought Skip to the doorstep of a botanical garden that flourishes at the edge of crashing ocean waves. Today we'll visit the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
(aired 08/26/10) |
 Coffee Grounds - A cuppa joe gets a lot of us off to a good start in the morning, and it can do the same for your garden residents, if you serve it up in the right form.
(aired 08/19/10) |
 Yarrow - An easy to grow herb doubles as a flowering perennial, and just might make your life easier in the barking dogs department. Today we'll learn about the 'herb of Achilles'.
(aired 08/12/10) |
 Hang it Up - A try at braiding onions for fall storage looked like a neat project, but then....Skip Mancini relates her trials and tribulations with this good idea that didn't quite work.
(aired 08/05/10) |
 Poppies 2 - The care and feeding of poppies is amazingly simple in our part of the world, so why not put splashes of color from annuals and perennials in your garden?
(aired 07/29/10) |
 Poppies 1 - The background and history of a flower that has both positive and negative press in the plant world.
(aired 07/22/10) |
 Wheat Straw - The numerous uses for wheat straw as mulch material, wind breaks, or building blocks makes it a most resourceful item for those determined to garden on the High Plains.
(aired 07/15/10) |
 Changes - Skip finds that unplanned events can bring about new ways of doing things in the garden.
(aired 07/08/10) |
Red, White, and Blue - Let old Glory wave from your lawn or garden, with the help of a favorite annual.
(aired 07/01/10) |
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