DATE: 4/25/05

CONTACT: Ann Lee McPhail, (864) 656-5951

At Home, Southern Style TV schedule for week of May 2

CLEMSON -- "At Home, Southern Style," a Clemson University TV program, will air on the South Carolina Educational Television Network for the week of May 2. Ann

Lee McPhail and Jeff Bennett of the Clemson University Communications Center host the program each week, Monday through Friday, from 6:30 to 6:45 a.m.

Viewers may ask questions about a subject that was featured on the program by e-mail at athome-L@clemson.edu, by phone at (864) 656-3204 or at the shows website at: http://AtHome.clemson.edu/.

Monday, May 2 --- David Bradshaw, Clemson University nationally known horticulturist, visits the S.C. Botanical Garden to look at cover crops. Then Clemson University Food and Nutrition Specialist Libby Hoyle show how to keep a clean kitchen and how to really wash those hands.

Tuesday, May 3 --Kelly Gillespie, Clemson University student majoring is communications, and Heather Johnson, Clemson University food and nutrition major, make a Cous-Cous salad. Then Clemson University Horticulturist Bob Polomski talks with Stewart Chandler, horticulturist with White Nursery, about hedges in the landscape.

Wednesday, May 4--Chuck Burgess from the Home and Garden Information Center shows how to divide Day Lilies. Then Mandy Ticknor Clemson University student majoring in communications, talks with her guest about breast cancer awareness.

Thursday, May 5 -- Elizabeth Hill, Clemson Extension agent in Greenville, cooks with onions and cherries. Do lichens and moss on trees do any damage to the tree? George Kessler, retired Clemson University forestry professor, tells how they do not.

Friday, May 6 -- It takes a real horticulturist to think that weeds look good. Clemson University Horticulturists Bob Polomski and Ted Whitwell go to the research greenhouse to show summer weeds. And some of these weeds really look good.

At Home Southern Style can also be seen on the Carolina Channel. The schedule for the week of May 2 is:

Clemson University Horticulturists Bob Polomski and Ted Whitwell looks at summer weeds, Clemson Extension Agent Elizabeth Hill cooks with onions and cherries, and Retired Clemson Extension Forestry Professor George Kessler examines lichens and moss on trees.

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