Mid-American Gardener

Mid-American Gardener: Strawberry pests, tomatoes, magnolia trees, weeping cherry trees

 

Host Dianne Noland, along with expert gardeners Mike Brunk, Paula Blakley and Bob Skirvin, discuss several summer time gardening tips. Bob Skirvin tells us how to get rid of strawberry pests. Paula Blakley identifies a plant for us and also talks about tomatoes. Mike Brunk talks about magnolia trees and a weeping cherry tree.

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

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