4320 http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894 en-us The 13-part series "Cultivating Life" celebrates Americans' reconnection to the natural world - from organic produce to saving endangered animals. Host Sean Conway offers simple solutions for 'renovating' one's life with easy-to-do projects and timely ideas for outdoor living, cooking, gardening and entertaining. Conway and a variety of guest experts demystify old agrarian traditions and reinterpret them to fit modern lifestyles. An episode on grasses includes segments on bamboo furnishings for the home, cooking with lemongrass, collecting vintage lawnmowers and a visit to one of America's last surviving prairies. "Cultivating Life" also reveals inspiring stories of those who have changed the world in subtle - and often surprising - ways: gardeners who hunt and preserve heirloom flowers and vegetables, contractors who are protecting 200-year-old barns, and chefs who specialize in using locally grown produce. © 2009 Rocky Mountain PBS http://www.rmpbs.org/resources/files/programs/100x100/15894.jpg http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894 100 100 From building a simple porch swing and learning easy repairs for old wicker to the beautiful side porches of Charleston, South Carolina and traditional front porches of the Berkshires, "Cultivating Life" settles into an afternoon on the porch. Plus Venetian cichetti for a late afternoon party and shade-providing vines that will add a touch of romance to any porch. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-313/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-313/rss Sat, 21 Nov 09 03:30:00 -0700 From drought-tolerant catmints for any garden and a beautiful California garden that highlights this easy-to-grow perennial to a delicious catfish salad, cats are now and forever. Plus expert advice on caring for and selecting a cat, and a home for your cat that is just purrfect. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss Mon, 23 Nov 09 09:30:00 -0700 From drought-tolerant catmints for any garden and a beautiful California garden that highlights this easy-to-grow perennial to a delicious catfish salad, cats are now and forever. Plus expert advice on caring for and selecting a cat, and a home for your cat that is just purrfect. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss Mon, 23 Nov 09 15:30:00 -0700 From drought-tolerant catmints for any garden and a beautiful California garden that highlights this easy-to-grow perennial to a delicious catfish salad, cats are now and forever. Plus expert advice on caring for and selecting a cat, and a home for your cat that is just purrfect. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss Mon, 23 Nov 09 21:30:00 -0700 From drought-tolerant catmints for any garden and a beautiful California garden that highlights this easy-to-grow perennial to a delicious catfish salad, cats are now and forever. Plus expert advice on caring for and selecting a cat, and a home for your cat that is just purrfect. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-314/rss Tue, 24 Nov 09 03:30:00 -0700 From growing peppers well even where summers are cool to cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and creating your own chile restras, "Cultivating Life" gets cooking with red-hot chiles and sweet peppers. Plus an easy solar dehydrator that can serve double purpose in your garden and ornamental peppers that will enliven your table. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss Fri, 27 Nov 09 09:30:00 -0700 From growing peppers well even where summers are cool to cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and creating your own chile restras, "Cultivating Life" gets cooking with red-hot chiles and sweet peppers. Plus an easy solar dehydrator that can serve double purpose in your garden and ornamental peppers that will enliven your table. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss Fri, 27 Nov 09 15:30:00 -0700 From growing peppers well even where summers are cool to cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and creating your own chile restras, "Cultivating Life" gets cooking with red-hot chiles and sweet peppers. Plus an easy solar dehydrator that can serve double purpose in your garden and ornamental peppers that will enliven your table. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss Fri, 27 Nov 09 21:30:00 -0700 From growing peppers well even where summers are cool to cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and creating your own chile restras, "Cultivating Life" gets cooking with red-hot chiles and sweet peppers. Plus an easy solar dehydrator that can serve double purpose in your garden and ornamental peppers that will enliven your table. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-315/rss Sat, 28 Nov 09 03:30:00 -0700 From growing lilies in your garden and gilding a lily pad table for the terrace to touring a Maine garden highlighting the lily and propagating these regal flowers, the lily comes into full flower. Plus cooking a relative of the lily with James Beard Award-winning Kansas City chef Celine Tio. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss Mon, 30 Nov 09 09:30:00 -0700 From growing lilies in your garden and gilding a lily pad table for the terrace to touring a Maine garden highlighting the lily and propagating these regal flowers, the lily comes into full flower. Plus cooking a relative of the lily with James Beard Award-winning Kansas City chef Celine Tio. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss Mon, 30 Nov 09 15:30:00 -0700 From growing lilies in your garden and gilding a lily pad table for the terrace to touring a Maine garden highlighting the lily and propagating these regal flowers, the lily comes into full flower. Plus cooking a relative of the lily with James Beard Award-winning Kansas City chef Celine Tio. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss Mon, 30 Nov 09 21:30:00 -0700 From growing lilies in your garden and gilding a lily pad table for the terrace to touring a Maine garden highlighting the lily and propagating these regal flowers, the lily comes into full flower. Plus cooking a relative of the lily with James Beard Award-winning Kansas City chef Celine Tio. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-316/rss Tue, 01 Dec 09 03:30:00 -0700 The elusive orchid reveals its secrets as we discover simple techniques for growing hardy orchids in our gardens, mounting miniatures for our homes and growing paphiopedalum in containers on our porches. Plus building a lath structure to raise these beautiful exotics and cooking with vanilla. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-317/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-317/rss Fri, 04 Dec 09 09:30:00 -0700 The elusive orchid reveals its secrets as we discover simple techniques for growing hardy orchids in our gardens, mounting miniatures for our homes and growing paphiopedalum in containers on our porches. Plus building a lath structure to raise these beautiful exotics and cooking with vanilla. http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-317/rss http://www.rmpbs.org/content/index.cfm/program/15894-317/rss Fri, 04 Dec 09 15:30:00 -0700