Better Lawns and Gardens
659 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 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 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Delicious Father's Day Project for Family June 15, 2024
June 15, 2024 19:07 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy Father’s Day to all of our listeners! Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins shares the Dirty Word of the Day is Solstice. To provide ideas for gardening projects for Dads and Grandparents with their families, Randy Schultz, editor of Home Garden and Homestead, joins Teresa to discuss a great gardening activity: Growing herbs and making bread! Get Home Garden and Homestead’s Sour Dough Bre...
S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Are Potatoes Intelligent? June 15, 2024
June 15, 2024 18:29 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Praying for rain with this winter’s drought, Florida is flooding after receiving 4 trillion gallons of rain. Garden expert and landscape designer, Teresa Watkins is joined by her dear friend, Dr. Gary Bachman to discuss plant intelligence, specifically potatoes. Can vegetables be smart? Gary also offers rare seeds for gardeners around the world. Garden topics and questions on what to do in the mon...
S2 Ep294: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Environmental Lawn Mowing is Here! June 8, 2024
June 09, 2024 18:44 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins shares the Dirty Word of the Day is Efflorescence. Teresa is joined by Tony Smith, CEO of Autolawn of Orlando to Garden and talks about the future of lawn mowing with Earth-friendly robotic lawn mowers. Gardening questions include crape myrtle’s bark peeling, report wild turkey sighting to FWC, avocados, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Teresa’s monthly new...
S2 Ep293: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Spider Social Event - Rare Florida Phenomenon June 8, 2024
June 09, 2024 18:26 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and landscape designer, Teresa Watkins discusses the identification of the rare social spider phenomenon she recently discovered in her client’s landscape. Appreciation goes out to Dr. Matt Borden, Dr. Lance Osborne, and Dr. Lyle Buss for their assistance in the identification. Severe drought conditions continue and turfgrass is showing signs of incorrect irrigation. BLG producer, Li...
S2 Ep292: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Jim Davis Propagating Plants June 1, 2024
June 01, 2024 21:54 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins prepares for summer with what to do in your landscape this month. The Dirty Word of the Day is Efflorescence. Want more plants for free? Jim Davis, UF/IFAS Sumter County Extension Director discusses with Teresa how to have more plants without spending money. Garden questions include canna leafrollers, white larva on Agastache, how to prune back cherry tomato...
S2 Ep291: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick Foliar Feeding June 1, 2024
June 01, 2024 21:13 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. The drought continues in Central and SW Florida, rain is needed in the landscape. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery to learn about foliar feeding, why and how to apply it. The new June “In Your Backyard” newsletter is out! It’s free and comes spam-free! Garden topics and questions on getting rid of torpedo grass in garden beds, how to acidif...
S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best of Experience Memphis Gardens 2024 May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024 13:25 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS 2024 - Memorial Day Weekend Better 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 ...
S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best of Memorial Day May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024 13:12 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBBEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS - MEMORIAL DAY Holiday weekend Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Gardening expert Teresa Watkins remembers the history of Memorial Day and responds to the overflow of text messages asking garden questions. Gardening calls and texts include strong winds during storm, thriving peppers and tomatoes in the heat, when to fertilize, twenty-year-old declining grapefruit tree, avocado with two trunks, getting ...
S2 Ep289: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Albertus Cottage Sisterhood & Service Project May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024 22:35 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins gets update on producer Lizzie Steele’s bonding with her turkey poults. Teresa is thrilled to have Leah Brooks on to announce her service group, Village Improvement Association’s new grant from the Florida Wildflower Foundation, to improve Orange City’s Albertus Cottage landscape. The Dirty Word of the Day is Avocado Pear. Garden questions birds bothering ch...
S2 Ep289: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Reduce Your Lawn Day May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024 22:21 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins discusses the first annual “Reduce Your Lawn” Day with creator Kathy Jentz. Collaborating with American Meadows, Kathy details the easy steps to create smaller yards and lower maintenance and water use to have a more beautiful landscape. Garden topics and questions on Key lime leaf miner, should I cut back milkweed, mulch depth; too late for crabgrass; how to...
S2 Ep288: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Exotic Tropical Fruit Trees May 11, 2024
May 18, 2024 21:31 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy Mother’s Day to Lizzie and Teresa. Living in Florida is ideal for growing your own exotic tropical fruit trees. Teresa chats with Jeff Wasielewski, Miami-Dade Commercial Tropical Fruit agent about his five favorite rare tropical fruit trees. The Dirty Word of the Day is inspired by Mother’s Day – Mother Plant. Garden questions amaryllis seeds, native pawpaw, propagating pentas andt gardeni...
S2 Ep288: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Designing Public Parks - May 11, 2024
May 18, 2024 20:18 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. In honor of National Public Parks week, Teresa interviews Florida resident, Tres Fromme, 3 Fromme Designs, who has designed many of the major public gardens in the United States. Teresa’s relaunching her monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” It's free - no spam. Check it out! Garden questions and topics include best varieties of olive trees to grow in Florida, what to do in the month of May, an...
S2 Ep287: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Don't Rip Out Native Milkweed! May 4, 2024
May 04, 2024 23:59 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Should you rip out the non-native and native milkweed out of your landscape? Teresa interviews Joyce Samsel, director of the Florida Monarch Research and Education Project 501c3 to find out what butterfly gardeners need to do. The Dirty Word of the Day is hesperidium. Garden questions include deer-chewed leaves of tomato recovery, weeping hibiscus growing straight up, rain lilies in St. Augustine...
S2 Ep287: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 May - Last Chance to Fertilize May 4, 2024
May 04, 2024 23:56 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa and Lizzie discuss the holidays of World Naked Gardening Day and May the 4th Be With You, Star Wars reference. The May newsletter, “In Your Backyard” is out! The monthly publication is free and helps with what to do in your landscape, design tips, and more. Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, and sponsor of Better Lawns and Gardens talks with Teresa about the importanc...
S2 Ep285: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 World Carnivorous Plant Day - April 27, 2024
April 28, 2024 13:30 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. To celebrate International Carnivorous Plant Day May 1st, Teresa interviews Kenny Coogan, Educational Director of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. Drought conditions start to increase as no rain in forecast. Garden questions and topics include Meadow beauty, magnolia decline and scale, Black and White Sapote, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: International Carnivorous P...
S2 Ep286: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Southern Peas - April 27, 2024
April 28, 2024 13:30 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, The Dirty Word of the Day is glochid. Better Lawns and Gardens Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa Watkins to discuss his vegetable garden. Tom and Teresa talk about Southern peas, the differences between varieties, Tom’s favorite Southern peas, and how to grow them. Garden questions include eradicating weeds under an avocado, pumpkins falling off vine, tea roses, should you use distilled ...
S2 Ep284: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Gardening with Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts, April 20, 2024
April 22, 2024 01:14 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins interviews Square-Foot Gardening expert and author, Kim Roman about Growing Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts. Dirty Word of the Day is Frugivore. Garden questions include papaya, cherry tomatoes, fast-growing shade trees, fresh tomato seeds vs. store-bought seeds, how to get rid of lubbers, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden...
S2 Ep284: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Little Red Wagon Native Nursery April 20, 2024
April 22, 2024 01:08 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Gardens are growing! Garden host Teresa Watkins admires producer @LizzieSaidWhatRocks‘s pumpkin and vegetable garden. Teresa speaks with the director of the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and owner of the Little Red Wagon Native Nursery, Anita Camacho about creating a native butterfly garden, her favorite native plants, and attracting birds. Garden questions and topics include Brevard County Tropi...
S2 Ep283: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Adaptive Gardening April 13, 2024
April 15, 2024 04:09 - 39 minutes - 36 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins provides her cottage garden favorites, Dirty Word of the Day is Pyrophyte. Randy Schultz, editor of Home Garden and Homestead discusses ‘Adaptive Gardening’ for senior citizens. Garden questions include double blackberry fruit, pruning Autograph Plant hedge; azalea fertilizer, getting rid of native Smilax vine, and lubber grasshoppers, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 ...
S2 Ep283: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Your Garden Questions April 13, 2024
April 15, 2024 04:08 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. #NationalGardeningMonth continues as Teresa answers the most recent gardening questions Teresa provides upcoming Chamber of Commerce weather and Lizzie talks about her latest endeavors in the her landscape. Garden questions and topics include how to root Giant Milkweed, what to plant in a memorial urn, peaches, National Peach Cobbler Day, how to get larger pineapples, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1...
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 ...