Almanac Gardener 2012 | UNC-TV

Brenda Sutton, The Produce Lady, gives beneficial tips on preparing and growing North Carolina Watermelons. Brenda also demonstrates several ways to serve up watermelon a little different than normal.

Linda Blue shares valuable tips on planting and enjoying your very own backyard orchard. Linda also gives some of the challenges to starting and caring for an orchard.

Host, Mike Gray, and the Almanac Gardener panel shares important advise on preparing and growing fall gardens. The panel also shares deadline times to starting a fall garden.

Diane Turner, along with Master Gardener Betty Lockwood, gives helpful tips to growing Culinary Herbs. Betty is one of the state best herb grower and has won several awards for her herbs.

Lucy Bradley gives an exciting tour of her renovated front yard. Lucy places the final additional to her yard, which includes planning fruit to make the landscape an edible yard.

Host, Mike Gray, and the Almanac Gardener panel gives homeowners a number of plant varieties that grow best in shady areas of lawns.

Brenda Sutton, "The Produce Lady", shows us new ways to prepare fresh tomatoes. Brenda demonstrates how to fry tomatoes and make some of the World's best tomato sandwiches.

Host, Mike Gray, and the Almanac Gardener panel shares several great gardening guides to help growers plan and grow their favorite fruits, vegetables and more.

Host, Mike Gray, and the Almanac Gardener panel shares several great gardening guides to help growers plan and grow their favorite fruits, vegetables and more.

Mike Gray demonstrates how to use the latest technologies to establish water irrigation independence so that viewers don't depend on city and county water system to care for yard plants and garden produce.

Karen Neill shows how to place the right plant in the right location in the garden. Karen takes viewers on a tour of a garden shop and highlights the best plants to select for shady and sunny areas in yards.

Mike Gray and the Almanac Gardener panel demonstrates the use of the Broad Fork to get down and dirty in the garden.

Brenda Sutton, The Produce Lady, shows us how to prepare delicious dishes using fresh North Carolina peaches. The Produce Lady also shows how to select tasty peaches for serving to family and friends.

Bill Lord, along with Hilary Nichols, Garden Manager at SEEDS, tours the SEEDS Garden area to highlight what colorful plants and tasty fruits the gardeners are grow in the Seeds gardens.

Mike Gray and the panel guests shares ways to protect wildlife while caring for gardens. The panel give tips on how to keep wildlife from eating your plants or garden goodies.