CLLF 301 Moss
Cultivating Life elevates moss off of the woodland floor. From Japanese style moss gardens and tropical mosses for indoor containers to an unconventional recipe for cooking with Irish moss, moss leaves the horticultural world green with envy of its beauty. Plus moss-filled stone troughs fit for any garden.
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CLLF 302 Berry
From easy to grow edible berries for gardens and containers to fruiting shrubs that attract birds to your garden, Cultivating Life shows that these fruits are berry interesting. We share simply-the-best berry shortcake the South has to offer and a surprising use for unripe berries.
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CLLF 303 Herb
From culinary herbs that add color to your border and building the perfect balcony planter for your favorite herbs to a Maine garden that brings the glory of herbs to the fore, Cultivating Life reveals the magical properties of the herbal world. Plus a simple herbed pasta that can be prepared grillside and ways to make fresh herbs last longer.
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CLLF 304 Bean
Cultivating Life leaves you wondering where beans have been all of your life. We build the perfect bean trellis and cook with fresh beans straight out of the garden. Plus a school program to save heirloom beans, making the perfect sprouts, and a Pennsylvania chef’s magical recipes for these podded wonders.
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CLLF 305 Mushroom
From growing your own shitakes and portabellas to a visit to a specialty mushroom farm, our favorite fungus take center stage. We share simple recipes for bringing out the best flavor in these spored wonders and a surprising use of mushroom botanical illustrations.
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CLLF 306 Rock
Seeing easy-to-make stone covered planters, building your own rock garden, and meeting a Vermont stone mason whose creations are works of art, you’ll agree that rock rocks. Plus a stone door knocker and cooking the perfect steak, caveman style.
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CLLF 307 Rose
America’s favorite flower takes center stage as Cultivating Life learns all about the rose. We enjoy roses selected for their scent, build the perfect trellis for climbers, and make a salad to pair with a perfect glass of rose. Plus a visit to a Texas emporium that specializes in antique roses.
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CLLF 308 Onion
The onion appeals to all of our senses: from beautiful flowering alliums for your garden, growing and curing your own shallots, garlic, and leeks, and some great simple recipes for our favorite bulbs. Onions leave us with nothing to cry over.
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CLLF 309 Spring
Visit a rock garden filled with spring flowers and recognize a seasonal planter that has been hanging in front of your nose for ages; spring reawakens our connection to the land. Plus grilling fresh-caught salmon and a building a home for bats that will keep your yard mosquito free all season long.
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CLLF 310 Tree
From flowering trees for your garden and ground covers that hold up against the competition to the perfect treehouse and prize-winning hickory smoked ribs, the tree stands alone. Plus a visit to the redwood forest in Northern California and a Victorian stumpery in Philadelphia.
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CLLF 311 Terracotta
From cooking on clay and repairing a favorite old cachepot to learning the art of throwing terracotta and selecting the right pot for the right plant, Cultivating Life gets the clay of the land.
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CLLF 312 Summer
Cultivating Life takes on summer with a variety of garden and outdoor living projects and visits a Philadelphia rose garden that looks good even out of bloom. Plus vines that create shade and a refreshing use for seasonal berries.
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CLLF 313 Porch
Cultivating Life settles in for afternoon on the porch. We build a simple porch swing, learn easy repairs for old wicker, and discover how to set up a porch so that it can be used in all seasons. Plus Venetian cichetti for a late afternoon party and some advice on plants that will add a touch of romance to any porch.
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CLLF 314 Cat
From drought-tolerant catmints for any garden and a beautiful California garden that highlights this easy-to-grow perennial to a delicious catfish salad, cats are now and forever. Plus expert advice on caring for and selecting a cat and a home for your cat that is just purrfect.
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CLLF 315 Pepper
Cook with Rosa Mexicano’s Roberto Santibenez, create your own chilerestras, and grow peppers well even where summers are cool. Cultivating Life gets cooking with red hot chiles and sweet peppers. Plus an easy solar dehydrator that can serve double duty in your garden and ornamental peppers that will enliven your table.
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CLLF 316 Lily
From growing lilies in your garden and gilding a lily pad table for the terrace to touring a Maine garden highlighting the lily and propagating these regal flowers by scaling, the lily comes into full flower. Plus cooking a relative of the lily with James Beard Award -winning Kansas City chef Celine Tio.
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CLLF 317 Orchid
The elusive orchid reveals its secrets as we discover simple techniques for growing hardy orchids in our gardens, mounting miniatures for our homes, and growing paphiopedalum in containers on our porches. Plus building a lath structure to raise these beautiful exotics and cooking with vanilla.
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CLLF 318 Dry
From an easy-to-build flowering clothesline, an air-plant mobile, and a beautiful Texas garden that runs on the dry side to easy dry rubs for grilled pork and the art of preserving peonies for years to come, Cultivating Life takes a walk on the dry side.
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CLLF 319 Salad
Enjoy the salad days of summer and winter and spring with Cultivating Life. Build a tabletop garden that will keep the salad coming all season long and learn about microgreens that are pretty enough to eat. Plus a grilled vegetable salad anda fruit salad that are sure to make the even the most meat-obsessed eater go green.
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CLLF 320 Cactus
From hardy cactus growing in Connecticut and the art of potting cacti to Arizona’s most beautiful garden highlighting these spiny wonders and simple to make cactus pots, the cactus shows is doesn’t deserve to be deserted. Plus a perfect cactus salad and a simple frozen dessert using the prickly pear.
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CLLF 321 Weeds
Weeds take center stage. Meet a North Carolina gardener who has built a business around kudzu. Rethink plants once thought of as weeds that belong in any garden. Make a great weed pie and select the right tools for the right weed. Plus dealing with invasive plants before it is too late and a Maine gardener who has some advice on planning a garden that keeps weeds at bay.
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CLLF 322 Rain
From water loving rain lilies and easy-to-make rain chains to a Texas garden built to reclaim rainwater and an easy-to-make rain gauge, Cultivating Life steps out in the rain and takes on our most precious resource. Plus an easy to build rainy day project and a summer minestrone perfect for a rainy day meal.
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CLLF 323 Pine
From lesser-known pines suited to any garden and the art of creating perfect bonsai to cooking with pignoli and discovering an old use for pine needles, Cultivating Life pines for this wonderful conifer.
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CLLF 324 Apple
Harvest heirloom apples plant a Belgian fence of these much loved trees, and cook and bake with America’s favorite fruit – Cultivating Life takes a look at the apple of our eye. Plus a colorful orchard ladder plant rack and the art of making cider.
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CLLF 325 Salt
Cultivating Life celebrates the salt of the earth. From salt-tolerant plants and some surprising household uses for salt to a spectacular Southern garden on a salt marsh and an easy-to-build saltbox birdhouse that any bird would be happy to call home, rediscover the tabletop regular. Plus the art of harvesting salt and roasting with rock salt.
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CLLF 326 Fall
From cool-season crops and a late-season visit to San Francisco’s Japanese tea garden to maple scones and building compost bin and growing maples in containers, Cultivating Life celebrates autumn’s glory. Plus cooking with pumpkins and a farm venture that shares its bounty with its customers.
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