GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — The process of growing and harvesting sod will be the featured topic on Pioneer Public Television’s Prairie Yard & Garden (PY&G) program on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The episode will be repeated on Saturday, April 13 at 4 p.m. and Monday, April 15 at 1 p.m. and will be available for online viewing at www.pioneer.org/pyg immediately after broadcast.
Host Mary Holm visits the family owned and operated B&B Hoffman Sod Farms in Elk River to learn about how sod is produced for residential and commercial markets. B&B Hoffman has been producing low-maintenance, disease-resistant and weed-free Kentucky Bluegrass for more than 30 years.
Mary Holm of Morris has served as the host of PY&G for five years. PY&G is produced by the University of Minnesota, Morris in collaboration with Pioneer Public Television. Production sponsorship is provided by ACIRA, Heartland Motors, Diamond Willow Assisted Living and Shalom Hill Farm.
About the University of Minnesota, Morris
UMM has been ranked 19 times as a Top 10 Public Liberal Arts College by U.S. News and World Report. The student-centered public university features a 15:1 student to faculty ratio, affordable tuition, small class sizes and modern research facilities. For more information visit www.morris.umn.edu
About Pioneer Public Television
Pioneer Public TV is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station serving western and southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and the eastern Dakotas. The station can be viewed on KWCM Channel 10 in the Appleton area, KSMN Channel 20 in Worthington and K08QE-D in Fergus Falls as well as on dozens of cable channels and on satellite channels in the Twin Cities and Sioux Falls Designated Market Areas (DMA). Online programming is available at video.pioneer.org.
