Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRowland Alston and 30 years of Making It Grow
Making It Grow celebrated thirty years of being on air with SCETV this year. The show was developed and hosted for much of that time by Rowland Alsto…
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Early mechanical cotton pickers
The early mechanical cotton pickers dumped their filled bins into carriers which were then emptied into wagons in the field. Workers drove these wago…
2 years, 5 months ago
Cotton
This year's cotton crop seems phenomenal. It’s the closest thing to a snow-covered landscape I’m likely to see in these days of changing weather patt…
2 years, 5 months ago
Hickory trees feed regal moths
Hickory tree leaves are the larval food source of two hundred moths or butterflies; and one is particular is spectacular in both the larval and adult…
2 years, 5 months ago
Shelling hickory nuts is a tough job
For people, shelling them is a laborious process and the tools used include hammers, vises, and a peculiar item called the Texas York Nut Sheller.
2 years, 5 months ago
Memories of a hickory tree
Twenty some odd years ago, Edward and I dug up a hickory seedling on his family’s farm. The foot tall seedling had a six-foot long tap root that fort…
2 years, 5 months ago
Hickory trees in fall
One of the most beautiful of fall trees is the hickory. With leaves the color of slightly browned butter it is quite a standout.
2 years, 5 months ago
Southern magnolias during the holidays
Magnolia grandiflora, our southern magnolia with large, glossy leaves is part of many nature-based decorations for holidays and special occasions.
2 years, 6 months ago
Holidays at the Robert Mills House
The relatively modest Christmas decorations at Historic Columbia’s Robert Mills House reflect what would have been accurate during the 1820’s.
2 years, 6 months ago