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Heavy Metal Soil

Season 24 Episode 12 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

What’s lurking underneath your vegetable and flower beds?

What’s lurking underneath your vegetable and flower beds? Could it be lead, arsenic or cadmium? Christine Whitney, City of Austin Brownfields Program Manager, explains why soils can be contaminated and how to test them. From food to flowers, Don Iden’s always up for a challenge. In a typical backyard, he and Jana Beckham cultivate over 100 species, many grown from seed.

01/25/2018

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Central Texas Gardener is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS

Support for CTG is provided by: Lisa & Desi Rhoden, and Diane Land & Steve Adler. Central Texas Gardener is produced by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and distributed by NETA.

Heavy Metal Soil

Season 24 Episode 12 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

What’s lurking underneath your vegetable and flower beds? Could it be lead, arsenic or cadmium? Christine Whitney, City of Austin Brownfields Program Manager, explains why soils can be contaminated and how to test them. From food to flowers, Don Iden’s always up for a challenge. In a typical backyard, he and Jana Beckham cultivate over 100 species, many grown from seed.

01/25/2018

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