Amanda McNulty

Making It Grow Minutes

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Gardening and horticulture news and tips, as well as agricultural information from Amanda McNulty, the host of SCETV's "Making It Grow" and Clemson University Extension Agent. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio. Making It Grow Minutes are produced by South Carolina Public Radio, in partnership with Clemson University's Extension Service.

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The Remarkable Diversity of South Carolina's Natural Landscape 19.08.2019 1:00

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. One of the remarkable features of our state is the incredible diversity that comes from our encompassing mountains, foothills, piedmont, sandhills and coastal plains ecosystems. Conservationists recognized the threats to special sites with the increase in development, and in 1974, South Carolina was the first state in t...

Discovering Schweinitz's Sunflower 03.08.2019 1:00

Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. The Schweinitz sunflower was named for Lewis David de Scweinitz, an American botanist with important German connections. Born in Pennsylvania, he was a descendant of the founder of the Moravian Church, and traveled to Germany for training at a seminary there. . Returning to the United States, he worked for that Church i...