University of Georgia

On the April 23 “Gardening in Georgia,” host Walter Reeves
presents two important lessons for gardening: pruning those
stubborn nandinas and building cold frames.

“Gardening in Georgia” airs on Saturdays at 12:30 and 7 p.m. on
Georgia Public Television. It’s produced by the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and
GPTV.

This week, Reeves gives special guest Jim Midcap, a UGA
horticulturist, a challenge: a thick bed of nandinas at Reeves’
home. And Midcap shows how to trim even the toughest nandinas.
The key, he says, is to use a stair-step process. The result
should be nandinas that have foliage from top to bottom.

Reeves will cover preserving plants for next spring, too, by
building cold frames. He shows how to build three types of cold
frames to protect plants as you bring them outside in the
spring.

The cold frames are easy to make. Reeves makes one out of bales
of hay and an old window sash. For another, he uses a storm
window and a box of 1-by-6 boards. He makes the third from PVC
pipe and 4-mil plastic sheeting.