South Carolina ETV

Places We Visited in 2003

12-9-03
BOMIG 808 		Loom Craft

In Belton, Sc Jack Childress and Wayne Coats are in the textile business producing a wide array of products such as blankets, throws, tapestries, pillows and many many more.
The customer service is top-notch with no limit to what these state of the art machines can make. These products ship worldwide and make excellent gifts.
12-2-03 Weaver’s Nook Mary Graham-Grant uses the art of  sweet grass basketry to make serving trays, clocks and even jewelrey.
11-25-03
Thanksgiving with SC Products

Clemson Professor Libby Hoyle prepares a Thanksgiving Dinner with products from SC.
Turkeys from Camden, Collards from Lexington and rice from Darlington are some examples of the delicious products featured.
11-8-03
BOMIG 901 		Fish Research The research into environmentally friendly production aqua-systems is being conducted at Clemson University. In large ponds with airaters, all aspects of the catfish, for example, are being studied to improve its quality for food production.
11-4-03
BOMIG 803

Robin’s Gourmet Veggies

 In Chapin, SC Robin Shuler produces fresh, crisp pickled vegetables. Some of these fantastic products ranges from “Spiky Asparagus” to “Snappy Beans”. Gift packs are available and are great anytime of the year.
10-28-03
BOMIG 812		 Boykin’s Mill

Grits and corn meal have been a staple of the Southern diet for generations.

The Mill in Boykin, SC still produces these products the old-fashioned way.
10-21-03 Gilbert Nursery Gilbert Nursery in Chesnee, SC is a leader in propagation. Bob Smart takes us through this process from cutting to grafting to budding.
10-9-03 State Fair Live from The SC State Fair we feature the horticultural displays in the Ellison Building, a very unique petting zoo and the always impressive sand sculpture.
9-23-03
BOMIG 804

Middle River Farms

 In Marietta, SC the “tomato lady” Donna Tesner farms over 200 acres on this very productive tomato farm. These field packed tomatoes range in varieties from yellow tomatoes, grape tomatoes and roma tomatoes.
9-15-03 Modern Turf In Rembert, SC Hank Kerfoot talks to Rowlanad about some of his traditional grasses such as Bermuda and St. Augustine, but also about some “salt-tolerant”  grasses and the new Empire Zoysia.
9-9-03
BOBIG 801 		Beachwood Farms

In Marietta, SC Billy and Elizabeth Ledford have an incredible fresh produce market.

Visitors have the option of picking the produce in the field, going through the drive-thru or just browsing inside the market.
9-2-03 Roycroft Daylilies In Georgetown, SC Roycroft Daylilies is a leader in the production of top quality cultivars in daylilies. Owner Bob Roycroft listens to his customers to hybridize the types of daylilies that they would like to see in their garden.
8-28-03
BOMIG 810		 Ashdown Roses Owner Paul Zimmerman at Ashdown Roses in Landrum, SC grows roses “for those who have given up on roses.” These are antique roses and according to Mr. Zimmerman, they are the easiest to maintain and grow.
8-19-03 The Private Garden of Hannah Rodgers One of the premiere private gardens in SC belongs to Hannah Rodgers. Rowland Alston first talks to Stephen Ford, who helped design the garden, about the curves and overall style of the garden. Hannah then tells Rowland about her choice of pastel flowers, fragrant shrubs and the water garden
8-12-03
BOMIG 807 		Gilbet Nursery

Located near Chesnee, SC on the NC/SC border, Gilbert Nursery has a wide variety of plants ranging from weeping elms, weeping redbuds and large and miniature hydrangeas.

Owner James Gilbert talks about some of his favorites and also their irrigation methods using 9 ponds at the nursery.
8-5-03 The Farmer’s Shed An old peach shed conncected to an old grocery store forms The Farmer’s Shed in Lexington, SC. This family operated operation specializes in cooked foods, locally grown vegetables, and lots of plants. At The Farmer’s Shed one can find herbs, hanging baskets and cassaroles.

7-29-03
BOMIG 802

 The Plant Depot

The Plant Depot in Orangeburg, SC specializes in plants grown for The Palmetto State.

Owners Gail and Steve Bolt explain the need for their customers to have healthy plants that grows well in SC conditions such as canailles, sweet potato vines and ferns.
7-22-03 Happy Cow Creamery Rowland Alston re-visits Happy Cow Creamery and talks to owner Tom Trantham about his organically grown fruits and vegetables. On the farm the vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, squash all grown through black plastic that prevents weeds and keeps moisture close to the roots.
6/03/2006  Pearl Fryar

Rowland visits with Pearl Friar who is a horticultural artist.  He takes plants and gives them an artistic haircut.   Rowland and Pearl discuss a plant that Pearl did an abstract cutting for a plant that was donated to Coker College. 

5/27/2006  

Grande Dunes Golf

Team Making It Grows visits the most unusual Golf Course.  It is right on the intercostal Waterway and they use some unusual horticultural practices
5/20/2006  Super Stuff Chicken Fertilizer

Team Making It Grow visits with Cag Brunson with Super Stuff Chicken Compost.  Super Stuff Chicken Compost is made from the manure from Chicken houses and is turned into a very useful product that gardeners throughout the United States can use.

5/13/2006

Specialty Food Association

The South Carolina Specialty Food Association promotes products grown and processed right here in the Palmetto State.  Rowland and the president of the Association, Scoot Kinney discuss products such as oyster crackers, Boykin grits, and cane syrup
4/29/2003   
BOMIG 810 		Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden Roses

Team Making it Grow visits The Botanical Gardens at Riverbank Zoo.  Rowland talks with a curator about The Bog garden which consist of plants who grow in water and heavy saturated soil.
4/22/2003    SCNLA

The South Carolina Landscape and Nursery Association  hosts the largest Horticultural show in the Palmetto State each year.  Rowland visits Ashley Britain, who is the President of SCNLA, to discuss the Nursery and Landscape Industry in South Carolina. 

4/8/2003      SC Cotton Museum

Team Making It Grow visits the SC Cotton Museum in Bishopville.  Cotton was one of the first plants grown in the state and director Hanson Cox talks about the historic importance of cotton and future of the cotton crop in SC. 

4/01/2003  

Rawl's Farm 2

Rowland visits with Chris Rawl, a third generation farmer on Rawl's family farm in Lexington, SC.  Rawl's Family farm grows a wide variety of vegetables. dome of which you may never heard of.   The family farm has a plant they grow called a creasy green, which is a weed to most people, but is sold to people in the Appalachian area.
3/25/2003  Robert Perry

Robert Perry takes Making It Grow around the family farm, where they do things the old fashion way.  At the farm they use old tools and make homemade soup and wash clothes the old fashion way.
3/18/2003 

Manigault House

Rowland visits with the Garden Club of Charleston, which is refurbishing and re-landscaping the entire surroundings of the Manigault House on Meeting Street in downtown Charleston, SC.
3/11/2003    

City Nursery

Making It Grow visits with Tom Drayton at City Nursery.  City Nursery is a family owned farm located in Bishopville, SC.  They specialize in many different types of plants but maintain a high quality. 

3/04/2003 
BOMIG 804		 Clayton Rawl Farms

Team Making It Grow visits the Chris Rawl at Clayton Rawl Farm in Lexington. SC.  Clayton Farm is a family owned farm that grows a wide variety of vegetables including, parsley and cilantro. 

2/25/2003   Aberdeen Cattery

Rowland visits Aberdeen Catering in Camden, SC.  Aberdeen Catering promotes SC Agricultural products in many of its dishes.  Some of the products discusses are shrimp and grits, crab cakes, and quail.

2/18/2006

 SCLTA

The South Carolina Landscape and Turf Association competence for its members through educational exhibits research and industry wide expeditions.  Rowland visits with Angela  Broadway, who is on the board of directors, for the annual meeting in Columbia, SC.  The Conference brings together people from the Green industry and tries to get them networking with people from the service Industry.
2/11/2003

Philip Simmons

Team Making It Grow visits with Phillips Simmons, a 90 year young master black smith, that lives in Charleston, SC.  His Wrought Iron Gates surround churches, homes and businesses all up and down the eastern seaboard. Richard Simmons got started in wrought Iron gate because he need something to do to take the place of the horses, mules and wagons he used to keep moving.
2/04/2003 
BOMIG 903 		Old Santee Canal State Park Where  the Tail Race Canal meets Copper River in Berkley County SC, lies the Old Santee Canal  Park located in Monks Corner.  Its a treasured host to Animals, plants, history and education.  Larry Motes is the assistant Park Superintendent.  There are few places in the United States where so many elements come together
1/28/2003 
BOMIG 813		 Wood Song Canoes

Phillip Green is an artisan boat builder located in RoundO, SC, located in Colleten County.  An artisan Boat builder is a boat builder that takes the utilitarian style of boat building and raises it to the high art level.  People purchase these boats as art and not to use.
1/21/2003  Indian Grass

Scientist on the campus of Clemson University are looking at Native grasses that existed in South Carolina, over 10,000 years ago.  Dr. Bill Stringer is with the Department or crop, Soil and Environmental Science discusses Indian Grass.  These grasses are a is a Tall prairie grass that exist in prairies in the Mid West, but also in every county in South Carolina.
1/14/2003   Absolute Aquatics

Team Making It Grow visits Absolute Aquatics in the Hopkins community. This plant nursery is unusual because every pant they grow and produce grows in water.  Rowland Austin visits with Ken Russ, the director and operator of Absolute Aquatics to discuss aquatic plants, such as the Egyptian Papyrus and the LongWood Cannon.

1/07/2003

 Head Lee Nursery

Team Making It Grow visits Head Lee Nursery to discuss ideas about growing plants inside with Bob Head.  New ideas for the home landscape are also discussed along with cultural practices to help keep your plants growing healthy.