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Green and Growing with Ashley Frasca airs every Saturday morning 6-9:00am on 95.5 WSB.

Cox Media Group Atlanta


    • May 31, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekdays NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 822 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Green and Growing with Ashley Frasca

    Improvements to the planet 5/31/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 30:55


    Introducing the Ga Native Seed Network, and academic efforts for keeping litter out of waterways

    Mammals and Birds 5/31/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 30:48


    Critter visitors from the Rome-Floyd ECO Center and what is a must if you feed songbirds- great advice from UGA

    Entomology & Geology 5/31/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 30:50


    Discussions about the importance of pollinators in the landscape and then roadside geological attractions in Georgia

    *BONUS* "Building the soil is the secret to everything" w/ Joe Lamp'l

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 30:23


    My friend Joe Lamp'l stayed on after the show to talk about building healthy soil and keys to making compost. ALL of your plants need to hear this!

    Electrical safety and garden calls 5/24/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 34:43


    Ragsdale with tips to stay safe around electricity while gardening, and calls about composting and propagating cuttings

    Keeping you in the know 5/24/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 32:56


    Professional organizations as resources for homeowners, the top 3 things to do in the landscape and Joe Lamp'l with ideas for ecological gardening!

    Joe Lamp'l is my guest 5/24/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 36:03


    Tips and tricks for growing tomatoes, calls about growing food, helpful info about greenhouses, and keep listening for a GREAT laugh

    Growing tomatoes and palm trees (yes, in Georgia!) 5/17/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 32:58


    Soil for tomatoes, preventing blossom end rot, and planting palm trees in Atlanta (yes, it's possible!)

    Saving birds, and some great garden calls 5/17/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 31:37


    Soil prep for growing a vegetable garden, preventing bird/window collisions, and leveling out the lawn & yard

    Fruit and ornamental tree issues 5/17/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 33:23


    Herbicides for poison ivy, trouble with maple trees, will citrus come back, and pollination of fruit trees

    "Do nothing" approach, and noise in one Atlanta community 5/10/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 32:41


    My monologue about "Do nothing!", success with blueberries, planting hydrangeas and their sun needs, and noisy lawn equipment

    Soil issues and a horticultural guest 5/10/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 33:31


    Problems with squirrels, is bad soil the cause of a maple's decline, when you might need a perc test, and Julie Campbell, UGA Asst. Professor in Horticulture, joins me in studio!

    Horticulture at UGA and real world experiences 5/10/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 33:24


    UGA's Julie Campbell talks experiences for horticulture students, floral design, and rose care, plus how to find a landscaper

    Birding! 5/3/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 34:01


    Best states for bird watching- how GA performs, and an interesting look at UGA research on our bird watching & feeding habits

    House plants and arid plants 5/3/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 32:49


    Tips on selecting house plants, orchid care, and calls about moles tunneling, and growing agave in Atlanta

    Calls from you 5/3/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 33:21


    Garden myths, and calls about bad news for hostas, composting, ticks and tulips

    The beauty of Oakland, and garden calls 4/26/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 30:02


    Things to see at Historic Oakland Cemetery in spring; Calls about something punching holes in lilies, butterflies and gardening in small spaces

    High schoolers excited about outdoor jobs 4/26/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 30:17


    Calls about lawns, mushrooms sprouting up & strange camellia leaves, plus learning about rewarding jobs in turf management with First Green

    Saving seeds and mosquito prevention 4/26/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 29:49


    Introducing the Ga Native Seed Network; planning to prevent mosquitos from pestering us this summer!

    Helping the earth 4/19/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 32:44


    April is invasive plant pest & disease awareness month and it's earth month! Two great guests to share & encourage our roles in both!

    Weed ID and destroying invasive plants 4/19/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 32:57


    Calls about weeds; Dr. David Coyle from Clemson University in-studio talking about invasive plants and proper use of herbicides

    Invasive pests and poison ivy 4/19/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 33:14


    Dr. David Coyle with helpful info about poison ivy, how invasive pests take hold, and calls about imports, azaleas and roses

    Buddy Lee of Encore Azaleas joins me 4/12/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 32:44


    Honoring the beauty at the Masters, Bird Fest, and success with Encore Azaleas!

    Bee ID and much more 4/12/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 32:49


    Calls! Trouble with a cherry tree, oddity on camellias, protecting bluebirds, and the importance of properly identifying bees

    Great caller topics 4/12/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 32:35


    Pollinator plants, advantages of raised bed gardening, blooming tea olives, and protecting bees

    Great garden calls 4/5/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 33:02


    Don't top trees! Calls about mushrooms in the lawn, canna leaf roller, treating fescue, and balcony gardening

    A visit to Atlanta's oldest public park 4/5/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 33:39


    Highlighting the gardens within Historic Oakland Cemetery, checking wildflower seed mixes, Weed of the Week, and propagation

    Killing invasives 4/5/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 33:35


    Killing invasives selectively, use of a Buckthorn Blaster, feeding birds, and tips for growing tomatoes

    Plants and creatures 3/29/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 34:52


    Spring flowering trees, a little about opossums, using salt in the garden, and the Top 3 Things to be doing!

    Clint Waltz in studio 3/29/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 34:06


    Turf grass specialist Clint Waltz answers questions about fescue varieties, seeding fescue, and scalping, topdressing & aerating Bermuda lawns

    Common lawn practices 3/29/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 36:04


    Bermuda care- defining topdressing, dethatching, and aerating. Also, handling Bermuda growing into fescue and vice versa

    Penguins, butterflies and unwanted beetles 3/22/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 33:18


    Live like a penguin! Also, a popular scam this time of year, promoting butterflies in the landscape and the Top 3 Things to do this week!

    Garden calls and mosquito prevention 3/22/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 33:01


    Garden trends for 2025, calls about eliminating Bradford pears, mixed fescue stands and UGA Public Health Extension Specialist Elmer Gray

    Warding off a summer pest 3/22/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 33:35


    Interesting black fly/gnat facts and busting mosquito myths with UGA's Elmer Gray

    Butterfly banter 3/15/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 30:00


    Expert guests discussing butterflies, their host plants, and how insects heal themselves using plants

    NG Turf and Armor Wildlife Management 3/15/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 30:13


    NG Turf and sod health topics; Armor Wildlife Mgmt with deer fencing and other ways to prevent deer damage

    Favorite perennials and finding native milkweed 3/15/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 28:59


    Dr. Bodie Pennisi offers up advantages of perennials plus favorites for sun and shade!

    Fire danger & invasives 3/8/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 34:08


    Ga Forestry Commission on preventing fires, jasmine vines, the ills of Bradford pears, and evergreen, shrub recommendations

    Garden calls 3/8/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 33:10


    Favorite spring plants, questions about transplanting seedlings, mowing Bermuda for the 1st time, grape vines, and don't be fooled by colored hostas!

    Garden calls and questions 3/8/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 33:16


    Mickey Gazaway and I answer questions about lilies, pruning, fescue to prevent erosion and flowering vines

    Flowering trees and using native plants 3/1/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 33:50


    Helping you identify spring-blooming plants, question about soil tests, and why native plants!

    Armor Wildlife Management 3/1/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 33:39


    Deer prevention- effectiveness of consumer vs commercial repellents; dealing with armadillos and moles

    Deer in the landscape 3/1/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 34:25


    Observing deer damage with Armor Wildlife Mgmt- discussions about fencing and damage to trees and other plants

    Ways to honor Ga Arbor Day 2/22/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 34:00


    Ga Arbor Day- the Ga Forestry Commission stops by, fragrant flowers, and putting grass seed down soon

    Spring planting ideas 2/22/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 33:42


    Air layering as propagation, soil tests, growing wild flowers, tips for starting seed, and shade-loving perennials

    Properly planting trees 2/22/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 34:00


    Ga Forestry Commission with tree planting tips, Qs about balled & burlapped trees, pecan trees and a good use for leaves

    Perennial plants 2/15/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 34:20


    Pruning jasmine, threat of Southern Pine Beetle, and Dr. Bodie Pennisi offers up advantages of perennials and her favorites for sun

    Bird count and lawn grasses 2/15/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 34:00


    Tips for this weekend's Great Backyard Bird Count; NG Turf talks about certified varieties of sod and the grass to fertilize right now

    NG Turf - new sod varieties 2/15/25 Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 35:10


    Jutt Howard from NG Turf answers questions about sodding dormant grasses, importance of soil prep, and how well Bluegrass performs!

    Great Backyard Bird Count hints and tips 2/8/25 Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 33:42


    Fruit tree growth and pollination and info for the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count!

    Birds and wonky weather 2/8/25 Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 34:25


    Tips about songbirds (attracting them and caring for the injured), trees with annoying suckers and what to do, and impacts of cold-warm-cold weather on spring plants

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