Better Lawns and Gardens

Better 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 seaso...

Better 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,...

Better 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 ne...

Better 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 se...

Better 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 ga...

Better 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, strug...

Better 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...

Better 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 g...

Better 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" Cli...

Better 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...

Better 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 dise...

Better 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...

Better 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 ques...

Better 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...

Better 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, waterin...

Better 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; v...

Better 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. Orl...

Better 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...

Better 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, bes...

Better 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- O...

Better 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 Saturda...

Better 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...

Better 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 gar...

Better 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 U F/IFAS County Extension office ,...

Better 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 #northfl...