Mid-American Gardener

Mid-American Gardener Podcast: Episode 23

 

‘Tis the season!

Get into the holiday spirit with the latest episode of the Mid-American Gardener Podcast. Host Victoria Shepherd sits down with University of Illinois Horticulture Educator Kelly Allsup to discuss easy things we can all do to make our homes a little brighter during the festive season.

And good news for poinsettia-lovers with pets, the plants are apparently not as dangerous as many think! In fact, you won’t find that plant listed on College of Veterinary website, and the ASPCA poison center says this: “Irritating to the mouth and stomach, sometimes causing vomiting, but generally over-rated in toxicity.” 

If you have questions (and include photos if you have them), we’ve got you covered. Send questions via email to yourgarden@gmail.com, or post on Facebook, or leave us a voicemail at (217) 300-8224. Who knows, we just might look to include them in a future show or podcast.

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As always, thanks for listening!

Air Dates and Times

Channel Day Time
WILL-TV, Urbana Thursday 7 pm (live)
  Saturday 11 am (repeat)
WTVP-TV, Peoria Saturday 11:30 am
WEIU-TV, Charleston Sunday 1:30 pm
WSEC-TV, Springfield Saturday 11 am
WQEC-TV, Quincy Saturday 11 am
WMEC-TV, Macomb Saturday 11 am
Lakeshore PBS, Chicago/Northwest Indiana Friday 1 pm

Featured Entry

Pruning Tips with Ryan Pankau

Spring has Sprung and you’re almost out of time to get that last minute pruning done before it’s too late for the season. Late winter, early Spring is prime time pruning season and to discuss this and learn all about the perfect technique we’ve brought in a local expert in forestry and a friend of our show through the University of Illinois Extension office, Ryan Pankau. 

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