Virginia Home Grown
Cacti & Succulents | Silvopasture
Season 19 Episode 8 | 58m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about about cacti and succulents and the benefits of silvopasture.
Peggy talks with Ryan Olsen, Horticulturist at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, about cacti and succulents. Pat visits Chris Fields-Johnson in Scottsville to learn about the benefits of integrating livestock into forest pastures also known as silvopasture. See how to do a scratch test to see if a tree or shrub survived a time of drought. The Plant of the Month is the American Beautyberry.
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Virginia Home Grown is a local public television program presented by VPM
Virginia Home Grown
Cacti & Succulents | Silvopasture
Season 19 Episode 8 | 58m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Peggy talks with Ryan Olsen, Horticulturist at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, about cacti and succulents. Pat visits Chris Fields-Johnson in Scottsville to learn about the benefits of integrating livestock into forest pastures also known as silvopasture. See how to do a scratch test to see if a tree or shrub survived a time of drought. The Plant of the Month is the American Beautyberry.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Birds Love American Beautyberry
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Clip: S19 Ep8 | 1m 42s | Leah Purdy presents American Beautyberry as the Plant of the Month. (1m 42s)
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Clip: S19 Ep8 | 7m 46s | Peggy Singlemann & Ryan Olsen compare cacti & succulents at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. (7m 46s)
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Clip: S19 Ep8 | 2m 7s | Peggy explains why rain water is more beneficial to plants than water from hoses. (2m 7s)
Silvopasture: How Livestock Helps Trees
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Clip: S19 Ep8 | 7m 6s | Pat visits Scottsville to learn about integrating livestock into forest pastures. (7m 6s)
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