Better Lawns and Gardens
639 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago -Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides weekly gardening advice, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees. Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade. Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST. iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb
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S2 Ep282: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm and Pepper Seeds April 6, 2024
April 09, 2024 00:17 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins expounds on the eclipse with the Dirty Word of the Day, Photosynthesis. Dr. Gary Bachman, and the Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm announces his new pepper endeavours and selling rare and unusual pepper seeds. Garden questions include dwarf cherty and Everglade tomatoes, Encore azaleas, schefflera hedges, porterweed and native milkweed, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 ...
S2 Ep282: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fruit and Native Trees for Spring April 6, 2024
April 09, 2024 00:01 - 38 minutes - 35 MBBIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Starting this week, Better Lawns and Gardens will drop their podcast every Monday at 9am. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. The solar eclipse phenomena has gripped the nation! Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Steele has a special warning for all gardeners! Teresa discusses the effects the solar eclipse of 2024 will have on ...
S2 Ep281: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Garden Myths and April Fool's Pranks March 30, 2024
April 01, 2024 00:24 - 39 minutes - 36 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins takes advantage of the pre-weekend April Fool’s Day to discuss April Fool’s Day pranks, garden myths. The Dirty Word of the Day is Chinch Bug Eggs. Garden questions include tea olives, how to transplant crotons, help for soil mixed with herbicide, how to trim crapemyrtles correctly, how to get rid of spider mites, propagating Esperanza, planting hydrangea and pink azalea outsid...
S2 Ep281: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 April is Water Conservation March 30, 2024
April 01, 2024 00:08 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins’ guest is Tina McIntyre, UF/IFAS Seminole County Florida-friendly Landscaping agent. Tina provides updates on smart irrigation technology, and tips on how to conserve water in the landscape. Easter weekend, Teresa discusses new study on eggs, frog eggs. Garden questions and topics include turf fertilizer for acreage, Everglades tomatoes, Lizzie’s Bourbon Red Turkeys an...
S2 Ep280: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 No Mow May? March 23, 2024
March 24, 2024 03:52 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden Expert Teresa Watkins is joined by award-winning landscape architect, Benjamin Vogt, author of Prairie Up. Benjamin discusses the pros and cons of No Mow May. The Dirty Word of the Day is Cauliflory. Garden questions include how to get rid of crabgrass, keeping lychee fruit safe, what’s growing on my Christmas Cactus, listeners send in their photos of gorgeous amaryllis blooming, and more...
S2 Ep280: Better Lawns and Gardens Pesticides Dirty Dozen March 23, 2024
March 24, 2024 03:44 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses pesticide use on fruits and vegetables. UF/IFAS Lake County Extension Agent Brooke Moffis promotes the Master Gardener Plant Sale. Garden questions and topics include types of Asian beans that will grow in Central Florida; the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Co...
S2 Ep279: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Kim Halyak Experience Memphis Gardens March 16, 2024
March 17, 2024 17:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins discusses the Experience Memphis Gardens with founder, Kim Halyak; the exciting garden tours are open May 18th -May 30th. The Dirty Word of the Day is Dehiscence. Garden questions include suggestions for privacy hedges, weedy Bahia lawn, declining potted plants; Royal Poinciana bark wounds; guava tree not recovering from freezes; bulbs will they grow, and more. https://bit.ly3...
S2 Ep279: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Katie Dubow Spring Superstars March 16, 2024
March 17, 2024 16:48 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Katie Dubow, president of Garden Media Group on Spring Superstars. Katie announces new roses for the landscape and a new product called Oasis Foraging Kit for beginning and experienced floral designers. Garden questions and topics include deterrents for squirrels and chipmunks, fruit trees not producing, lubber grasshoppers, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 ...
S2 Ep278: Better Lawns and Gardens Randy Schultz Spring Mosquitos March 9, 2024
March 12, 2024 18:46 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins is joined by Randy Schultz, editor of award-winning Home Garden and Homestead, who is snow birding in Arizona. Randy discusses how the 2023-2024 winter has not reduced the risk of mosquitos and how to protect your yard. Coinciding with Daylight Savings Time, the Dirty Word of the Day is Photoperiodism. Garden questions include fertilizing a Poinciana tree, azaleas, varieties ...
S2 Ep277: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Brooke Moffis Oxalis Friend or Foe March 9, 2024
March 12, 2024 14:49 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Faith and Begonia! Shamrocks or Oxalis? Friend or Foe? Brooke Moffis, UF/IFAS explains the difference, varieties, and care, and how to get rid of Oxalis in your turf. Garden questions and topics include Nun’s Orchids, Queen’s Wreath, propagating ornamental sweet potato, varieties of okra, pollen season, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Satu...
S2 Ep276: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - Gene McAvoy O'Vegetables March 2, 2024
March 03, 2024 02:43 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, The Irish holiday continues with O’vegetables! Teresa is joined by Gene McAvoy, UF/IFAS Hendry County Regional Specialized Vegetable /Horticulture Agent emeritus to talk about o’nions and o’kra. Dirty Word of the Day is Verge. Garden questions include: growing hydrangea, how to find a landscape designer, what goes down first – fertilizer or mulch, herbicide for perennial peanut, and more. https://...
S2 Ep275: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick O'Fruit Trees March 2, 2024
March 03, 2024 01:51 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all month! Dana O’Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery discusses the many kinds of O’live trees that will grow in Florida and announces the upcoming Florida Wildflower Festival. Teresa found 'Choca Mocha' Cosmos and Lizzie brings up her stinging nettles and her trip to Peterson's Nursery in Lakeland. Garden questions and topics include how to...
S2 Ep274: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Felder Rushing and Garden Art February 24, 2024
February 25, 2024 03:06 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is gob-smacked with one of her favorite garden experts, Felder Rushing. World-famous Felder and Teresa discuss his Mississippi “Gallimaufry” cottage garden, his eclectic bottle trees, and Felder’s philosophy of Slow Gardening. Garden questions include: lubber grasshopper season, powdery mildew, 14-year old avocado tree not producing, whiteflies, and more. https://bit....
S2 Ep274: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 National Floral Day, Invasive Species Week, and Your Garden Questions. Feb 24, 2024
February 25, 2024 02:53 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. February national awareness week on Invasive Plant Species, Feb 26th – March 3rd .Teresa gives the five biggest invasive trees to look for and remove. National Floral Design Day, February 28th celebrates the art of floral design. Teresa has her list of what to do in your March garden, and answers your garden questions. Garden questions and topics include the weather, where to plant an amaryllis, f...
S2 Ep273: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Gardening Questions and More February 17, 2024
February 17, 2024 22:25 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers Spring gardening questions from callers, emails, and test messages. The Dirty Word of the Day is Parterre. Garden questions include: can you grow asparagus in Florida, Cabbage palm has yellow tips, spots on Lime Sizzler, when and how do you fertilize your lawn, struggling Giant Bird of Paradise, growing mint, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Photo and graphic ...
S2 Ep273: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Aaron Boyar Garden Expo 2024 Spring Flowering Trees February 17, 2024
February 17, 2024 21:07 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Spring is in the air. Spring-flowering trees and colorful migrating birds are popular sights. Teresa is joined by Aaron Boyar, Seminole Master Gardener and spokesman for the Seminole County Garden Expo 2024 on February 24th. Garden questions and topics include irrigation shut-off devices, avocados, still time for onions, on lawns, vegetables to plant in February, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 ...
S2 Ep272: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Derek Haynes The Chocolate Botanist February 10, 2024
February 11, 2024 01:19 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins clarifies a garden question front the first hour. In honor of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, Teresa lists garden flowers and plants that have a chocolate flavor or chocolate color. Teresa invites Derek Haynes, The Chocolate Botanist to chat about his botanical work, his goals of encouraging young black students to beomce scientists, and the language of love using f...
S2 Ep272: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Pam Knox Wind Chill February 10, 2024
February 11, 2024 01:01 - 40 minutes - 37 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa welcomes Lizzie back and is joined by Pam Knox, Director of the University of Georgia Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist. Pam discusses the difference between weather and climate, El Niño and La Niña, facts about wind chill and if it affects plants. Pam's website and blog "On the Case" Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast. Garden questions include getting rid of blackbirds, what...
S2 Ep271: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Dr. Rachel Mallinger Florida Native Bees
February 04, 2024 04:10 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, with guest host Dr. Gary Bachman, talk with Dr. Rachel Mallinger, UF/IFAS, about the current health of bee species and Florida native bees. The Dirty Word of the Day is Polyphyetic. Garden questions include: Earthboxes, trimming pencil cactus, is my Christmas Cactus blooming now? https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Rachel Mallinger. Listen...
S2 Ep271: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dr. Gary Bachman Earthboxes and Monarchs February 3, 2024
February 04, 2024 03:26 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Dr. Gary Bachman author of Southern Gardening All Year Round, joins Teresa Watkins in the studio! Gary’s expertise is growing vegetables in Earthbox, his own raised beds’ soil philosophy, and using Earthboxes in the coastal South. Teresa and Gary discuss his favorite vegetable seeds, Monarch butterfly disease, OE. Garden questions include growing pomegranates in Florida, getting rid of oxalis, and mo...
S2 Ep270: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Dr. Jeff Williamson Blueberries Planting Time January 27,2024
January 27, 2024 18:37 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, talks with Dr. Jeff Williamson, UF IFAS Extension on planting and growing blueberries. The Dirty Word of the Day is Rabbiteye. Garden questions include: getting rid of clover in St. Augustine grass, what tree species to plant to provide nesting resources for birds, how to get rid of ants in pots, is my Dancy tangerine tree doing okay, how to plant a pot-bound plumeria, ...
S2 Ep270: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Mark Peters Croton Nursery January 27, 2024
January 27, 2024 18:28 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the upcoming gardening weather, croton FAQs, and pruning time for ornamental grass is now. The guest interview is Mark Peters, owner of Peters Croton Nursery. Mark talks about the different croton varieties, care, and his upcoming 2024 Spring Show Schedule. Garden questions include lychee tree care, how to get rid of torpedo grass in beds, how to get rid of woodp...
S2 Ep269: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Responsible Solutions Bill Stengel January 20, 2024
January 20, 2024 22:12 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, talks with Bill Stengel, National Manager of Sales for Summit Responsible Solutions on organic pesticides like Year-Round Spray Oil for soft shell pests like Asian Cycad Scale, mosquitos, fleas, ticks, and fungus gnats. The Dirty Word of the Day is Saxicolous. Garden questions include: controlling weeds and weed barriers are not the answer, avocado tree roots, holes in r...
S2 Ep268: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Tom MacCubbin Herbicide Update January 20, 2024
January 20, 2024 20:17 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host Emeritus Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa to discuss the latest herbicide update on Roundup and the available herbicides to use on artillery fern and other weeds. Garden questions include yellowing foliage on hibiscus, herbicides, repositioning a 30-year old staghorn fern, Foxtail palms’ brown fronds, watering orchid before cold weather; cutting back crapemyrtles so close to house, does wind chill affe...
S2 Ep267: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Kathy Jentz National Seed Swap Day January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024 22:58 - 39 minutes - 36 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, explains the Dirty Word of the Day. Kathy Jentz, award-winning garden author and creator of the National Seed Swap Day, January 27th explains how to attend and organize seed swap events in your neighborhood or organization. Garden questions include: indoor houseplant options; vegetables and herbs to plant in January, groundcover for dog yard, transplanting camellia, can ...
S2 Ep267: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Tina Tuttle Florida Federation of Garden Clubs January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024 19:46 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins interviews Tina Tuttle, President of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs on the 100th Anniversary of the organization. Teresa and Lizzie discuss what to do with the upcoming cold temperatures, reminds Floridians that winter is not over and to keep the frost blanket handy. Orlando Garden Club is having their 2024 Standard Flower Show with floral, and foliage displays, b...
S2 Ep266: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Dr. Doug Daly Frankincense and Myrrh January 6, 2024
January 06, 2024 21:07 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year! Teresa is joined by Dr. Doug Daly, senior curator of the New York Botanical Gardens. Dr. Daly describes the qualities of frankincense and myrrh and how it is produced. The Dirty Word of the Day is Chitting. Teresa finishes native plants to grow indoors, discusses crape murder and what kind of potatoes to plant in Florida. Garden questions include grass mildew, starting camellia cutting...
S2 Ep266: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick Arbor Day January 6, 2024
January 06, 2024 20:50 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Teresa and Lizzie are back with QualityGreenSpecialists owner, Dana Venrick. Dana provides important advice on celebrating Arbor Day by planting native trees. Dana talks about proper planting instructions, watering, and fertilizing trees. Teresa is excited her blueberries have turned red, best seed catalogs to order now, and what to do in the landscape during January. Garden questions ...
S2 Ep264: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 What's Your Garden Plan for 2024? December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 21:52 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin with a special show for the holidays. Segment 4 has Tom and Teresa discussing their garden goals for 2024 and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Mis...
S2 Ep265: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - Art in Bloom Garden Tours December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 21:35 - 7 minutes - 7.38 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin with a special show for the holidays. Segment 3 features Teresa’ garden tours in 2024 and Tom and Joani’s garden tour memories, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic: Teresa Watkins, Art in Bloom Garden Tours Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages ...
S2 Ep264: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Tom's Best Vegetable Selections for 2024 December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 20:42 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin with a special show for the holidays. Segment 2 features Tom and his best selections of vegetables to plant in 2024, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the ...
S2 Ep263: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Dirty Words of the Day December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 20:13 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin with a special show for the holidays. Segment 1 features the Dirty Words of the Day in 2023, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen o...
S2 Ep262: Better Lawns and Gardens -Hour 1 Gardening Advances in 2023 December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 18:42 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. Segment 4 features Great gardening advances in 2023: UF Citrus greening studies on Citrus-greening resistant varieties, no fertilizing without soil tests. new UF SOILTest® kit, Available at every UF/IFAS County Extension office, Amazon, and on SoilTest website. Plus new varieties of plants, others to happen in 2023. https:...
S2 Ep261: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best Garden Moments December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 18:14 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. Segment 3 features Teresa and Tom’s best garden moments for 2023. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN ...
S2 Ep260: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 2024 Landscape Trends December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 17:37 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. Segment 2 features Teresa and Tom’s landscape trends for 2024. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Photographs and graphic: Teresa Watkins #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #...
S2 Ep260: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Happy New Year! December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023 17:03 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year from Teresa, Lizzie, and special host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. Today’s show reflects on the past year and looking ahead to the future. Today's show is uploaded to 4 separate segments https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Or...
S2 Ep259: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Teresa's Holiday Plant Care December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023 21:03 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Merry Christmas! Teresa shares care of indoor holiday plants. December 21st is Winter Solstice. Dirty Word of the Day is Vernalization. Garden questions include beetle identification, cherry tomatoes wilting, when does St. Augustinegrass need 1” of water, where to get large amounts of pepper to get rid of armadillos, grow light distance for African Violets, how can lemon tree recover, Giant Pusley in...
S2 Ep259: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Leah Brooks Christmas Tower Gardens December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023 20:53 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Merry Christmas! Rainy forecast will provide double and triple the amount of normal December rainfall. Teresa recommends PBS 12 Days of Tudor Christmas and has seasonal fun with Christmas trivia. Teresa’s guest today is Leah Brooks, Tower Gardens rep and Santa’s helper. Teresa answers garden questions on weeds and care for Waikkiki Colocasia, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic: Teresa Watkins,...
S2 Ep258: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Cobrahead Garden Tools Anneliese Valdes December 9, 2023
December 09, 2023 20:19 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Anneliese Valdes, Cobrahead Garden Tools, talks with Teresa about her family’s quality American-made garden tools for all year-round use. Teresa gives her top Ten Don’t Miss Christmas movies. Lance talks about the important steps before landscaping. Dirty Word of the Day is Haustorium. Garden questions include identification of an unusual garden visitor, can petunia seeds be planted and do they get da...
S2 Ep258: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Christmas Bird Count Deborah Green December 9, 2023.
December 09, 2023 19:33 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins gives a Christmas Garden Quiz, discusses trivia about the holiday plant, Mistletoe. Teresa interviews Deborah Green, president of the Orange Audubon Society, about the national Christmas Bird Count. Lizzie and Teresa wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah. Teresa answers garden questions on Christmas cactus, poinsettias, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: T...
S2 Ep257: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Lance Walheim Landscaping For Dummies December 2, 2023
December 02, 2023 20:24 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by garden author Lance Walheim, on the updated 2nd edition of Landscaping for Dummies. Lance talks about the important steps before landscaping. Dirty Word of the Day is Apricity. Garden questions include how to get rid of basketgrass, Panama rose, citrus greening update, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic: Dummies.com Listen every Saturdays from 7am -...
S2 Ep257: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Christmas Hollies Dana Venrick December 2, 2023
December 02, 2023 20:02 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins provides Christmas tree trivia, what makes Christmas trees smell so good, and provides her top five favorite live Christmas trees to plant. Teresa is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery to discuss native holly trees. Garden topics include what to do in your landscape for December, Panama rose, Powdery Mildew, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x...
S2 Ep256: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Christmas Gifts for 2023 Randy Schultz November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023 19:33 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Is it a Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter Cactus? How do you tell? Teresa provides a great garden hack for identifying the different species and varieties of this holiday favorite plant. Randy Schultz, editor of Home, Garden, and Homestead, goes down Santa’s list of just the right garden gift for Christmas. Garden questions include how to get an olive tree to produce fruit, should you fertilize oliv...
S2 Ep256: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Poinsettia Pointers Carol Cloud Bailey November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023 19:21 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Thanksgiving is a popular time to start thinking about poinsettias. Carol Cloud Bailey, The Yard Doc in South Florida stops by to provide the finer points of poinsettia care. Garden topics include the rain deluge Florida received, fig bush updates, Vanda disease, diagnosing plant problems, cardboard palm yellowing foliag, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every ...
S2 Ep255: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Cool Season Plants Eric Apen November 11, 2023
November 11, 2023 21:56 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Teresa agrees with Eric Apen, owner of Apenberry’s Gardens philosophy of cool seasonal plants. Eric discusses his favorite winter flowers. Proven Winners Petunias. Garden questions include plumeria, flowers to plant in front of a church, getting rid of asparagus ferns, sick Crown of Thorns, avocado tree pruning, lawn aeration, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic and photo credit: Teresa Watkins...
S2 Ep255: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 Dana Venrick Southeastern Nut Trees November 11, 2023
November 11, 2023 20:35 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Fall harvests, chestnuts roasting, pecan pies, sets the stage for planting native nut trees. Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about all the nut trees that grow in the Southeast and how to care for them. Garden topics include vegetables and herbs for November, Royal Poinciana, white flies in planter, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watki...
S2 Ep254: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Natalie Carmolli Deer-Proof Plant Program November 4, 2023
November 04, 2023 20:35 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins announces the Meet The Authors Party hosted by the National Garden Bureau on Thursday, November 9th. Natalie Carmolli, Proven Winners Color Choice introduces their Deer Proof Plant Program. Garden questions include how much to water Soursop, Lethal Bronzing of Sylvester Palm, fruit tee leaves browning, favorite plant app, how much to water sod, avocado brown tips, and mor...
S2 Ep254: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Bill Stengel Florida Ticks Mosquitos and Fungus Gnats
November 04, 2023 19:22 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Preparing for winter, Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses with Bill Stengel, Summit Responsible Solutions on the importance of using organic chemicals to eradicate ticks, mosquitos, and fungus gnats. Garden topics include landscaping for Chloe's garden, Daylight Savings Time, changing irrigation systems to 1x a week watering, bird identification, roses changing colors, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1...
S2 Ep253: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 How To Have An Apple Taste-Testing Party Steven Biggs October 28, 2023
October 29, 2023 01:48 - 39 minutes - 36 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is intrigued by her guest, garden author and podcaster Steven Biggs, Food Garden Life who describes how to have a Fall Apple Taste-Testing Party. The Dirty Word of the Day are the secret plant ingredients for a Witches Brew. Garden questions include kinds of trees that provide shade, do Mexican Fencepost cacti need to be brought in during the winter, planting a small lemo...
S2 Ep253: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Bat-Friendly Gardens Jim Davis October 28, 2023
October 29, 2023 00:50 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins chats about bats, Hunter’s Moon, and is joined by Jim Davis, UF/IFAS Extension County Director on how to have a bat-friendly landscape. Garden topics include ‘what to do in your landscape for November’,wilting heliconia, nicking calla lily seeds, declining Mandevilla, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am E...