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Making It Grow Minutes
Hosted by Amanda McNulty · EN
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.
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'Watermelon fuels athletes.'
Yesterday00:01:00Tap to summarizeWatermelon is 92% percent water, packed with vitamins and amino acids, and naturally has carbohydrates that don’t come from sugar, unlike sports drinks.
Transcribe →Watermelon Queen requirement: superior seed-spitting skills
2d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeAmanda McNulty shares special tips on how to be at the top of your watermelon seed-spitting game.
Transcribe →Varieties of watermelons
3d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeWith new breeding techniques we have not only red flesh watermelons, but yellow, orange, and seedless.
Transcribe →The Origins of Watermelons
4d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeScientists like to find the origins of plants as they can use those genetics to alter modern varieties beset by disease and pest problems.
Transcribe →Watermelon Field Day
6d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeEvery July, visitors arrive at Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville for Watermelon Field Day.
Transcribe →The official birds of South Carolina
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeHost Amanda McNulty shares backstories (and theories) on why certain birds represent the Palmetto State.
Transcribe →The deadly competitive nature of house wrens
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeNature doesn’t play by what Amanda McNulty wishes were the rules.
Transcribe →A Carolina wren sets Amanda McNulty's heart aflutter
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeHost Amanda McNulty discovers a delightful surprise on her back porch.
Transcribe →After four days around the McNulty home, a possum tires of 'playing possum'
3w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeHost Amanda McNulty recalls the time an interloping possum admits defeat to Willie, her Brittany Spaniel.
Transcribe →The 19 cats of Amanda McNulty
3w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeBefore Calhoun County had an animal shelter, Amanda McNulty and her children would help care for local stray cats.
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