Making It Grow Minutes

A lot goes into getting watermelons from seed to a tasty treat in your refrigerator.

Gracen Vaughn hands out watermelon slices at school field days, farmers markets, grocery stores, festivals, and other gatherings to tell people about the health benefits of watermelons.

Gilbert Miller of Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center is not only a Doctor of Plant and Environmental Sciences, but also president of the South Carolina Watermelon Association.

Watermelon breeders are developing new varieties each year, with over 1,200 different kinds currently grown around the world.

Amanda McNulty explains the trick to picking the perfect melon when giving it the "thump" test.

Oak trees serve as the larval food source for almost a thousand different caterpillars.

Amanda McNulty explains how making space for native plants in your yard can help restore North America's declining nesting bird population.

Caterpillars can only eat the leaves of certain native plants. Amanda McNulty offers ways to help build back North America's rapidly declining nesting bird population.

Boxwoods, azaleas, and crepe myrtles are lovely to look at, but are dead zones for caterpillars.

Host Amanda McNulty shares a shocking statistic regarding North America's bird population.

For those grieving the loss of a loved one, Amanda McNulty shares song lyrics that offer comfort and hope.

Host Amanda McNulty explores the significance of literary character Atticus Finch saying, 'It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'

Amanda McNulty shares some U.S. history, as well as some family history, about the northern mockingbird.

Mocking birds get their name honestly – they can repeat all sorts of sounds, from creaking gates opening to dogs and sirens.

Mockingbirds are especially protective of their nests and remember the faces of those who agitate them.

Amanda McNulty shares tips on where to spot anoles, and how to coax one into performing an amusing parlor trick.

The male green anole is very territorial and puts on a showy display to attract his mates.

Host Amanda McNulty of "Making It Grow" explains how minding "tail autotomy" is key in catching an anole.

As spring arrives in South Carolina, our state's native lizard emerges in search of warm spots, which include the inside of Amanda McNulty's house.

Amanda McNulty's 19th-century home draws a variety of uninvited visitors, who are sometimes discovered in the most unusual places.