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Volunteer Gardener 3417

Produced by Nashville Public Television, Volunteer Gardener features local experts who share gardening advice, landscape design tips, and environmentally conscious farming practices. We visit with growers, plant collectors, and hobbyists alike who share insight and experience. Airs Thursday nights at 7:30 and Sunday mornings at 9:30 on NPT, channel 8.

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Volunteer Gardener 3417

Season 34 Episode 3417 | 26m 4s | CC

Straw bale farming is a low-cost, organic method that uses straw as both the garden bed, and the growing medium. At Forevermore Farm in Lyles Tennessee, the yields are gratifying, both for the bales situated on the ground, and the bales positioned side by side in raised beds. Then we learn some tried and true lessons about growing citrus in USDA zone 7, without a lot of fuss.

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