Making It Grow Minutes
Amanda McNulty · South Carolina Public Radio
Show overview
Making It Grow Minutes has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 410 episodes. That works out to roughly 7 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 38 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 113 episodes published. Published by South Carolina Public Radio.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 410 episodesVarieties of Magnolia grandiflora
Why you should carefully select an evergreen magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora is a plant that offers something all year long
Honey locust cultivars
Honey locust seed pods
Gleditsia triacanthos
The wicked thorns of the honey locust tree
When humans interacted with megafauna
The black locust tree: a hardy multitasker
Black locust fence posts
Gathering black locust tree blossoms
The strength of black locust wood
Black locust trees
When to use the "cut stump" method of controlling invasive wisteria
If done at the wrong time of the year, cut-stumping wisteria can strangle the trees they’re wrapped around.
Swamp wisteria
Native wistaria (Wisteria frutescens), also known as "swamp wisteria," isn’t as showy as its invasive cousins and blooms later.
Wisteria's dark side
Wisteria doesn't just strangle trees, it can completely obscure the ground below from sunlight, creating a dark dead zone.
The destructive nature of wisteria
Amanda McNulty says you can spell it "wisteria" or "wistaria," but please don't plant it.
You say "wisteria," Amanda says "wistaria"
One plant, two spellings. Host Amanda McNulty explains what information you'll discover online based on how you type the name of this blooming vine.
Swamp jessamine
Amanda McNulty explains the difference between yellow jessamine and swamp jessamine.
A warning about yellow jessamine
If you’re new to the South, you need to know that yellow jessamine is extremely poisonous.