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Season 3 - Volume 3

Regional Series - 300 | Regional Series | Volume 3 | Volume 2 | Volume 1

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Cost: $12.95 per episode plus shipping & handling
Approximate Running Time of each episode: 30 minutes


Volume 3, episode 7 - July 6, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Xeriscape Garden - with Curtis Smith & Judith Phillips

#2. Let's Get Growing - with John White & Jan Brydon

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Xeriscape Garden (con't) - with Curtis Smith & Judith Phillips
  • Southern N.M.: Let's Get Growing (con't) - with John White & Jan Brydon

Volume 3, episode 6 - June 8, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Table Grape Varieties - with Curits Smith & Ron Walser

#2. Installing Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation System - with John White & Gabe Ledwig

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Dividing Ornamental Grasses with Curtis Smith & Ramona Garner
  • Southern N.M.: Garden Problems in Transition from Spring to Summer with John White

Volume 3, episode 5 - June 1, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Lets's Get Growing! - with John White & Jan Brydon

#2. Trellesing Grape Vines - with Curtis Smith & Ron Walser

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Bird Netting Grape Vines with Curtis Smith & Rex Franklin
  • Southern N.M.: Let's Get Growing (con't) with John White and Jan Brydon

Volume 3, episode 4 - May 11, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Plants That Conserve Water - with John White

#2. Turfgrass Varieties in Tucumcari (cont.) - with Curtis Smith & Dr. Bernd Leinauer

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Turfgrass Varieties in Tucumcari - with Curtis Smith & Dr. Bernd Leinauer
  • Southern N.M.: Calibrating Spraying Equipment - with John White & Craig Runyan
    • Vegetable Garden
Special Thanks:
The Greenhouse Nursery - Las Cruces


Volume 3, episode 3 - May 4, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Alamogordo Garden Tour - with Curtis Smith & Bobbie Cover

#2. Let's Get Growing! - with John White & Jan Brydon

  • Fruit trees
  • Roses

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Dividing Daylily - with Curtis Smith & Bobbie Cover
  • Southern N.M.: Let's Get Growinng - with John White & Jan Brydon
  • Vegetable Garden

Special Thanks:
Bobbie Cover - Alamogordo
Jan Brydon - Las Cruces


Volume 3, episode 2 - April 13, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Growing Tomatoes in Special Lighting & Cold Frames - with Curtis Smith & John Carney

#2. New Irrigation System - with John White & George Dickerson

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Growing Tomatoes in Special Lighting & Cold Frames (Cont.) - with Curtis Smith & John Carney
  • Southern N.M.: Southern Mailbag - with John White
    • What might be causing the B-B size holes in my willow tree?

    • Charles - Las Cruces
    • How do you rabbit-proof a garden and young trees?

    • John - Deming
    • what is causing the sticky, shiny substance on my arborvitae

    • Ann - Anthony

Special Thanks:
John Carney - Albuquerque
Mary Grace Froehlich & Annette Froehlich - Las Cruces


Volume 3, episode 1 - April 6, 2002

Weekly Features:

#1. Let's Get Growing! - with John White & Jan Brydon
  • Feeding roses
  • Fruit Tree Problems

#2. Preparing Flower Beds For Spring (Cont.) - with Curtis Smith & Chris Reno

Questions and Answers

  • Northern N.M.: Let's Get Growing (Cont.) - with John White & Jan Brydon
    • Vegetable Garden

    Special Thanks:
    Rental Service Corporation - Albuquerque
    Jan Brydon - Las Cruces

  • Southern N.M.: Preparing Flower Beds For Spring - with Curtis Smith & Chris Reno