From a Country Garden Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 9 x 12 Salad

  Anstace and Larry create a 9-by-12 garden.

• Adirondack Beauty

  The Adirondack Center Museum.

• After the Frost

  Harvesting vegetables after a frost.

• Afterlife of Ice Storm '98

  Trimming trees/shrubs damaged by an ice storm.

• Almost Time for a Salad!

  Anstace and Larry plant salad ingredients.

• Almost Time to Go Home!

  Private Denver gardens; waterlilies; landscaping.

• Aquatic Attraction

  Fiberglass pool installation; landscaping tips.

• Are You Ready for the Season?

  In early spring, Anstace and Larry prepare for the season.

• Babying the Bulbs

  British garden writer Philip Swindells visits.

• Balancing Act

  Corn; beans; squash.

• Bedding Down for Winter

  Mulch; rodent deterrent for trees.

• Beneficial BioBugs

  Beneficial insects; pest control management.

• Bins, Bedding and Begonias

  Compost bin; leaf mold; begonias.

• Botanical Beauties

  Themes at the Botanic Gardens in Washington, D.C.

• Bulbs, Bulbs & More Bulbs

  Tulips, amaryllis and other bulbs.

• Charles Thomas Returns!

  Caring for water irises and lotus tubers.

• City Gardens

  Gardeners share tips on urban gardening.

• Clean Water, Clean Water

  Lilypons Water Gardens; fish, plants and filters.

• Clips and Hips

  Pruning a mock orange; trimming a hawthorn; rose-hip recipes.

• Color in the Garden

  Maintaining seasonal color in the flower garden.

• Colorful Conservation

  Labor-saving techniques.

• Compost & Wine Gourds

  Compost ingredients and maintenance; tomato juice.

• Continental Compost

  Continental Mushroom; planting vegetables in the salad garden.

• Cooking Class Creations

  Trillium Cooking School; herb and vegetable dishes.

• Cornucopia

  Harvesting vegetables; planting daffodils; casserole.

• Country Garden Meets City Garden

  Country garden; city garden.

• 'Crabby' Crab Apple Tree

  Roy Class prunes ornamental crab trees.

• Creating Colorful Containers

  Planters; hanging baskets.

• Cultivating Our Heritage

  Garden progression; the Austin Rose.

• Dahlias

  Aldo Benini shows how to plant dahlias.

• Darn Mice

  Mice-damaged trees; artichokes; onion sets.

• Diana, What a Perennial Bed

  Anstace and Larry restore overgrown perennials.

• Dividing Waterlilies

  Charles B. Thomas divides waterlilies.

• Dog Fir a Day

  Anstace and Larry landscape and plant firs in Ontario.

• Drying Flowers

  Renee Smith shows how to dry flowers.

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Peat Moss but Were Afraid to Ask

  Peat moss.

• Fish -- In a Garden?

  Cleaning the water garden; adding lilies and fish.

• Flower Arranging

  Anstace and Larry arrange flowers.

• Flower Beds & Breakfast

  Flower Farm Bed and Breakfast; mass plantings; perennial garden tour.

• A Flower Celebration

  Arranging flowers; preservation.

• Flower Power

  Dr. James Duke discusses plants that fight disease.

• Fore!

  Anstace and Larry create a putting green.

• A Frog on a Lily Pad

  Marylanders build and stock a water garden.

• From One Nut to Another

  Nut harvesting; uses for nuts.

• Frost & Flowers

  Bringing in bulbs and tubers before a frost.

• Frost & Vegetables

  Preparing a vegetable garden for winter.

• Fruit for Me & Not the Birds

  Raspberries, huckleberries, mulberries, ground-cherries.

• The Fruits of Our Labors

  Garden writer Philip Swindells gives pruning tips.

• The Full Season!

  Anstace and Larry care for roses from May to October.

• A Garden for Every Reason

  Antique rose garden; alpine and shade gardens.

• Garden Gazebo

  Prefabricated gazebo; new shrub bed.

• Garden Guidance

  Le Jardins de Metis; small gardens; Himalayan Blue Poppy.

• Gardening at the Turn of the Century

  Les Jardins of Metis, Quebec.

• Gardening 'On the Rocks'

  Planning and installing a rock garden.

• Gardening With George

  Tour of George Washington's house.

• Gardening With George

  The landscape of George Washington's house.

• Gardens Galore!

  Gardens of the American ambassador in Ottawa, Canada.

• Gardens Galore

  Vegetable garden; ornamental garden.

• A Gaze at a Maze

  Mazes; a hedge from hazelnut trees.

• Getting the Most From Your Plants

  Cutting seedlings.

• Good Night Roses

  Anstace and Larry prepare roses for winter.

• Grand Gardens

  The British Embassy.

• Grass With Class

  Ornamental grasses.

• Greenhouses

  Attached and free-standing greenhouses.

• The Ground Work

  Preparing the ground for a lawn or garden.

• Hands on Horticulture

  Practical horticulture.

• Healthy Hedges and Shapely Shrubs

  Replacing a hedge; protecting shrubs from weather; bird attractions.

• Heard It Through the Grapevine

  Harvesting grapes; making juice and jelly.

• Heinz 57 Varieties & More

  Tomato varieties; planting cabbage; compost.

• The Herbs Are In

  Anstace and Larry work in an herb garden.

• Herbs for Everything!

  Herb uses: flower arrangements, making vinegar.

• Herbs to Your Health!

  Herbs; salve for insect bites.

• Hill the Potatoes

  Interplanting; hilling potatoes; onion maggots; ants.

• Historically Correct

  Kingston, Ontario; the Bellevue House.

• Home-Grown Pest Control

  Ridding gardens of pests without harming plants.

• Horticultural Zoo

  A visit to John Elsley's South Carolina garden.

• Hotbeds and History

  Preparing a hotbed; 1860s gardens.

• How Does Your Garden Grow?

  Growing flowers at the prison in Ogdensburg, N.Y.

• How to Cook a Trough Garden?

  Anstace and Larry visit the Denver Botanic Gardens.

• Inside Gardening

  Anstace and Larry garden indoors; green tomatoes.

• International Naturals

  Naturalizing flower bulbs from the Netherlands.

• Kids in the Garden

  A ventriloquist entertains children.

• Landscaping to Suit the Building

  Anstace and Larry landscape a log house.

• Lawn Care Counsel

  Anstace and Larry hear lawn-care tips.

• Lawns and Berries

  Blueberry patch; lawn care.

• Lincoln's Legacy

  Summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln; gardens.

• Log House

  Construction of a log home, from start to finish.

• Log House Landscape

  Landscaping; log home; fencing; stone wall; herb garden.

• Lotus Entertain You

  Lilypons Water Gardens; the lotus.

• Made in the Shade

  Interplanting roses; foliage plants.

• A Maze-ing Experience

  The maze at the Governors Palace, Colonial Williamsburg.

• ... More Than Meets the Eye

  Medicinal and nutritional uses of herbs and weeds.

• Mulch With an Attitude

  Compost and manure; plastic mulches.

• Mulches

  Practical and decorative mulches.

• A Musical Melody

  Les Quatre Vents gardens.

• Native American Wildflowers

  Irish horticulturist Rita Rutherford visits.

• Necessary Work!

  Propagation; trimming hedges; pruning lilacs.

• A Need for Seed

  Easy-to-grow tomatoes; basil varieties.

• Nuttin' Funny on the Farm!

  Nut trees at the Canadian Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa.

• Off to Kingston

  Anstace and Larry help friends plan a garden room.

• On Winter Pond

  Preparing a water garden for winter.

• Our Seeds Are Here

  Sorting seeds; soil-free mixtures.

• Out With the Old, In With the New

  Soil preparation; snow-fall damage; old juniper replaced.

• Outside -- and Working

  Tool maintenance; removing mulch; hot and cold frames.

• Peat and Re-Peat

  Peat moss.

• Perennial Preparation

  Perennial plant bed.

• Perennials in the Garden

  Anstace and Larry seek unusual perennials.

• The Physic of the Field

  Gerhardt Schmidt; natural medicine.

• Planting, Pruning & Preventing

  Replanting a flower bed; rodent control.

• Practical Pruning

  Pruning.

• Presidential Gardening

  At Monticello.

• Presidential Gardening

  At Monticello.

• Presidential Paradise

  Tour of the Eisenhower Farm.

• Pretty as a Picture

  Flower arrangements at a symposium in Canada.

• Profitable Perennials

  Cutting-flower garden.

• Projects, Past & Present

  An update on projects of the first two seasons.

• Protecting Your Plants

  Protecting seedlings from the elements.

• Pruning Anyone!

  Pruning a catalpa and flowering shrubs.

• Ready, Set, Sow!

  Rototilling; watering systems; transplanting plants.

• Recycling for Growth

  Anstace and Larry prepare a leaf compost.

• Restoring an Old Bed

  Anstace, Larry and friends restore a flower bed.

• Retired and Growing It

  Retired gardeners.

• Rhubarb Out, Parsnips In

  Root maggots in broccoli; parsnips; rhubarb.

• Right Plant, Right Place

  American Horticulture Society of Alexandria, Va.

• Ring Around the Roses

  Anstace and Larry care for roses from May to October.

• A Rose by Any Other Name

  Anstace replaces a rose plant; lawn care.

• Roses & Friends

  Care of roses and delphinium.

• Roses and Thyme

  Royal Botanical Gardens; Thyme Garden.

• Roy Returns!

  Roy Class demonstrates grafting.

• The Season's Over

  Aldo Benini tells how to raise dahlias.

• Seed of the Day

  Seed varieties and packaging.

• Seed Savers

  Heritage seed program; seed savers exchange; sweet potatoes.

• Seed Savvy

  Preparing seeds for shipping.

• Seeds for Sale

  Mail-order seed catalog; trial gardens.

• Seeds to Please

  Harris Seed Co.

• Shade-Garden Strategy

  Gardening in the shade.

• Shaping Up & Day Lilies

  Shaping cedar hedges; ground cover; day lilies.

• Small Successes

  Holly Shimizu; small gardens.

• Something's Cooking

  Fresh herbs; vegetables; fruits.

• Sowing and Reaping

  Asparagus; potatoes; Jerusalem artichokes.

• Spring Cleaning

  Spring cleanup; water gardens.

• Spring Fling

  Rock gardens; climbers; ants.

• Spring Flowers

  Daffodils; planting gladioluses; visit to a greenhouse.

• Spring Harvest

  Parsnips; artichokes; sea kale; daffodils.

• Spring Planning

  Starting seeds; leeks and onions; pruning crab trees.

• Starting Off the Season

  Erecting a bean trellis; transplanting hardy plants.

• Step Back in Time

  Landscape historian designer; Victorian gardens.

• Stop and Smell the Roses

  Caring for roses; growing orchids.

• Strawberries

  Replacing a flower bed; pruning firs; strawberries.

• Striking Shrubs

  Maintaining flowering shrubs; protecting blueberries.

• Summer Chores -- Summer Not!

  Saving time and labor on gardening tasks.

• Summer Jobs

  Anstace and Larry work in the shade on a hot day.

• Summer Work in the Heat

  Anstace and Larry divide bearded iris and poppies.

• Tip Toe Through the Tulips

  At the Ottawa Tulip Festival.

• 'Tis a Water Garden

  Anstace and Larry finish a water garden.

• Tool Tips

  Pruning; grafting; gardening tools.

• Touring History

  Carter's Grove Plantation on the James River, Va.

• Tree Tips & Techniques

  Spring tree; planting seeds.

• Trees and Leeks

  Trees as windbreaks; planting leeks and onions.

• A Trip and a Trim

  Trimming juniper into spirals; geranium standards.

• A Trip Through Time

  A visit to Upper Canada Village in Ontario.

• Trowels & Paint Brushes

  Picking raspberries; arranging a bouquet.

• The Tulips Are Blooming!

  Tulips; seeds; fertilizers; blue-and-white garden.

• A Tutoring Tour

  Dicots; pergolas with vines.

• Vegetables With a Vengeance

  Spring vegetables.

• Veggies Going On

  Compost, manure, leaf mold; vegetable transplants.

• Visit to Benares House

  Historic Ontario estate.

• A Visit to Lilypons

  Anstace and Larry visit Lilypons, Md.

• Water Gardens in a Tub!

  Anstace and Larry see tub water-gardens.

• Water Ways

  Water.

• Water Wonders

  Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C.

• Water World

  Container water gardens.

• Waterfall Wizardry

  Lilypons Water Gardens; building a water garden.

• Waterfall Wonder

  Waterfall pond; cottage.

• A Way With Water

  Anstace and Larry build a patio water garden.

• We Have a Real Water Garden

  Charles B. Thomas plants a water garden.

• Weeds Away

  Compost; suppressing weeds.

• Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg?

  Larry works in his topiary; Anstace pickles eggs.

• Wildflowers, Lavender & Trees

  Planting a wildflower garden; trees; lavender.

• A Wildlife Welcome

  The National Wildlife Federation; plants that attract wildlife.

• Winter Planning

  Larry and Anstace plan a garden in winter.

• Winter's Coming

  Cutting back perennials; cleaning out beds.