People, Places, Plants - Episode 08 - Elaborate Borders

PEOPLE: BOTTICELLI ON A BOBCAT - Paul Tukey travels to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where landscape designer Paul Miskovsky reveals his "pack 'em in" style of planting. The segment showcases elaborate garden borders and also the concept of xeriscaping - the process of creating a landscape with drought tolerant plants. PLACES: FARMING FOR THE FUTURE - Paul takes us to Kutztown, Pa., to the legendary Rodale Institute, the center of research for natural systems of farming and gardening in America. Can we feed the country without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that poison the earth? The Institute's research has a clear answer. PLANTS: WEEDS AND WEEDING - Weeds are often a gardener's best crop. Roger explains that the secret to controlling them is matter of applying the right tool at the right time. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: ASK PPP - Roger explains how to control slugs, reduce the growth rate of a mugo pine, and arrange floating row cover over cucumbers.