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Cultivating Life

Fruit (#214)

Cultivate rare fruits & exotic pineapple lilies. Prepare Sangria & a Cantaloupe & Blueberry salad.

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Program Description: In CULTIVATING LIFE, 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.

All Upcoming Episodes

Berry (#302)

Edible berries for gardens and containers and fruiting shrubs that attract birds are featured.
- Sun, August 31, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, August 31, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Herbs (#303)

Culinary herbs that add color to borders and buildings and a perfect balcony planter are featured.
- Mon, September 1, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, September 1, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Bean (#304)

Building the perfect bean trellis and cooking with fresh beans straight out of the garden.
- Wed, September 3, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, September 3, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Mushroom (#305)

Growing Shiitakes and Portabellas and using recycled mushroom wood to build a home for bats.
- Fri, September 5, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, September 5, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Bamboo (#207)

You won't be bamboozled by this quick-growing grass. Plus, building your own bamboo fountain.
- Sat, September 6, 6:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 12:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Pine (#323)

From lesser-known pines suited to any garden and the art of creating perfect bonsai to cooking with pignoli and discovering an old use for pine needles, Cultivating Life pines for this wonderful conifer. ...
- Sat, September 6, 7:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 1:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Maple (#222)

Grow colorful Japanese maples in containers & transform maple firewood into rustic cutting boards.
- Sat, September 6, 8:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 2:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Oak (#217)

Visit a garden designed around an allee of live oaks. Barley salad & roasted acorn squash is made.
- Sat, September 6, 9:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 3:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Tree (#310)

Roses selected for their scent and building the perfect trellis for climbers are featured.
- Sat, September 6, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 14, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 14, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Wood (#108)

Use wood to imbue roasted meat with great flavor and create a beautiful woodland garden.
- Sat, September 6, 11:00 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sat, September 6, 5:00 PM on IPTV Create/World
Rock (#306)

A visit to a garden of spring ephemerals to ferns. Spring-flowering bulbs for your own backyard.
- Sun, September 7, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 7, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Rose (#307)

A rock garden filled with flowering alpines and a stone mason whose creations are works of art.
- Mon, September 8, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, September 8, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Onion (#308)

Flowering trees for a garden and ground covers that hold up against the competition are featured.
- Wed, September 10, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, September 10, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Spring (#309)

Flowering alliums for a garden and growing and curing shallots, garlic and leeks are featured.
- Fri, September 12, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, September 12, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Terracotta (#311)

Building the perfect tomato frame, planting herbs and perfecting the art of grilling are featured.
- Mon, September 15, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, September 15, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Summer (#312)

Cooking on clay, repairing an old cachepot & learning the art of throwing terra cotta are featured.
- Wed, September 17, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, September 17, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Porch (#313)

Porch swings, side porches in Charleston, SC and the front porches of the Berkshires are featured.
- Fri, September 19, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, September 19, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Cat (#314)

Drought-tolerant catmints, a garden that highlights perennials and catfish salad are featured.
- Sun, September 21, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 21, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Pepper (#315)

Cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and making chile restras are showcased.
- Mon, September 22, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, September 22, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Lily (#316)

Gilding a lily pad table for the terrace and a Maine garden tour highlight these regal flowers.
- Wed, September 24, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, September 24, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Orchid (#317)

Growing hardy orchids in gardens and growing paphiopedalum in containers for porches are showcased.
- Fri, September 26, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, September 26, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Dry (#318)

A flowering clothesline, an air-plant mobile, a beautiful Texas garden & dry rubs for grilled pork.
- Sun, September 28, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, September 28, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Salad (#319)

A tabletop garden that keeps the salad coming and microgreens that are pretty enough to eat.
- Mon, September 29, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, September 29, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World

Past Episodes

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