Episodes

  • S2 Ep338: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Herbicide Update January 11, 2025

    S2 Ep338: Best of Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Herbicide Update January 11, 2025
    Jan 12 2025
    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. Host Emeritus Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa to discuss the latest herbicide update on Roundup and the available herbicides to use on artillery fern and other weeds. Garden questions include yellowing foliage on hibiscus, herbicides, repositioning a 30-year old staghorn fern, Foxtail palms’ brown fronds, watering orchid before cold weather; cutting back crapemyrtles so close to house, does wind chill affect plants, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7

    Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Brooke Steele, Wikimedia Common

    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
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    40 mins
  • S2 Ep337: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 National Seed Swap January 11, 2025

    S2 Ep337: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 National Seed Swap January 11, 2025
    Jan 12 2025
    This is the Best of Better Lawns and Gardens with Teresa Watkins.

    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, explains the Dirty Word of the Day. Kathy Jentz, award-winning garden author and creator of the National Seed Swap Day, January 27th explains how to attend and organize seed swap events in your neighborhood or organization. Garden questions include: indoor houseplant options; vegetables and herbs to plant in January, groundcover for dog yard, transplanting camellia, can Giant Milkweed be propagated, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7

    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
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    36 mins
  • S2 Ep336: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Winter Gardening Questions January 4, 2025

    S2 Ep336: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Winter Gardening Questions January 4, 2025
    Jan 4 2025
    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers winter garden questions and tells what to do in the month of January in the garden. Dirty Word of the Day is Ornamental Plant. Gardening questions include using bark in raised beds, avocado trees and freezing, collard greens: seeds or transplants; saving plumeria seeds, mango trees are flowering – oh no! 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

    Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins

    Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for all our tours in 2025! Come join Teresa and garden enthusiasts on magical trips to the 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
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    44 mins
  • S2 Ep336: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Winter Blast to Start The New Year 2025 January 4, 2025

    S2 Ep336: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Winter Blast to Start The New Year 2025 January 4, 2025
    Jan 4 2025
    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Polar Blast on its way for an extended stay. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie discuss freeze protection for garden plants, bananas, tropicals. Teresa provides what to plant in January and what to do in your garden. Teresa’s Top Five Landscape Practices to get your New Year in the garden off to a good start. Garden topics and questions include winter annuals to plant for color, stubborn pineapple guava, banana and avocado questions, 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

    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
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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep334: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 New Year's Special December 28, 2024

    S2 Ep334: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 New Year's Special December 28, 2024
    Dec 28 2024
    Happy New Year's Special with hosts Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin, and Producer Lizzie Steele.

    Garden topics include New Year's greetings, getting the landscape through winter and into New Year, Dirty Words of 2024, Tom's, Lizzie's, and Teresa's personal garden moments, the 'apple doesn't fall far from the tree' is an unexpected family discovery, and garden goals for 2025. Gratitude for all of our sponsors including, Black Kow, Summit Responsible Solutions, Quality Green Specialists, and Peterson's Nursery.

    Check out all the wonderful gardens for 2025's Art in Bloom Garden Tours

    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

    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
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    38 mins
  • S2 Ep334: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 New Year's Special December 28, 2024

    S2 Ep334: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 New Year's Special December 28, 2024
    Dec 28 2024
    Happy New Year's Special with hosts Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin, and Producer Lizzie Steele.

    Garden topics include: Happy New Year greetings, "Weather Tis' Nobler", changes in 2024, best garden moments.

    Check out all the wonderful gardens for 2025's Art in Bloom Garden Tours

    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

    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
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    39 mins
  • S2 Ep335: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Christmas Quality Green Specialists December 21, 2024

    S2 Ep335: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Christmas Quality Green Specialists December 21, 2024
    Dec 21 2024
    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists, to discuss poinsettias, how to plant shrubs and trees in December. Dirty Word of the Day is Chill Hours. Gardening questions include how to calculate chill hours in your region, growing apples in Florida, herbicide use on ProVista, Starbust control, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7

    Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 28th 7am – 9am.

    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

    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
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    38 mins
  • S2 Ep335: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Winter Garden Questions December 21, 2024

    S2 Ep335: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Winter Garden Questions December 21, 2024
    Dec 21 2024
    Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. It’s the Winter Solstice. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Christmas cookies, December’s cold temperatures, and is there anything you need to do in your garden right now. Teresa’s Top Five plants that hide utilities, a/c units. Garden topics and questions include scratched up Meyer lemons, pruning hibiscus, do seeds need to be cold-stratified, how to grow Donkey Ears, low-maintenance shrubs that only reach 3’ to 4’ tall, and more. https://bit.ly/4diIsZH

    Look for Better Lawns and Gardens New Year’s Special with Teresa Watkins, Tom MacCubbin and Lizzie Steele. Saturday, December 28th 7am – 9am.

    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

    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
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    39 mins