KLRU Videos
NewsHour Extra report from Academy for Global Studies and the Media Lab at Austin HS
KLRU has been selected to participate in on a pilot program for students around the country to create their own newshour Reports and share them on newshour Extra (the student and teacher web site of the newshour with Jim Lehrer). The program, called Student Reporting Labs, teams up individual classrooms with local area journalists, and the national newshour Team. Other cities selected to participate include have Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Salt Lake City, UT, Slidell, LA and Middletown ...
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Central Texas Gardener: 11/28/09
Looking for drought-tolerant small native trees and shrubs? Jared Pyka from Native Texas Nursery and Tom Spencer explore ideas for accents, understory specimens, and living screens. Visit a front yard makeover where John Wilson and Debra Leff exchanged grass for a sustainable garden thats become the neighborhood living room. Daphne Richards explores drought-tough Arizona cypress. Trisha Shirey flavors the garden with leeks, chives, onions, and society garlic.
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John Wilson: Central Texas Gardener
John Wilson and Debra Leff don't spend time behind a lawnmower these days. In his own front yard, John wanted to exemplify the resourceful lessons he teaches his biology students at St. Stephen's Episcopal School, including the tough-plant lessons theyd learned on expeditions to the Davis Mountains and Big Bend. Now, instead of struggling grass, agaves, cacti, yuccas and flowering perennials invite an expedition of discovery, right at home. The gardens living room design encourages ...
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Central Texas Gardener: 11/21/09
Grab winter attention with berries and evergreen structure. Tom and Randa Daude from Omas Garten Pflanzen in Killeen pick drought-tough plants that show off when days get frosty. Cindy Arredondo from Desert to Tropics demonstrates how to salvage a succulent that got too much water. Daphne Richards features Arizona cypress. On tour, visit Wharton, where Diane Matulas garden started with a shovel on a little spot of grass. yaupon holly Saratoga Gold yaupon holly weeping yaupon holly flameleaf ...
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Diane Matula: Central Texas Gardener
After Diane and Ludvik Matula renovated their old house in Wharton, Diane set her eyes on the yard theyd salvaged. Although the new healthy lawn was better than mud and weeds, Dianes a gardener. One day she took a shovel to a back corner. And then kept on digging. With passalong plants, salvaged garden art finds, and a lot of work, she created a retreat of flowers, fragrance, and a pond for them and wildlife. One of their dreams was opening a bed & breakfast. When Ludvik found the perfect ...
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Central Texas Gardener: 11/14/09
See how to go wild with tips from Tom Spencer and Alice Nance, Wildlife Austin Conservation Program Director. Alice explains how easy (and rewarding) it is to design a certified backyard habitat for wildlife. On tour, meet Howard Cheek, The Nature Conservancy 2008 photo winner, who brings wildlife up close in his backyard habitat. Add a new twist to holiday decorating with Cindy Arredondos Desert to Tropics tips with succulents. Daphne adds bronze fennel to the perennial garden and explains ...
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