Making It Grow Minutes

Using spider lilies in arrangements 05.10.2023 1:00 ↓

Spider lilies are one of my favorite garden flowers for arrangements.

Naked Lady Lily 04.10.2023 1:00 ↓

Another Lycoris species often found in older gardens has a wonderfully amusing common name – Naked Lady Lily, Lycoris squamigera

Deer resistant bulbs 02.10.2023 1:00 ↓

If you are plagued by deer, there are two groups of bulbs made to order for your yard.

Sneezing 23.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Bitter sneezeweed is a wide spread native plant — and staying with sneezing, there are lots of ideas about that.

Sneezeweed snuff 22.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Bitter sneezeweed was used as a type of dry snuff by some native populations to induce sneezing to drive out evil spirits or help clear head colds.

Soil types 21.09.2023 1:00 ↓

The side of the road flowers are making me pay more attention to soil types as I drive from St. Matthews to Sumter.

Sneezeweed cultivars 20.09.2023 1:00 ↓

If you want a wildflower area in a place you can’t water, some of these sneezeweed cultivars would be perfect to use.

Sneezeweed 18.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Like Rodney Dangerfield, some wildflowers can’t get a break.

Crotalarias and moths 08.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Some native Crotalarias are the original larval food source for the ornate bella moth.

Crotalaria spectabilis 07.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty discusses crotalaria spectabilis, a yellow flower commonly known as rattlebox.

Black-eyed Susans 06.09.2023 1:00 ↓

Black-eyed Susans, Rudbeckia hirta, are native biennial or perennial wildflowers with many cultivars grown by gardeners.

South Carolina's yellow flowers 04.09.2023 1:00 ↓

This summer it has been dominated by yellow flowers.

Lettuce on tomato sandwiches 25.08.2023 1:00 ↓

What are your "must haves" for tomato sandwiches?

Bacon mayonnaise 24.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty shares her experiences making bacon mayo.

Homemade mayonnaise 23.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. In the winter time, cooking a frozen pizza is my easy go to supper. We have a gas stove, which adds heat to the kitchen, so I never turn it on in summer if I can help it. Hot weather suppers revolve around vegetable sandwiches, cucumber or tomato. White bread, peeled sliced cukes or maters, lots of mayonnaise. There’re lots of di...

Tomato sandwiches 21.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Would you try potato chips on a tomato sandwich?

The gum industry 12.08.2023 1:00 ↓

The chewing gum industry in North American exploded when chicle, the latex like substance from sapodilla trees, was introduced to America in the 1870s.

Gum trees 11.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Resin from trees in the spruce genus was the source of the first commercial gum in our country, State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.

Gum parkers 10.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? Some people do save their gum but prefer not to stick on the bed post. Fortunately, you can find adorable gum parkers.

Gum 09.08.2023 1:00 ↓

For thousands of years people have chewed gums that are extracts from trees.

Making It Grow's 30th anniversary 07.08.2023 1:00 ↓

Birthdays, anniversaries, various milestones – all reasons for getting together. When having fun time flies and that’s just what’s snuck up on Making It Grow, we’ve been on the air for thirty years.

Popcorn garlands 29.07.2023 1:00 ↓

When it comes to popcorn garlands, you would think you'd just string popcorn and that would be that. But with the internet, there's step-by-step directions

Popcorn toppings 28.07.2023 1:00 ↓

People like to put different toppings on their popcorn.

Varieties of popcorn 27.07.2023 1:00 ↓

Popcorn isn't just one particular variety; apparently there are tons of different popcorns out there

History of popcorn 26.07.2023 1:00 ↓

The U. S. Department of Agriculture is not just a place for the latest and best research on crops, diseases, and insect pests. While looking for information on popcorn, I came across the site for popcorn on the USDA History Library.