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Better Lawns and Gardens

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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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54: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Mowbots Are Here! November 21, 2020

November 28, 2020 14:27 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 –  Tony Smith with Mowbot joins gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin to discuss robotic lawn mowers for your yard.    Photo Credit: Mowbot November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.     #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida #betterlawns #centralflorida #tropicals #November #floridalife #photo...

S2 Ep54: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Mowbots Are Here! November 21, 2020

November 28, 2020 14:27 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 –  Tony Smith with Mowbot joins gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin to discuss robotic lawn mowers for your yard.    Photo Credit: Mowbot November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.     #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida #betterlawns #centralflorida #tropicals #November #floridalife #photo...

53: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Christmas Gifts November 21, 2020

November 21, 2020 15:07 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 –  Randy Schultz, Schultz Communications, joins gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin to discuss Christmas gifts for gardeners and homeowners. Calls and text questions include gardenias, rabbits hare ferns( ?), Red Flame grapefruit problems, cool season annuals, and more.     Photo Credit: Teresa Watkins   November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.     #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #...

S2 Ep53: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Christmas Gifts November 21, 2020

November 21, 2020 15:07 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 –  Randy Schultz, Schultz Communications, joins gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin to discuss Christmas gifts for gardeners and homeowners. Calls and text questions include gardenias, rabbits hare ferns( ?), Red Flame grapefruit problems, cool season annuals, and more.     Photo Credit: Teresa Watkins   November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.     #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #...

S2 Ep52: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Contrived Curiosities - Garden Art November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020 16:30 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 –  Tiffany Price, studio artist at Contrived Curiosities joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins from the 44th Rotary Maitland Art Festival to talk about metal sculpture garden art.  Calls and texts include lots of plumeria questions, mites, should I plant mango and lemon now, rhubarb, planting agapanthus seeds, avocado spots, pasture weed, really tall zinnias, white veins on tomatoes, and more!   November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Bette...

52: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Contrived Curiosities - Garden Art November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020 16:30 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 –  Tiffany Price, studio artist at Contrived Curiosities joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins from the 44th Rotary Maitland Art Festival to talk about metal sculpture garden art.  Calls and texts include lots of plumeria questions, mites, should I plant mango and lemon now, rhubarb, planting agapanthus seeds, avocado spots, pasture weed, really tall zinnias, white veins on tomatoes, and more!   November In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Bette...

52: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Cool Season Vegetables November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020 16:16 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 – Garden experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins talk with Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticultural agent on what's going on in the Exploration garden and cool season vegetables. Christmas already? Caller questions and texts on paperwhite narcissus, Spanish needles in the garden, is Poisonwood really poisonous, nematodes, and Tomato Growers Supply catalog, and more. Photo Credit: Teresa Watkins, Cool season vegetables in containers.  ...

S2 Ep52: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Cool Season Vegetables November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020 16:16 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 – Garden experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins talk with Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticultural agent on what's going on in the Exploration garden and cool season vegetables. Christmas already? Caller questions and texts on paperwhite narcissus, Spanish needles in the garden, is Poisonwood really poisonous, nematodes, and Tomato Growers Supply catalog, and more. Photo Credit: Teresa Watkins, Cool season vegetables in containers.  ...

S2 Ep51: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Holiday Plant Success! November 7, 2020

November 08, 2020 18:18 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 – Lance Walheim, Bioadvanced spokesperson updates Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins on the wildfires, citrus harvest in California and how to succeed with holiday plants. Tom and Teresa’s favorite foliage plants. Discussion questions include fungal gnats, tomatoes with root nematodes, crapemyrtle pruning, Italian cypress pest issues, coleus, out-of-state pine tree, green beans struggling, peach tree pruning, roach control in containers, full sun flowers for c...

51: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Holiday Plant Success! November 7, 2020

November 08, 2020 18:18 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 – Lance Walheim, Bioadvanced spokesperson updates Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins on the wildfires, citrus harvest in California and how to succeed with holiday plants. Tom and Teresa’s favorite foliage plants. Discussion questions include fungal gnats, tomatoes with root nematodes, crapemyrtle pruning, Italian cypress pest issues, coleus, out-of-state pine tree, green beans struggling, peach tree pruning, roach control in containers, full sun flowers for c...

S2 Ep50: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Herbs November 7, 2020

November 08, 2020 17:51 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 – Alexis Caffrey, Director of the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, home of the largest herb garden in the Southeast,  joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to provide the secrets to growing herbs. Teresa also provides tips on what to do with your Halloween pumpkins after the holiday.  Discussion questions include seeing birds, how to change out St. Augustine to Bahia turf, what is chewing at the base of vegetables, what to do about caterpillars, and more.   Nov...

50: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Herbs November 7, 2020

November 08, 2020 17:51 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 – Alexis Caffrey, Director of the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, home of the largest herb garden in the Southeast,  joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to provide the secrets to growing herbs. Teresa also provides tips on what to do with your Halloween pumpkins after the holiday.  Discussion questions include seeing birds, how to change out St. Augustine to Bahia turf, what is chewing at the base of vegetables, what to do about caterpillars, and more.   Nov...

S2 Ep49: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 City Bats Conservancy October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020 14:51 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 - Happy Halloween! Heather Mahoney, Founder of City Bats Conservancy joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to explain the benefits of bats and how important they are for the environment. Gardening questions include Singapore Plumeria insect troubles, propagating Crown of Thorns, using dish soap on St. Augustine grass, pruning avocado trees, what's the deal with nobs on bean plants, and listener's personal bat experiences. October In Your Backyard Newslett...

49: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 City Bats Conservancy October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020 14:51 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 - Happy Halloween! Heather Mahoney, Founder of City Bats Conservancy joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to explain the benefits of bats and how important they are for the environment. Gardening questions include Singapore Plumeria insect troubles, propagating Crown of Thorns, using dish soap on St. Augustine grass, pruning avocado trees, what's the deal with nobs on bean plants, and listener's personal bat experiences. October In Your Backyard Newslett...

49: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Zombie Trees October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020 14:46 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 - Happy Halloween! Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss Zombie Trees with Rich Wiland, Davey Tree Service  Gardening questions include weed & feed application, peach tree not bearing fruit, what to do in November, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.   #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting  #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida ...

S2 Ep49: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Zombie Trees October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020 14:46 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 - Happy Halloween! Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss Zombie Trees with Rich Wiland, Davey Tree Service  Gardening questions include weed & feed application, peach tree not bearing fruit, what to do in November, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.   #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting  #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida ...

48: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 - Is Composting Your Cup Of Tea? October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020 14:50 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss composting basics for Florida gardens.  Fun questions include:  Cabbage moths, Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew, citrus greening on navel orange, St. Augustinegrass complaint, propagating palm fruit, starter soil for seeds, Sky Pencil declining, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.   #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #plan...

S2 Ep48: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 - Is Composting Your Cup Of Tea? October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020 14:50 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss composting basics for Florida gardens.  Fun questions include:  Cabbage moths, Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew, citrus greening on navel orange, St. Augustinegrass complaint, propagating palm fruit, starter soil for seeds, Sky Pencil declining, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.   #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #plan...

48: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Growing Greens October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020 14:34 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 Planting and growing cool-season greens, cabbage, collards, kale, lettuce with Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticultural agent. #Gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins answers your questions about dying cactus, mushrooms, nematodes and onions, night-blooming jasmine pests, St. Augustinegrass preventative fungus control with new sod, carpetgrass control. and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better L...

S2 Ep48: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Growing Greens October 24, 2020

October 24, 2020 14:34 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 Planting and growing cool-season greens, cabbage, collards, kale, lettuce with Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticultural agent. #Gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins answers your questions about dying cactus, mushrooms, nematodes and onions, night-blooming jasmine pests, St. Augustinegrass preventative fungus control with new sod, carpetgrass control. and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better L...

S2 Ep47: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Southern Camellias October 17, 2020

October 17, 2020 21:34 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 How to grow Southern camellias with #gardening experts Tom MacCubbin, Teresa Watkins, with Jim Hunter, owner of South Seminole Farm and Nursery to get Florida-friendly landscape information on sunflowers, clover in lawn, Bird of Paradise, crabgrass, weed and feed. and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.  Follow and Like us on Facebook! #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening ...

47: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Southern Camellias October 17, 2020

October 17, 2020 21:34 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #1 How to grow Southern camellias with #gardening experts Tom MacCubbin, Teresa Watkins, with Jim Hunter, owner of South Seminole Farm and Nursery to get Florida-friendly landscape information on sunflowers, clover in lawn, Bird of Paradise, crabgrass, weed and feed. and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.  Follow and Like us on Facebook! #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening ...

S2 Ep47: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 October 17, 2020 Halloween Gardens

October 17, 2020 21:23 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 How to Create Goth Gardens with Randy Schultz https://bit.ly/2FCCWGq  Home Garden and Homestead . Join  #gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to get Florida-friendly landscape information on bromeliads, Christmas cacti, camellias, fertilizer spikes, getting rid of Mexican petunias, time to plant kumquats, Walters Viburnum, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.  ...

47: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 October 17, 2020 Halloween Gardens

October 17, 2020 21:23 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 How to Create Goth Gardens with Randy Schultz https://bit.ly/2FCCWGq  Home Garden and Homestead . Join  #gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins to get Florida-friendly landscape information on bromeliads, Christmas cacti, camellias, fertilizer spikes, getting rid of Mexican petunias, time to plant kumquats, Walters Viburnum, and more. October In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.  ...

S2 Ep46: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Strawberry Season is Here! October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020 16:09 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 Juanita Popenoe, UF multicounty commercial fruit agent, advises how to grow the best strawberries in Florida with gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins. Teresa provides her Momma's recipe to macerate strawberries into a delicious, easy-to-make dessert.  Gardening questions and text include hibiscus pruning, root pruning oak tree for transplanting, differences between Icon and Empire zoysiagrass, best mulch to use, muhly grass, where to plant pl...

46: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Strawberry Season is Here! October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020 16:09 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour #2 Juanita Popenoe, UF multicounty commercial fruit agent, advises how to grow the best strawberries in Florida with gardening experts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins. Teresa provides her Momma's recipe to macerate strawberries into a delicious, easy-to-make dessert.  Gardening questions and text include hibiscus pruning, root pruning oak tree for transplanting, differences between Icon and Empire zoysiagrass, best mulch to use, muhly grass, where to plant pl...

S2 Ep45: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 Our Favorite Ornamental Grasses - October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020 15:52 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Today on Better Lawns and Gardens Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Agent talks with gardening experts, Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins about the Peanut Butter Challenge, Golden Rain trees, and fertilizing lawns. Tom and Teresa share their favorite ornamental grasses.  Gardening questions and text include mulching pineapples, Meyers lemon tree not bearing fruit, weeds in compost, tomatoes not setting fruit, turf webworms, and more.  https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/345GPfr  Oct...

45: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 Our Favorite Ornamental Grasses - October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020 15:52 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Today on Better Lawns and Gardens Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Agent talks with gardening experts, Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins about the Peanut Butter Challenge, Golden Rain trees, and fertilizing lawns. Tom and Teresa share their favorite ornamental grasses.  Gardening questions and text include mulching pineapples, Meyers lemon tree not bearing fruit, weeds in compost, tomatoes not setting fruit, turf webworms, and more.  https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/345GPfr  Oct...

S2 Ep44: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Planting Trees October 3, 2020

October 03, 2020 14:52 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Lance Walheim joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins from Portland, Washington to discuss the California wildfires, lime crops, and why and how to plant trees.   Bioadvanced Products https://www.bioadvanced.com/ Gardening questions and text include shriveled basil, crapemyrtle decline, plumeria rust, gardenias, avocados and mangos, cosmopolitan lawns, weed and feeds, pruning lemons, Drift roses, and starfruit, and more.  https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/345GPfr   https://bit.ly/37l9Q...

44: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Planting Trees October 3, 2020

October 03, 2020 14:52 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Lance Walheim joins Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins from Portland, Washington to discuss the California wildfires, lime crops, and why and how to plant trees.   Bioadvanced Products https://www.bioadvanced.com/ Gardening questions and text include shriveled basil, crapemyrtle decline, plumeria rust, gardenias, avocados and mangos, cosmopolitan lawns, weed and feeds, pruning lemons, Drift roses, and starfruit, and more.  https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/345GPfr   https://bit.ly/37l9Q...

S2 Ep44: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Wildflower Meadows October 3, 2020

October 03, 2020 14:36 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

October is here! This is a perfect time of year to attract wildlife, pollinators, and add interest to your landscape.  Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss @UF's CitraBlue St. Augustinegrass,  discuss creating wildflower gardens, along with wonderful plant deliveries like the Slowmound Mugo Pine! PlantDelights Nursery          American Meadows Burpee Wildflowers Green Isle Gardens     Biosphere Nursery CitraBlue St. Augustinegrass #UF Orange County Extension Exploration Garde...

44: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Wildflower Meadows October 3, 2020

October 03, 2020 14:36 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

October is here! This is a perfect time of year to attract wildlife, pollinators, and add interest to your landscape.  Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss @UF's CitraBlue St. Augustinegrass,  discuss creating wildflower gardens, along with wonderful plant deliveries like the Slowmound Mugo Pine! PlantDelights Nursery          American Meadows Burpee Wildflowers Green Isle Gardens     Biosphere Nursery CitraBlue St. Augustinegrass #UF Orange County Extension Exploration Garde...

43: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Garden Trends 2021 September 26, 2020

September 26, 2020 17:16 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MB

Katie Dubow, Garden Media Group predicts upcoming gardening trends in 2021 with gardening experts TomMacCubbin and Teresa Watkins.  https://bit.ly/2S29Rqs   https://qvc.co/3cx5a1v  Gardening questions and text include Pink Lady apples, growing peanuts, pandemic weed control, butterfly weed caterpillars,  broccoli season, centipede grass weed control, growing spaghetti squash from seeds, feeding pitcher plants, insect egg ID on tomato, hydrangea fertilization, winterizing plumeria, getting ...

S2 Ep43: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Garden Trends 2021 September 26, 2020

September 26, 2020 17:16 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MB

Katie Dubow, Garden Media Group predicts upcoming gardening trends in 2021 with gardening experts TomMacCubbin and Teresa Watkins.  https://bit.ly/2S29Rqs   https://qvc.co/3cx5a1v  Gardening questions and text include Pink Lady apples, growing peanuts, pandemic weed control, butterfly weed caterpillars,  broccoli season, centipede grass weed control, growing spaghetti squash from seeds, feeding pitcher plants, insect egg ID on tomato, hydrangea fertilization, winterizing plumeria, getting ...

43: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fall Garden Update September 26, 2020

September 26, 2020 17:09 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Garden Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins invite Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticulture Agent to update on the County garden. You can check out University of Florida Orange County Extension online gardening classes for October at https://bit.ly/2S29Rqs  Gardening questions and text include Seminole pumpkin pollination, planting rye grass seed and when to sod, staking tomatoes,  blocking light and cutting back poinsettia , and more.  https://bit.ly/...

S2 Ep43: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fall Garden Update September 26, 2020

September 26, 2020 17:09 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Garden Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins invite Ed Thralls, Orange County Extension Residential Horticulture Agent to update on the County garden. You can check out University of Florida Orange County Extension online gardening classes for October at https://bit.ly/2S29Rqs  Gardening questions and text include Seminole pumpkin pollination, planting rye grass seed and when to sod, staking tomatoes,  blocking light and cutting back poinsettia , and more.  https://bit.ly/...

42: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Designing Butterfly Gardens for Florida September 19, 2020

September 19, 2020 14:54 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Great morning on Better Lawns and Gardens! Tom MacCubbin and I talk about Florida butterfly zones and how to design tips butterfly gardens.   Can you figure out what Tom's favorite butterfly plant is?  Listen to find out! https://bit.ly/2H65ZT5 #Gardening questions and texts include bananas, avocados, guavas, hibiscus scale, Persian limes, and raised beds.  and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Flo...

S2 Ep42: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Designing Butterfly Gardens for Florida September 19, 2020

September 19, 2020 14:54 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Great morning on Better Lawns and Gardens! Tom MacCubbin and I talk about Florida butterfly zones and how to design tips butterfly gardens.   Can you figure out what Tom's favorite butterfly plant is?  Listen to find out! https://bit.ly/2H65ZT5 #Gardening questions and texts include bananas, avocados, guavas, hibiscus scale, Persian limes, and raised beds.  and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Flo...

S2 Ep42: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Updated USDA and NOAA Gardening Zones September 19, 2020

September 19, 2020 14:49 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Great morning on Better Lawns and Gardens! Tom MacCubbin and I discussed the newly updated USDA and NOAA garden zone maps with Tina McIntyre, Seminole County Extension Agent.  Gardening questions and text include planting time for azaleas, fertilizing turf, Prince Orange philodendron, papayas, and pecan pest problems. https://bit.ly/3kuLrlI    https://bit.ly/3iQtKg0   https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #BetterLawns #podcast #InYourBackyard #S...

42: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 - Updated USDA and NOAA Gardening Zones September 19, 2020

September 19, 2020 14:49 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Great morning on Better Lawns and Gardens! Tom MacCubbin and I discussed the newly updated USDA and NOAA garden zone maps with Tina McIntyre, Seminole County Extension Agent.  Gardening questions and text include planting time for azaleas, fertilizing turf, Prince Orange philodendron, papayas, and pecan pest problems. https://bit.ly/3kuLrlI    https://bit.ly/3iQtKg0   https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #BetterLawns #podcast #InYourBackyard #S...

S2 Ep41: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Emma Biggs - Fun and Simple Gardening September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020 17:19 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins have fun with Emma Biggs, 15-year old garden author and podcaster. Emma discusses her books on fun and simple gardening, wicking beds, and her passion for growing over 100 tomatoes. Topics and questions include avocados, growing camellias, citrus, spider plants, dying palm trees, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  https://www.emmabiggs.ca/ #WFLA #WFLF #FN...

41: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Emma Biggs - Fun and Simple Gardening September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020 17:19 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins have fun with Emma Biggs, 15-year old garden author and podcaster. Emma discusses her books on fun and simple gardening, wicking beds, and her passion for growing over 100 tomatoes. Topics and questions include avocados, growing camellias, citrus, spider plants, dying palm trees, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  https://www.emmabiggs.ca/ #WFLA #WFLF #FN...

S2 Ep40: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Citrus and Cutting Hydrangeas September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020 17:12 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins get updates on growing citrus with Orange County Extension Agent Ed Thralls.  Topics and questions include cutting back hydrangea and hibiscus, avocados, lemons, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #BetterLawns #podcast #InYourBackyard #SHE #newsletter

40: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Citrus and Cutting Hydrangeas September 12, 2020

September 12, 2020 17:12 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins get updates on growing citrus with Orange County Extension Agent Ed Thralls.  Topics and questions include cutting back hydrangea and hibiscus, avocados, lemons, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #BetterLawns #podcast #InYourBackyard #SHE #newsletter

39: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - Lance Walheim on Growing a Successful Vegetable Garden September 5, 2021

September 05, 2020 18:40 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins talk with gardening expert and author Lance Walheim on growing a successful vegetable garden, control for powdery mildew, citrus crops, and garden pests. Gardening and text questions include how dombeya and Simpson stopper suckering, gardenias, no cucumbers, lantana reseeding, and sod webworms, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida ...

S2 Ep39: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - Lance Walheim on Growing a Successful Vegetable Garden September 5, 2021

September 05, 2020 18:40 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins talk with gardening expert and author Lance Walheim on growing a successful vegetable garden, control for powdery mildew, citrus crops, and garden pests. Gardening and text questions include how dombeya and Simpson stopper suckering, gardenias, no cucumbers, lantana reseeding, and sod webworms, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida ...

38: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 - End of Summer Weeds and Fire Ants September 5, 2020

September 05, 2020 18:23 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss Summer weeds herbicides and how to get rid of fire ants with Brooke Moffis, Lake County Extension Agent . Gardening and text questions include Megaton cabbage, perennial peanut weeds, is it necessary to paint/seal avocado tree wounds, pea plants didn't survive, and petunia seeds. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K   #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #Bett...

S2 Ep38: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 - End of Summer Weeds and Fire Ants September 5, 2020

September 05, 2020 18:23 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

Better Lawns and Gardens hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss Summer weeds herbicides and how to get rid of fire ants with Brooke Moffis, Lake County Extension Agent . Gardening and text questions include Megaton cabbage, perennial peanut weeds, is it necessary to paint/seal avocado tree wounds, pea plants didn't survive, and petunia seeds. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K   #WFLA #WFLF #FNN #Florida #gardening #Bett...

S2 Ep37: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 - Steven Biggs Fun Gardening August 29, 2020

August 29, 2020 21:30 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss with award-winning Canadian gardener Steven Biggs on his philosophy on perfection (not) in the garden and hacks anyone can use even in Florida. Gardening and text questions include Majesty palm location, ambrosia beetles, fruit trees, fertilizer times, how to keep rabbits out, green beans, and caterpillars. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K  

37: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 - Steven Biggs Fun Gardening August 29, 2020

August 29, 2020 21:30 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins discuss with award-winning Canadian gardener Steven Biggs on his philosophy on perfection (not) in the garden and hacks anyone can use even in Florida. Gardening and text questions include Majesty palm location, ambrosia beetles, fruit trees, fertilizer times, how to keep rabbits out, green beans, and caterpillars. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI  https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K