Gardening by the Yard

Season 5

Master gardener Paul James focuses on the lighter side of gardening and gives down-to-earth advice about gardening basics, such as soil, watering and trees, and he troubleshoots such common gardening difficulties as poor light and pests.

Where to Watch Gardening by the Yard • Season 5

24 Episodes

  • New Year's Resolutions
    E1
    New Year's ResolutionsMaster gardener Paul James shares some garden-focused New Year's resolutions. He discusses dormancy in plants, how to store fruits and vegetables, and how to heat a compost pile in the winter.
  • Flower Bed Cleanup
    E2
    Flower Bed CleanupMaster gardener Paul James shares tips for getting a flower bed ready for spring and greenhouse growing. An arborist demonstrates how to keep trees in shape.
  • Discourse on Dirt
    E3
    Discourse on DirtMaster gardener Paul James explains why soil makes the difference between a bountiful garden and an unproductive one. He also discusses matching your new landscape to your new home and offers advice on preparing for winter.
  • Just Piddlin'
    E4
    Just Piddlin'Master gardener Paul James does some late-winter garden chores, offers tips on checking out the landscape if you're buying a new house and explains how to give ornamental grasses a winter trim.
  • Starting All Over
    E5
    Starting All OverMaster gardener Paul James gets started on landscaping his new place, offers tips on cleaning up after storm damage and explains why trees started in containers may have problems when transplanted.
  • Overseeding a Lawn
    E6
    Overseeding a LawnMaster gardener Paul James shows how to make a lawn more lush using a technique called overseeding. He also discusses hostas, solicits suggestions from a tree professional and explains how to get rid of pesky weeds on a patio.
  • Scream Spring
    E7
    Scream SpringMaster gardener Paul James talks about two of his favorite spring plants: azaleas and dogwoods. He shares tips on starting a moss garden, discusses automatic sprinklers and honors one of the world's most used tools, the trowel.
  • Tips and Tricks
    E8
    Tips and TricksMaster gardener Paul James presents tips and tricks for spring gardening, explains how to attract birds with plants recommended by the National Audubon Society and uses container plants to solve landscaping problems.
  • Plant-Buying Boo-Boos
    E9
    Plant-Buying Boo-BoosPaul James offers planting tips, looks at common plant-buying mistakes and walks through the process of building a dry-stream bed to solve drainage problems. He also shares the virtues of weeping varieties of trees.
  • New Veggie Garden
    E10
    New Veggie GardenMaster gardener Paul James describes his new vegetable garden, presents the simple geometry involved in finding a tree's height and offers tips on how to use stone in the garden. He also discusses microclimates.
  • Rock Garden
    E11
    Rock GardenMaster gardener Paul James gives a tour of his garden in June, discusses planting a rock garden and highlights one of his favorite plants, coreopsis.
  • Persistent Plants; Stone Steps, Garden Furniture, Broken Pots
    E12
    Persistent Plants; Stone Steps, Garden Furniture, Broken Pots
  • Stone Water Feature, Weathering Drought, Q&A's, Palms
    E13
    Stone Water Feature, Weathering Drought, Q&A's, Palms
  • Fall Planting, Tropical Transitions, The Law, Rolypoly
    E14
    Fall Planting, Tropical Transitions, The Law, Rolypoly
  • Sprinklers, Botanical Terms, Q&A's, Size at Maturity
    E15
    Sprinklers, Botanical Terms, Q&A's, Size at Maturity
  • Building a Compost Bin
    E16
    Building a Compost BinMaster gardener Paul James goes through the process of building a compost system and talks about finding the right tool for root removal.
  • Composting Tips
    E17
    Composting TipsMaster gardener Paul James begins making compost in a new three-compartment bin, offers tricks for scaring off garden pests and suggests ways to clear a gutter. He also visits his father to talk about his pecan tree.
  • Protecting Plants
    E18
    Protecting PlantsMaster gardener Paul James explains how to protect plants during the winter with a number of techniques, from planting next to south-facing masonry walls to using closed-cell foam blankets.
  • Pansies, Garden Safety, Pruning Equipment
    E19
    Pansies, Garden Safety, Pruning Equipment
  • Houseplants
    E20
    HouseplantsMaster gardener Paul James talks about the dangers of overwatering and overfertilization and suggests ways to keep houseplants healthy in the winter. He also discusses novelty garden projects.
  • Christmas Trees
    E21
    Christmas TreesMaster gardener Paul James shares tips for selecting and caring for living Christmas trees and suggests ways to turn poinsettias into year-round plants.
  • Spreaders
    E22
    SpreadersMaster gardener Paul James talks about various types of mechanical spreaders that provide fast and uniform distribution of fertilizers. Then he discusses the three ways plants are grown.
  • Training Trees
    E23
    Training TreesMaster gardener Paul James talks about techniques used in training trees to grow straight and strong or to bend in specific directions. He covers slapping the trunk, pulling branches apart with spreaders and staking with twine.
  • Odds and Ends
    E24
    Odds and EndsMaster gardener Paul James presents a mix of gardening points of interest, from galls to spiny sew thistles. He also talks about using plant labels to help remember what you've planted where.

 

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