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The Hadley Family: Their Plan, Cost and Products From "Garden Sense" episode DGAR-102

Meet the Hadley family. Roy and Sybil are parents of 7-year-old twins and both are attorneys. Roy is originally from Atlanta and has planting in his blood. His family farmed next to Valdosta, Georgia, which is near the Florida state line...

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He remembers their gardens and crops that included some tobacco, corn and sugar cane. His grandmother had a half acre kitchen garden and Roy remembers picking beans for dinner, and shelling peas on the front porch. Roy and Sybil both love to garden, camp and participate in other outdoor activities. They have lived in the home they built for the last eight years.
Project Overview

Here is the challenge our Garden Sense expert Walter Reeves faced with this project:

• Choosing plants that adapt to wetter conditions
  
• Selecting different ferns that besides adding interesting foliage and texture, will tolerate sun and hotter weather
  
• Including plants that are natives of the area
  
• Adding plants that attract birds, butterflies, hummingbirds

Required Project Time
The Creekside project took us about 7 hours because the area was cleared before we arrived.

Gardening by Zip Code If you're looking to start a gardening projectbut don't know your gardening zone—visit the National Gardening Associations's USDA Hardiness Zone Finder. Enter your Zip Code to identify the proper zone.

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