Making It Grow Minutes
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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.
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4d ago
Cicadas are native to our area and have been coexisting with their ecosystems for eons and eons ..read more
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6d ago
Residents of the Palmetto State won’t have to go too far to experience the emergence of maybe a billion periodic cicadas ..read more
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6d ago
When Thomas Jefferson was president, there was an event that is finally repeating itself this year -- a concurrent emergence of two specific broods of periodic cicadas; and it won’t happen again until about another two hundred years ..read more
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1w ago
Unlike some people these days, cicadas don’t have dating apps; they use sound to find a mate ..read more
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1M ago
The South Carolina Botanical Garden is a treasure located on the campus of Clemson University ..read more
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1M ago
If you can eat those delicious pine nuts without trouble, you probably aren’t allergic to pine pollen ..read more
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1M ago
Agriculture is the largest industry in South Carolina, with timber being by far the most valuable crop, and pines are the largest component of that ..read more
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1M ago
Pine trees produce male pine cones on the lower part of the tree and female ones towards the top, a clever way to prevent self-fertilization ..read more
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1M ago
There’s actually a scientific method to establish when pines will be releasing pollen: by keeping a record of the number of degree-days above 55° Fahrenheit after February 1st ..read more
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1M ago
If you can safely leave dead branches or even a dead tree on your property, you could end up with at-risk birds happily cohabitating with you ..read more