It’s time to think ahead in your landscape. If you want spring
color as your pansy beds play out, host Walter Reeves has some
suggestions on “Gardening in Georgia” Oct. 12 on Georgia Public
Television.

One trick to give a color contrast in a pansy bed is to
underplant them with spring-flowering bulbs. Reeves shows how to
plant bulbs in a pansy bed. He provides a list, too, of the ones
that do best.

Reeves takes a look at indoor ferns, too. He uses the Biltmore
Estates in Asheville, N.C., as a backdrop to learn more about
these primitive plants and their care in the home.

Finally, Reeves points out that the luffa sponge you enjoy in
your bath doesn’t come from the ocean but from a gourd you can
easily grow in your garden. He shows how to grow the gourd and
then how to make a sponge from its contents.

“Gardening in Georgia” (www.gardeningingeorgia.com) is produced
by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and GPTV. It airs twice each Saturday, at
noon and 7 p.m.