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Cultivating Life

Bamboo (#207)

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You won't be bamboozled by this quick-growing grass. Plus, building your own bamboo fountain.

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

Fern (#201)

One of the world's oldest plants takes center stage, from Victorian rage to southern gardening.
- Mon, July 14, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 14, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 14, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Tue, July 15, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Seed (#202)

Make your own mustard, create a raised bed to grow on seedlings and elementary seed-starting.
- Wed, July 16, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 16, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 16, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Thu, July 17, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Kitchen (#203)

Learn to build an outdoor kitchen and grow a hanging kitchen garden of fresh produce.
- Fri, July 18, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Fri, July 18, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Fri, July 18, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Sat, July 19, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Netherlands (#204)

Visit the home of landscape designer Piet Oudulf and a park transformed from a toxic factory site.
- Sun, July 20, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Sun, July 20, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Sun, July 20, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 21, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Butterfly (#205)

Learn a unique method of observing these insects up close and select plants to attract them.
- Mon, July 21, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 21, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 21, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Tue, July 22, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Milk (#206)

Learn about butterfly-attracting milkweeds for your garden and how to make your own mozzarella.
- Wed, July 23, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 23, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 23, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Thu, July 24, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Bamboo (#207)

You won't be bamboozled by this quick-growing grass. Plus, building your own bamboo fountain.
- Fri, July 25, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Fri, July 25, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Fri, July 25, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Sat, July 26, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Corn (#208)

Favorite recipes for this all-American favorite and an innovative use of corn cobs for painting.
- Sun, July 27, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Sun, July 27, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Sun, July 27, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 28, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Iron (#209)

Topics include simple skillet fry-ups, caring for cast-iron urns and making an ironwork table.
- Mon, July 28, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 28, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Mon, July 28, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Tue, July 29, 4:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
Dog (#210)

Learn to flower dogwoods and train your dog to behave in the garden and leave the birds alone.
- Wed, July 30, 10:30 AM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 30, 4:30 PM on IPTV-Plus
- Wed, July 30, 10:30 PM on IPTV-Plus