 One of the most popular shows on public access television main is Garden Time. It stars Diane and Donna Wood, who two feisty twin sisters who share gardening tips along with stories from their early years growing up on a farm. In addition to seeing them right here on CTN, you can also catch them at their upcoming show at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Leslie McVane talked with them about how it all began. Well what a treat this is for me to have Ms. Diane and Grandma Donna here with me, the Garden Time ladies. Welcome. Thank you. You are great. We've been laughing so before this started, so let's start talking, tell us about the show. Well, we put on a live production, and I don't know if our cameraman can get a close up of this. This is a poster that was from the original Garden Time show, and it was called A Couple of Backyard Gardeners, because we used that tagline when we end our show. And we played to a packed house at the Old White Church in Buxton, and we did that in March, and it was successful. So... Stars. Well, I don't know about stars, only in our heads. Well, I've seen some of the shows, and it's delightful. It really is, and you give good tips, too, along with the humor. We have a wide array of an audience, and, you know, younger, medium, older, lot of retirees. And you have quite a following and a fan group. We think we do, but... Well, I've heard you go to the hairdresser, and people come out and say... Oh, yeah. We go to Walmart. And we are recognized in Portland now. We come in shopping, and they'll recognize us. That's fabulous. And we also film the Hidden Guards in Portland, so wherever they see us now, they know who we are. Oh. So why did you decide to start this show? We decided to do a garden show, Container Gardens, one episode. We said, well, we might do another one, and that one didn't go so well, and then we did another one, and that one didn't go so well, but we got to hang with it after a while. But, you know, after a half a dozen shows, I think we relaxed and we became ourselves, and when you have an identical twin sister, you can say anything to the other one, and no one gets mad at you, upset with you. You just can banter back and forth. You're like almost like one person. That almost is. And so she tried to drive on the way in today, but I was driving. I did try to drive. She did try to drive. Does that happen often? Yes. She's a horrid driver. I've had a driver. So the show has been going on for three years, but this has been going on a lot longer. Yes, and one of my neighbors, she went to the live show out in Buxton, and she said, I knew you were going to be a hit. I've been watching the two of you for years. That was news to us. Well, the show has seen all over Maine and in several states around the country. Idiots, huh? Idiots, huh? Well, we don't have any money in our pocket yet from that. Oh, well. No, we're still just as poor. But just think, if you go to California someday and, you know, become famous and get out there. I don't think they know us. I'll dare die in. But if they watch the show, you could be walking down the street somewhere, and they'll say, oh, aren't you the Garden Time ladies? I know. I was there to be a scout, come along. Yeah. What's your favorite show that you've done? My favorite show, we did one on El Pacas, about a mile from my house. And because we have to work in a theme of gardening, the theme was The O'Paca Doodoo. Oh. It was very good for gardeners. For gardening. Yeah. And we tested it. And we knew which plants we put it on. And it really was. Really? One of the better ones, huh? I don't know what her favorite show is. My favorite show is one that we filmed last summer. And we grew up on a farm, as everybody knows. And actually it was your idea. I thought of what to do next. We filmed a local farmer that's a whole family that haes. So the haying process. And it took us two weeks to film it, because we had to get all the steps. And it was out of sequence when I filmed it, because I went and got the cutting later, because I had to do it. I'm going to go online and watch that one. That one. And that is highlighted on the stage show that we'll be doing at the St. Lawrence. Well, we're going to have to wrap this up. But I wanted you to come back and visit again. Oh, we'd love to. If we want to get in touch with you, how can they do that? Well, they can go to Salko River Community TV website. We have a garden time page that's associated with that. The show that we're doing is at the St. Lawrence Theater on June 22nd, 7.30 p.m., and it's a compilation of three years of shows. OK. And it's funny. Well, thank you both for being here. I've had a great time. Well, thank you for inviting us.