Making It Grow Minutes

Appreciating the Trumpet Creeper 16.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Although some consider it invasive, the Trumpet Creeper has inspired naturalists and writers, such as hummingbird enthusiast William Hilton.

Trumpet creeper 15.08.2025 1:00 ↓

The native Campsis radicans, or Trumpet Creeper, is often called invasive, but it supports a variety of wildlife.

The efficiency of scout ants 14.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty can't find the rice in her pantry, but guess who can.

Wildlife guests 13.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty reflects on the variety of animals that have visited her home throughout her lifetime.

Ant control 11.08.2025 1:00 ↓

From fire ants to sugar ants, there are effective methods for controlling a variety of Formicidae.

Enjoying and employing rice 07.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Rice isn't just delicious, it's functional.

Salt is hygroscopic, but rice is a desiccant 06.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Has South Carolina's humidity clumped up your salt dispenser? Add some rice. Amanda McNulty explains why this household hack works.

Salt cellars 04.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Have you ever used a salt cellar? Host Amanda McNulty explains how to place them on the dining table and gives some helpful information on storing salt.

Swamp milkweed 02.08.2025 1:00 ↓

Monarch butterflies love swamp milkweed for egg-laying and feeding caterpillars, but find competition for food with the native swamp milkweed beetle.

A welcome and fortuitous visitor 01.08.2025 1:00 ↓

'The Great Outdoors' sometimes comes indoors to the McNulty house.

South Carolina: 'The Tastier Peach State' 12.07.2025 1:00 ↓

California grows more peaches than South Carolina and Georgia, but South Carolina's peaches are juicier and sweeter.

It's free stone peach season 11.07.2025 1:00 ↓

No matter which grower produced peaches near you, all of South Carolina's are delicious, and different varieties come available about every ten days.

When it comes to controlling mosquitoes, 'BT' is your BFF 10.07.2025 1:00 ↓

Bacillus thuringiensis, variety israelensis, is a naturally occurring bacterium that only acts on mosquito larvae.

Yard foggers kill more than just mosquitoes 09.07.2025 1:00 ↓

Since 1970, we’ve lost three billion North American birds and experienced declines in native bees, other beneficial insects, and our recycling decomposers in large part due to the use of pesticides.

Mosquito foggers can lead to resistance 07.07.2025 1:00 ↓

Mosquitos can be a pain, but Amanda McNulty shares alternatives to fogging and pesticides to help keep mosquitos from pestering you.

Why bees are so busy around watermelons 14.06.2025 1:00 ↓

A lot goes into getting watermelons from seed to a tasty treat in your refrigerator.

South Carolina's Watermelon Queen shares the health benefits of watermelon 13.06.2025 1:00 ↓

Gracen Vaughn hands out watermelon slices at school field days, farmers markets, grocery stores, festivals, and other gatherings to tell people about the health benefits of watermelons.

When you think watermelon, think Gilbert Miller 12.06.2025 1:00 ↓

Gilbert Miller of Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center is not only a Doctor of Plant and Environmental Sciences, but also president of the South Carolina Watermelon Association.

When it comes to watermelons, variety is the 'slice' of life 11.06.2025 1:00 ↓

Watermelon breeders are developing new varieties each year, with over 1,200 different kinds currently grown around the world.

The sound of a ripe watermelon 09.06.2025 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty explains the trick to picking the perfect melon when giving it the "thump" test.

If your yard's big enough, plant an oak tree. 10.05.2025 1:00 ↓

Oak trees serve as the larval food source for almost a thousand different caterpillars.

You are nature's best hope. 09.05.2025 1:00 ↓

Amanda McNulty explains how making space for native plants in your yard can help restore North America's declining nesting bird population.

Birds are having trouble finding enough caterpillars to raise their young. 08.05.2025 1:00 ↓

Caterpillars can only eat the leaves of certain native plants. Amanda McNulty offers ways to help build back North America's rapidly declining nesting bird population.

Larval food plants 07.05.2025 1:00 ↓

Boxwoods, azaleas, and crepe myrtles are lovely to look at, but are dead zones for caterpillars.

What does entomology have to do with bird decline? 05.05.2025 1:00 ↓

Host Amanda McNulty shares a shocking statistic regarding North America's bird population.