Garden Success

Local Host Skip Richter • Thursdays, noon – 1 p.m.

Garden Success with Skip Richter is a call-in gardening show airing each Thursday from noon to 1:00pm on KAMU-FM. Skip, a former extension specialist in horticulture sciences at Texas A&M University, serves as your garden consultant, answering questions to help you grow a bountiful garden and beautiful landscape in the Brazos Valley. Skip will give you time-saving tips, guide you to the best plants selections and provide proven pest management strategies including both conventional and organic techniques.

Call in your lawn and garden questions at 979-845-5689, or e-mail them during the show to: gardensuccess@tamu.edu. Listen to past episodes below.

 

 

Episodes

Garden Success – 5/2/2024: Dr. Juliana Rangel, Associate Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University May 2, 2024 Skip Richter discusses issues facing bees, the science of apiculture, and the Texas A&M Honeybee Lab with Dr. Juliana Rangel, Associate Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University.
Garden Success – 4/25/2024: Q&A With Skip Richter April 25, 2024 Skip Richter discusses listener questions about fire ants, rose rosette, seed onion bulbs, as well as general information about lawn care and A&M Agrilife Extension resources.
Garden Success – 4/18/2024: Q&A With Skip Richter April 18, 2024 Skip Richter discusses How to select the right fertilizer for your lawn or trees, soil testing information, listener questions about dwarf yaupon & fuzzy black caterpillars, and more.
Garden Success – 4/11/2024: Q&A With Skip Richter April 11, 2024 Skip Richter discusses listener questions on an oak tree with separating bark, what's happening with juniper trees around town, lawn weed identification & treatment plans, and other information including how to evaluate your lawn's irrigation system to ensure adequate watering with minimal wasted water.

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