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Oh, boy, I can't wait! Finally, after all this time we're going to get to go behind the gates, into the exclusive, much-discussed but rarely filmed Martha Stewart estate. Actually, not the whole estate, but part of it. On her syndicated show, Martha Stewart's 153-acre Bedford, New York farm will be on display in the season ahead.

When the show returns with new episodes on September 15, Ms. Martha will share all the fun stuff she grows and prunes and plants. You know what this means, don't you? Compost heap! Seriously, Martha believes in natural recycling.

There will also be her state-of-the-art greenhouses and her extensive flower and vegetable gardens. Over a hundred guests will join Martha on her tour of the farm.

Those of you who are lucky enough to own an HDTV should check out Planet Earth tonight on Discovery Channel. I keep seeing previews for it today as I absent-mindedly watch a marathon of Deadliest Catch and it looks stunning. The series is basically Earth Science, featuring all sorts of unique animals and plants, and examining various landscapes.

Besides the fact that it looks beautiful, the story behind it is almost as impressive. The miniseries took five years to make and photographers put their lives on the line more than once to document the extreme living conditions on this planet.

That would be NATURE, the long-running PBS series, not nature itself, which has been around much longer than twenty-five years. If you're a fan of nature programs like I am, then be sure to check out The Best of NATURE - 25 Years, a ninety-minute retrospective that will look back on the last twenty-five years of the award-winning PBS program that began in 1982. The special will be hosted by Lynn Sherr, who previously hosted the NATURE special about giraffes, "Tall Blondes," based on her book of the same name. The special will look back at old episodes to show how animals must learn to survive in the wild, learn to hunt and/or escape, reproduce, and sometimes readjust to life in captivity. The special will also pay tribute to George Page, the creator of NATURE who passed away last year.

The Best of NATURE - 25 Years airs January 14 at 8 pm on PBS. You can also catch a new NATURE special, "Christmas in Yellowstone," tomorrow night at 8 pm.