Episodes

  • S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Delicious Father's Day Project for Family June 15, 2024

    S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Delicious Father's Day Project for Family June 15, 2024
    Jun 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.ly3c1f5x7

    Teresa’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
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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Are Potatoes Intelligent? June 15, 2024

    S2 Ep295: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Are Potatoes Intelligent? June 15, 2024
    Jun 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/3c1f5x7

    Teresa’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 Bachman

    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
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    40 mins
  • S2 Ep294: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Environmental Lawn Mowing is Here! June 8, 2024

    S2 Ep294: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Environmental Lawn Mowing is Here! June 8, 2024
    Jun 9 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
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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep293: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Spider Social Event - Rare Florida Phenomenon June 8, 2024

    S2 Ep293: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Spider Social Event - Rare Florida Phenomenon June 8, 2024
    Jun 9 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/3c1f5x7

    Teresa’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
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    40 mins
  • S2 Ep292: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Jim Davis Propagating Plants June 1, 2024

    S2 Ep292: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Jim Davis Propagating Plants June 1, 2024
    Jun 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

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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep291: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick Foliar Feeding June 1, 2024

    S2 Ep291: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dana Venrick Foliar Feeding June 1, 2024
    Jun 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
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    40 mins
  • S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best of Experience Memphis Gardens 2024 May 25, 2024

    S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Best of Experience Memphis Gardens 2024 May 25, 2024
    May 25 2024
    BEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS 2024 - Memorial Day Weekend

    Better 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.ly3c1f5x7

    Photo 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
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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best of Memorial Day May 25, 2024

    S2 Ep290: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Best of Memorial Day May 25, 2024
    May 25 2024
    BEST OF BETTER LAWNS AND GARDENS - MEMORIAL DAY Holiday weekend

    Better 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/3c1f5x7

    Graphic 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
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    54 mins