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Bulbs (#226)

Shed light on great ideas including selecting the right bulbs for your garden's conditions.

This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.

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.

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Cat (#314)

Drought-tolerant catmints, a garden that highlights perennials and catfish salad are featured.
- Mon, November 23, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
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Pepper (#315)

Cooking with Roberto Santibanez of New York's Rosa Mexicano and making chile restras are showcased.
- Fri, November 27, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
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Lily (#316)

Gilding a lily pad table for the terrace and a Maine garden tour highlight these regal flowers.
- Mon, November 30, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, November 30, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
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Orchid (#317)

Growing hardy orchids in gardens and growing paphiopedalum in containers for porches are showcased.
- Fri, December 4, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
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Dry (#318)

A flowering clothesline, an air-plant mobile, a beautiful Texas garden & dry rubs for grilled pork.
- Mon, December 7, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 7, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 7, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, December 8, 4:30 AM on IPTV Learns
Salad (#319)

A tabletop garden that keeps the salad coming and microgreens that are pretty enough to eat.
- Fri, December 11, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, December 11, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, December 11, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
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Cactus (#320)

Hardy cactus in Connecticut and potting cacti to California's most beautiful garden are featured.
- Mon, December 14, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 14, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 14, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, December 15, 4:30 AM on IPTV Learns
Weeds (#321)

Making a great dandelion salad and selecting the right tools for the right weed are highlighted.
- Fri, December 18, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, December 18, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Fri, December 18, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Sat, December 19, 4:30 AM on IPTV Learns
Rain (#322)

Water-loving rain lilies, a rain gauge and a Texas garden built to reclaim rainwater are showcased.
- Mon, December 21, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 21, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 21, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, December 22, 4:30 AM on IPTV Learns
Apple (#324)

Harvesting heirloom apples, planting a fence of these trees and cooking and baking with apples.
- Mon, December 28, 10:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 28, 4:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Mon, December 28, 10:30 PM on IPTV Learns
- Tue, December 29, 4:30 AM on IPTV Learns