Jerry Baker’s Year ‘Round Gardening

Jerry Baker, America’s foremost authority on lawn, garden and plant care, has written more than 50 books, including the best-sellers Backyard Problem Solver and Supermarket Super Products.

Friday, June 2, 2006, beginning at 8 pm

Lawn Care
The greenest grass on the block doesn’t just happen — it’s the result of having the right materials and knowing what to do. In this gardening special, Jerry Baker, America’s Master Gardener, treats lawn care as a labor of love, instead of what most folks consider a love of labor. He takes viewers step-by-step, season-by-season through the growing year, from early spring clean-up through the final fall shut down. Along the way, using his usual array of beer, soap and ammonia, Baker shares hundreds of his tips and tricks on topics such as energizing turf, controlling crabgrass, super-charging grass seed, mowing to perfection and banishing bugs and thugs.

Tree, Shrub and Evergreen Care
Most folks take trees, shrubs and evergreens for granted, hardly ever giving them a second thought. That’s a serious mistake, because they are the glue that holds an outdoor green scene together. In this gardening special, Jerry Baker shows viewers how to give outdoor plants the TLC they need to thrive. Baker shows viewers how to awaken them from their long winter’s nap, feed them a breakfast of champions, prepare delicious, nutritious snacks and give them regular baths.

Vegetable Gardening
With a little know-how, a few tonics and some down-home advice from Jerry Baker, everyone can grow vegetables. Starting with early spring planning and finishing with fall harvest clean-up, viewers learn everything they always wanted to know about growing vegetables, including planning for maximum results, power packing the soil, seedling buying secrets, quick and easy insect control and watering tricks to whet a plant’s appetite.