Green and Growing with Ashley Frasca
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Fall leaves and garden calls 11/16/24 Hour 3
Defining how fall leaf color works, helping beneficial bugs, and calls about overwintering ferns, winter color, spiders, and IDing birds
Spotted Lanternfly... uh, oh 11/16/24 Hour 2
Some unusual things to recycle, highway horticulture, and educating all of us on the emergence of the Spotted Lanternfly in Georgia
Holiday plants and a way to garden 11/16/24 Hour 1
A discussion on all the favorite holiday plants to consider, plus a call about Hugelkultur and its benefits.
Yard critter behavior and GA Leaf Watch update 11/9/24 Hour 3
Armor Wildlife Mgmt - chipmunk behavior, deterring deer from new landscapes and the final GA Leaf Watch update from GA Forestry Commission
Solutions for deer in the landscape 11/9/24 Hour 2
Armor Wildlife Mgmt - deer rut, why they eat new plants, tasty camellias, and winterizer treatment to repel deer
Colder weather not here yet 11/9/24 Hour 1
Invasive pests into winter, unusual flowers now, and planting tulips now
This weekend's fall leaf color in N. Ga 11/2/24 Hour 3
Calls on trimming juniper & hollies, berrying plants, and GA Forestry Commission with a great GA Leaf Watch update
Great garden calls 11/2/24 Hour 2
Tips on keeping squirrels and moles away, but cautiously, and identifying a cool ground cover (with your help!) and when to prune hydrangeas
Pollinator Census data and birds 11/2/24 Hour 1
Becky Griffin with good news from August's Pollinator Census, plus weird words for groups of birds
Clint Walz turf talk 10/26/24 Hour 3
Why ryegrass, importance of lawn pH, update on the GA Leaf Watch, and tips for growing fescue
Clint Waltz with turf talk 10/26/24 Hour 2
Preventing lawn fungus & weeds, and techniques regarding mowing, and helping moss along
Fall flowers and bird flu 10/26/24 Hour 1
Beautiful fall blooms, fungus on perennials, updating avian flu H5N1 and the top 3 things to do
From the lawn to the garden 10/19/24 Hour 3
Turf talk with Clint Waltz, an update on the GA Leaf Watch, and a call about recycling potting soil
Wildlife and insects 10/19/24 Hour 2
The Rome-Floyd ECO Center with reptiles, plus what's with those Joro spiders, pine trees dying and more
Joe Lamp'l joins me 10/19/24 Hour 1
Joe Lamp'l (Joe Gardener) and I discuss composting, rodents, garden burnout and growing roses. Plus the top 3 things to do!
Joe Lamp'l joins me 10/12/24 Hour 3
Joe Lamp'l and I discuss composting, rodents, garden burnout and growing roses. Plus Seth Hawkins with the GA Leaf Watch report
Deer, oh dear 10/12/24 Hour 2
Plants deer don't like, they ate a caller's roses, replacing a shade oak, and caring for a peace lily
Poison ivy and other bad things 10/12/24 Hour 1
Helene's impact on timber, a caller about poison ivy, ambrosia beetle, and what's peeling bark off a tree
Creature guests, daffodils and hurricane recovery 10/5/24 Hour 3
Rome-Floyd ECO Center visits, plus Helene recovery and timing on planting daffodils
Fall turf tasks with Clint Waltz 10/5/24 Hour 2
Keeping you up to speed on caring for your lawn this time of year with UGA turfgrass specialist Clint Waltz
Guests helping in the landscape 10/5/24 Hour 1
Plant propagation with Ozzie Johnson and tips on armyworms with Mary Carol Sheffield
Post-Hurricane Helene coverage 9/28/24 Hour 3
GA Agricultural Commissioner Tyler Harper joins Green and Growing with a snapshot of the devastation, plus electrical tips from Ragsdale
Post-Hurricane Helene coverage 9/28/24 Hour 2
Urban Ag Council's landscaping & tree tips for homeowners, and lawn dos and don'ts from UGA Turfgrass Specialist Clint Waltz
Post-Hurricane Helene coverage 9/28/24 Hour 1
Downed trees, storm tips from Georgia's Insurance Commissioner, top 3 things to do in the landscape plus when you can always prune
Plant identification and ideas for fall gardening 9/21/24 Hour 3
Shannon Pable encouraging folks to use Master Gardeners; plants for an arid spot, creating raised beds, tips for peonies and dahlias
Thoughtful garden calls & questions 9/21/24 Hour 2
Great questions about recycling potting mix, wildflower mixes, soil tests and preparing to overwinter potted plants
Tasks preparing for fall 9/21/24 Hour 1
Fall tasks, healthy centipede lawn, and tree identification and pruning
Favorite trees 9/14/24 Hour 3
Japanese maples- what to be doing now, houseplants, butterflies, and the American Chestnut
Preventing potential spring problems now 9/14/24 Hour 2
Preventing pests, fungus on lawns and leaf spot. Plus identifying an issue on Zoysia as well as a poorly performing butterfly bush
Fall color and flowers 9/14/24 Hour 1
Discussion on Japanese maples, favorite colors, and colorful fall flowers to consider
Fall is on the way 9/7/24 Hour 3
Fall transplanting & planting, caterpillars, and preemergence herbicide- do it NOW to prevent winter weeds!
Garden knowledge 9/7/24 Hour 2
Calls about pruning- figs, blueberries, loropetalum and prepping veggie gardens with Mickey Gazaway!
Plant myths, and tropicals 9/7/24 Hour 1
Horticulturalist and professor Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott on common sense gardening and debunking myths. Plus, overwintering tropical plants
Slithering reptiles on radio 8/31/24 Hour 2
The Rome-Floyd ECO Center in the house! Meet the American alligator, Kingsnake, Ratsnake, and we discuss black bears, opossums & raccoons
Baby alligator in studio 8/31/24 Hour 1
Fall planting for trees and shrubs, new Zoysia lawn, and Ben & Sarah from Rome-Floyd ECO Center bring in a guest!
Ozzie Johnson- maples and hydrangeas 8/24/24 Hour 3
Colorful maples, uses in the landscape, pruning hydrangeas, and repotting a Christmas cactus
Plant explorer and breeder Ozzie Johnson 8/24/24 Hour 2
Mahonias, hydrangeas, and begonias you know that Ozzie bred and marketed. Plus, how plants are allowed in from other countries
Southern Pine Beetle & Pollinators 8/24/24 Hour 1
GFC talks Southern Pine Beetle- symptoms and treatments; and participate in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census
Garden calls 8/17/24 Hour 3
Qs about mondo pythium root rot, growing herbs, and establishing perennials
Great Southeast Pollinator Census 8/17/24 Hour 2
Participate in the GSePC Aug. 23 and 24. Plus, calls about hungry caterpillars, butterfly ID and harvesting grapes
Learning from the experts 8/17/24 Hour 1
Ashley hits the road for UGA Turfgrass Research Field Day and the 100th conference of the International Society of Arboriculture
Fall a great time for cut flowers 8/10/24 Hour 3
Traci from Retreat Lane Flowers- how to be preparing for next season, protecting blooms from bugs and sun needed for growing flowers
Cut flower gardening 8/10/24 Hour 2
Late season pruning, plus cut flower gardening with Traci Gables- what's blooming now, best time to pick, and pests on them
Crop damage from Debby and fall armyworm 8/10/24 Hour 1
GA crop status update from GA Dept of Ag, plus identifying and treating fall armyworm, and a dying dogwood
Plant problems, kudzu bugs and ticks 8/3/24 Hour 3
Rose issues, tackling kudzu bugs, Top 3 Things to be doing, plus avoiding ticks and mosquitos with Elmer Gray from UGA
Eliminating invasives and plant pests vs disease 8/3/24 Hour 2
Michael Cowan with ReForest ATL and Dr. Jean Woodward from UGA - preventing diseased plants
Help for landscapers and benefits to us 8/3/24 Hour 1
Ga Urban Ag Council with how to find a landscaper, and come see me at UGA Turfgrass Research Field Day Aug. 7 - details here
The most invasive plants 7/27/24 Hour 3
Avoiding English ivy & bamboo, movement for a new state flower, and identifying butterflies
Fun gardening and investigative gardening 7/27/24 Hour 2
Dr. Richard Ludwig- gardening with kids, and Dr. Jean Woodward- plant diseases are everywhere, properly identifying them
Mid-summer mosquitoes 7/27/24 Hour 1
Garden calls, and UGA's Elmer Gray to bust or substantiate myths about mosquitoes