Making It Grow Minutes

Learn how Spanish moss was an integral part of the automotive industry, and in particular, World War II.

Discover how the roots of epiphytic orchids function without the need for soil.

Amanda McNulty continues her look at epiphytes and demonstrates her skill in pronouncing genus names.

Host Amanda McNulty shares how a plant with no roots helps its host plant conserve water and energy.

Learn about South Carolina's Lowcountry garland, Spanish moss, and how it survives without roots or soil.

Watering blooming holiday cacti is a bit tricky. Amanda McNulty offers helpful tips to keep your plant happy and healthy year-round.

The "leaves" of Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are not really leaves.

Amanda McNulty shares helpful tips to ensure your Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti bloom beautifully

Amanda McNulty describes the leaf difference on these two epiphytes, and why caring for them is distinctly different than nurturing their desert-dwelling cousins.

Host Amanda McNulty gets creative with cacti as she prepares her table for holiday celebrations.

While visiting her dying mother, Amanda McNulty brought Chickie Wimberly to comfort, entertain, and provide fun stories for future visitors.

Amanda McNulty's family finds ways to make their holiday meals special by adding memorable main courses.

Host Amanda McNulty has a history of keeping unusual pets, including a chick hatched in her child's classroom.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" shares more childhood stories of her unusual pets, their favorite foods, and the foods she and her family enjoyed.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" shares a vivid childhood memory of one of the many unusual pets she and her brother used to keep.

Street litter attracts mosquitos, but mass spraying harms more than just this one pest.

While "Making It Grow" host Amanda McNulty is usually in favor of planting and growing, she draws the line at her bathroom tile.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" explains how the sweetbay magnolia helps sustain a variety of wildlife.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" explains her preference of the sweetbay magnolia over magnolia grandiflora, a.k.a. the southern magnolia.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" enjoys the scent of tea olives this time of year when she opens her windows for a cool evening breeze.