On “Gardening
in Georgia” this week, host Walter Reeves shows how to build
a garden statue using clay pots. You’ve seen them in informal
gardens. But how do you build one yourself?

Reeves uses small pots for the arms and legs and big pots for the
body and head. A masonry bit drills the holes in the bigger pots,
through which cord is threaded to attach the arms and legs to the
body. At the end of the segment, Reeves and his pot baby share a
soft drink.

“Gardening in Georgia” will air Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
and will be rebroadcast Saturday, Sept. 1, at noon on Georgia Public Television.

English Garden Troughs

On this week’s show, co-host Tara Dillard visits with Mary
Braswell, owner of “English Garden Troughs.” Planting a cast
stone garden trough in the European manner is something new to
Mary.

European garden troughs are planted around the outside and on the
inside. Great attention must be given to textures, colors and
forms.

Plantings outside the trough must not entirely obscure the
trough. Rocks are poured in the base of the trough, then soil
and finally the plants are added.

The trough was pulled into position next to an existing, mature
yucca, and a lamb’s ear was planted at the opposite corner. A
very European outcome!

Mushrooms in the Yard

Mushrooms are the fruiting part of an underground fungus. Reeves
shows a line of mushrooms which sprouted where a tree root died
and is being decomposed by fungi.

There’s no way to eliminate the underground fungus, so there’s no
way to prevent mushrooms in your yard. There is, however, a way
to deal with them after they pop up: Reeves tees up a mushroom
and uses a metal water wand practice his golf swing.

“Gardening in Georgia” airs each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. It’s
rebroadcast every Saturday at noon or 12:30 p.m. on GPTV. The
show’s Web site
provides further information.

The show is produced especially for Georgia gardeners. It’s
produced by the University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and GPTV.