
Better Lawns and Gardens
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S2 Ep 319S2 Ep319: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Tree Survival After Storms October 19,2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins finds out the extent of Hurricane Milton’s devastation to the state’s trees. Austin Tollman, co-owner of Word of Mouth Tree Services tells what you need to do with your trees and palms for the best survival rates. Teresa has found two new exciting bromeliad Neoregelia varieties, “Wild Rabbit” and “Tremendous Tiger”. The Dirty Word of the Day is Bract. Garden topics include lots of pruning questions, removing and transplanting ponytail palms, pampas grass, plumeria breakage, stubborn anthurium, hibiscus, planting petunias, what vegetables to grow, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Word of Mouth Tree Services. Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 318S2 Ep318: Better :Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Teresa Answers Your Garden Questions Oct 19, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden espert and host Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie discuss Hurricane Milton’s damage in the landscape. Teresa answers garden questions from the storm hiatus the last 13 days. Cold front brings in welcomed cooler temperatures. What vegetables to plant in October in North, Central and South Florida. Teresa’s Top Five Florida native plants to have in your landscape. Sign up for Teresa’s newsletter, “In Your Backyard.” Garden topics and questions include how much pruning can be done now on tea olives,. blackberry pruning does St.Augustinegrass need aeration, pruning persimmon tree, cutting sweet potato vine, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZHSign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for all our tours in 2025 ! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a magical trips to the country’s best private and public gardens and around the world. Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 317S2 Ep317: Best Of Better Lawns and Gardens - Dr. Gary Bachman Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm October 12, 2024
First aired Oct 15, 2024. Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins and Dr. Gary Bachman, host of Southern Gardening TV and author of Southern Gardening All Year Round, discuss being the keynote speaker at the UF/IFAS Florida Master Gardener 39th State Conference in Orlando. Teresa and Gary chat about tools for EarthBOX® , reusing soils for raised beds, fertilizer for vegetables. Garden questions and texts include pruning Knockout™ roses now, using recycled water on vegetables, advantages of Earthboxes™ over containers, red bell peppers rotting but jalepenos are doing just fine in the same pot, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Join Teresa on her exciting and historic tour of the Best English Gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show. https://bit.ly/3xU7JGT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, EarthBOX® Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #Urbanfarms #HeritageCottage #GaryBachman #SouthernGardening #author #hurricaneian #UF #FloridaMasterGardeners

S2 Ep 317S2 Ep317: Best Of Better Lawns and Gardens - Dr. Gary Bachman Urban Nano Farm October 12, 2024
First aired October 15, 2022. Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins is joined in the studio by Dr. Gary Bachman, host of Southern Gardening TV and author of Southern Gardening All Year Round, discussing landscaping in hurricane-prone states and growing over 1000 pounds of tomatoes at his Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm. Dr. Bachman grows food all year round in his 136 EarthBOX®. Gardening calls and texts include what to do with bananas damaged in Hurricane Ian, doveweed in turf and using herbicides, favorite hummingbird plants, how to fertilize peppers, growing period for peppers, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Join Teresa on her exciting and historic tour of the Best English Gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show. https://bit.ly/3xU7JGT Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, EarthBOX®Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #Urbanfarms #HeritageCottage #GaryBachman #SouthernGardening #author #hurricaneian #UF #FloridaMasterGardeners

S2 Ep 316S2 Ep316: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Floodwater Mosquitos Summit October 5, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins introduces new spokesperson for Summit Responsible Solutions National Sales Marketing Director, Heather Stickney. Heather provides details on preventing the mosquito explosion which happens after hurricane flooding. The Dirty Word of the Day is waterlogging. Garden topics include Florida Snow, hurricane stories, camellia issues, should you trim Bird of Paradise, herbs for October, different ways to eat okra, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Graphic credit: Summit Responsible Solutions, Georgia Natural Resources.Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 315S2 Ep315: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Hurricane Helene Aftermath October 5 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Tragic devastation in the Southeast with Hurricane Helene. Flooding, wind damage in Florida’s Big Bend and on the west coast. Teresa goes through with Dana Venrick what damages are going to be seen in Florida landscapes. And Hurricane Milton on its way across Florida next week. Lizzie, Teresa, and Dana discuss their love of eating okra. Teresa's Top Five Florida native shrubs and trees that should be planted more. Garden topics and questions include upcoming weather, apple cactus blooming, garden center updates, pair of magnolias, one is doing fine, the other not so fine, saturated saltwater soils – can a soil test be done, what to do in landscape for October and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZHGraphic: NASA, Thomas Bender - Sarasota-Herald Tribune.Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions

S2 Ep 314S2 Ep314: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Fall Containers September 28, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Teresa Watkins, garden expert, gets advice on creating beautiful Fall container gardens from the Hoosier Gardener, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp. Teresa has a special announcement on her Brandywine Garden Extravaganza Tour in June 2022 of an additional day at the Philadelphia Flower Show! Gardening questions and texts include grapefruit tree, Cattleya orchids, lubber grasshoppers on amaryllis, Hass avocados, tomatoes and peppers are dying, sooty mold on cocoplum hedges, and more. https://bit.ly/3fr6SU2 Graphic Credit: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions at 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #summer #WRLN #WiOD #author #books #gardentour #gardens #botanicalgardens #travel #containergardens #PhiladelphiaFlowerShow #Hoosiers #Indiana #chard

S2 Ep 314S2 Ep314: Best Of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fall Gardening and Pumpkins Sept 28, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Garden expert Teresa Watkins congratulates Ed Thralls, Extension agent emeritus, on his retirement this week. Ed provides his Fall gardening advice and tips on how to grow pumpkins in Florida.Gardening questions and texts include ponytail and Washingtonia palms, droopy crotons, herbs for Thanksgiving, what to do in the landscape for October, planting macho ferns, and Hawaiian tis losing color - why? And more. https://bit.ly/3fr6SU2Photo Credit: Teresa WatkinsListen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #tropicals #landscaping #Fallgardening #pumpkins #Autumn #SHE #sustainable #horticulture #environments

S2 Ep 313S2 Ep313: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Fall Garden Questions September 21 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers gardening questions. Dirty Word of the Day is Leaf Peeping. What herbs to plant and landscape chores for September. Garden topics include how to get hydrangeas to grow, basil pests, pesticide memories of tobacco hornworm and boll weevils, hibiscus mealy bugs, non-flowering crape myrtle, avocado and mangos, aggressive mint, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 312S2 Ep312: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fall Arrives September 21, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Autumn Equinox arrives. Host and garden expert, Teresa Watkins is glad Fall is in the air. Teresa provides her favorite herbs and flowers with fragrance and color that herald in the Autumn season. Lizzie talks about her gardening adventures. Teresa’s provides her Top Five No-Stress Bulbs For Florida. Sign up for Teresa’s newsletter, “In Your Backyard.” Garden topics and questions include upcoming weather, plant ID, best way to remove grubs from raised beds, ants in compost, butterflies mating, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZH Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 311S2 Ep311: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Your Gardening Questions September 14, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers your gardening questions. Have you ever seen square waves? Check out Better Lawns and Gardens Facebook page. Dirty Word of the Day is Rosehip. What to plant and do in your landscape for September. Garden topics include azaleas located in shade, black spot on roses, Royal Poinciana in containers, angst on nor more mushroom compost, transplanting lantana, can you still plant hot peppers, loquat tree not fruiting, can I prune my bush daisies, color combinations for pentas, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 311S2 Ep311: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 What To Do In Your Yard September 14, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host and garden expert, Teresa Watkins advises what to do and not to do in your landscape in September. The rainfall deluge in the last two weeks hits record highs while love bugs are back for a little while. Did you know there are two species of love bugs in the United States? Teresa’s provides her Top Five landscape design mistakes. In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Garden topics and questions include pruning hibiscus, stubborn pecan tree, black spot on roses, , and more. https:/ mly/3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Lizzie Steele, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 310S2 Ep310: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Gardens September 7, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins describes her trip to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, private gardens, and nurseries. New Zone Envy plants that Teresa is going to trial. Dirty Word of the Day is Lignin. What to plant and do in your landscape for September. Garden topics include Peace Lily flowering, is it St. Augustine grass or an invasive weed, can Shell Gingers be cut right now, perennial peanut, trimming bougainvillea, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 309S2 Ep309: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Mushrooms Good or Bad? September 7, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host and garden expert, Teresa Watkins is on a garden high after attending the GardenComm Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI. The rainfall totals are incredible. With the rain, comes mushrooms. Are they good or bad for your landscape, Teresa discusses the reasons and benefits of mushrooms. Teresa’s Top Five is Top Five plants with unique foliage shapes. In Your Backyard Newsletter is out! Garden topics and questions include black hibiscus, how often to prune hibiscus and bougainvillea, how much Black Kow to amend a garden bed, does baking soda hurt the environment; when can I seed rye grass, what colorful flowers can I plant, and more. https:/ mly/3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Lizzie Steele, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 308S2 Ep308: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Your Garden Questions Answered August 24, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers landscape questions from callers, texts, and emails. Teresa provides some last week of August chores you can do in your landscape. The Dirty Word of the Day is Humate. Garden topics include what’s wrong with my hydrangea, avocados, figs, how to get rid of sandspurs, dollarweed, large sunflowers, propagating roses, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 308S2 Ep308: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Soil Amendments August 24, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host and garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialist Nursery to discuss the need for soil amendments and what soil amendments to add for a healthy harvest. Teresa adds a new segment to her first hour: Teresa’s Top Five! Each week, Teresa will give her top five lists on every aspect of landscaping; design; plant selections; maintenance; and style. Garden topics and questions include upcoming weather, why Teresa frequently mentions irrigation and watering practices; dog days of summer; OMRI. vegan soil amendments; solarization of torpedograss; and more. https:/ mly/3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa in Philadelphia for a magical tour March 7th – 10th 2025. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 307S2 Ep307: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Nematode Solutions August 17, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins receives an email on the frustrations of having nematodes in the vegetable bed. Teresa provides the steps to getting rid of nematodes. Teresa provides what to do in August with your fruit trees. The Dirty Word of the Day is Enation. Garden topics include avocado tree not fruiting this year, how to get Powderpuff mimosa to grow, replacement for invasive Mexican Petunia, bushy crape myrtle, when can I fertilize Christmas amaryllis, potting soil for wheatgrass, plant identification, fertilizing avocados, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa on her national and international garden tours. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Photo credit: W. T. Crow, R. Levin, UF/IFASGraphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 306S2 Ep306: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Native Volunteers August 17, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host and garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses how native ecosystems are being cleared for development, the preservation of beneficial natives for wildlife and pollinators, that create more ecosystems. Teresa also found an unexpected rare pteridophyte plant called the Whisk Fern in a client´s garden. Garden topics and questions include next week´s weather in the garden, Peruvian apple cactus, herbicide to remove Lemon Bacopa-Water Hyssop from lakes, what´s the difference between shade cloth and frost cloth, issue with schefflera roots, how much sunlight can orchids take, mowed over crape myrtle, is there a rule of thumb for how many plants can fit into a pot, and more. https:/ mly/3c1f5x7 Herbicide for controlling Lemon Bacopa in lakes.Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Join Teresa on her national and international garden tours. Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 305S2 Ep305: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 August Gardening Questions August 10, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers questions on issues in the landscape. The Dirty Word of the Day is Thatch. Garden topics include how to prune crapemyrtles, declining bottlebrush, lemon bacopa, herbicides for sandspurs, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 304S2 Ep304: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 World Mosquito Day August 10, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Bill Stengel, with Summit Responsible Solutions, joins garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins to chat about World Mosquito Day. Bill talks about Summit’s new Green Armor Insect Repellent that can be sprayed on clothing, tents, furniture, hiking gear, and more. Summit’s spray protects from chiggers, mites, mosquitos, and ticks. Garden topics and questions include red blades of grass, mosquito anecdote, pruning tea roses, podocarpus dying, hibiscus, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 303S2 Ep303: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Seeds or Transplants Aug 3, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, It’s time to plant your Fall vegetable garden. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks about whether to plant seeds or transplants, watering seeds, which vegetables are salt-tolerant, and making your own soil for planting seeds. The Dirty Word of the Day is Pteridomania. Garden topics include potato bags, what to do in your landscape during August, transplanting tomatoes, Heritage Cottage rare and exotic seeds, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” is out this weekend! Read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and other garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 303S2 Ep303: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Weeds - Naturalizing Our Yards August 3, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Tropical depression, Debby will bring 3” – 12+” of rain this weekend, garden expert, Teresa Watkins calls for alertness and being prepared. Teresa discusses her newfound appreciation for naturalizing sustainable landscapes by allowing native weeds and wildflowers to grow; not in an unbalanced or neglected mess, but with ecological thoughtfulness and aesthetic intent. Garden topics and questions include white spots on Angel Trumpets, viewing landscapes from inside your home, list of plants for groundcovers, using baking soda as an herbicide, definitions of sunlight amounts, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Teresa's free monthly newsletter, “In Your Backyard” is out this weekend. Read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and other garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 302S2 Ep302: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Your Gardening Questions Answered July 27, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is feeling the heat with lots of summer gardening questions. The Dirty Word of the Day is Stumpery. Garden topics include a stressed out Australian tree fern, gladiolas; no dragonfruit, pruning a lychee tree; is purslane edible? Black pine tree beetles; planting clover; contorted mulberry; hibiscus having problems with and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 302S2 Ep302: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 National Blueberry Month - How To Grow Blueberries July 27 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. It’s National Blueberry Month! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses growing blueberries with Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery owner. Lizzie loves her marigolds and hibiscus, but bemoans the monsoon rains that are saturating her landscape. Garden topics and questions include Cat whiskers, what to plant in the summer heat, using pine straw as a mulch, fertilizing Bahiagrass, what’s causing a Natchez crapemyrtle’ s sawdust, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 UF/IFAS Growing Blueberries Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Blueberry.org, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 301S2 Ep301: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 The Caladium Festival July 20, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates the colorful tropical plant, caladiums by interviewing the President of Bates Sons & Daughters caldium grower, Terri Bates. Terri previews the upcoming Caladium Festival July 26th , 27th , and 28th, Garden topics include broccoli and parsley varieties, stubborn Bird of Paradise, watering amounts for transplanted loropetalum, hurricane-proof Bird of Paradise, is it okay to fertilize lawn right now, poinsettias and whiteflies, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 300S2 Ep300: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Gardens of Ireland July 20. 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is back from leading Art in Bloom “50 Shades of Green garden tour. Teresa discusses the inspirational gardens she visited and new insights on Ireland’s sunset at 11pm at night, Irish weeds, meadows, and wildflowers. Teresa spoke to the Glenties Garden Club, “Early Bloomers” and learned about their gardens. She met with Jeanette, Pauline, Siobhan, Barbara, Sandy, and her cousin, Anne Marie. Their gardens included 5' tall Calla lilies, lavender, David Austin roses, heirloom roses, hydrangeas, astilbe, 'Lucifer' crocosmia hedges, birch trees, camellia, and dianthus. Garden topics and questions include wildflowers, dying palm trees, okra, and Irish grasses, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7#WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 299S2 Ep299: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Head Start on Fall Vegetable Gardening July 13, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin interviews Calvin Gardener, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Extension Orange County on preparing your Fall vegetable gardening. The Dirty Word of the Day is Manure. Gardening questions include citrus tree, mangoes and papaya pest problems, gardening as you get older, Marsh grapefruit rootball issues, Tillandsia weevils, rotting Plumeria, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 298S2 Ep298: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Tropical Fruit Trees July 13, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Tom MacCubbin, host emeritus fills in for Teresa Watkins, who is on Art in Bloom Garden Tours “50 Shades of Green garden tour. Tom reflects on his past Ireland tours, and interviews Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, about summer tropical fruit trees, like Blue Java bananas that taste like ice cream. Garden topics and questions include Tom’s favorite tomato varieties, getting rid of weeds during summer, transplanted shrubs watering, how to tell a mango is ripe, mulberries, boysenberries, olive trees, pruning crapemyrtles, Sucker Stopper, sapote fruit tree, lubber grasshoppers, Pakastini mulberry, sweet strawberries, sod webworms in St. Augustinegrass, Take All Root Rot, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 297S2 Ep297: Best of bBetter Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Summer Care for Roses
Happy Memorial Day weekend! This is the Best of Better Lawns and Gardens with Teresa Watkins! Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins ia joined by Chris Van Cleave, the Redneck Rosarian, to discuss rose care in summer and answers callers’ questions. Other gardening questions and texts include flies in the landscape, replacing dirt from a removed oak tree area, do weeping willows grow in Florida, groundcovers for a sunny area, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Photography credit: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #talkradio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #2022 #gardening #fertilizer #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #gardentours #travel

S2 Ep 297S2 Ep297: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dr. Bryan Unruh New Soil Test Kit
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy the Best of Better Lawns and Gardens with Teresa Watkins. Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Dr. Bryan Unruh, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center. Dr. Unruh announces a new and easier soil test kit for homeowners. Dr. Unruh provides benefits of soil testing annually. Available at every UF/IFAS County Extension office, Amazon, and on SoilTest website. 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. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7#WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #WDBO #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 296S2 Ep296: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 What if Lightning Strikes Your Tree? June 29, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert Teresa Watkins prepares for summer storms with National Lightning Safety Awareness week by talking with Austin Tollman, Word of Mouth Certified Arborist. Austin talks about what happens to trees when they are hit by lightning, can palms be struck by lightning, and what homeowners should do if they think their trees have been hit. The Dirty Word of the Day is Photoperiodism. Gardening questions include why Seminole pumpkin is rotting, call back on the Agastache bothered by white flies, suggested plants for a low bowl planter, getting rid of spider mites, and torpedo grass herbicide, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 296S2 Ep296: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 The Role of Male Mosquitos and Blackberry Fences June 29, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the new mosquito research with Bill Stengel, Vice President of Summit Responsible Solutions. If only the female mosquito bites, what role do male mosquitos have? Steven Biggs, award-winning host of Food Garden Life News, joins for a great solution to hiding that ugly chain link fence with edibles. Despite abundant rainfall around the county, Producer Lizzie Steele provides details on lack of rain, and her turkey issues. Garden topics and questions include update on tropical storms, what to plant in the month of July, mosquito anecdotes, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsTGraphic credit: Teresa WatkinsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 295S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Delicious Father's Day Project for Family June 15, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy Father’s Day to all of our listeners! Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins shares the Dirty Word of the Day is Solstice. To provide ideas for gardening projects for Dads and Grandparents with their families, Randy Schultz, editor of Home Garden and Homestead, joins Teresa to discuss a great gardening activity: Growing herbs and making bread! Get Home Garden and Homestead’s Sour Dough Bread Making Kit. Gardening questions include azalea transplanting, papaya fungus; Homestead24 tomatoes, getting rid of yellow jackets, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Teresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! https://bit.ly/2I0Xzuf Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, iStock, Home Garden and Homestead.Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 295S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Are Potatoes Intelligent? June 15, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Praying for rain with this winter’s drought, Florida is flooding after receiving 4 trillion gallons of rain. Garden expert and landscape designer, Teresa Watkins is joined by her dear friend, Dr. Gary Bachman to discuss plant intelligence, specifically potatoes. Can vegetables be smart? Gary also offers rare seeds for gardeners around the world. Garden topics and questions on what to do in the month of June in your landscape, bee removal, brown patch in lawn or insects, what time of the day is it better to water, will golden dewdrops always need staking, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Gary BachmanListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 294S2 Ep294: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Environmental Lawn Mowing is Here! June 8, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins shares the Dirty Word of the Day is Efflorescence. Teresa is joined by Tony Smith, CEO of Autolawn of Orlando to Garden and talks about the future of lawn mowing with Earth-friendly robotic lawn mowers. Gardening questions include crape myrtle’s bark peeling, report wild turkey sighting to FWC, avocados, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Teresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, AutoLawn of Orlando Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 293S2 Ep293: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Spider Social Event - Rare Florida Phenomenon June 8, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and landscape designer, Teresa Watkins discusses the identification of the rare social spider phenomenon she recently discovered in her client’s landscape. Appreciation goes out to Dr. Matt Borden, Dr. Lance Osborne, and Dr. Lyle Buss for their assistance in the identification. Severe drought conditions continue and turfgrass is showing signs of incorrect irrigation. BLG producer, Lizzie tells how she keeps her teenage turkeys cool in the record heat. Garden topics and questions on what to do in the month of June in your landscape, what’s eating Giant Bird of Paradise, annual marigolds not lasting a long time, cautions on using fertilizer and herbicides during drought, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Wikicommons Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 292S2 Ep292: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Jim Davis Propagating Plants June 1, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins prepares for summer with what to do in your landscape this month. The Dirty Word of the Day is Efflorescence. Want more plants for free? Jim Davis, UF/IFAS Sumter County Extension Director discusses with Teresa how to have more plants without spending money. Garden questions include canna leafrollers, white larva on Agastache, how to prune back cherry tomatoes, using old soil, mango anthracnose disease, and Argentina Bahia grass, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Teresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, UF/IFAS Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 291S2 Ep291: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick Foliar Feeding June 1, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. The drought continues in Central and SW Florida, rain is needed in the landscape. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery to learn about foliar feeding, why and how to apply it. The new June “In Your Backyard” newsletter is out! It’s free and comes spam-free! Garden topics and questions on getting rid of torpedo grass in garden beds, how to acidify soil for blueberries, rainfall totals, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Pinterest Teresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Garden questions and topics include and more. Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and fun garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour! Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 290S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best of Experience Memphis Gardens 2024 May 25, 2024
BEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS 2024 - Memorial Day WeekendBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins discusses the Experience Memphis Gardens with founder, Kim Halyak; the exciting garden tours are open May 18th -May 30th. The Dirty Word of the Day is Dehiscence. Garden questions include suggestions for privacy hedges, weedy Bahia lawn, declining potted plants; Royal Poinciana bark wounds; guava tree not recovering from freezes; bulbs will they grow, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Experience Memphis Gardens Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 290S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best of Memorial Day May 25, 2024
BEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS - MEMORIAL DAY Holiday weekendBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Gardening expert Teresa Watkins remembers the history of Memorial Day and responds to the overflow of text messages asking garden questions. Gardening calls and texts include strong winds during storm, thriving peppers and tomatoes in the heat, when to fertilize, twenty-year-old declining grapefruit tree, avocado with two trunks, getting rid of moles, and more! https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Graphic Credits: Teresa Watkins Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #2022 #gardening #fertilizer #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #gardentours #travel

S2 Ep 289S2 Ep289: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Albertus Cottage Sisterhood & Service Project May 18, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins gets update on producer Lizzie Steele’s bonding with her turkey poults. Teresa is thrilled to have Leah Brooks on to announce her service group, Village Improvement Association’s new grant from the Florida Wildflower Foundation, to improve Orange City’s Albertus Cottage landscape. The Dirty Word of the Day is Avocado Pear. Garden questions birds bothering cherry tomato, deadheading Mealycup sage, Gerbera daisy annual or perennial, beware smart when purchasing online and out of state plants, are my Drift roses declining, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Teresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Village Improvement Assocation Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 289S2 Ep289: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Reduce Your Lawn Day May 18, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert and host, Teresa Watkins discusses the first annual “Reduce Your Lawn” Day with creator Kathy Jentz. Collaborating with American Meadows, Kathy details the easy steps to create smaller yards and lower maintenance and water use to have a more beautiful landscape. Garden topics and questions on Key lime leaf miner, should I cut back milkweed, mulch depth; too late for crabgrass; how to minimize damage from too much fertilizer, how to help a cactus that fell over, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Groundcover RevolutionTeresa’s monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” Check it out! Garden questions and topics include and more.Washington Gardener Magazine and GardenDC podcastWant to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, American MeadowsListen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 288S2 Ep288: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Exotic Tropical Fruit Trees May 11, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy Mother’s Day to Lizzie and Teresa. Living in Florida is ideal for growing your own exotic tropical fruit trees. Teresa chats with Jeff Wasielewski, Miami-Dade Commercial Tropical Fruit agent about his five favorite rare tropical fruit trees. The Dirty Word of the Day is inspired by Mother’s Day – Mother Plant. Garden questions amaryllis seeds, native pawpaw, propagating pentas andt gardenias from cuttings, lychee trees, jackfruit, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Wikipedia, UF Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 288S2 Ep288: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Designing Public Parks - May 11, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. In honor of National Public Parks week, Teresa interviews Florida resident, Tres Fromme, 3 Fromme Designs, who has designed many of the major public gardens in the United States. Teresa’s relaunching her monthly newsletter “In Your Backyard.” It's free - no spam. Check it out! Garden questions and topics include best varieties of olive trees to grow in Florida, what to do in the month of May, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for all our tours in 2025 ! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a magical trips to the country’s best private and public gardens and around the world. Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 287S2 Ep287: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Don't Rip Out Native Milkweed! May 4, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Should you rip out the non-native and native milkweed out of your landscape? Teresa interviews Joyce Samsel, director of the Florida Monarch Research and Education Project 501c3 to find out what butterfly gardeners need to do. The Dirty Word of the Day is hesperidium. Garden questions include deer-chewed leaves of tomato recovery, weeping hibiscus growing straight up, rain lilies in St. Augustine grass, best time to transplant agapanthus, kumquat tree not fruiting, difference between blood meal and bone meal, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Mary Klein, Peg Urban. Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 287S2 Ep287: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 May - Last Chance to Fertilize May 4, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa and Lizzie discuss the holidays of World Naked Gardening Day and May the 4th Be With You, Star Wars reference. The May newsletter, “In Your Backyard” is out! The monthly publication is free and helps with what to do in your landscape, design tips, and more. Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery, and sponsor of Better Lawns and Gardens talks with Teresa about the importance of fertilizing before the summer bans start, Garden questions and topics include struggling squash, getting rid of native muscadine grapes, late start on tomatoes, eggplants, and pepper, cherry tomatoes, curling kumquat leaves, how low to mow Zoysiagrass, what to plant in dog kennel, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Mary Klein, Peg Urban.Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 285S2 Ep285: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 World Carnivorous Plant Day - April 27, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. To celebrate International Carnivorous Plant Day May 1st, Teresa interviews Kenny Coogan, Educational Director of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. Drought conditions start to increase as no rain in forecast. Garden questions and topics include Meadow beauty, magnolia decline and scale, Black and White Sapote, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Graphic credit: International Carnivorous Plant SocietyWant to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 286S2 Ep286: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Southern Peas - April 27, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, The Dirty Word of the Day is glochid. Better Lawns and Gardens Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa Watkins to discuss his vegetable garden. Tom and Teresa talk about Southern peas, the differences between varieties, Tom’s favorite Southern peas, and how to grow them. Garden questions include eradicating weeds under an avocado, pumpkins falling off vine, tea roses, should you use distilled water on Calatheas, is burying fish in garden a good idea, leaves falling off mangos, best method to remove cacti hairs, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 284S2 Ep284: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Gardening with Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts, April 20, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Host Teresa Watkins interviews Square-Foot Gardening expert and author, Kim Roman about Growing Herbs for Health, Wellness, Cooking, and Crafts. Dirty Word of the Day is Frugivore. Garden questions include papaya, cherry tomatoes, fast-growing shade trees, fresh tomato seeds vs. store-bought seeds, how to get rid of lubbers, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Sign up for the newsletter! Be the first to know! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Kim Roman Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

S2 Ep 284S2 Ep284: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Little Red Wagon Native Nursery April 20, 2024
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Gardens are growing! Garden host Teresa Watkins admires producer @LizzieSaidWhatRocks‘s pumpkin and vegetable garden. Teresa speaks with the director of the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and owner of the Little Red Wagon Native Nursery, Anita Camacho about creating a native butterfly garden, her favorite native plants, and attracting birds. Garden questions and topics include Brevard County Tropical Fruit Festival, butterflies, native plants, oak trees, golden rain tree bugs, photos of avocado, orchids, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7Want to travel with Teresa on her garden tours? Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for more information! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on a future garden tour. Sign up for the newsletter! Be the first to know! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Little Red Wagon Native Nursery, NABA, IBAES, Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow