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Cultivating Life

Spring (#309)

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Flowering alliums for a garden and growing and curing shallots, garlic and leeks are featured.

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

Bean (#304)

Building the perfect bean trellis and cooking with fresh beans straight out of the garden.
- Wed, December 3, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, December 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, December 5, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, December 5, 4:30 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, December 7, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, December 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, December 8, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, December 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, December 10, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, December 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, December 12, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, December 12, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Tree (#310)

Roses selected for their scent and building the perfect trellis for climbers are featured.
- Sun, December 14, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, December 14, 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, December 15, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, December 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, December 17, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, December 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, December 19, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, December 19, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World
Cat (#314)

Drought-tolerant catmints, a garden that highlights perennials and catfish salad are featured.
- Sun, December 21, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, December 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, December 22, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, December 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, December 24, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Wed, December 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, December 26, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Fri, December 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, December 28, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Sun, December 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, December 29, 10:30 AM on IPTV Create/World
- Mon, December 29, 4:30 PM on IPTV Create/World