Florida's foremost gardening podcast by gardening expert and professional designer, Teresa Watkins!
Tom MacCubbin on Chinch bug problems.
Tom MacCubbin What seeds to plant.
Tom MacCubbin Starting your garden for the fall. What seeds to plant so they are ready for transplants in 4 weeks.
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Benefits of Saharan Desert dust.
Landscape designer, garden expert, and host Teresa Watkins explains the benefits of Saharan Desert dust and features “oligotrophic” as the Dirty Word of the Day. She also discusses winter-damaged Royal Poinciana trees, bottlebrushes with root problems, and what to do in your landscape this July, and more.
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Tips on easing summer landscape stress.
Landscape designer, garden expert, and host Teresa Watkins welcomes Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialist Nursery in DeLand, for tips on easing summer landscape stress and keeping plants healthy. Teresa also shares her Top Five heat-tolerant zinnia varieties—ideal for containers, landscapes, and meadows—answers summertime gardening questions, and explains what to plant in your landscape this July.
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Easier soil test kit for homeowners.
Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Dr. Bryan Unruh, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center. Dr. Unruh provides benefits of soil testing annually. Teresa answers gardening questions on timing of apple trees, propagating Dracaena arboreas, Gerbera daisy not blooming, , Dirty Word of the Day is naturalized, pruning leggy azaleas, and more.
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Foliar feeding to help citrus trees resist citrus greening.
Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses June maintenance for citrus with our sponsor Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialist Nursery, including foliar feeding to help citrus trees resist citrus greening. Teresa discusses her recent garden tour of the Best of English gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show, reblooming daylilies, repotting Australian Tree Fern or plant it, Dracena pups, and oyster plant decline, and more.
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Dirty Word of the Day is “Solarization vs. Occultation.”
Landscape designer, garden expert, and host Teresa Watkins gets an early start on Independence Day by quizzing producer Lizzie Steele on patriotic gardening trivia. The Dirty Word of the Day is “Solarization vs. Occultation.” Teresa also answers callers’ gardening questions and responds to text messages.
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July backyard gardening tips.
Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins discusses upcoming rain relief for extremely dry landscape conditions. Teresa shares how much rain Florida will need to replenish the Aquifer. She covers June’s second full moon, known as the Full Gator Moon; shares July backyard gardening tips; highlights her Top Five Patriotic Gardeners; and answers summer gardening questions.
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A Florida update on greening disease of citrus.
Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele explore the joys and challenges of summer gardening, including growing vegetables and flowers and the inevitable pests that come. Tom also shares his Top Five shrubs that avoided winter damage last year and answers listener gardening questions.
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A Gardeners’ & Fruit Lovers’ Guide.
Better Lawns and Gardens host emeritus Tom MacCubbin talks with garden writer and landscape expert, Lance Walheim, about his newly revised Citrus: A Gardeners’ & Fruit Lovers’ Guide. Lance has great news for homeowners who want to grow citrus. Tom’s Dirty Word of the Day is “aphid,” and answers a garden variety of questions.
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