img joined by margaret hagan from unh cooperative extension. -- i am joined by margaret hagan from unh cooperative extension. you tell me these plants have something in common. margaret: they are very tolerant of cool temperatures, which is nice, if you do a lot of wood stove heating and you have pockets of your house that are cool. right here we have cyclamen, christmas trying. next to that, primrose. you are starting to see these they are a great plant. you can grow them on your them outside. most will survive. well in cool temperatures. i mean temperatures anywhere from the high 40' s to about 65. something i don' t normally think of as cool tolerant. desert. succulents. they go more or less dormant during the winter. you only need to water them about once a month and they will tolerate cool temperatures. >> something with striking colors right next to them. margaret: this is clear via, my favorite plant. it likes to have temperatures in -- cool temperatures in the fall when it is going dormant. >> something we often think about is the lemon tree. >> citrus will tolerate cool temper

we are joined by margaret hagan. at all. plants. care. like a tree or something. amount of moisture. that is really all they need. they take their nutrients from what comes in the wind. erin: these plants in this ve had them for a couple of years. margaret: i have had it for 2.5 years. the air plants in there are a third larger than they were. i use a mr. elizabeth: week. s it. erin: the kitchens and bathrooms are nice. margaret: they are great because you have more humidity. erin: this is a really pretty one. these red colors. margaret: these came from bedford fields. i thought it might be fun to put together one that you could hang on a wall. tuck it down in there. all you need is pebbles or these to hold them up right. we will talk this one -- talk this one -- tuck this one in over there. this one i will lay on its side. erin: it offers nice color. little care. hang that up on the wall. lastly, they look really nice when you talk them into -- tuck them into a shell and use them as a decorative item. erin: how about that? without anywhere at all. margaret: it just misting with a fe

she's now with the co-chico >> in today's grow is green, we are with margaret hagan and we're making silk artificial flower arrangements and you brought in this neat thing. >> this is basically an epoxy mixture when you put it in your vase, hold it in place room to room without it having to fiddle and it looks like water. it's a fun winter project while we're waiting for snow to melt. the first thing you do is get an inexpensive vase. after all, once you put the epoxy in it, you can't recycle it. >> and some nice silk flowers and you can cut the silk flowers with wire cutters to get him the height you want in the vase and then if you're afraid that something is not going to stay where you want it while your he an epoxying it, you can use a piece of tape to hold it in place against the vase. on the inside, obviously, that's where you want it to be. >> right, right. remember, you're working with epoxy so you need to have safety glasses and some gloves just for safety precaution, so you just basically take the two, the first one goes in, part a goes in first and then pour part b in and

we're here with margaret hagan these need no care at all? >> they're called air plant and don't require a lot of care. all they need is an anchor to purchase. and they grow in north america and south america. they like humid air and a fair amount of moisture. but that's all they need, nutrients from the wind and rain. >> these plants you've had for a couple of years? >> yeah, this sits over my kitchen sink and i've had it two, two and a half years and the air plant the-- the plants are used with a mister. >> the kitchen and bathroom would be good. >> the kitchen and bathroom are great. there's a little more humidity. if you put them in the living room, you need to mist more. plants right now and i thought it might be fun to put together one you could hang on a wall. >> all right. >> i chose the red one, it has pretty color and we'll tuck it down there. all i need are pebbles or the glass beads as a support system to hold them upright so you can enjoy them. >> oops. >> let me hold that one. >> this one i'm going to lay on its side and then--

p>> i'm joined by margaret hagan pfrom unh cooperative extension. pmargaret, it may seem pincongruous, but this could be pan exciting time for a gardner, pcan't it? p>> it can. pi like to plan things ahead and phelps me to look forward to pspring and ignore the snow. p>> good. pnow we're going to talk about pbut before you actually put panything in the ground, there's psomething you had should do, pwhat's that? p>> probably the first thing you pneed to do once you choose your psite is to get your soil tested. pyou can get a soil testing kit pat a center or use the unh soil ptesting lab. pyou want the recommendation back pso you know what kind of lime pand fertilizer you need to do so pyou get the best growth. p>> if you've been doing it for a pfew years, you probably have a pgood idea what works and doesn't pwork. pif you're just starting out. plook at the seeds and all the pchoices. phow do i start to narrow it pdown? p>> well, i tell the beginning pvegetable gardeners to start psmall and build on their psuccesses. pthe other thing i mention to pth