Making It Grow Minutes

First, pick up a pair of knee-high stockings...

Discover how a wasp that doesn't sting and is the size of a sesame seed does grave damage to the invasive stinkbug.

The brown marmorated stink bug was first found on the East Coast in Pennsylvania in 2001.

An insect that's invasive to crops also invades structures, like Amanda McNulty's home.

Host Amanda McNulty discovers she's not the only one who finds her exterior paint color attractive

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.